David Bernell is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University. His research and teaching focuses on American politics, international relations, and energy and environmental policy. He is the author of the books The Energy Security Dilemma: US Policy and Practice and Constructing US Foreign Policy: The Curious Case of Cuba. Prior to coming to OSU, he served as a political appointee in the Clinton Administration with the US Office of Management and Budget, and with the US Department of the Interior.