Edward S. Walker Jr.
Edward S. Walker Jr. (born June 13, 1940)
Early life
Walker was born in
Ambassador Edward S. Walker Jr. is an Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute's public policy center. Ambassador Walker served as MEI's President and CEO for over five years, from 2001 until August 2006.
Walker's diplomatic career:
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2000–2001)
- United States Ambassador to Israel(1997–1999)
- United States Ambassador to Egypt(1994–1997)
- Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations with Ambassadorial Rank (1993–1994)
- United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1989–1992). Through the period of the Gulf War.
- Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (1988-).
- Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (1982–1984)
- Special Assistant to the President's Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Negotiations (1979–1981)
- Entered the Foreign Service in 1967.
In the course of his career, Walker worked with every Israeli Prime Minister since
Walker previously worked with Colin Powell in the new Bush Administration as assistant secretary of state for Near-Eastern affairs, a position he had previously held under Madeleine Albright during the second Clinton administration. During that time he helped initiate and negotiate U.S. policy toward Iraq and engaged in recalibrating U.S. policies toward Iran and the Middle East peace process.
Currently, Edward S. Walker Jr. holds the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professorship in Global Political Theory at
Sources
References
- ^ "President Clinton to Name Edward S. Walker as Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt". Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- ^ Edward S. Walker biography Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, Israel Policy Forum
- ^ Hamilton, College (2012). 2012 Hamilton College Register. Clinton, NY: Hamilton College.
- ^ Marcus, Jonathan (2006-05-15). "Washington's Libyan fairy tale". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ^ Hamilton Online[permanent dead link], Accessed September 6, 2008.