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The Weiser Diplomacy Center leads the Ford School’s engagement with the foreign policy community and provides practical training to students interested in international affairs
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International Policy Education
Foreign policy engagement & diplomacy training
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My inspiration came from working and studying every day with top minds, people who helped refine my thinking and direction, all the while providing me with a deep toolbox of skills that I still use every day.
Sean Jones (MPP '00), Mission Director, USAID/Ethiopia reflects on diplomacy today, and the Ford School difference.
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Ciorciari assesses Non-Alignment Movement inaction on Ukraine crisis
Countries around the world have responded in many ways to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. John Ciorciari, associate professor of public policy and...
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Ambassador Susan D. Page
Professor of practice in international diplomacy
Page has served the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations in senior roles for decades, across East, Central, and Southern Africa, and in Haiti and Nepal. Page was the first U.S. ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan and served as deputy assistant secretary of State for African Affairs.
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Advising our great DipLab team has been very rewarding because of their commitment to hard work, deep research and focused analysis. Having served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, I am confident that this project will play an important role in the Biden Administration's drug control policies and in overall US-China relations."
Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky, Professor of practice
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