Bailey Galicia

  • Assistant Director, Strategy and Operations
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Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Disinformation Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society Security & Defense

Regions

The Balkans
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Bailey Galicia is assistant director for strategy and operations with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. In this role, he serves as chief of staff of the Scowcroft Center and special assistant to the senior director, plus provides broad support and leadership in implementing the Center’s vision and strategic objectives. 

Before joining the Atlantic Council, Bailey worked with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he focused on Europe, Eurasia, and public diplomacy oversight. Prior to his time in the Senate, he was awarded a US Fulbright fellowship to teach in Bulgaria. 

He holds a joint master’s degree in security, intelligence, and strategic studies from the University of Glasgow, Dublin City University, and Charles University. His graduate thesis examined cognitive shaping by foreign adversaries and its implications for US national security.