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Isaac Eagan

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Regional Advising

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Faculty

Regional Advising

Isaac Eagan joined the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) as a Europe Regional Program Lead in April 2022. He previously served at the State Department’s Bureau for Conflict and Stabilization Operations, where he advised on security sector stabilization policy and programs around the world. He also supported the bureau’s response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, including serving as acting Europe team lead.  

Prior to joining the State Department, Isaac was the Chief Operating Officer of Spirit of America, a congressionally-recognized nonprofit organization that provides private assistance in support of U.S. missions overseas. Following an initial assignment in southern Afghanistan, he led the organization’s expansion around the world, developing operational frameworks and collaborating with US diplomatic, military, and development missions throughout Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. In the European theater, he worked closely with USAREUR and EUCOM on strategic communications and other capacity building initiatives in Ukraine, as well as with SOCEUR in the Balkans, Baltics, and Caucasus.  

Originally from South Carolina, Isaac served as an army infantryman, deploying to Iraq in 2003-2004 and 2006-2007. Following service, he conducted case management for seriously injured OEF/OIF veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs.  

Isaac graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, earned a master's in international public affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Fellows program. An avid traveler, he has taught English in France, interned at U.S. Embassy-Tirana, studied Arabic in Jordan, and climbed the easiest of the Seven Summits.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Security & Defense Planning
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Change Management
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Europe
portrait of a man wearing a navy blazer with plaid shirt
Isaac Eagan
Faculty
 Regional Advising

Isaac Eagan joined the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) as a Europe Regional Program Lead in April 2022. He previously served at the State Department’s Bureau for Conflict and Stabilization Operations, where he advised on security sector stabilization policy and programs around the world. He also supported the bureau’s response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, including serving as acting Europe team lead.  

Prior to joining the State Department, Isaac was the Chief Operating Officer of Spirit of America, a congressionally-recognized nonprofit organization that provides private assistance in support of U.S. missions overseas. Following an initial assignment in southern Afghanistan, he led the organization’s expansion around the world, developing operational frameworks and collaborating with US diplomatic, military, and development missions throughout Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. In the European theater, he worked closely with USAREUR and EUCOM on strategic communications and other capacity building initiatives in Ukraine, as well as with SOCEUR in the Balkans, Baltics, and Caucasus.  

Originally from South Carolina, Isaac served as an army infantryman, deploying to Iraq in 2003-2004 and 2006-2007. Following service, he conducted case management for seriously injured OEF/OIF veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs.  

Isaac graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, earned a master's in international public affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Fellows program. An avid traveler, he has taught English in France, interned at U.S. Embassy-Tirana, studied Arabic in Jordan, and climbed the easiest of the Seven Summits.
Isaac Eagan
Faculty
 Regional Advising

Isaac Eagan joined the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) as a Europe Regional Program Lead in April 2022. He previously served at the State Department’s Bureau for Conflict and Stabilization Operations, where he advised on security sector stabilization policy and programs around the world. He also supported the bureau’s response to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, including serving as acting Europe team lead.  

Prior to joining the State Department, Isaac was the Chief Operating Officer of Spirit of America, a congressionally-recognized nonprofit organization that provides private assistance in support of U.S. missions overseas. Following an initial assignment in southern Afghanistan, he led the organization’s expansion around the world, developing operational frameworks and collaborating with US diplomatic, military, and development missions throughout Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. In the European theater, he worked closely with USAREUR and EUCOM on strategic communications and other capacity building initiatives in Ukraine, as well as with SOCEUR in the Balkans, Baltics, and Caucasus.  

Originally from South Carolina, Isaac served as an army infantryman, deploying to Iraq in 2003-2004 and 2006-2007. Following service, he conducted case management for seriously injured OEF/OIF veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs.  

Isaac graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, earned a master's in international public affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Fellows program. An avid traveler, he has taught English in France, interned at U.S. Embassy-Tirana, studied Arabic in Jordan, and climbed the easiest of the Seven Summits.