Alan K. Henrikson is the Lee E. Dirks Professor of Diplomatic History and the Director of Diplomatic Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he teaches American diplomatic history, contemporary U.S.-European relations, global political geography, and the history, theory, and practice of diplomacy.  During the academic year 2010-2011 he was Fulbright Schuman Professor of US-EU Relations at the College of Europe in Bruges.  In August 2009 he was Guest Lecturer in diplomatic studies, discussing also U.S. relations with countries of southern Africa, at the University of Pretoria.  In November 2005 he was Visiting Professor at the European Commission in Brussels where he taught a course for Commission officials on “American Foreign Policy Making.”  During the Spring of 2003 he was Fulbright/Diplomatic Academy Visiting Professor of International Relations at the Diplomatische Akademie in Vienna.  He has been an Associate and a Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, where he also has served as Counselor on Canadian Affairs.

During 1986-1987 he was Lloyd I. Miller Visiting Professor of Diplomatic History and Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs in the Foreign Service Institute of the United States Department of State.  He also has been Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Defense Studies in Tokyo and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Visiting Professor of Diplomatic History at the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing.

He has written widely on the history and current problems of American foreign policy, U.S.-European Union relations, and the international role of NATO.  His writings also have addressed Nordic/Arctic geostrategic issues, the Canadian-U.S.-Mexican “continental” relationship, the diplomacy of Caribbean island countries and other small states, the geographical “mental maps” of American foreign policy makers, and the “consensus” procedures developed in the diplomacy of international organizations—the subject of Negotiating World Order: The Artisanship and Architecture of Global Diplomacy.  Recent publications of his include: “United States Contemporary Diplomacy: Implementing a Foreign Policy of ‘Engagement,’” in Diplomacy in a Globalizing World: Theories and Practices (2012); “Global Challenges for a Global NATO,” Journal of Southeastern European Security Strategy and Transatlantic Leadership (2011); “The Northern Mind in American Diplomacy,” The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs (2010); “FDR and the ‘World-wide Arena,’” in FDR’s World: War, Peace an Legacies (2008); “The Diplomacy of Small States: The Case of Jordan,” Jordan Journal of International Affairs (2008); “The Washington Diplomatic Corps,” in The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society (2007); What Can Public Diplomacy Achieve? (2006); “Diplomacy’s Possible Futures,” The Hague Journal of Diplomacy (2006); “Niche Diplomacy in the World Public Arena: The Global ‘Corners’ of Canada and Norway,” in The New Public Diplomacy: Soft Power in International Relations (2005); The Future of Diplomacy? Five Projective Visions (2005); “The Geography of Diplomacy,” in The Geography of War and Peace (2005); “Good Neighbour Diplomacy Revisited,” in Holding the Line: Borders in a Global World (2005); and “Diplomacy and Small States in Today’s World,” in In Face of Man, Vol. 2, The Dr. Eric Williams Memorial Lectures (2005).

A native of Iowa, Alan Henrikson received A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees in History from Harvard University where he was a Harvard National Scholar and a Danforth Graduate Fellow.  He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Oxford, where he read Philosophy-Politics-and-Economics (P.-P.-E.) at Balliol College as a Rhodes Scholar.  He studied as well at the International Summer School of the University of Oslo.

He is a past President of the United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNA-GB) and currently is a member of the National Council of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA).  He has served as a Vice President of the World Affairs Council of Boston and on the Board of Directors of the Boston Committee on Foreign Relations.  He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

 

Farah Pandith was appointed the first-ever Special Representative to Muslim  Communities in June 2009 by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Under the leadership of Secretary John Kerry,  the Office of the Special Representative continues to be responsible for executing a vision for engagement with Muslims around the world  based on a people-to-people and organizational level.  In the years since her swearing in, Special Representative Pandith has traveled to more than 80 countries and launched youth-focused initiatives including Generation Change, Viral Peace and Hours Against Hate (a campaign that was a partner with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.)  She is also a key architect of the Women in Public Service Project.  In January 2013 she was awarded the Secretary's Distinguished Honor Award which is given for "exceptionally outstanding service to the agencies of the US Government resulting in achievements of marked national or international significance."  She reports directly to the Secretary of State. 

Prior to this appointment, she was Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. In this role she was focused on Muslim communities in Europe where she was responsible for policy oversight for integration, democracy, and Islam in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. She also worked on issues relating to countering violent Islamic extremism.  She served as the Director for Middle East Regional Initiatives for the National Security Council from December 2004 to February 2007, where she was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy on “Muslim World” Outreach and the Broader Middle East North Africa initiative. She reported directly to the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy. 

Prior to joining the NSC, Special Representative Pandith was Chief of Staff for the Bureau for Asia and the Near East for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She worked directly for the Assistant Administrator for the bureau responsible for more than $4 billion in programs throughout the Middle East, South Asia, and Asia -- including Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza/West Bank. In 2004, she spent two months in Kabul, Afghanistan. From 1997 to 2003 Special Representative Pandith was Vice President of International Business for ML Strategies in Boston, Massachusetts. Special Representative Pandith also served as the Special Assistant to the Director of Policy at USAID and has been a consultant in both the public, private and non-profit sectors. She has served in leadership positions on several boards with a focus on international affairs and is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Special Representative Pandith received a Master’s degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she specialized in International Security Studies, Islamic Civilizations and Southwest Asia, and International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. She concentrated on the insurgency in Kashmir and has spoken on the subject in international and domestic forums.  She received an A.B. in Government and Psychology from Smith College, where she was president of the student body. She has served as a Trustee of Smith College and Milton Academy and is currently a member of the Board of Overseers of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.  She was born in Srinagar, Kashmir, India.

 

Klaus Scharioth is Professor of Practice at the Fletcher School and Dean of the Mercator College for International Affairs in Germany. He was a member of the German Foreign Service for more than 35 years (1976-2011). He served from 2006-2011 as German Ambassador to the US and from 2002-2006 as State Secretary of the German Foreign Office. Before that he was, inter alia, Political Director and Director-General of the Political Department, Director of the North America and Security Policy Directorate, Head of the Office of the German Foreign Minister, Director of the Private Office of the NATO Secretary General, as well as Vice Chairman of the UN Legal and Charter Committees. He also served in Ecuador, the International Law Division and the Policy Planning Staff of the Foreign Office.  He holds a German Law Degree, a Ph.D., MALD and MA from the Fletcher School, as well as honorary doctoral degrees from The College of Idaho, Chatham University and Old Dominion University. He is also a senior non-resident Fellow of the Transatlantic Academy in Washington, DC, a member of the board of Humanity in Action, a member of the International Advisory Council of the Istanbul Policy Center and a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations.