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With decades of experience at the front lines of Track II diplomacy, JHU SAIS Foreign Policy Institute Fellow Randa Slim sheds light on how committed groups and leaders can make progress toward resolving conflict even when official talks have broken down. The Iron Curtain. The 1994 North Korea crisis. The Syrian Civil War. These are just a few of the monumental issues in which Track II diplomacy has played a critical role. What, precisely, is this road less traveled? Watch now to learn the four conditions that must obtain, the key opportunities afforded, and the critical challenges that face Track II diplomacy. As always, we welcome you to like and subscribe to follow our weekly interviews,

The Betty Lou Hummel Memorial Lecture School of Advanced International Studies Washington, DC April 9, 2019 Why America Matters Ambassador (ret.) Nicholas Burns Congratulations to my friend, Dean Vali Nasr, for all he is doing to strengthen SAIS and to envision a new future here in Washington D.C. for this great school. Many thanks to my Foreign Service colleague, Professor Eric Edelman, for being here. Thanks, as well, to Professor Carla Freeman. It is an honor to give the Betty Lou Hummel Memorial Lecture this year. As a Career member of the American Foreign Service, I join SAIS in remembering her lifetime of dedication to our country and the Department of State. We should recall, as well

Foreign Policy Institute’s Art of Diplomacy Speaker Series Presents Diplomacy and Diversity: A Female Diplomat in the Middle East with Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley Moderated by Shamila N. Chaudhary, Senior Advisor to the Dean, Johns Hopkins SAIS Wednesday, April 3, 2019 4:45pm – 6:00pm Bernstein-Offit Building, Room 500 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC Former US Ambassador to Malta Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley shared her experiences as the first female leader of a US mission in Saudi Arabia, and addressed the topic of women in the US State Department and in diplomacy more broadly. As US Consul in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) at the time of the Al-Qaeda attack on the Consulate in