The Institute Of World Politics

Vangala Ram is a Career Member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service (SFS), based now at the National Intelligence University, on Senior Detail from the State Department. He is a full-time faculty member of the Department of Transnational Issues at NIU. At NIU, Mr. Ram teaches a wide variety of graduate courses to students from across the intelligence community, including advanced intelligence analysis, globalization, the national-security decision-making process, Russia Seminar, Eurasia Seminar, Intelligence Issues in Europe and Engaging International Partners, among other graduate courses. Mr. Ram has been in the U.S Foreign Service for around 25 years, serving in a wide variety of positions around the world. He was the director of Regional Security and Arms Transfers (RSAT) in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in Washington DC and has served as Press Attaché in both Riyadh and Amman. Mr. Ram was the director of the Amerika Haus in Cologne, Germany and has served as the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) i