| Nick Dowling | |
| Birth Name: | Nick Dowling |
| Citizenship: | U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | National Security, Military Training, Foreign Affairs |
| Workplaces: | IDS International U.S. National Security Council National Defense University |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard University (B.A.) Georgetown University (Master's) |
Nick Dowling is the founder and president of IDS International. He focuses on stability operations and interagency coordination in both the public and private sectors.[1]
Dowling has a Bachelor’s from Harvard University and a Master’s in National Security Studies from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.[2]
He was Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC)[3] where he coordinated Bosnia and Kosovo policy to help bring and end to the Balkan wars.[4] Prior to that, he was a defense fellow in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a senior fellow at the National Defense University and a policy advisor for two presidential campaigns and a U.S. Senate campaign.
Dowling is the acting president of IDS International, a "smart power" national security firm that trains the US Army and Marines in sophisticated operations. He leads an IDS team with a vast array of stability operations, interagency, reconstruction and regional expertise.[5]
After founding IDS International in 2001, Dowling helped the company become a provider in training[6] on interagency coordination in conflict zones that included Iraq[7] and Afghanistan.
He is also a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[8]