Daniel F. Runde is a Senior Vice President at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and holds the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, where he focuses on the role of using soft power to shape the future. Mr. Runde has advised  governments and international institutions. Among  his many  contributions, he was an architect of Prosper Africa, a U.S. government initiative to deepen the United States’ commercial and development engagement in Africa, and a leading voice on the role and future of the World Bank Group and U.S. leadership in a multilateral world order. He is the author of “The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power“.