Age Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
Online talk and discussion of current events in world policy.
Topic
"Democracy and Foreign Policy"
Speaker
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca is the Kelly and David Pfeil Fellow at the George W. Bush Institute where she focuses on American foreign policy, US and global democracy issues, freedom, human rights, and leadership. She has written on democracy and human rights issues for the Journal for Democracy, CNN.com, Foreign Policy magazine, The Hill, the Dallas Morning News, and many local media outlets, as well as done a TEDX Talk and been interviewed on CBS News, CNN, National Public Radio, the Council on Foreign Relations, and various podcasts and local news outlets.
Bibbins Sedaca served as the executive vice president and interim president at Freedom House, an organization dedicated to defending and expanding freedom worldwide by promoting accountable government, the rule of law, civil liberties, and political rights. Previously, she was a Professor in the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program, and served as the Deputy Director and Chair for the Global Politics and Security Concentration in MSFS. She has held numerous positions in the public and non-governmental sectors in the United States and Ecuador including serving for ten years in the United States Department of State, working on democracy promotion, human rights, human trafficking, religious freedom, refugees, and counterterrorism.
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