Study Group with IOP Fellow Bonnie Glick

Join us on Tuesday, February 9th at 4:30pm ET for a study group with IOP Fellow Bonnie Glick. Bonnie Glick is the former Deputy Administrator/Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Agency for International Development where she served from January 2019-November 2020 after her unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate. She oversaw the operations of the Agency with its $20+ billion budget and 11,000 staff in over 100 countries around the world.

RSVP by 12:00pm ET on Tuesday, 2/9

• AUDIENCE: This conversation is open to members of the Harvard community. Please RSVP with a valid Harvard email address.
• ZOOM: An e-mail confirmation with Zoom participant information will be sent to your Harvard email on the day of the study group.
• OFF-THE-RECORD: In keeping with our long tradition at the IOP to ensure honest and candid discussions of politics, this event is off-the-record.

STUDY GROUP THEME: Trump Foreign Policy Success: What the Administration Got Right

Foreign policy changed dramatically during the Presidency of Donald Trump. Which aspects of that foreign policy should endure?  Which should be re-evaluated? IOP Fellow Bonnie Glick’s study groups will examine some of the policy positions of the Trump Administration and the thinking behind what went into the American responses.  

STUDY GROUP #1:  Trump Foreign Policy: A Retrospective Look. We will start with a brief introduction of Bonnie Glick and how she came to her role, then lost it, as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Then we will move into a broad overview of some of the pressing foreign policy issues that faced the Trump Administration and a discussion of decisions and decision makers. Was there new ground broken? Was there consensus, if so, when? Were there controversies, if so, how were they addressed?  An insider’s look at policies and decision making with an understanding of the unique make-up of the Trump national security team.