Wendy R. Sherman, "Not For The Faint Of Heart"

Wendy R. Sherman discusses her book, "Not For The Faint Of Heart", at Politics and Prose on 9/13/18.

Sherman joined the State Department in 1993 and served as the United States' lead negotiator on the multilateral Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015. In her new book, she looks back over twenty years of diplomatic experience, giving a rich insider’s account of her years as a key aide to secretary of state Madeleine Albright and a special advisor to President Clinton, which included coordinating policy on North Korea. Through these stories, Sherman, a regular media commentator on world affairs, gives a rare woman’s perspective on international diplomacy and shares key lessons about negotiating from positions of authenticity, avoiding manipulations and stratagems, and cultivating skills like courage, persistence, and empathy. Sherman is in conversation with journalist Susan Glasser of the New Yorker and Politico.

Wendy R. Sherman is Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. In January 2019, Ambassador Sherman will join Harvard Kennedy School as a professor of the practice in public leadership and director of the School's Center for Public Leadership. She serves on the boards of the International Crisis Group and the Atlantic Council, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group. Ambassador Sherman led the U.S. negotiating team that reached agreement on a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between the P5+1, the European Union, and Iran for which, among other diplomatic accomplishments, she was awarded the National Security Medal by President Barack Obama. Prior to her service at the Department of State, she was Vice Chair and founding partner of the Albright Stonebridge Group, Counselor of the Department of State under Secretary Madeleine Albright and Special Advisor to President Clinton and Policy Coordinator on North Korea, and Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs under Secretary Warren Christopher. Early in her career, she managed Senator Barbara Mikulski's successful campaign for the U.S Senate and served as Director of EMILY'S list. She served on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, was Chair of the Board of Directors of Oxfam America and served on the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Policy Board and Congressional Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism.

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