fp21 minutes

What is fp21—and what’s the plan for this podcast? Our CEO Dan Spokojny in conversation with Alex Bollfrass.

Introducing an audio companion to fp21.

How can evidence improve diversity in the State Department—and what’s at stake for the national interest? The diplomat Chris Le and academic Thomas Scherer in conversation.

How can the State Department benefit from letting its career employees spend time in other institutions?   fp21 founder and CEO Dan Spokojny speaks with Maryum Saifee, who is currently a U.S. diplomat contributing in her personal capacity. Her views do not reflect her institutional affiliations. While on a two-year sabbatical from the foreign service, Maryum was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, Presidential Leadership Scholar, and Truman Center for National Policy Senior Visiting Fellow where she led a 30-person taskforce on State Department reform.

The second part of a conversation between fp21 founder and CEO Dan Spokojny with Maryum Saifee, who is currently a U.S. diplomat contributing in her personal capacity. Her views do not reflect her institutional affiliations. While on a two-year sabbatical from the foreign service, Maryum was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, Presidential Leadership Scholar, and Truman Center for National Policy Senior Visiting Fellow where she led a 30-person taskforce on State Department reform.

Part I of a conversation between fp21 founder and CEO Dan Spokojny and Victor Marsh, Ph.D.

Part 2 of the conversation between Dr. Vic Marsh and fp21 CEO Dan Spokojny.

Third and final part of the conversation between Dr. Vic Marsh and fp21 CEO Dan Spokojny.

Dr. Thomas Scherer and Dan Spokojny discuss their article, Foreign Policy Should be Evidence-Based. https://warontherocks.com/2021/07/foreign-policy-should-be-evidence-based/

The second part of Dr. Thomas Scherer and Dan Spokojny talking about their article, Foreign Policy Should be Evidence-Based.

Alex Bollfrass interviews the Harvard Davis Center's Arvid Bell about creating realistic training environments for foreign policy practitioners. fp21 CEO Dan Spokojny reflects on events in Afghanistan.

GuestsDaniel Balke | fp21 Executive Board memberDaniel is a Ph.D. student in political science at Berkeley and a Strategy and Operations Officer in the Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Group at the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. He previously worked as an assistant to former World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and as an international economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.Aaron Faust | fp21 Strategy and DesignAaron holds a Ph.D. in Middle East History and Statecraft and is the author of The Ba'thification of Iraq: Saddam Hussein's Totalitarianism. He has served in several positions at the State Department, working mainly on Iraq, Syria, and counter-ISIS issues. He is currently a Foreign Affairs Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.