Dr. Daniel Hamilton is the Richard von Weizsäcker Professor and Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University ; and Executive Director of the American Consortium on EU Studies.

He is the host of The Washington Post/Newsweek International's online discussion feature Next Europe. He has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, responsible for NATO, OSCE and transatlantic security policy; and Associate Director of the Policy Planning Staff.

He is the lead author for Alliance Reborn : An Atlantic Compact for the 21st Century (February 2009), a project of four U.S. think tanks. Other recent publications include The Transatlantic Economy (2009) ; France and Globalization (2008) ; and The Wider Black Sea in the 21st Century (2008).