Created by the Council of American Ambassadors, American Ambassadors Live! offers foreign policy insights from experienced former U.S. Ambassadors.
(7)
The Council fulfills its mission through its programs, which serve to educate the public about critical foreign policy issues affecting the national interest. Council programs include: Conferences and Ambassadors Forums, held in Washington, DC and cities around the country, to enhance the public's understanding of international issues. Ambassadors Roundtables, which allow members to engage in off-the-record, meaningful dialogues with foreign Chiefs of Mission currently accredited to the White House. Overseas Fact-finding Missions to enhance international relations and investigate the opportunities and challenges beyond our borders that generally cannot be gained through normal media channels. The Council collaborates with the U.S. Department of State to support the role of the American ambassador and the country team in carrying out U.S. foreign policy at embassies around the world. Programs such as the Ambassadorial Orientation program, which enables newly-appointed ambassadors to hear from and share experiences with those who have preceded them in the field, develop and strengthen this partnership. The Council sponsors The International Affairs Fellowship, which is a prestigious summer program that provides practical training through internships at the Department of State and academic studies in international affairs. The Council sponsors the Public Diplomacy Fellowship, which combines on-the-job training with academic study and mentoring by former United States ambassadors, public diplomacy/ public affairs officers and media/communications executives. Its purpose is to enhance the conduct and practice of U.S. public diplomacy through the provision of specialized training and mentoring opportunities for junior Public Diplomacy officers.
Operating as usual
NEW EPISODE: Former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Gerald Feierstein, joined American Ambassadors Live! Podcast host Ambassador Philip Hughes to discuss the ongoing crisis in Yemen and the future of U.S. policy in the region.
https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/gerald-feierstein-the-future-of-the-united-states-yemen-strategy
Ambassador Kelley Currie spoke with podcast host Ambassador Louise Oliver on the future of the U.S.'s role in multilateral organizations and more in our recent episode: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/kelley-currie-the-u-s-and-multilateralism
NEW EPISODE: Former Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues at the UN, Kelley Currie, joined host Ambassador Louise Oliver to discuss working with the UN and the challenges of multilateralism. https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/kelley-currie-the-u-s-and-multilateralism
Former Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Tom McDonald, shared his experiences abroad and recommendations for President-Elect Biden's foreign policy toward Africa in one of our newest episodes: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/tom-mcdonald-chinese-and-russian-influence-in-africa
Ambassadors John Emerson and Stuart Holliday played instrumental roles in previous ambassadorial selections. Hear insights on the upcoming nomination process and behind the scenes stories like this one in our new episode: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/john-emerson-and-stuart-holliday-appointing-non-career-american-ambassadors
NEW EPISODE: Former U.S Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Tom McDonald, joined American Ambassadors Live! Podcast host, Ambassador Philip Hughes, to explore the influence of Chinese and Russian activities in Africa. Listen Now: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/tom-mcdonald-chinese-and-russian-influence-in-africa
NEW EPISODE: Former ambassador to Germany, John Emerson, and former ambassador for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations, Stuart Holliday, joined American Ambassadors Live! Podcast host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe, to discuss the selection of non-career ambassadors for the United States. Listen Now: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/john-emerson-and-stuart-holliday-appointing-non-career-american-ambassadors
Meridian International Center
While reflecting on the past year and planning for the next, consider these words of wisdom from our esteemed member, Ambassador Sue Cobb. Be sure to listen to the full podcast episode here: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/sue-cobb-the-lady-of-silk-and-steel #NewYear2021 #NewYears #ICYMI
Happy Holidays!
NEW EPISODE: Former Ambassador to Jamaica Sue Cobb joined our host Ambassador Jim Rosapepe to discuss foreign affairs, her time in office, and her new book, The Lady of Silk and Steel: From Everest to Embassies. Listen now: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/sue-cobb-the-lady-of-silk-and-steel
Last month, we hosted our first virtual Fall Conference which included an insightful tour d'horizon of U.S. foreign policy and a discussion on the future of U.S.-China relations. Watch the recording here: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/fall-2020-conference-the-u-s-china-relationship-perceptions-and-misperceptions
The Council of American Ambassadors hosted our first virtual Fall Conference last week. Ambassador Timothy Chorba opened the event by introducing Ambassador Frank Wisner, who provided the Council with an insightful tour d'horizon. This was followed by a panel discussion on U.S.-China relations featu...
Our Fall 2020 issue of the American Ambassadors Review is now online! Read up on the future of foreign policy and more here: https://americanambassadorslive.org/fall-2020
Wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is tomorrow! Brushing up on the practices of protocol and diplomacy will help the day go smoothly - even if it's virtual. Check out our podcast with former Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Capricia Marshall, to learn more: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/capricia-marshall-protocol-the-power-of-diplomacy
subscribe on: iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher Former Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Capricia Marshall, joined American Ambassadors Live! Podcast host Ambassador Jim Rosapepe to explore why diplomacy and etiquette matter - both in the global arena and in everyday life. Ambassador Marshall's new...
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW: Former Chief of Protocol, Capricia Marshall, spoke with American Ambassadors Live host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe, to explore why diplomacy and etiquette matter - both in the global arena and in everyday life. Ambassador Marshall's new book, Protocol: The Power of Diplomacy and How to Make it Work for You, is available now. Listen here: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/capricia-marshall-protocol-the-power-of-diplomacy
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW: EU Ambassador to the US, Stavros Lambrinidis, spoke with American Ambassadors Live host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe, about the EU's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of cooperation in times of crisis. Listen now: https://americanambassadorslive.org/post/stavros-lambrinidis-europe-s-cooperation-through-crises
Last week, former Chief of Protocol, Capricia Marshall, shared stories and wisdom from her book, Protocol: The Power of Diplomacy and How to Make it Work for You.
Ambassador Marshall explored why diplomacy and etiquette matter - both in the global arena and in everyday life - with moderator and Council Member Elizabeth Bagley.
Watch the full event now: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/protocol-a-discussion-on-the-power-of-diplomacy
American Ambassadors Live! brings you the latest foreign policy insights from former United States Ambassadors.
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW: Singapore's Ambassador to the U.S., Ashok Mirpuri, speaks with #AmbassadorsLive host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe, about #Singapore's relationship with the U.S. and more. Listen now: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/ashok-mirpuri-singapore-s-strengths-in-the-midst-of-covid-19
Happy #InternationalPodcastDay! Get caught up on foreign affairs by checking out our American Ambassadors Live! podcasts on our website and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/31KL94i9AVfB10atH7VetN
The American Ambassadors Live! Podcast (previously called CAA Live!) invites foreign policy experts and practitioners from the United States and around the world to share their perspectives on critical international issues. Disclaimer: Views expressed on this program are solely those of individual m...
You can find podcast episodes along with many other events by the Council of American Ambassadors on our website - including this recent event on how Americans can vote abroad. November 3rd is only 6 weeks away! #vote2020
https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/voting-overseas-a-discussion-on-the-american-vote-from-abroad
Voting Overseas: A Discussion on the American Vote from Abroad The Council of American Ambassadors was delighted to host the Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), David Beirne, for an informative discussion concerning the American vote from abroad. What is the voting process like...
Have you listened to the latest episodes of the American Ambassadors Live Podcast? Check out new interviews with Ambassador Armando Varricchio of Italy and former US Ambassador to Morocco Edward Gabriel: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/
American Ambassadors Live! brings you the latest foreign policy insights from former United States Ambassadors.
Our latest episode: How the world and local community is responding to the situation in Lebanon with Ambassador Edward Gabriel. Listen now:
https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/edward-gabriel-lebanon-responding-to-crises
subscribe on: iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher Former Ambassador to Morocco, Edward Gabriel, joined American Ambassadors Live! Podcast host Ambassador Jim Rosapepe to discuss the current circumstances in Lebanon and the response from around the globe. Ambassador Gabriel is President of the Ame...
"These are transformative times" notes Ambassador Varricchio of Italy. "The way society adjusts itself opens up new alleys to try to anticipate and figure out the future." Hear more in our latest podcast on how Italy is adapting in the wake of COVID-19. https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/armando-varricchio-italy-s-transformation-in-the-age-of-covid-19
In our latest podcast: Ambassador Armando Varricchio of Italy talked with American Ambassadors Live! host Ambassador Rosapepe on how Italy is responding and adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen now: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/armando-varricchio-italy-s-transformation-in-the-age-of-covid-19
Last week Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, David Beirne, spoke with Ambassador Bruce Heyman concerning the American vote from abroad. Mr. Beirne reviewed the processes for U.S. citizens voting from foreign countries and highlighted what challenges they may face during a global pandemic. He noted that voters abroad should request their ballots for the U.S. 2020 General Election early to ensure that their vote will be received and counted on time. A recording of the event is now available on the American Ambassadors Live! website: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/voting-overseas-a-discussion-on-the-american-vote-from-abroad
Voting Overseas: A Discussion on the American Vote from Abroad The Council of American Ambassadors was delighted to host the Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), David Beirne, for an informative discussion concerning the American vote from abroad. What is the voting process like...
Have you listened to the latest episodes on American Ambassadors Live Podcast? Check out new interviews with former US Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank Robert Orr and former US Ambassador to New Zealand Carol Moseley Braun surrounding responses to the coronavirus outbreak.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caalive/id979599703?mt=2
Government · 2020
"With the nuclear deal no longer a curb on Iran’s aggression, Washington must look for other ways to prevent conflict. The novel coronavirus pandemic offers one such avenue to de-escalate: humanitarian assistance."
Read more from Ambassadors Stuart Eizenstat and Thomas Pickering and their suggestion to offer humanitarian relief for strategic concessions:
https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2020/06/24/a-pandemic-opportunity-with-iran/content.html
Just five years ago, it looked as though Iran and the United States were moving toward more open relations. In 2015, the United States and five other world powers negotiated an agreement that markedly reduced Iran’s capacity to develop nucl
In an era of social media, digital communication and Zoom meetings, ambassadors have new tools at their disposal. Ambassadors Mark Brzezinski, John Emerson and Kristie Kenney share innovative approaches to diplomacy and insights from their ambassadorship in the latest Council of American Ambassadors Zoom Webinar:
https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/innovative-approaches-to-diplomacy
Innovative Approaches to Diplomacy: A Panel Discussion with Ambassadors Mark Brzezinski, John Emerson & Kristie Kenney The role of an ambassador is to convene, to connect and to problem solve. Traditionally, that was done in meeting rooms and reception halls. In an era of social media, digital commu...
The latest from American Ambassadors Live! Podcast: former US Ambassador to Italy John Phillips discusses the country's response to COVID-19, the strength of its health care system, and more.
Listen anywhere you get your podcasts: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/john-phillips-italy-s-response-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak
The AAL! Podcast has released a series of episodes with current and former Ambassadors regarding COVID-19 responses from nations throughout the globe. Listen to our latest podcast interview with the Ambassador of Mexico to the United States, H.E. Martha Barcena.
https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/martha-barcena-response-to-the-covid-19-outbreak-in-mexico
subscribe on: iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher Ambassador Martha Barcena joined American Ambassadors Live! Podcast host Ambassador Jim Rosapepe for a discussion on the COVID-19 outbreak in Mexico and the government's response. Martha Barcena is Mexico's Ambassador to the United State. She p...
"New START should be promptly extended. Any other course would be, to put it mildly, inadvisable in the extreme. During the Cold War and immediately afterward when the various terrifying nuclear crises took place they were peaceably resolved because the right man or men were in the right place at the right time. We can’t always be sure of that in the future." Council of American Ambassadors Member Thomas Graham, Jr.
Ambassador Graham served as Special Representative for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament, appointed by President Bill Clinton. He served for nearly three decades at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
http://ow.ly/gO2o50zQml9
During the depths of the 45-year-long Cold War in the early years, neither side believed it had an understanding of what the other side was doing. Both sides feared a sudden bolt from the blue with nuclear weapons which would lay waste to their societies. The threat was indeed beyond rational descri...
"If this goes forward it will wreck the non-proliferation treaty” - Council of American Ambassadors Member Thomas Graham Jr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-administration-discussed-conducting-first-us-nuclear-test-in-decades/2020/05/22/a805c904-9c5b-11ea-b60c-3be060a4f8e1_story.html
The move would have far-reaching consequences on relations with other nuclear powers and reverse a decades-long moratorium.
The Evolving Role of the U.S. Ambassador: A Conversation with Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Author and Journalist Paul Richter, and Ambassador Ed Gabriel
^the latest virtual event hosted by the Council of American Ambassadors is available for public viewing via the link below. Check it out!
https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/the-evolving-role-of-the-u-s-ambassador
Ambassador Greg Delawie served as U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo from 2015 to 2018. Check out the article he wrote for American Ambassadors Live discussing his work helping the Kosovo government manage foreign terrorist fighters during his ambassadorship:
https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/how-embassy-pristina-helped-kosovo-manage-the-foreign-terrorist-fighter-problem
Kosovo’s Challenges Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, is the most pro-American country in the world. From 2012-13, it was also the world’s biggest per capita source of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) in Syria. It would seem those two statements could not possibly both be...
In 2019, political unrest erupted unexpectedly in Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. The president of Bolivia resigned after a disputed election, the Peronists returned to power in Argentina and the Maduro regime clung to control in Venezuela. What should we expect in the Southern Hemisphere in 2020 and what are the implications of the COVID-19 outbreak in the region?
Watch the Council of American Ambassadors' recorded event, "Political Unrest and Institutional Crisis in Latin American with our guest speaker and former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Arturo Valenzuela.
https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/political-unrest-and-institutional-crisis-in-latin-america-what-can-we-expect-in-2020
In 2019, political unrest erupted unexpectedly in Chile, Colombia and Ecuador. The president of Bolivia resigned after a disputed election, the Peronists returned to power in Argentina and the Maduro regime clung to control in Venezuela. What can we expect in the Southern Hemisphere in 2020 and what...
888 17th St NW
Washington D.C., DC
20006
| Monday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when American Ambassadors Live posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Send a message to American Ambassadors Live:
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW: Singapore's Ambassador to the U.S., Ashok Mirpuri, speaks with #AmbassadorsLive host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe, about #Singapore's relationship with the U.S. and more. Listen now: https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/ashok-mirpuri-singapore-s-strengths-in-the-midst-of-covid-19
Full #CAALive podcast interview with Ambassador Michael McFaul is now live! Subscribe to CAA Live! to listen on iTunes: goo.gl/jg3M5x
In this special podcast preview, Amb Stuart Eizenstat speaks on President Carter's principled approach to #humanrights. Subscribe to CAA Live! on iTunes to listen to the full discussion #CAALive
American Ambassadors Live! is the source for foreign policy insights from former U.S. Ambassadors in the form of online articles, podcast episodes, media interviews and our biannual print journal, American Ambassadors Review. American Ambassadors Live! was created by the Council of American Ambassadors, a membership organization of current and former U.S. Ambassadors, in Washington, DC.
The Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP)
1725 I St NWPublic Contracting Institute, LLC
1725 I St NWBowdoin Reproductive Justice Coalition
Bowdoin College, BrunswickKurdish Policy Research Center - KPRC
1725 I St NW, Suite 300GWHCC - Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber o
910 17th St NW, Ste 1150International Downtown Association
910 17th Street, NW
DC Department of Small and Local Business Dev
441 4th St NW
DC Mayor's Office of Religious Affairs
1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW
French Program at American University - World
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW 20016
Washington D.C. Area Slug Lines Page
DC/MD/VA
National Association of Security Companies
444 N Capitol St NW Ste 401
Rose Center for Public Leadership
660 North Capitol Street NW
D.C. Department of Human Resources
1015 Half St SE