2024 - Interviews, Speeches, Talks, Podcasts, Panels, and similar items
A Conversation with the Director General of the Foreign Service April 29 | 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Abramson Family Founders Room Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Policy & Global Security Join
The Director General of the Foreign Service, Ambassador Marcia Bernicat, gave opening remarks and then I moderated a conversation with her and Q's and A's from the audience
Interview with VOA Pashto on U/S John Bass traveling to Doha and Pakistan
VOA Pashto correspondent interviewed me for his report on the possible reasons for the U/S's travel .
La relación bilateral entre Estados Unidos y México es prioritaria
Problemas como migración, el fentanilo, la seguridad fronteriza, la relación con China, son parte del debate y las preocupaciones en la intensa política bilateral
Podcast: USMCA: Present and the Future, T-Mec: Pasado, Presente y Futuro, episode/4XqrY6nzXZGdQ2AXcS5Or7
Episode 4 of the American Dream podcast series in Spanish talking about the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
Leading a 4/11 Panel: Trade in the Political Crosshairs
SIS Conference on Trade Issues with a focus on the Americas and the Pacific regions; I chaired a panel discussion with the Ambassador of Costa Rica, the Charge of Argentina and Former Mexican ambassador Geribumo Gutierrez
Trade in the Political CrossHairs: Conference Session on Trade in the Americas
On April 10, I moderated a panel discussion on trade in the Western Hemisphere at American University's School of International Service. The panel included Costa Rica's Ambassador Catalina Crespo-Sancho; Argentina's Charge d'affaires Adrian Nador and former Mexican ambassador Geronimo Gutierrez. This was part of a day long conference titled Trade in the Political Crosshairs looking at a range of trade issues with implications for the Western Hemisphere and Asia.
Conference: Elections in the Americas, April 9
SIS organized a conference with Universities in Canada and Chile to discuss elections across the hemisphere. I was one of the three speakers.
Panel on Mexican Public Security 1982-2023 : Siete Presidentes y el Crimen Organizado (1982-2023) by Sergio Aguayo
Mexico is home to some of the hemisphere’s largest, most sophisticated and violent organized criminal groups. These organizations have drawn from Mexico’s history of smuggling and close proximity to the United States, the world’s largest economy, to grow into a regional threat.
Sergio Aguayo is the head of a research project done by El Colegio de México and the Mexican Senate to compare the approaches to combating organized crime of seven Mexican presidents and presents key lessons for improving results from Mexican policies and actions going forward. Kate Doyle and Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne offer comments.
Sergio Aguayo is the head of a research project done by El Colegio de México and the Mexican Senate to compare the approaches to combating organized crime of seven Mexican presidents and presents key lessons for improving results from Mexican policies and actions going forward. Kate Doyle and Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne offer comments.
Private Event: challenges and risks for US-Mexico ties built into 2024 national elections in Mexico and the US.
Super discussion April 4, at the Mexico Institute with analysts from Mexico: Integralia Managing Director Luis Carlos Ugalde and economic analyst Carlos Ramírez. We explored the challenges and risks for US-Mexico ties built into 2024 national elections in Mexico and the US.
2024 Awards For Achievement In Public Diplomacy Announced
Four Exemplars of the Importance of Public Diplomacy to American Foreign Policy
Innovative work to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives across a variety of critical transnational issues – climate change, disinformation, migration – characterizes the four recipients of PDCA’s 2024 awards for achievement in public diplomacy.
In compiling their outstanding records of accomplishment, all four demonstrated excellence in team leadership, advanced organizational skills, creative use of social media, and sustained energy and drive.
The four recipients so honored by PDCA this year are:
Wren Elhai, Spokesperson, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)
Patricia Muñoz, Strategic Content Specialist, U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez
Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Bratislava, consisting of four American officers and 10 locally-employed staffers led by PAO Tamara Sternberg-Greller
Josh Lustig, Public Diplomacy Officer for Emerging Voices, U.S. Embassy Seoul
“These award winners represent both domestic and foreign employees of the State Department who work creatively and energetically to further U.S. objectives and help foreign audiences understand our country,” noted Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne, co-chair of the PDCA Awards Committee. “They also reflect the fact that public diplomacy overseas includes both Americans and Locally Employed Staff members who work hard to defend American values and represent the United States.”
Innovative work to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives across a variety of critical transnational issues – climate change, disinformation, migration – characterizes the four recipients of PDCA’s 2024 awards for achievement in public diplomacy.
In compiling their outstanding records of accomplishment, all four demonstrated excellence in team leadership, advanced organizational skills, creative use of social media, and sustained energy and drive.
The four recipients so honored by PDCA this year are:
Wren Elhai, Spokesperson, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES)
Patricia Muñoz, Strategic Content Specialist, U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez
Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Bratislava, consisting of four American officers and 10 locally-employed staffers led by PAO Tamara Sternberg-Greller
Josh Lustig, Public Diplomacy Officer for Emerging Voices, U.S. Embassy Seoul
“These award winners represent both domestic and foreign employees of the State Department who work creatively and energetically to further U.S. objectives and help foreign audiences understand our country,” noted Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne, co-chair of the PDCA Awards Committee. “They also reflect the fact that public diplomacy overseas includes both Americans and Locally Employed Staff members who work hard to defend American values and represent the United States.”
منع فعالیت احزاب سیاسی، انحصار قدرت توسط طالبان است - تحلیلگران
Interview for VOA Dari - Taliban to forbid political parties
Talking at the Foreign Service Institute about careers after the State Department
The Diplomat event at SIS March 26
Very happy to join 50-75 students from American University's School of International Service on Tuesday evening March 26 and talking about a career in the diplomatic service.
Interview Alsharq News:كيف ينعكس قرار مجلس الأمن على مفاوضات الدوحة بشأن هدنة غزة؟ - الشرق للأخبار
د. عصام مخول| عضو سابق في الكنيست الإسرائيلي.. إيرل أنتوني واين| دبلوماسي أميركي سابق
U.S. aid to Israel should be tied to humanitarian requirements, former officials urge in letter to Biden
Israel-Gaza war: Dozens of former senior national security, diplomatic and military officials have written a letter to President Biden urging him to make clear to the Israeli government that what they describe as repeated violations of international humanitarian law “will be met with serious consequences, including restrictions on provision of assistance.”
Co-chaired Informal Afghan group on humanitarian and other assistance to Afghanisan
Discussion with USAID, World Bank, USIP, Afghan-American Business Council and others on economic, financial, development and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, needs on the ground, and Taliban policies.
Remarks: Impact of elections in Mexico and the US on Trade
Co-Presenter at Women in Trade Policy Forum on the effects of Mexico's Elections on US-Mexico Trade and USMCA
Remarks/Lecture delivered to Encore Learning on Managing US-Mexico Relations in 2024
POLITICO Pro: Former national security, defense officials push for ratification of UN treaty to boost deep-sea mining
Group argues in letter to senators that failure to endorse the Convention on the Law of the Sea undermines U.S. interests. I am happy to have been one of the supporters who signed on to this letter.
Interview with REDD Newsletter on USMCA Duisputes
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hashtag#usmca # energy hashtag#trade hashtag#corn hashtag#China hashtag#steel As Mexico and the US turne focus more on upcoming elections, it was pleasure to discuss the operation of the USMCA trade agreement with Xochitl Herrera of REDD Intelligence. She interviewed Mexico trade expert Antonio Ortiz-Mena, PhD and me about the current disputes between Mexico and its two North American partners, the United States and Canada. One focus was on differences over Mexico’s energy policies and its treatment of investors in this sector. Ortiz-Mena and I independently argued that Mexico could face an escalation in this disagreement following the US elections in November, if solutions are not found. The underlying issues have not been resolved and US and other investors in the energy sector are still facing discriminatory treatment that appears to be forbidden in USMCA. In the sensitive run-up to elections in both countries and pending implementation of a recent decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court regarding Mexican government energy policies, however, this dispute will likely remain in cold storage until after the electoral season. A new US president could be more willing to raise the stakes to get a solution in support of US companies regarding Mexico’s energy policies and a new Mexican president could be more willing to find a solution than is the case at present. I also flagged the serious disagreement over US exports of GMO corn to Mexico which the Mexican government proposes to ban. The US and Canada filed a complaint under USMCA citing violations about scientific evidence of such steps. I also flagged increasing Chinese steel imports to Mexico and possible transshipment to the US, as well as increasing Chinese investments in Mexico, as potential commercial irritants in the months ahead that need to be addressed.
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hashtag#usmca # energy hashtag#trade hashtag#corn hashtag#China hashtag#steel As Mexico and the US turne focus more on upcoming elections, it was pleasure to discuss the operation of the USMCA trade agreement with Xochitl Herrera of REDD Intelligence. She interviewed Mexico trade expert Antonio Ortiz-Mena, PhD and me about the current disputes between Mexico and its two North American partners, the United States and Canada. One focus was on differences over Mexico’s energy policies and its treatment of investors in this sector. Ortiz-Mena and I independently argued that Mexico could face an escalation in this disagreement following the US elections in November, if solutions are not found. The underlying issues have not been resolved and US and other investors in the energy sector are still facing discriminatory treatment that appears to be forbidden in USMCA. In the sensitive run-up to elections in both countries and pending implementation of a recent decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court regarding Mexican government energy policies, however, this dispute will likely remain in cold storage until after the electoral season. A new US president could be more willing to raise the stakes to get a solution in support of US companies regarding Mexico’s energy policies and a new Mexican president could be more willing to find a solution than is the case at present. I also flagged the serious disagreement over US exports of GMO corn to Mexico which the Mexican government proposes to ban. The US and Canada filed a complaint under USMCA citing violations about scientific evidence of such steps. I also flagged increasing Chinese steel imports to Mexico and possible transshipment to the US, as well as increasing Chinese investments in Mexico, as potential commercial irritants in the months ahead that need to be addressed.
Letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Law of the Sea, 11 March 2024
Joining with other senior US former officials in calling for the US Senate to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Remarks: Maintaining a Partnership with Mexico during an election year
Moderate Event: 11th Annual US-Mexico Security Conference
Illicit trade between the US and Mexico, whether it be drugs heading northward or arms trafficked southward, claims tens of thousands of lives annually on both sides of the border. Homicide rates in Mexico are at record highs and drug overdoses in the US have increased at an astonishing rate over the past 25 years. To finance this chaos, billions of dollars are laundered between the two countries every year. Coordinating to prevent this type of crime is more than just the obligation of good neighbors: it is critical to the broader economic and security landscape of the region.
Join us for this first panel of our 11th Annual US-Mexico Security Conference where panelists will discuss topics including the diversity of goods passing between the US and Mexico, and strategies to combat and unravel these networks.Combating and Preventing Illicit Trade
Moderator
Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne, Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow; Former US Ambassador to Mexico; Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service, American University
Speakers
Kathi Lynn Austin, Executive Director, Conflict Awareness Project
Jim F. Vivenzio, Senior Cousel, Perkins Coie
Dr. Raúl Benitez Manaut, Professor and Researcher, Center for North American Research, UNAM
Join us for this first panel of our 11th Annual US-Mexico Security Conference where panelists will discuss topics including the diversity of goods passing between the US and Mexico, and strategies to combat and unravel these networks.Combating and Preventing Illicit Trade
Moderator
Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne, Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow; Former US Ambassador to Mexico; Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, School of International Service, American University
Speakers
Kathi Lynn Austin, Executive Director, Conflict Awareness Project
Jim F. Vivenzio, Senior Cousel, Perkins Coie
Dr. Raúl Benitez Manaut, Professor and Researcher, Center for North American Research, UNAM
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