Events
In his first public event at the University of Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander S. Vindman (Retired) will discuss his service in the U.S. Army and White House of President Donald Trump.
After serving as a key witness in last year’s impeachment inquiry, Vindman was dismissed from the National Security Council and, facing retaliation, harassment, and intimidation, he soon retired from the military. In a conversation with The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser, Vindman will provide an insider’s account of some of the most complex issues confronting the United States and the unique challenges of public service in 21st Century America.
Because this conversation is a part of Perry World House’s annual Global Careers event series, Vindman will also answer questions from students about their own careers and the values of public service.
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SPEAKERS
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman (Retired) was most recently the director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Russia on the White House’s National Security Council. Prior to retiring from the U.S. Army, he served as a Foreign Area Officer with assignments in Moscow, Russia and for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a Political-Military Affairs Officer. While on the Joint Staff, he co-authored the National Military Strategy Russia Annex and was the principal author for the Global Campaign for Russia. He is currently a doctoral student at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Visiting Fellow at Perry World House.
Susan B. Glasser is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a weekly column on life in Donald Trump’s Washington. Glasser is also author, with Peter Baker, of The Man Who Ran Washington, a critically acclaimed and New York Times best-selling biography of former Secretary of State James Baker. She has served as the top editor of several Washington publications; most recently Politico Magazine and Politico. Glasser previously served as the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy, which won three National Magazine Awards during her tenure. Before that, she worked for a decade at the Washington Post, where she was the editor of Outlook and national news and the Post’s Moscow co-bureau chief. In addition to The Man Who Ran Washington, Glasser's books include Kremlin Rising, which she also co-wrote with Baker.
