Dr. Jessica Tuchman Mathews is President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international research organization with offices in Washington, DC, Moscow, Beijing, Beirut and Brussels. Dr. Mathews, who holds a PhD in molecular biology, has held positions in the executive and legislative branches, in management and research in the nonprofit arena, and in journalism.

This lecture is made possible by a generous gift from the Citigroup Foundation. The lecture series brings prominent policymakers from the national and international arenas to the Ford School each year to engage students and faculty in dialogue and to give a public address.