R.P. Eddy

As Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, R. P. Eddy is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Tactical Counter Terrorism (CTCT), which focuses on the role of police in the fight against terror.

Eddy has worked with the New York Police Department, The Greek Government, The United Nations and corporations on terrorism and security issues. He is a founding member of the International Counter-Terrorism Academic Community and has served as Senior Policy Officer to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan where, amongst other work, he helped lead the Secretary-General’s initiatives to mobilize an international response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

He was Director of Counterterrorism at the White House National Security Council; Chief of Staff to the US Ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke; Senior Advisor for Intelligence and Counterterrorism to the Secretary of Energy, and a US representative to international negotiations, including the creation of the International Criminal Court and peace negotiations in Angola and Rwanda.

Eddy is recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow, a Manfred-Wörner scholar, and an Evangelische Akademie scholar. He is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, and serves as Managing Director of Security Information Services, a division of Gerson Lehrman Group.