Co-Chairman and Partner, Mercury/Clark & Weinstock
Vin Weber is co-chairman and partner at Mercury/Clark & Weinstock. Mr. Weber served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993, representing Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. He was a member of the Appropriations Committee and an elected member of the House Republican Leadership. Today, Mr. Weber acts as strategist for the Republican Party and enjoys strong bipartisan relationships across the legislative and executive branches of government. He serves as an advisor to senior officials in the White House and on Capitol Hill, and has counseled numerous Presidential campaigns. Mr. Weber is former chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, nonprofit organization designed to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. He also is a senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, where he is co-director of the Policy Forum. Mr. Weber serves on the boards of several private sector and non-profit organizations, including ITT Educational Services, and the Aspen Institute, where he is a member of the International Committee and served on the Institute's Middle East Strategy Group. He is based in Washington, DC.
Egypt today is a different country from the one encountered by previous U.S. administrations, and as a result, the Obama administration's foreign policy strategy approach has to change.
Robert E. Rubin and Vin Weber argue that the Export-Import Bank is a government agency that increases U.S. jobs and earns money for the Treasury--and deserves bipartisan support.
Watch experts compare strategies for improving the U.S. image in the Muslim world and the findings of the recent report by the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement.
Listen to experts compare strategies for improving the U.S. image in the Muslim world and the findings of the recent report by the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement.
As the next U.S. president prepares to take office, improving relations with Muslim communities remains a major foreign policy challenge and opportunity. A recent report by the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement suggests that a new strategy is necessary to enhance international security and reduce the threats posed by violent extremism. Please join Leadership Group members Madeleine K. Albright and Vin Weber for a discussion of U.S. engagement with the Muslim world.
Speakers: Lorne W. Craner, Michael J. Gerson, Richard N. Haass, Henry A. Kissinger, Vin Weber, and Ken Wollack Presider: J. Brian Atwood
Listen to experts discuss the role of democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Speakers: Lorne W. Craner, Michael J. Gerson, Richard N. Haass, Henry A. Kissinger, Vin Weber, and Ken Wollack Presider: J. Brian Atwood
Watch experts discuss the role of democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Speakers: Lorne W. Craner, Michael J. Gerson, Richard N. Haass, Henry A. Kissinger, Vin Weber, and Ken Wollack Presider: J. Brian Atwood
Experts discuss the role of democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, cosponsored with the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
This symposium was underwritten by Chevron Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, the Stanford Financial Group, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Experts discuss the deterioration of U.S. international standing and challenges and strategies for enhancing the U.S.'s role in the world at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, cosponsored with the National Democratic Institute, the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.
This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Experts analyze how the United States is viewed around the world at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, cosponsored with the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies, the National Democratic Institute, and the City and County of Denver's 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable.
This roundtable was underwritten, in part, by Chevron Corporation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Co-authors Derek H. Chollet and James M. Goldgeier discuss the state of American foreign policy and their book on international relations from the fall of the Berlin Wall to September 11th.
A Council-sponsored Task Force argues that the United States should support the evolutionary development of democracy consistently throughout the Middle East. It points out that a strategy to promote democracy entails inherent risks, but that "the denial of freedom carries much more significant long-term dangers." This report is also available in Arabic.
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