Steven C. Walker

Steven C. Walker is an American diplomat who served as the United States Charge d’Affaires to Eritrea from 2019 to 2022. Prior to his tenure as Charge d’Affaires he worked in diplomatic services related to Africa and the Middle East. He is now a faculty member at the College of International Security Affairs.

Steven C. Walker was born in Hawaii. He graduated from Reed College with a bachelor's degree, from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with a master's degree in international relations, and from the National War College with a master's degree in national security strategy. At Georgetown University he was a Rusk Fellow.^[1]

Walker volunteered for the Peace Corps in Morocco. He was a deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Human Resources.^[1]

In Basra, Iraq, Walker was consul general for the United States. He was the deputy chief of mission for Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Mauritania, Turkey, and Libya. He was director of the Office of East Africa Affairs and deputy director of the Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs.^[1]

Walker became the charge d’Affaires to Eritrea on December 12, 2019, and served until July 17, 2022.^[2][3] He has been critical of Eritrea's human rights violations, economic policies, and support for Russia. In an article for The Atlantic he wrote that diplomatic relations with totalitarian states was futile and serve to legitimize those governments.^[4]

Walker has been a faculty member at the College of International Security Affairs since 2023, and is acting chancellor.^[2]

Walker is married and is the father of two children.^[1]