Richard Outzen GEOPOLITICAL CONSULTANT

Richard Outzen is a geopolitical consultant. He is also a retired foreign area officer who served in the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff and as an advisor to several secretaries of state. Over thirty years of active military service, he held various command, staff, and liaison positions and spent a decade in the Middle East, including combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a doctoral candidate at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government.