U.S. Embassador shared his experience in the Comparative Foreign Policy lecture

On Friday, 15 November, the U.S. Embassador in Estonia Jeffrey D. Levine, visitid the Institute’s lecture in ComparativeForeign Policy. He was invided to talk about his experiance by lecturer Matthew Crandall.

The Embassador shared his view on the US and Europe’s relations and the challanges the U.S. is compelled to face in the near future.This was an excellent oportunity for our students to gain a practical insight from a perspective not usually reflected in the media.

Jeffrey D. Levine was nominated by President Obama as the next  U.S.  Ambassador to Estonia on Feb. 17, 2012 and confirmed by the Senate on March 29, 2012. At the time of his nomination, he had been the State Department’s director of Recruitment, Examination and Employment since September 2010. Prior to this position, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission/Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S.  Embassy in Budapest, Hungary from 2007-2010. (Source: http://estonia.usembassy.gov/ambassador2.html)