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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Cynthia P. Schneider

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

Cynthia P. Schneider is an expert in cultural diplomacy. She leads the Arts and Culture Initiative within the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, and teaches Diplomacy and Culture at Georgetown University. She served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (1998-2001).



Expertise

Cultural diplomacy; Cultural relations between the U.S. and Muslim world

  • Language Fluency:
  • French
  • Dutch
  • Italian

Background

Current Positions
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University

Past Positions
U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (1998-2001); Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative Fellow in Residence, Georgetown University; Associate Professor of Art History, Georgetown University; Assistant Curator of European Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1984; B.A., Harvard University, 1975


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioHard Power Trumps Soft In U.S. Policy Towards EgyptDecember 23, 2011The Huffington Post
Save to My PortfolioEgypt's Elections Can't Be TrustedNovember 28, 2011CNN.com
Save to My PortfolioIn Shanghai, the United States Pavilion as a Corporate Theme ParkJune 07, 2010The Center for Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California
Save to My PortfolioIntolerance and Censorship in the Arab WorldOctober 13, 2009Anderson Cooper 360 Blog
Save to My PortfolioAmerican Public Diplomacy after the Bush PresidencyApril 2009Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Save to My Portfolio"A New Way Forward" in Doha: Listen to the ArtistsMarch 13, 2009USC Center on Public Diplomacy Blog & Blogroll
Save to My PortfolioThe Challenges of Hollywood and the Muslim WorldSeptember 03, 2008On Faith Blog hosted by Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek
Save to My PortfolioThe Sound of Music in PyongyangFebruary 28, 2008The Brookings Institution

Contact Information

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202.797.6000

202.797.6105
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