Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

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United States Department of Defense position civilian office

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing defense policy and security relationships with foreign nations and international organizations.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary of Defense	1
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs of the United States	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Defense position ⓘ civilian office ⓘ
advises	United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governs	International Security Affairs directorates within OSD ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	ASD(ISA) ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	formulation of regional defense policies ⓘ implementation of international defense agreements ⓘ
isSubordinateTo	Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ
jurisdiction	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
locatedIn	Arlington, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon
memberOf	senior leadership of the Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
nominatedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
oversees	International Security Affairs staff ⓘ Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs ⓘ
partOf	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
positionInception	Cold War era ⓘ
reportsTo	Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ
requires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
responsibleFor	Africa security affairs ⓘ Eurasia security affairs ⓘ European security affairs ⓘ Middle East security affairs ⓘ NATO defense policy coordination ⓘ bilateral defense relations ⓘ coordination of defense policy with allies and partners ⓘ defense aspects of alliance management ⓘ defense consultations in international forums ⓘ defense contributions to U.S. regional strategies ⓘ defense cooperation programs with partner nations ⓘ defense policy toward foreign nations ⓘ multilateral defense relations ⓘ policy guidance for security assistance programs ⓘ regional security policy ⓘ security relationships with foreign governments ⓘ security relationships with international organizations ⓘ
sector	defense policy ⓘ international security ⓘ
typeOfRole	political appointee ⓘ
worksWith	National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: National Security Council Unified Combatant Commands ⓘ surface form: U.S. combatant commands United States Department of State ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assistant Secretaries of the Army → isDifferentFrom → Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs ⓘ

subject surface form: Assistant Secretary of the Army

this entity surface form: Assistant Secretary of Defense

Joseph S. Nye Jr. → positionHeld → Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs of the United States

Paul Nitze → positionHeld → Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs ⓘ