Foreign policy - today's crises in Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Africa & the Middle East; peacekeeping, terrorism, nonproliferation, & the United Nations. National politics - strategies behind policies, debates, key challenges for the candidates.
With nearly twenty years of experience in the formation of U.S. foreign policy, she has been involved in most of the conflicts around the world and speaks and writes regularly on national security issues.
Having worked on 4 presidential campaigns & the '92 transition, she knows the dynamics & decisions of national politics as the 2008 race takes shape.
Distinguished Visiting Scholar - University of North Florida, Jacksonville
Adjunct Professor - School of Int. & Public Affairs, University of Columbia
Senior Policy Advisor - International Crisis Group
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ('97-'01);
3rd ranking official of National Security Council at the White House ('93-'97);
Deputy Director of the Presidential Transition for National Security; Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy;
Senior positions in the presidential campaigns of '96, '92, '88 and '84.
