From SIS to Covering the War in Ukraine: Three Alumni Discuss their Careers

4400 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest,Washington DC 20016

19 April, 2022

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USFP professor Guy Ziv will speak with SIS alumni Alex Ward, Caroline Rose and Robbie Gramer about their post-SIS careers. Join the USFP and GGPS cluster for a discussion with alumni Alex Ward, SIS/MA ’14, a national security reporter for Politico and anchor of “National Security Daily,” Caroline Rose SIS/BA '18, Senior Analyst and Program Head, Human Security Unit at the New Lines Institute, and Robbie Gramer SIS/BA '13, a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy, about their distinguished post-SIS careers. They will discuss the coursework, extracurricular activities and career opportunities that prepared them to succeed as international affairs practitioners. They will also give advice to current students on how to maximize their time at SIS. Professor Guy Ziv will moderate the discussion. All in-person attendees must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before the event. PanelistsAlex Ward: National security reporter and anchor of “National Security Daily.” Caroline Rose: Senior Analyst and Head of the Strategic Vacuums Program at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy. Robbie Gramer: Diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy. Dr. Guy Ziv: Associate professor in the School of International Service's U.S. Foreign Policy Program About the panelistsAlex Ward is a national security reporter for Politico and anchor of “National Security Daily.” Before joining POLITICO, Ward was the White House and national security reporter at Vox. He was also an associate director in the Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security where he worked on military issues and U.S. foreign policy. He previously wrote the #NatSec2016 newsletter for War on the Rocks where he covered the 2016 presidential election and the candidates' views on national security Caroline Rose is a Senior Analyst and Head of the Power Vacuums program in the Human Security Unit at the New Lines Institute, where she focuses on contested territories, displacement, ungoverned spaces, and risks to human security and US interests across the international system. Prior to joining the New Lines Institute, Caroline served as an analyst at the forecasting firm and publication, Geopolitical Futures, where she worked on political, economic, and defense developments in the Middle East and Europe with a focus on the Mediterranean and the Levant. She is also the author of a special policy report on the illicit drug trade, Captagon, in the Mediterranean and Gulf and its effect on security challenges–a culmination of her studies and fieldwork as Research Associate for the LSE International Drug Policy Unit’s Middle East Initiative. Her commentary and work on defense issues, security challenges, and geopolitical developments have been featured in The Washington Post, BBC News, Foreign Policy, Politico, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, The Financial Times, The Independent, and other outlets. Caroline holds a Master’s of Science in International History from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the American University’s School of International Service. She tweets at @CarolineRose8. Robbie Gramer is a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the State Department. Before he joined FP in 2016, he managed the NATO portfolio at the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank, for three years. He’s a graduate of American University, where he studied international relations and European affairs. Dr. Guy Ziv is an associate professor in the School of International Service's U.S. Foreign Policy Program. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses on U.S. foreign policy, international negotiations, U.S.-Israel relations, and Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. His research focuses on foreign policy decision-making, the role of political elites in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and civil-military relations in Israel. His written works on the impact of Israel’s nuclear policy on U.S.-Israel relations; Israel’s strategic partnership with France in the 1950s; learning in foreign policy; and the role of leaders’ personalities in foreign policy change have been published in peer-reviewed, scholarly journals. His op-eds have appeared in both American and Israeli newspapers, such as The Baltimore Sun, CNN.com, Forward, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, La Razon, USA Today, and Ynet News, and he blogs for The Hill and The Huffington Post. He also appears frequently as a commentator in major media outlets including Al Araby, Al Jazeera America, BBC, Bloomberg TV, CGTN, CNN, CTV News, i24 News, Sky News, TRT World, Voice of America (VOA), and ZDF German Television. Dr. Ziv has a background in policy, having worked at the U.S. Department of State, on Capitol Hill, and for leading non-profit organizations that promote American involvement in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Follow him on Twitter at @ZivGuy.