- Marco Vicenzino is the founder and director of the Global Strategy Project (GSP), a non-profit organization which was inaugurated by Italian foreign minister, Gianfranco Fini, in April 2005. He served as a strategic advisor for the World Bank’s External Relations Unit and senior advisor for strategic communications and planning for the first-ever World Congress on Communication for Development held in Rome in October 2006. Mr. Vicenzino served as Deputy Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-US (IISS-US) in Washington, DC. He also taught International Law at the School of International Studies at American University in Washington, DC, and was recently appointed by the Foreign Policy Association in New York as a John C. Whitehead Fellow. Mr. Vicenzino is a member of the board of directors of the Afghanistan World Foundation and serves as its chief strategic advisor. He is also an active term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
- To provide a global audience with an objective understanding, through analytical publications and other activities, of events, developments and issues that impact international peace and security; convening public and private actors in forums to improve dialogue and relations and promote the understanding of issues that impact international peace and security; and to contribute to a process that fosters and advances international peace and security.
- President Obama’s foreign policy team clearly possesses many seasoned veterans but also features a number of competing personalities vying for influence. Failure by President Obama to manage this competitive environment will result in foreign policy gridlock, which America simply cannot afford at this critical and historical juncture of global instability.
- Ultimately, much of the president’s foreign policy success falls upon Jones, who must maintain discipline and clarity among competing personalities. He provides a sense of trust and assurance, particularly for America’s European allies who recall the general’s leadership at NATO. As a seasoned soldier and diplomat, Jones exudes the necessary confidence and pragmatism to ensure that cool minds will prevail, particularly in times of crisis.
