Harvard Club of Washington, DC

The U.S. Foreign Service: Behind the Scenes of American Diplomacy w/ Nicholas Kralev,

The evening will begin with drinks and a full dinner. Each attendee will receive a copy of "America's Other Army' which sells for $25.00.

 The U.S. Foreign Service: Behind the Scenes of American Diplomacy
 
 Speaker: Nicholas Kralev, author of "America's Other Army" and former Financial Times and Washington Times correspondent

 Kralev has been given unprecedented access to the inner sanctum of American diplomacy in Washington and around the world over several years. He will talk about his new book, "America's Other Army," which is based on his visits to more than 50 U.S. embassies and interviews with 600 career diplomats, as well as Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright. For a decade, Kralev traveled with these U.S. secretaries of state to over 80 countries as a newspaper correspondent.

  He will share behind-the-scenes insights about high-level foreign policy decision-making. He will discuss how the work of American diplomats affects the daily lives of millions of people around the world. He will also examine whether the Foreign Service is equipped to address the challenges of the 21st century, and what needs to be done to improve it.

Biography of Nicholas Kralev: 

Nicholas Kralev is an author, journalist and lecturer on diplomacy, international affairs and global travel. A former Financial Times and Washington Times correspondent, he has traveled around the world with four U.S. secretaries of state -- Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright. He has flown almost 2 million miles and visited more than 80 countries. He is also the founder of Kralev International LLC, an air travel consulting and training company. For more details, visit NicholasKralev.com.

He is the author of America’s Other Army: The U.S. Foreign Service and 21st Century Diplomacy andDecoding Air Travel: A Guide to Saving on Airfare and Flying in Luxury. He is also the founder of Kralev International LLC, an air travel consulting and training company. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and speaks five languages.