Nicholas Rostow

Mr. Rostow held the same position during the last year of the Reagan administration, after having served as the National Security Council's Deputy Legal Adviser since March 1987. Prior to this he was Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser at the Department of State. Mr. Rostow also served as Counsel to the President's Special Review Board, providing legal counsel on all aspects of the Board's work and participating in the drafting of the Board's report. From October 1982 to July 1985, Mr. Rostow was associated with the firm of Shearman and Sterling in New York. Mr. Rostow received his B.A., Ph.D., and J.D. degrees from Yale University. His published work is in the field of international law and diplomatic history. He is married to the former Ariana van der Heyden White. University Professor at the National Defense University (NDU), specializing in international and national security law and affairs and U.S. government and international decision-making in foreign and national security policy Senior Research Scholar at the Yale Law School Senior Director of the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Security Studies at NDU, 2011-15 University Counsel and Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and tenured full professor at the State University of New York General Counsel and Senior Policy Adviser to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 2001-05 Charles H. Stockton Chair in International Law, U.S. Naval War College, 2001 Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1999-2000 Counsel and Deputy Staff Director to the House Select Committee on Military/Commercial Concerns with the People’s Republic of China, 1998-99 Special Assistant to Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush for National Security Affairs and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council under Colin Powell and Brent Scowcroft, 1987-93 Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1985-1987