AMB Paula J Dobriansky
Vice Chair, Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center for Strategy & Security

Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001-2009)

Senior Fellow, Harvard University Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

Virtual Address

Geopolitical Dynamics of Indo-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic Arenas

ICAS Fall Symposium Libertas
Humanity Liberty Peace and Security

October 17 2024 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM EDT Washington DC
October 18 2024 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM KST Seoul JST Tokyo

Dear Friend:

We are pleased to share with you that Amb Paula J Dobriansky will address the virtual ICAS Fall Symposium Libertas on October 17 2024 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM EDT Washington DC.

Ambassador Paula J Dobriansky, a foreign policy expert and diplomat specializing in national security affairs, is Vice Chair of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs. She brings over 30 years of government and international experience across senior levels of diplomacy, business, and defense. Paula was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Thomson Reuters and held the Distinguished National Security Chair at the US Naval Academy. From 2001-2009, she was Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs and established and led the Global Issues Fora with India, Brazil, and China. Other high-level positions include President's Envoy to Northern Ireland for which she received the Secretary of State's highest honor – the Distinguished Service Medal, President Reagan's National Security Council Director of European and Soviet Affairs, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplomacy, Paula also served on the Defense Policy Board, the Secretary of State's Foreign Policy Board, and is Chair of ExIm Bank's Council on China Competition. She has a BSFS summa cum laude from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and an MA and Ph.D. in Soviet political/military affairs from Harvard University. Paula has received high-level international recognition from the governments of Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, and Colombia and has five Honorary Doctorate degrees.

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