Elizabeth Shackelford and Josh Paul on Dissent and Diplomacy
The Dickey Center had the pleasure of hosting two former U.S. officials in conversation about their choices to resign their State Department positions as a form of dissent with US policy. Josh Paul, former director in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, resigned in the fall of 2023 in protest over U.S. government arms policy towards Israel. He spoke with our current Magro Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford, who resigned as a career U.S. Foreign Service officer in 2017 in protest over the Trump administration's policies in Africa on human rights and diplomacy.
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