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Jim Leach addresses the United States' relationships with key countries in the context of a global setting in which weapons of mass destruction have proliferated and terrorism has been globalized. Such countries include: Syria, Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea. He concludes by emphasizing the role of the United Nations and of diplomacy in general.
Following a thirty-five year Congressional career, Jim has been very active. Since leaving Congress, he has taught at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and at Princeton. He served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 until earlier this year. This fall, Leach, 70, has returned to Iowa. He has joined the faculty as a visiting professor in the UI College of Law as the University of Iowa Chair in Public Affairs. He will work with the UI Center for Human Rights, advise law students, and help secure field placements in Washington, D.C. He also drives a black and gold Mini Cooper, which he's owned for several years, proving his Hawkeye bona fides pre-dates his membership on the UI faculty. More information on the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council can be found here.