The Future of Diplomacy: Preparing the Next Generation of Diplomats

Global diplomacy has faced a combustible mix of unique challenges in recent years that have tested its agility and effectiveness, and those challenges are unlikely to disappear anytime soon. Diplomacy is the world’s best hope, but it has yet to be widely accepted as a real profession. No country has nearly enough professional diplomats, and proper training and career development barely exist.

NICHOLAS KRALEV, Executive Director, Washington International Diplomatic Academy, will reflect on the readiness of U.S. and global diplomacy to navigate and influence today’s complex world, and on why all countries need a better approach to recruiting and training diplomats. He will also discuss his latest book, Diplomatic Tradecraft, the first-ever practical diplomacy textbook, which was published recently by Cambridge University Press.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER; Nicholas Kralev is the founding executive director of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy, an independent organization providing practical training in diplomacy. A former Financial Times and Washington Times correspondent, he covered and accompanied U.S. Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright on their travels around the world. His books include “America’s Other Army,” “Diplomats in the Trenches” and the new “Diplomatic Tradecraft,” the first-ever practical diplomacy textbook. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

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