Podcasts Government Babel: Translating the Middle East In and Out of the Ivory Tower

In and Out of the Ivory Tower

Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 7:45 p.m.

This week on Babel, Jon talks with Ghassan Salam\xe9, a Paris-based academic and former UN mediator with over three decades of experience moving between academia and public policy. They talk about how he started his UN career, the role and limitations of the United Nations as a conflict mediator, and how his experiences as a practitioner inform the way that he teaches international affairs. Then, Jon, Will Todman, Danny Sharp talk about how their own academic backgrounds prepared them for careers in foreign policy.\n\nStephanie Williams and Ghassan\xa0Salam\xe9\xa0\u201cWhy There\u2019s Hope for Libya,\u201d Newlines Magazine, April 22, 2021.\xa0\xa0\n\n"An Interview with Dr. Jon B. Alterman," New Perspectives in Foreign Policy, 2015.\n\nTranscript, "In and Out of the Ivory Tower" CSIS, December 7, 2021.