Thomas Carothers

Thomas Carothers is director of the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international affairs think tank. 

Widely recognised as a leading authority on democratisation and international support for democracy, he has worked on democracy and governance assistance projects around the world for many public and private organisations. 

He is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books and reports as well as many articles in prominent journals and newspapers. He has been a visiting faculty member at Oxford University, the Central European University, and Johns Hopkins SAIS. 

Prior to joining the Endowment, Carothers practised international and financial law at Arnold & Porter and served as an attorney-adviser in the office of the legal adviser of the U.S. Department of State. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the London School of Economics, and Harvard College.