1 hr 11 min
Ambassador Robert Ford - "Syrian Civil War, End in Sight?" The Common Good Podcast
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- Politics
Ambassador Robert Ford is a distinguished career diplomat who left the U.S. Department of State after thirty years of service in April 2014. His accomplishments were recognized with the Distinguished Service award, the State Department’s highest award, a Presidential Honor award in 2012 for his stewardship of the American Embassy in Damascus during a crisis period, and the Profile in Courage award in 2012 from the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston for human rights work. Ford served as the U.S. Ambassador to Syria (2011-2014), to Algeria (2006-2008) and also served as Deputy Ambassador of Iraq and Bahrain. Other foreign posts included in Egypt, Turkey, and Cameroon. He served in Morocco at the beginning of his career as a Peace Corp Volunteer. He is now a scholar at the Middle East Institute where he writes and speaks about Iraq, Syria, and North Africa. He is also a fellow at Yale University Jackson Institute where he teaches Arab politics and diplomacy.
Robert Pietrzak and Maureen White Co-Host
Ambassador Robert Ford is a distinguished career diplomat who left the U.S. Department of State after thirty years of service in April 2014. His accomplishments were recognized with the Distinguished Service award, the State Department’s highest award, a Presidential Honor award in 2012 for his stewardship of the American Embassy in Damascus during a crisis period, and the Profile in Courage award in 2012 from the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston for human rights work. Ford served as the U.S. Ambassador to Syria (2011-2014), to Algeria (2006-2008) and also served as Deputy Ambassador of Iraq and Bahrain. Other foreign posts included in Egypt, Turkey, and Cameroon. He served in Morocco at the beginning of his career as a Peace Corp Volunteer. He is now a scholar at the Middle East Institute where he writes and speaks about Iraq, Syria, and North Africa. He is also a fellow at Yale University Jackson Institute where he teaches Arab politics and diplomacy.
Robert Pietrzak and Maureen White Co-Host
1 hr 11 min