Richard Dale Kauzlarich (born August 18, 1944) is an American diplomat, writer, and intelligence analyst.

[1] He graduated from Black Hawk College in 1964 with an associate of arts degree.

Kauzlarich served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs in 1984–1986 and as deputy director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff in 1986–1989, handling global and international economic issues.

Between 1993 and 1994, he served as Senior Deputy to the Secretary of State's and the President's Special Representative to the Newly Independent States (NIS), responsible for conflict resolution in the Caucasus region and U.S. economic relations with the NIS.

After a 32-year career in the Foreign Service, Kauzlarich was Director of the Special Initiative on the Muslim World at the United States Institute of Peace.