The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) had an actual budget for fiscal 2015 of $297.693 million.3 The assistant secretary manages a Washington, D.C.-based staff of nearly 400 and an overseas staff of more than 7,000.4
• Serves as principal advisor to the secretary of state and the deputy secretaries responsible for the general conduct of the United States foreign policy and relations with European and Eurasian states and leveraging regional organizations, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, European Union and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Provides direction, coordination and supervision of the plans, programs, resources and performance of interdepartmental activities involving formulating and advancing U.S. policy toward the countries in Europe and Eurasia; manages the policy and operations of EUR; and provides guidance to U.S. diplomatic missions in the region
• Provides instructions to ambassadors, follows up on reporting and communicates with the Washington diplomatic corps
• Coordinates closely with the department’s policy planning staff, the assistant secretary for intelligence and research, and the coordinator for counterterrorism, while also coordinating with senior officials at the White House and other departments and agencies