James Appathurai served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia from December 2010 until April 2022.

Education: - University of Amsterdam, Department of International Relations, Amsterdam Master of International Relations (cum laude), February 1993. - University of Toronto, Departments of Political Science and History, Toronto Bachelor of Arts (Honours), September 1991.

Photo and bio source : https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/who_is_who_50158.htm