Ambassador Nancy Soderberg has first hand experience in the decision to use force -- as the third-ranked official at the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton. She also knows the challenges of building an international coalition from her time as a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She is now a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Florida.
She is available to comment on the complexities of the U.S. policy to combat ISIS. She believes the strategy will work in Iraq but is concerned that our effort in Syria is too little too late - and will only work if we work with the Assad regime to wipe out ISIS in the region. We will also need to gain the cooperation of Iran, something that Secretary Kerry discussed with his Iranian counterpart this week at the UN General Assembly meeting.
Ambassador Nancy Soderberg has served in the White House as Deputy National Security Advisor, as an Ambassador at the United Nations, in the United States Senate, and on four presidential campaigns. She is president and CEO of Soderberg Global Solutions, a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla, and chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board. She previously served as president of the Connect U.S. Fund and as vice president of the International Crisis Group. Soderberg publishes and speaks regularly on national security policy and is the author of two books on American foreign policy.
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