U.S. Foreign Service Career Minister (retired) Mark Ward has seen all sides of the U.S. foreign aid, humanitarian assistance, and foreign policy landscape.  In this conversation with Jackson School Director Danny Hoffman, Mark reflects on his career in some of the most difficult environments of the past 30 years; the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); and the emerging picture of what foreign aid and the foreign service may look like in the years to come.

University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies

UW Jackson School

A Past and the Many Futures of Foreign Aid and Foreign Service with Mark Ward

JAN 6, 202642 MIN
University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies

A Past and the Many Futures of Foreign Aid and Foreign Service with Mark Ward

JAN 6, 202642 MIN

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U.S. Foreign Service Career Minister (retired) Mark Ward has seen all sides of the U.S. foreign aid, humanitarian assistance, and foreign policy landscape.  In this conversation with Jackson School Director Danny Hoffman, Mark reflects on his career in some of the most difficult environments of the past 30 years; the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); and the emerging picture of what foreign aid and the foreign service may look like in the years to come.