An End to Empty Seat Diplomacy? with Arsalan Suleman

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Season 2, Episode 1: Kelly McFarland talks to Arsalan Suleman, ISD non-resident fellow, international lawyer at Foley Hoag, and former acting U.S. special envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation during the Obama administration. They discuss prospects for State Department reform, the role of political appointees at the State Department, U.S. abdication of global leadership under President Trump, and Arsalan's human rights work representing the Gambia in the International Court of Justice. 

Read Arsalan's piece in the SAIS Review of International Affairs, "Empty Seat Diplomacy: How America Surrendered Its Diplomatic Advantage, and How It Can Bounce Back": https://muse.jhu.edu/article/763652/summary

Also featured: A recent Council on Foreign Relations report, "Revitalizing the State Department and American Diplomacy": https://www.cfr.org/report/revitalizing-state-department-and-american-diplomacy 

Episode recorded: December 18th, 2020.