CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS LECTURE
Richard Schmierer
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
(Middle East Affairs)
U.S. Policy in Iraq: The Challenges Ahead
November 19, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.
Asean Auditorium
Dinner to follow in Mugar Café
Dinner reservations required (Business Casual Attire)
RSVP to karen.mollung@tufts.edu
In June 2008 Richard Schmierer became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Schmierer was Director of the Office of Iraq Affairs. In his current position, he oversees the State Department's support of and contribution to U.S. policy towards Iraq.
Mr. Schmierer is a career Foreign Service Officer and member of the Senior Foreign Service, rank of Minister-Counselor. He is the author of Iraq: Policy and Perceptions (Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, 2007). Mr. Schmierer received the State Department's 2005 Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Public Diplomacy, conferred by The Fletcher School.
In June 2004 when the US Embassy re-opened in Baghdad, Mr. Schmierer assumed the position of Embassy Counselor for Public Affairs. From 2000-2004, he served as Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs in Berlin and from 1997-2000 as Counselor for Public Affairs in Riyadh.
Mr. Schmierer's other overseas assignments include service in Germany in Bonn, Frankfurt, and Hamburg, and in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. His domestic assignments have included service as the head of the Middle East office of the International Visitor Program, and later in the Agency's Office of European Affairs. Mr.Schmierer received his Bachelors degree from Lehigh University and his Masters and Doctoral degrees from the University of Massachusetts.
Dinner to follow in Mugar Café
Dinner reservations required (Business Casual Attire)
RSVP to karen.mollung@tufts.edu
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