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American Ambassadors Live Created by the Council of American Ambassadors, American Ambassadors Live! offers foreign policy insi The Council collaborates with the U.S.

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. 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.

"...There is a healthy reason for hope and optimism...I found five key perspectives and insights that...everyday citizen...
06/27/2023

"...There is a healthy reason for hope and optimism...I found five key perspectives and insights that...everyday citizens too should take to heart." ~ Ambassador

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Latest Thailand English Online News Thailand or America: Healthy reasons for optimism remain even in divided times Current Affairs - Thai Enquirer %

Check out Ambassador Chin's recent article "Asia's Year in Review". He was recently appointed as chair of the Milken Ins...
12/27/2022

Check out Ambassador Chin's recent article "Asia's Year in Review". He was recently appointed as chair of the Milken Institute Asia Center and served as Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank (2007-2010).

With hopes that Covid is in retreat and that inflation will moderate in the year ahead, we take a last look at who had it good and who had it bad in 2022.

Join Ambassador Siebert on American Ambassadors Live! with host, Ambassador Rosapepe discussing Sweden's history, partne...
12/20/2022

Join Ambassador Siebert on American Ambassadors Live! with host, Ambassador Rosapepe discussing Sweden's history, partnership with Peace, and the path to joining NATO. "Sweden is not Switzerland...they are ready to defend themselves." -Ambassador Siebert

subscribe on: iTunes, Spotify, Libsyn, Stitcher, Youtube Join Ambassador Siebert on American Ambassadors Live! with host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe in a discussion of Sweden's history, partnership with Peace, and the path to joining NATO. Ambassador Tom Siebert, the guest for today’s podcast, was th...

“We are at the highest level of intentional use of nuclear weapons since those fretful days (Cuban Missile Crisis) in 19...
10/12/2022

“We are at the highest level of intentional use of nuclear weapons since those fretful days (Cuban Missile Crisis) in 1962.” ~ Join American Ambassadors Live! host, Ambassador Rosapepe and Joseph Cirincione discussing the current nuclear threat.

subscribe on: iTunes, Spotify, Libsyn, Stitcher, Youtube Joseph Cirincione joins American Ambassadors Live! host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe discussing the current nuclear threat. What are the risks? What should be the appropriate response to each risk? How would nuclear war unfold in an isolated locat...

Slovak Republic: "Don't Poke the Russian Bear, but be Helpful" ~ Ambassador Sedgwick. Join American Ambassadors Live! ho...
10/05/2022

Slovak Republic: "Don't Poke the Russian Bear, but be Helpful" ~ Ambassador Sedgwick. Join American Ambassadors Live! host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe and Ambassador Sedgwick in a discussion about Slovakia.

subscribe on: iTunes, Spotify, Libsyn, Stitcher, Youtube Ambassador Tod Sedgwick joins American Ambassadors Live! host, Ambassador Jim Rosapepe, considering a question for Slovakia and Europe, "What happens when, not if, Russia cuts it [gas] off?" Join them in a discussion of Slovakia's history to b...

Join H.E. Emily Haber, Ambassador of Germany, during an Ambassadors Roundtable update on Strategic Thinking and Fundamen...
10/03/2022

Join H.E. Emily Haber, Ambassador of Germany, during an Ambassadors Roundtable update on Strategic Thinking and Fundamental Policies.

Strategic Thinking & Fundamental Policies The Council is pleased to present Ambassador Emily Haber for this Ambassadors Roundtable. Emily Margarethe Haber has been the German Ambassador to the United States since June 2018. Prior to Washington, DC, she served in various leadership functions at the F...

"We need to be thinking of February 24th as the end of the post Cold War era. This isn't a 6 month, 18 month, 24 month h...
09/08/2022

"We need to be thinking of February 24th as the end of the post Cold War era. This isn't a 6 month, 18 month, 24 month hiatus, this is a new era we are entering into." Join Ambassador John Emerson (former US Ambassador to Germany) in: Germany - A Look Inside: Energy, Ukraine, and China.

subscribe on: iTunes, Spotify, Libsyn, Stitcher, Youtube Ambassador John Emerson describes Germany and Russia's relationship over the past 40-50 years as being schizophrenic. He goes on to describe the reasons why including "...an admiration for the Russian spirit...to endure suffering for a long pe...

New Holistic Hiring Process for the Foreign Service - Interested in joining the Foreign Service? Join Ambassador Rosapep...
07/18/2022

New Holistic Hiring Process for the Foreign Service - Interested in joining the Foreign Service? Join Ambassador Rosapepe and Director of Talent Acquisition Jeff Smith as they discuss the updated hiring process. https://www.americanambassadorslive.org/post/new-holistic-hiring-process-for-the-foreign-service-jefferson-smith U.S. Department of State - Careers

subscribe on: iTunes, Spotify, Libsyn, Stitcher, Youtube Interested in joining the Foreign Service? Join Ambassador Rosapepe and Director of Talent Acquisition Jeff Smith as they discuss the updated hiring process. What is the Foreign Service? There was a change recently made to join the Foreign Ser...

Through discussing the positive and negative aspects of Russia's actions at Ukraine's border, Estonia's Ambassador Krist...
07/08/2022

Through discussing the positive and negative aspects of Russia's actions at Ukraine's border, Estonia's Ambassador Kristjan Prikk, put perspective on how to move forward through this virtual Roundtable event. Watch the virtual event here:

In the Eye of the Storm The Council hosted Estonian Ambassador Kristjan Prikk for a timely Roundtable event concerning Russia's recent actions at Ukraine's border. Ambassador Prikk has served as Estonia's Ambassador to the United States since May 2021. He previously served as the Permanent Secretary...

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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.