The Need for American Ingenuity in Global Peacebuilding with Rick Barton
1900 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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Description
A quarter-century of U.S. military interventions around the globe – Bosnia, Rwanda, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria – have had high costs and few peacebuilding successes. U.S. policymakers have not been able to turn strategic advantages into positive and sustainable changes in places wracked by war. Why not? And what does the United States need to do differently? Please join the World Affairs Council for a lunch discussion with Ambassador Rick Barton, who argues that innovation is crucial for successful peacebuilding. Barton’s experience as a diplomat, having been immersed in more than forty global conflicts, drives his insights as to when, where, and how the United States can make a meaningful difference in ending violent conflicts and bringing about a more peaceful world.
Please note that the World Affairs Council is partnering with the Rotary Club of Seattle for this event. The discussion with Ambassador Barton will take place during the last half hour of Rotary 4’s weekly Wednesday luncheon. Please be sure to check in at the World Affairs Council registration table at the event.
About the Speaker:
Rick Barton is the Co-Director of the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI) with Kit Lunney. He has taught at Woodrow Wilson from 2001-5, including as the Frederick Schultz Professor from 2001-2, and since 2015. His most recent Junior Task Forces cover stabilization and peacebuilding.
Barton was the first Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations (2011-14), U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in New York (2009-11), Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2002-9), Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees at UNHCR (1999-2001), founding Director of USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (1994-9) and a business and political leader in Maine earlier in his career.
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Start:
2018-10-31T12:00:00-07:00
End:
2018-10-31T13:00:00-07:00
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