MEDIA ADVISORY
Washington, DC
Diplomatic Courier and Verstandig Address America's Middle East Partnership
WASHINGTON, DC: In the aftermath of U.S. President Barack Obama's second inauguration, the Diplomatic Courier is pleased to feature "U.S.-Middle East Relations: Reinvest in Partnership with the Muslim World," in Volume 7, Issue 1 of the magazine by Toni Verstandig, Chair of the Aspen Institute's Middle East Programs and Senior Vice President at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.
"It is easy to look at the Middle East today and entertain calls for disengagement. But if the U.S. had turned a blind eye to the wreckage of postwar Europe, what would the world look like today? Since day one, President Obama has been deeply been engaged in this region. He is now poised to benefit from that long-standing engagement to chart new territory. True partnership demands patience, forbearance, and commitment," an excerpt from Verstandig's article.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Washington, DC
Diplomatic Courier and Verstandig Address America's Middle East Partnership
WASHINGTON, DC: In the aftermath of U.S. President Barack Obama's second inauguration, the Diplomatic Courier is pleased to feature "U.S.-Middle East Relations: Reinvest in Partnership with the Muslim World," in Volume 7, Issue 1 of the magazine by Toni Verstandig, Chair of the Aspen Institute's Middle East Programs and Senior Vice President at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.
"It is easy to look at the Middle East today and entertain calls for disengagement. But if the U.S. had turned a blind eye to the wreckage of postwar Europe, what would the world look like today? Since day one, President Obama has been deeply been engaged in this region. He is now poised to benefit from that long-standing engagement to chart new territory. True partnership demands patience, forbearance, and commitment," an excerpt from Verstandig's article.
"As Toni Verstandig discusses, Partners for a New Beginning helps turn the ideas from President's Obama's Cairo speech into reality. Verstandig lays out the argument for long term engagement to create a more sustainable relations between the US and the Middle East," said Ana C. Rold, Editor-in-Chief, Diplomatic Courier.
The January/February edition of the Diplomatic Courier also includes articles on:
- "Reinvest in Partnership with the Muslim World," by "Education That Works for All Students," by Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secretary of Education and current Senior Adviser to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, President and CEO of Margaret Spellings and Company
- "Business in Africa: A Second Term Priority," by Aubrey Hruby, Managing Director, The Whitaker Group
- "Stolen Asset Recovery and the Rule of Law for All," by Mark Vlasic, senior fellow and adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University and Principal at Madison Law & Strategy Group PLLC
- "Technology: Bet Big on Big Data," by Bill McDermott, co-CEO, SAP AG
- "Leading Like a Woman," by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director, Global Women's Leadership Initiative (GWLI), Council of Women World Leaders
- "America's Pivot Dilemma," by M. Osman Siddique, American politician and former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji and to the Republic of Nauru, to the Kingdom of Tonga and to Tuvalu
- And many more.
In addition to the other articles, this edition publishes "Predicting 2013: Opportunities and Threats," a joint Wikistrat-Diplomatic Courier SpeedSim compiled by Frida Ghitis, Senior Analyst at Wikistrat and Editorial Contributor, Miami Herald.
For more information on the Diplomatic Courier or to request interviews with the authors, contact press@diplomaticourier.org.
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