May 05, 2021 by Bill Platt
New director comes from the Stimson Center, a public policy and diplomacy think tank.
Photo by Robert Gill
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Victoria K. Holt, vice president of the Stimson Center, a Washington, D.C.-based public policy research institute focused on international affairs, has been named the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. She is a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for international security in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs in the Obama Administration.
Victoria K. Holt begins as the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding on Sept. 1. (Photo courtesy of the Stimson Center)
Please join the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for a panel discussion on efforts to advance an anti-racist transatlantic agenda with three policymakers: Caroline Abadie, Member of the French National Assembly; Oona King, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Snap Inc and former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom; and Desirée Cormier Smith, Senior Advisor in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. This discussion will be moderated by Torrey Taussig, Research Director, and Erika Manouselis, Project Coordinator.Systemic racism is a critical problem for societies on both sides of Atlantic. Following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in May 2020, protests erupted around the world and sparked national reckonings about the injustices faced by African Americans and Black Europeans. Many of these injustices are the same - from mass incarcerations and racial profiling to health inequities a
Abdullah bin Zayed, Saudi FM review consolidating cooperation
ABU DHABI, 1st May, 2021 (WAM) H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, reviewed the prospects of further consolidating the long-standing and strategic relations between the two fraternal nations across all fronts.
This came as the UAE top diplomat received his Saudi counterpart today and reciprocated with him the Ramadan greetings. The two ministers exchanged views over the latest regional developments as well as the ongoing cooperation between the two nations to address the fallout of the COVID-19. They, in this regard, discussed ways of boosting international cooperation to speed up the recovery process from the pandemic.
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Caroline Beckman is the founder and CEO of Nouri, a proactive gut and immune health solutions company. She has founded, advised, and invested in over 10 food, beverage, technology, and sustainable resource companies that have partnered with leading retailers around the world. Recently, she has published work on microbiology illustrating how effective delivery of good bacteria can reduce the incidence of viral infections. Caroline is a Thiel Fellowship recipient and a proud college dropout.
Emile Doak is the executive director of The American Conservative. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he studied political philosophy and theology, and previously worked in education before returning to the field of his studies. His writing has appeared in
04/15/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/15/2021 18:15
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Key Administration Leaders in the State Department
WASHINGTON - Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate seven individuals to fill key roles in the State Department:
Director General of the Foreign Service and the Chair of the Board of the Foreign Service
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs