Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. CANCELED: A Conversation with Secretary James A. Baker, III (March 23, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72446 72446-18007179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 23, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Due to the COVID-19 situation, this event has been canceled.

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

Join us for an armchair conversation between former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, and Michael S. Barr, Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The discusison will focus on Secretary Baker's distinguished career serving in senior government positions under three United States presidents—as secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, and twice as White House chief of staff. The conversation will cover pivotal moments from Secretary Baker's distinguished career and his reflections on current issues of international diplomacy and domestic policy.

Co-sponsors: the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Library, The Gerald R. Ford Institute at Albion College, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

From the speaker's bio:

James A. Baker, III, has served in senior government positions under three United States presidents. He served as the nation's 61st secretary of state from January 1989 through August 1992 under President George H.W. Bush. During his tenure at the State Department, Baker traveled to 90 foreign countries as the United States confronted the unprecedented challenges and opportunities of the post–Cold War era. From 1985 to 1988, Baker served as the 67th secretary of the treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and from 1981 to 1985, he served as White House chief of staff to President Reagan. Baker's record of public service began in 1975 as under secretary of commerce to President Gerald R. Ford and concluded with his service as White House chief of staff and senior counselor to President Bush from August 1992 to January 1993.

Long active in American presidential politics, Baker also led presidential campaigns for Presidents Ford, Reagan, and Bush over the course of five consecutive presidential elections from 1976 to 1992.

A native Houstonian, Baker graduated from Princeton University in 1952. After two years of active duty as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, he entered The University of Texas School of Law at Austin. He received his J.D. with honors in 1957 and practiced law with the Houston firm of Andrews and Kurth from 1957 to 1975. Baker’s memoir — “Work Hard, Study . . . and Keep Out of Politics! Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life” — was published in October 2006.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:43:46 -0400 2020-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-23T17:30:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion James A. Baker, III
What’s Next for US Foreign Policy? (December 2, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79227 79227-20231468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

The Weiser Diplomacy Center is partnering with the American Academy of Diplomacy to bring seasoned U.S. diplomats to the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy after the presidential election 2020. We invite students and the community to join Ambassador Ron Neumann in conversation with Ambassador Dawn Liberi, Ambassador Hugo Llorens and Ambassador Alexander Vershbow.

About the speakers:

Ambassador Dawn Liberi is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Burundi from 2012 to 2016. Ambassador Liberi started her career in Africa where she served in five posts with USAID over a span of twenty years, focusing on key development issues. Serving as the USAID Mission Director in Nigeria (2002-2005), she managed a $100 million program of assistance and brokered a $20 million public-private sector alliance to fund community development activities. As USAID Mission Director in Uganda (1998-2002), Ambassador Liberi managed one of the largest HIV/AIDS and micro-enterprise programs in sub-Saharan Africa, helping to significantly reduce HIV/AIDS prevalence and assisting Uganda to develop high value exports.

Ambassador Hugo Llorens is a recently retired (December 31, 2017) U.S. Ambassador. He currently makes his home in Marco Island, Florida. On a part-time basis, he does international business and security affairs consulting. Llorens provides advice to U.S. and international firms on political, trade and investment matters pertaining to markets in Latin America, Europe, South Asia and the Western Pacific. He utilizes his 36 years of diplomatic experience and leverages his network of global contacts to enhance his clients’ business prospects. He also does public speaking on leadership and foreign affairs issues, and is currently writing a book about his diplomatic experiences.

Ambassador Alexander Sandy Vershbow is a Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security in Washington DC. Ambassador Vershbow was the Deputy Secretary General of NATO from February 2012 to October 2016, the first American to hold that position. He frequently chaired meetings of the North Atlantic Council and other NATO committees. He was directly involved in shaping the Alliance’s political response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, in adapting NATO’s strengthened deterrence and defense posture, and in deepening NATO’s partnerships with non-Allies in Europe, the Middle East and Northeast Asia.

Moderator:

Ambassador Ronald Neumann, President, American Academy of Diplomacy

Formerly a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Ronald E. Neumann served three times as Ambassador; to Algeria, Bahrain and finally to Afghanistan from July 2005 to April 2007. Before Afghanistan, Mr. Neumann, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, served in Baghdad from February 2004 with the Coalition Provisional Authority and then as Embassy Baghdad’s liaison with the Multinational Command, where he was deeply involved in coordinating the political part of military actions.

Prior to working in Iraq, he was Ambassador in Manama, Bahrain (2001-2004), Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Near East Affairs (1997-2000) with responsibility for North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and Ambassador to Algeria (1994 to 1997). He was Director of the Office of Northern Gulf Affairs (Iran and Iraq; 1991 to 1994). Earlier in his career, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and in Sanaa in Yemen, Principal Officer in Tabriz, Iran and Economic/Commercial Officer in Dakar, Senegal. His previous Washington assignments include service as Jordan Desk officer, Staff Assistant in the Middle East (NEA) Bureau, and Political Officer in the Office of Southern European Affairs.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 01 Dec 2020 08:28:32 -0500 2020-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 2020-12-02T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Diplomacy Center Livestream / Virtual American Academy of Diplomacy
Public Diplomacy: A Vision for 2021 and Beyond (December 7, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/78732 78732-20113302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 7, 2020 11:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Inaugural event of the Global Forum for Scholars & Practitioners of Diplomacy Talk Series.

Free and open to the public.

Please join us for a virtual event co-hosted by the Weiser Diplomacy Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, in collaboration with the Global Forum for Scholars & Practitioners of Diplomacy. This event will feature Dr. Vivian S. Walker, Executive Director of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, in conversation with Professor John Ciorciari, Director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center at the University of Michigan, with a welcome address by Rejaul Karim Laskar, representing the Global Forum for Scholars & Practitioners of Diplomacy.  

Vivian S. Walker is the Executive Director of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Following a 26-year career with the State Department, she retired with the senior rank of Minister Counselor and became a teacher, writer and researcher. Currently a Faculty Fellow at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD), she has served as the editor of the CPD Perspective series, an Adjunct Professor at the Central European University’s (CEU) School of Public Policy and a Research Fellow at the CEU Center for Media, Data and Society.  She has also been a Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College in Washington, DC and the National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Walker has published and lectured extensively on the practice of public diplomacy in complex information environments.  She graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and earned her doctorate in English language and literature from the University of Chicago. 

John D. Ciorciari is Associate Professor and Director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. He is the author or editor of several books on international law and politics, including Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States (forthcoming with Stanford University Press) and The Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era (forthcoming with the University of Michigan Press). He has been an Andrew Carnegie Fellow and holds an AB and JD from Harvard and MPhil and DPhil from Oxford.

Welcome Address by Rejaul Karim Laskar, Admin, Global Forum for Scholars & Practitioners of Diplomacy.  

The Global Forum for Scholars & Practitioners of Diplomacy is a group of eminent scholars belonging to some of the leading universities of the world and distinguished diplomats of some of the major nations of the world. This global group has been established to facilitate interactions among diplomats of major nations of the world and scholars of Diplomacy belonging to leading universities of the world so as to promote more robust integration between theory and practice of Diplomacy. While the scholars of diplomacy can learn from the valuable experiences and perspectives of practicing diplomats, the latter can benefit from the former's findings, analyses and theoretical insights.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:10:54 -0400 2020-12-07T11:30:00-05:00 2020-12-07T12:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Diplomacy Center Lecture / Discussion GFSPD