James Thomas Snyder is a former U.S. Foreign Service Officer and served on the NATO International Staff in Brussels, Belgium, from 2005 to 2011. A former U.S. Congressional staffer and translator, his work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Foreign Policy, Military Review, Small Wars Journal, Joint Force Quarterly, Internationale Politik, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, among other publications. Visit jamesthomassnyder.com.