In this lecture, Seche will provide an analysis of the difficulty of forming U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He will look specifically at Arab states relationships to the U.S. Those relationships, particularly with Saudi Arabia, present the U.S. with opportunities as well as difficulties in it policy in region and with regard to numerous international issue.
On Wednesday, April 4 at 7 pm in Solon Campus Center 170, Seche will present Yemen: The Forgotten War.
Drawing on his experience as the former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Seche will discuss the war that has led to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, where the Yemeni people are threatened by violence, famine, and cholera. He will examine the causes of the conflict in Yemen, the grievances of the Houthis, the roles played by the US, Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the reasons why this war has gotten so little international unlike the war in Syria.
Both events are free and open to the public and followed by receptions.
About Stephen Seche
Stephen Seche spent 35 years as a career U.S. Foreign Service officer. From 2011-13, he served as deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State, with responsibility for U.S. relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Yemen. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Yemen from 2007-10.
During the 2006-07 academic year, Seche was a visiting fellow at the University of Southern California, where he taught public diplomacy in the master’s degree program. On his return from Yemen, he spent a year at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, leading a graduate seminar in the School of Foreign Service.
From February 2005 to August 2006, Seche served as charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria; he was deputy of chief of mission for the six months prior. This was his second tour in Damascus. From 1999 to 2002, Seche was the counselor for public affairs and the director of the American Cultural Center. He spent the two years between his Damascus assignments as director of the Office for Egypt and Levant Affairs at the Department of State in Washington, DC.
Seche spent the first seven years of his Foreign Service career in public diplomacy positions in Guatemala, Peru, and Bolivia. Other overseas assignments have included Ottawa, Canada and New Delhi, India. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and spent four years as a journalist before entering the Foreign Service.
During the 2006-07 academic year, Seche was a visiting fellow at the University of Southern California, where he taught public diplomacy in the master’s degree program. On his return from Yemen, he spent a year at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, leading a graduate seminar in the School of Foreign Service.
From February 2005 to August 2006, Seche served as charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria; he was deputy of chief of mission for the six months prior. This was his second tour in Damascus. From 1999 to 2002, Seche was the counselor for public affairs and the director of the American Cultural Center. He spent the two years between his Damascus assignments as director of the Office for Egypt and Levant Affairs at the Department of State in Washington, DC.
Seche spent the first seven years of his Foreign Service career in public diplomacy positions in Guatemala, Peru, and Bolivia. Other overseas assignments have included Ottawa, Canada and New Delhi, India. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and spent four years as a journalist before entering the Foreign Service.
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