Irish Ambassador Offers Small State Diplomacy Lessons for Georgetown’s Diplomatic Training Workshop Series at QF

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Published January 31st, 2021 - 12:36 GMT

Irish Ambassador Offers Small State Diplomacy Lessons for Georgetown’s Diplomatic Training Workshop Series at Qf

Anne Anderson.

Highlights

QF patner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is offering a virtual Diplomatic Education Workshop titled “Small Powers: Diplomatic Strength”

How can small powers exercise serious influence in the global arena? To answer this question, QF patner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is offering a virtual Diplomatic Education Workshop titled “Small Powers: Diplomatic Strength” in collaboration with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 5:00 PM (Qatar Time).

Ambassador Anne Anderson will draw from personal experiences in previous roles as the Republic of Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States, France, the European Union, and the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, to share insights into successful small state strategies for conducting strong and effective diplomacy.

“The opportunity to engage with a diplomat of Ambassador Anderson’s expertise and experience will be valuable to practitioners of small-state diplomacy,” explained Rodolph Boughaba, the Associate Dean for Executive Education at GU-Q. “But it also offers regional and global leaders in business, communications, and many other sectors the skills needed to navigate and network in a competitive world.”

Each online workshop will be conducted in English as an online class and will run for 75 minutes. A presentation will be followed by engaging discussions for in-depth exploration of the issues. A limited number of participants per session, which will be run under Chatham House rules, will ensure each session is informative and interactive.

Anne Anderson was Ambassador of Ireland to the United States from August 2013 to July 2017. She was Ireland’s 17th Ambassador to the U.S. and the first woman Ambassador. In 2018 and again in 2020, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Anderson to the Advisory Group to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund.

Information about registration and topics of upcoming workshops can be found at https://epe.qatar.georgetown.edu/executive-education/. The Diplomatic Education Workshop Series is part of the GU-Q Virtual Hub for Global Dialogue: Engaging Communities, Finding Solutions initiative, an online platform that comprises the university's broad efforts to bring the community together for engaging discussions on a wide variety of issues.

Background Information

Georgetown University in Qatar

Established in 1789 in Washington, DC, Georgetown University is one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions. Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), founded in 2005 in partnership with Qatar Foundation, seeks to build upon the world-class reputation of the university through education, research, and service. Inspired by the university’s mission of promoting intellectual, ethical, and spiritual understanding, GU-Q aims to advance knowledge and provide students and the community with a holistic educational experience that produces global citizens committed to the service of humankind.

Located in Doha’s Education City, GU-Q offers the same internationally recognized Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree as Georgetown’s Capitol Campus in Washington, DC. This unique, interdisciplinary program prepares students to tackle the most important and pressing global issues by helping them develop critical thinking, analytic, and communication skills within an international context. GU-Q alumni work in leading local and international organizations across industries ranging from finance to energy, education, and media. The Qatar campus also serves as a residency and delivery location for the Executive Master’s in Emergency and Disaster Management along with the Executive Master’s in Leadership.