Jeff Rathke is a Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  Jeff joined CSIS in August 2015 after a 24-year career at the State Department, where he most recently was Director of the Press Office and served as acting Deputy Spokesperson in the spring of 2015.  Mr. Rathke was Deputy Director of the Private Office of the NATO Secretary General in Brussels (2009-2011) and Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin (2006-2009), along with assignments in Moscow, Riga, and Dublin. He also served in Kuala Lumpur as Counselor for Political Affairs (2011-14).