U.S. Leadership in a Multilateral World

U.S State Department Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Sheba Crocker joins New America President and CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter for an interactive conversation about the successes and shortcomings of the multilateral system in addressing today’s pressing, global challenges; the achievements of the Obama Administration’s re-engagement with the UN system; and how the final year of both President Obama’s and Secretary-General Ban’s tenures will impact what the United States can accomplish multilaterally this year.

Discussion topics will include U.S. leadership in revitalizing the UN’s peacekeeping, humanitarian, and human rights architecture, and how Syria, Yemen, Burundi and other conflicts continue to test the capacities of the international system to respond to complex humanitarian, political, and security crises.

Participants:

Sheba Crocker
U.S State Department Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations

Anne-Marie Slaughter  
President, CEO, New America