Douglas is a program officer in the Rule of Law Center at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He joins the institute after five years in Sudan and Afghanistan, where he designed and managed conflict mitigation and stabilization programs for USAID. Most recently, Doug served for two years as the deputy country representative for USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives in Afghanistan, managing that office’s programs preventing electoral violence, countering violent extremism and monitoring, evaluation and learning in highly insecure environments. Doug brings with him to the Institute technical experience in post conflict stabilization, program design and management, conflict analysis and monitoring, evaluation and program learning.
Douglas began his career in international development serving three years with the Peace Corps in Mongolia. He holds an M.A. in international relations with a focus on post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction from the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. While pursuing graduate studies, Douglas published numerous articles in the Elliott School’s online journal and worked at USIP as a research assistant on grant programs in Sudan and Nigeria.