Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, Johns Hopkins University to train world’s future leaders

Published:Dec 7, 202304:15
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First established because the Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) in 2014, the tutorial and analysis centre was renamed as Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in 2021, honouring the statesman’s profound contributions to UAE diplomacy and public service. Image Credit: WAM

Abu Dhabi: Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA) and Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), headquartered in Washington, DC., on Thursday introduced a first-of-its-kind partnership to train the following era of younger leaders in worldwide relations, to sort out urgent international challenges — together with local weather change, public well being and nuclear proliferation.

The new partnership will characteristic a big selection of modern programmes, encouraging educational and mental collaboration between the 2 diplomatic coaching centres. At the centrepiece of the initiative, the 2 colleges will set up and collectively fund in perpetuity the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Distinguished Professorship, on the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs in SAIS.

The Zayed Professor

As a tenured school member on the Kissinger Center and at AGDA, the Zayed Professor will function a distinguished scholar and trainer and act as a key liaison for each establishments’ colleges. The Zayed Professor will advance joint programming between the 2 colleges. The publish can even have a robust potential to appeal to different students and main practitioners to take part within the mental life and communities, at each AGDA and SAIS. The initiative will launch with govt coaching programs and college, in addition to pupil exchanges after which increase to embrace joint certificates and joint diploma programmes.

The professorship with its give attention to the Middle East, goals to make sure that future leaders, in each private and non-private sectors, have in-depth understanding of dynamics and developments in a area that continues to be of important significance to coverage makers all over the world.

Dr Anwar Gargash

Distinguished presence

High-level delegates, diplomats and teachers from all over the world joined the announcement of the initiative, together with, Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to the President and Deputy Chairman of AGDA’s Board of Trustees; Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the United States; Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, UAE Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs on the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) and board member of AGDA, Bernardino Len, director normal of AGDA; Ronald J. Daniels, J.D., LL.M., president of Johns Hopkins University; Dr Sunil Kumar, provost, Johns Hopkins University; Dr Kent Calder, interim dean, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, and Eliot Cohen, Robert E. Osgood Professor, at Johns Hopkins University SAIS.

‘Global problem solvers’

In remarks on the announcement, Dr Anwar Gargash mentioned: “Increasingly complex global challenges require thoughtful and sophisticated global problem solvers. This deep and lasting partnership will help train and prepare the next generation of diplomats and foreign policy practitioners from the UAE and other countries to meet these challenges.”

Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh mentioned: “Developing newfound relationships and opening lines of communication is a requirement for any successful diplomat working in the international arena. Fostering these ties in an academic setting between the next generation of leaders at SAIS and AGDA will only enhance the diplomatic skillset required to solve challenges that these students are bound to face one day at their overseas posts.”

First established because the Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) in 2014, the tutorial and analysis centre was renamed as Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in 2021, honouring the statesman’s profound contributions to UAE diplomacy and public service.



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