Steven E. Hendrix

Steven E. Hendrix is a former senior U.S. diplomat, and development executive with more than three decades of experience in governance, rule of law, democracy, and stabilization programs across Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. During a career with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State, he served in senior leadership positions overseeing foreign assistance strategy and implementation, including as Senior USAID Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, and Managing Director for Planning, Performance and Systems in the State Department, Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources. His field assignments included Nicaragua, Nigeria, Iraq, Guatemala, Paraguay, Ghana, Bolivia, and the Eastern Caribbean. He is the author of The New Nicaragua and numerous articles on governance, irregular conflict, democracy, and U.S. foreign policy. He is a practicing attorney in the U.S., Guatemala, Bolivia and Ghana, and before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a senior fellow with the DePaul University, College of Law, International Human Rights Law Institute, a past Chair of the National Security Committee of the American Bar Association, International Practice Section, and the current Chair of the International Practice Section, State Bar of Wisconsin.

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Legitimacy Warfare: Defending the Governance Domain in Irregular Conflict

Today’s conflicts revolve around legitimacy: who governs, on what authority, and with what degree of public trust. From insurgents and cartels to hybrid authoritarian...

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Legitimacy Warfare: Defending the Governance Domain in Irregular Conflict

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