Global Book Club: The Dissent Channel – American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age

In her new book, “The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age,” author and former diplomat Elizabeth Shackelford recounts her assignment in South Sudan, and offers a firsthand example of devolving state of U.S. foreign policy and accountability around the world. Winner of the 2020 Douglas Dillon Award for a Book of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy, “The Dissent Channel” exposes a foreign policy driven more by inertia than principles, to suit short-term political needs over long-term strategies.

Join us for a virtual conversation with former U.S. Foreign Service Officer Elizabeth Shackelford as she discusses, “The Dissent Channel” and her experience as a diplomat during the precarious rise and devastating fall of the world’s newest country, South Sudan.