Research Focus
Recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on revolutions and social change, Dr. Goldstone contributed to the National Intelligence Council’s “World 2030” report, the Bertelsmann Foundation’s “Global Megatrends” project and the US Holocaust Museum’s Genocide and Atrocity Prevention Task Force. He led a U.S. National Academy of Sciences study of USAID democracy assistance, and has worked with USAID, DIFD, the World Bank, and the US State and Defense Departments on developing their operations in fragile states. A life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he also served on the Advisory Board of the Council’s Center for Preventive Action. He has been an Academic Fellow of the European Policy Council, a member of the Research Council of the International Forum of the National Endowment for Democracy, and serves on the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Council on Stabilization Operations.