Dennis Jett is the Dean of the International Center and Director of the Transnational and Global Studies Center at the University of Florida. A former career diplomat, he served as Ambassador to Peru and Mozambique, on the National Security Council and in Argentina, Israel, Malawi and Liberia.
He has a Ph.D. in international relations and his dissertation entitled “Why Peacekeeping Fails†has been published by Palgrave. He has been interviewed on Jim Lehrer News Hour, CNN, NPR and other national news programs, has written over 80 opinion pieces for major newspapers and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.