Daniel B. Baer

Daniel Baer was U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe from 2013 to 2017. He previously served as a deputy assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor from 2009 to 2013. Baer was an assistant professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, a faculty fellow at Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics, and a project leader at the Boston Consulting Group. He lives in Denver with his husband, Brian.

Stories by Daniel B. Baer

Photographers outside the U.S. Justice Department in Washington on March 22, after special counsel Robert Mueller delivered his report to Attorney General William Barr. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

The Mueller Report Is a Test for the United States

Shadow Government |

March 23, 2019, 4:04 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks prior to a World Cup match between Russia and Saudi Arabia on June 14 in Moscow. (Pool/Getty Images)

Russia’s Goals Won’t End With the World Cup

Shadow Government |

July 2, 2018, 11:16 AM

Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State, speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 12. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Six Essential Tasks for Trump’s New Secretary of State

Shadow Government |

April 26, 2018, 5:18 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin waves after delivering a speech at a forum of volunteers in Moscow on December 6, 2017. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)

The Banality of Putin’s Potemkin Elections

Shadow Government |

March 12, 2018, 3:55 PM

HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the White House, on January 12, 2018 in Washington, DC.
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Making American Bureaucracy Terrible Again

Shadow Government |

March 8, 2018, 2:52 PM

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