Questions, Questions...
Why do we care about diversity in the Foreign Service? When did you know this job was "the one"? How do you do your job with so much danger out there these days? Students visiting the State Departm...
3 Jan 201929min
College Students Visit State
The American dream is alive and well at the U.S. Department of State. Stacy Williams, Luis Mendez and Julie Chung share with visiting Cox Fellows inspiring stories of their journeys from where they b...
27 Dec 201827min
A Public Servant in the Private Sector
Did you know that 95% of the world's consumers live outside the United States? As President, Global Public Affairs at UPS, former Economics Officer Laura Lane helps reduce corruption at borders, in t...
20 Dec 201818min
When You Shouldn't Follow the Rules
Economics Officer Laura Lane served in Rwanda during its period of genocide in the 1990s and learned when you should, and when you should not, follow the rules. Here is the audio track of her TED tal...
14 Dec 201823min
Secretary of State James Baker Reflects on Bush and Our Times
James Baker, Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush, remembers President Bush and puts today's foreign policy events in perspective as he receives the Walter and Lenore Annenberg Award for Excellen...
6 Dec 201821min
The Dictator Hit Parade
Ambassador Joe Sullivan has known a lot of dictators. Who are they? What are they like? How do they do it? "All I want to do is make this a prosperous, democratic country," is a good thing to say ...
29 Nov 201820min
President vs. Strongman: No Peace in Angola
Diamonds, Petroleum, widespread human suffering and a decades-long civil war. Ambassador Joe Sullivan talks about the U.S. role as monitor of the peace and demobilization process: "It was time to cho...
23 Nov 201832min
Bonus Chat - Is It Happening Here?
Turkey, Russia, Venezuela: In what ways is the rise of strongmen in those countries similar and different from what we're seeing in the United States? What role do press freedom and demonizing adver...
21 Nov 20189min
