Global Career Week: Careers in Foreign Policy and National Security

3803 Locust Walk,Philadelphia PA 19104

18 October, 2022

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This event brings together experts to discuss their career journeys and experiences working across the national security and foreign policy landscape. From military engagement to diplomacy and even climate change, foreign policy and national security jobs span a diverse array of entry points, issues, and institutions. Join us in-person on Tuesday, October 18 to learn more about how you could pursue a career path in this area, and where it might take you. This event is run in partnership with the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics. Please note that our Global Career Week events are in-person only and intended for Penn students. SPEAKERSCol. Robert E. Hamilton (Ret.) is an associate professor of Eurasian studies at the U.S. Army War College and a Black Sea Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. In a thirty-year career in the U.S. Army, spent primarily as a Eurasian foreign area officer, he served overseas in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Germany, Belarus, Qatar, Afghanistan, the Republic of Georgia, Pakistan and Kuwait. He is the author of numerous articles and monographs on conflict and security issues, focusing principally on the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. He is a graduate of the German Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. Army War College and holds a BSc from the United States Military Academy, and a master’s in contemporary Russian studies and PhD in political science from the University of Virginia. Capricia Marshall is president of Global Engagement Strategies, LLC, which advises international, public, and private clients on issues relating to the nexus of business and cultural diplomacy. Marshall is currently ambassador-in-residence at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. She recently launched her book Protocol, The Power of Diplomacy and How to Make it Work for You. Marshall served as White House social secretary in the Clinton Administration from 1997 to 2001 and United States chief of protocol in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013. In her posts, she enhanced traditional protocol methods with new tools to build relationships between dignitaries and industry leaders worldwide. Marshall was a visiting fellow at Perry World House in 2021-2022 and 2020-2021. Erin Sikorsky directs the Center for Climate and Security. Previously, she served on the US National Intelligence Council (NIC), where she co-authored the "Global Trends Report" and led the US intelligence community's environmental and climate security analysis. She was the founding chair of the Climate Security Advisory Council, a Congressionally mandated group designed to facilitate coordination between the intelligence community and US scientific agencies. Prior to joining the NIC, Sikorsky worked in the US intelligence community for over a decade, leading teams covering a range of issues in the Middle East and Africa. Sikorsky is an adjunct professor at George Mason University. She earned a master's of international affairs at Columbia University and a BA in government from Smith College. Sikorsky was a visiting fellow at Perry World House in 2021-2022. MODERATORMeg K. Guliford is an assistant professor in Drexel University's Department of Politics. Prior to coming to Drexel, she served as a Vice-Provost for Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was in residence at Perry World House. Guliford’s broad research agenda reflects her interests in political violence, conflict processes, contemporary U.S. foreign policy, and the international politics of athletics. Her research has been funded by the United States Institute of Peace, the Eisenhower Institute, and the John Anson Kittredge Fund. During her doctoral studies, she was named a Minerva Peace and Security Scholar and an Eisenhower-Roberts Fellow. More recently, she is the recipient of the 2021 Sidney D. Drell Academic Award from the Intelligence and National Alliance. Guliford received her PhD in international relations from Tufts University, an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to beginning her doctoral work, she worked in the national security and intelligence community for more than a decade, including a civilian deployment in support of United States Forces – Iraq. COVID-19 GUIDELINESPerry World House is following the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines. In keeping with the University’s latest update on COVID-19 protocols, masks are optional for all visitors to Perry World House. PennOpen Pass and PennOpen Campus screenings are no longer required for entry to our events. Please note that our current arrangements are subject to change as guidelines evolve, and other restrictions may be put in place. We will share an email ahead of each event with the latest information on how to take part. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. If you are not already on our mailing list for news and updates, you can sign up here.