DR. DIETER DETTKE

 Dr. Dettke has been Executive Director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation since 1985.  He studied political science and law at the universities of Strasbourg (France), Bonn, and Berlin from 1962-1969.  He received his Ph.D. in Political science from the Free University of Berlin.  Dr. Dettke was a research associate at the German Society for Foreign Affairs in Bonn from 1969 to 1974. From 1974 to 1984 he served as political counselor of the SPD Parliamentary Group of the German Bundestag, and served as Staff Director at the Office of the State Minister of the German Foreign Ministry.  Dr. Dettke is a foreign and security policy specialist and has published widely on these issues. His publications include Allianz im Wandel (Frankfurt, 1976) and various articles and papers on security issues, East-West relations and U.S. foreign and domestic policy.  Dr. Dettke is the General Editor of International Political Currents.