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For Manus McCaffery, an economic affairs officer with the UN, the ability to build relationships is the key to developing lasting solutions to complex issues in communities around the globe.

The Ukraine Recovery Youth Global Initiative, founded by a Yale grad student, is training young Ukrainians to lead the country when the current war ends.

Maria Rodriguez-Dominguez '17 is helping to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico relationship by promoting cooperation across sectors and inspiring future generations in her home country.

After more than 30 years of service with the U.S. State Department, Leslie Tsou joined the Yale Jackson School in 2024 as a Senior Fellow.

Jackson grad Dira Fabrian represents her native Indonesia with a regional organization that promotes economic, social, and cultural progress across southeast Asia.

Nairobi, Beijing, Doha, Hanoi — as a foreign service officer in the U.S. State Department, there’s “never a dull moment” in the career of Shobhit Kumar ’20.

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan opened up about the promises and pitfalls of his country’s sustainable development journey.

Interview with Kah Walla, a Cameroonian politician, entrepreneur and social activist who ran for president in 2011. She is also the CEO of STRATEGIES!, a leadership and management consulting firm she founded in 1995. In this interview, Walla discusses her perspectives on strategies for social change in Africa.

H.E. Timothy Musa Kabba, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Sierra Leone discusses coups, climate change, and conflict minerals — and his own remarkable journey from a child soldier in his country’s civil war all the way to the UN Security Council.

Iván Duque, President of Colombia from 2018-2022 on climate change, populism, polarization and Latin America’s role in the new multipolar world order.