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SUMMARY:NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith | Ford School Events
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in partnership with The Ford School is pleased to present Ambassador Julianne Smith for the 5th annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture. \nAmbassador Smith has served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO since November 2021. Prior to her current position\, she served as a Senior Advisor to Secretary Antony Blinken at the Department of State\, and previously served as the Director of the Asia and Geopolitics Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. \nAmbassador Smith will give brief remarks\, followed by a conversation with Weiser Diplomacy Center director John Ciorciari. \n\nAbout Julianne Smith\nAmbassador Julianne Smith assumed her position as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO in November 2021. Prior to her current position\, she served as a senior advisor to Secretary Blinken at the Department of State. Previously\, she served as the director of the Asia and Geopolitics Programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2014-2018\, she served as the director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. \nFrom 2012-2013\, she served as the Acting National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States. Before her post at the White House\, she served for three years as the principal director for European and NATO Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon. In January 2012\, she was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. \nPrior to her government service\, Ambassador Smith held a variety of positions at research institutions including the Center for Strategic and International Studies\, the German Marshall Fund\, the American Academy in Berlin\, and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin. She has written extensively on transatlantic relations and European security. \nAmbassador Smith is a recipient of the Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Bosch Academy in Berlin and the Fredin Memorial Scholarship for study at the Sorbonne in Paris. A native of Michigan\, she received her BA from Xavier University and her M.A from American University. She spent a year learning German at the University of Munich. In 2017\, she received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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