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Dafna Hochman Rand
February 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
FreeAGS will welcome Dafna Hochman Rand on Thursday, February 27th for a fireside chat entitled, Will the Rules-Based International Order Survive the Current Era of Competitive Nationalism? The event will be held in Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford School 223 (201 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708) from 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM. This event will be hosted by Professor Bruce Jentleson.
To register for the event use the following link.
If you would like an opportunity to attend the “invitation-only” dinner with Dafna Hochman Rand, please apply here.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
Rand’s Bio:
Until January 2025, Dr. Dafna H. Rand was the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL). Previously, she served in numerous roles across the State Department including: Director, Office of Foreign Assistance (F); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, DRL; and a member of Secretary Clinton’s Policy Planning Staff (S/P). From 2017-2021, she served as the Vice President of Policy and Research at Mercy Corps, a non-governmental organization working in 40 countries to support communities in need. She also served at the National Security Council during the Obama administration. Dr. Rand is the former Deputy Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and a former professional staff member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). She started her career in government as the foreign policy and defense legislative assistant to Senator Frank R. Lautenberg. Dr. Rand’s research has focused on international security and democratic reform in the Middle East and North Africa, including two books on the subject. She earned a PhD in political science at Columbia University and an AB at Harvard University. Originally from Massachusetts, Dr. Rand now lives with her husband and three children in Maryland.