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Robert Gates Talks Strategic History With a Moral Purpose (Video)

April 18, 2016 By in Foreign Affairs, Top Ranks, US Presidents, Video of the Week Tags: , , , , ,

Posted: 2:06 am ET
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The Zbigniew Brzezinski Annual Prize honors the legacy of Dr. Brzezinski by recognizing and promoting the importance of geostrategic thinking with a transcending moral purpose. It’s Inaugural Prize recipient is Robert M. Gates, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense. Below is Mr. Gates lecture at CSIS on April 12, 2016. If you want to skip the intros and go directly to the lecture, it starts at the 13:25 mark. Don’t miss the Q&A starting at the 34:00 mark.

 

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CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Event: A Conversation w/ America’s Ambassadors, 3/17 at 5pm

March 16, 2016 By in Ambassadors, Foreign Service, FSOs, Political Appointees, State Department, Top Ranks Tags: , ,

Posted: 2:34 am EDT
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative panel discussion and question and answer session will reportedly feature 45 current and former U.S. ambassadors. They will explore issues contributing to global insecurity, mass migration, refugees, war and conflict in regional hotspots, as well as tensions in the South China Sea. The 90-minute event is at full capacity but will be available to watch online here.  If everyone gets to talk, they’ll have a couple minutes each!  The ambassadors listed as participants in the event are below:

Hon. Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley 
Former U.S. Ambassador to Malta

Hon. Cynthia Akuetteh  
U.S. Ambassador to Gabon

Hon. Pat Alsup 
U.S. Ambassador to Gambia

Hon. Mari Aponte 
Former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador

Hon. Liliana Ayalde 
U.S. Ambassador to Brazil

Hon. Erica J. Barks-Ruggles 
U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda

Hon. Colleen Bell 
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary

Hon. Marcia Bernicat 
U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh

Hon. Piper Campbell 
Former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia

Hon. Judith Cefkin 
U.S. Ambassador to Fiji

Hon. Maureen Cormack 
U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hon. Laura Dogu 
U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua

Hon. Kathleen Doherty
U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus

Hon. Catherine Ebert-Grey 
U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea/Vanuatu/Soloman Islands

Hon. Julie Furuta-Toy 
U.S. Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea

Hon. Jennifer Zimdahl Galt 
U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia

Hon. Nina Hachigian 
U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN

Hon. Pamela Hamamoto 
Permanent Rep. of the U.S. to the U.N. and Other International Organizations in Geneva

Hon. Patricia Haslach 
U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia

Hon. G. Kathleen Hill 
U.S. Ambassador to Malta

Hon. Amy Hyatt 
U.S. Ambassador to Palau

Hon. Helen La Lime
U.S. Ambassador to Angola

Hon. Barbara Leaf  
U.S. Ambassador to the UAE

Hon. Dawn Liberi  
U.S. Ambassador to Burundi

Hon. Carmen Lomellin  
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States

Hon. Deb Malac  
U.S. Ambassador to Uganda

Hon. Jean Manes 
U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador

Hon. Deborah McCarthy 
U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania

Hon. Crystal Nix-Hines 
U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO

Hon. Virginia Palmer 
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi

Hon. Lisa Peterson 
U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland

Hon. Eunice Reddick 
U.S. Ambassador to Niger

Hon. Marcie Ries  
Former U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria

Hon. Doria Rosen  
U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia

Hon. Dana Smith  
U.S. Ambassador to Qatar

Hon. Pamela Spratlen  
U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan

Hon. Karen Stanton 
U.S. Ambassador to Timor-Leste

Hon. Steph Sullivan  
U.S. Ambassador to Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

Hon. Linda Taglialatela  
U.S. Ambassador to Barbados

Hon. Lucy Tamlyn  
U.S. Ambassador to Benin

Hon. Margaret Uyehara 
U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro

Hon. Shari Villarosa 
U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius/Seychelles

Hon. Alice Wells  
U.S. Ambassador to Jordan

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