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Brookings Institution
April 5 2013
Arturo Sarukhan, Former Mexican Ambassador to the U.S., Joins
Brookings as a Distinguished Affiliate
Washington, D.C. - Arturo Sarukhan, former Mexican ambassador to the
United States, has joined the Brookings Institution as a distinguished
affiliate, Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced today.
`We are honored that Ambassador Sarukhan has agreed to join the
Brookings family,' Talbott said. `Arturo has been a friend and
colleague to a number of us here, as well as an invaluable friend to
the U.S. He's been a leader in his country's political life and its
foreign-policy establishment for more than a decade. We look forward
to his participation in the work we do at Brookings and in the wider
public-policy community of which we're a part.'
A career Mexican diplomat, Sarukhan recently served as Mexico's
ambassador to the United States from 2007 to January 2013. At
Brookings, Sarukhan will affiliate with the Foreign Policy and
Metropolitan Policy programs.
>From 1988-89, Sarukhan began his career in public service as the
executive secretary of the Commission for the Future of Mexico-U.S.
Relations, a non-governmental initiative funded by the Ford Foundation
created to recast the relationship between the two countries. After
joining Mexico's Foreign Service, Sarukhan held a number of different
posts within the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. In 1991, he was named
deputy assistant secretary for Inter-American Affairs, representing
Mexico at the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America and the Caribbean (OPANAL). In 1993, Sarukhan held his first
posting to the Embassy of Mexico to the United States, where he served
as the Mexican ambassador's chief of staff during the NAFTA
negotiations. In 1995, Sarukhan was put in charge of the embassy's
Office for Antinarcotics. From 2000 to 2003, Sarukhan was designated
chief of Policy Planning to Mexico's secretary of Foreign Affairs,
before moving to New York and serving as Mexico's consul general from
2003 to 2006.
Sarukhan took a leave of absence from the Mexican Foreign Service in
2006 to join Felipe Calderón's presidential campaign, where he served
as international spokesman and foreign policy coordinator. Following
Calderón's election and the presidential transition, Sarukhan was
appointed ambassador to the United States in January 2007.
As an academic, Sarukhan has taught several courses at the Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), at the National Defense
College, at the Inter-American Defense College and at the National
Defense University of the United States.
`For more than 20 years, Ambassador Sarukhan has had an outstanding
career within Mexico's Foreign Service, serving the Mexican government
and its people with distinction,' said Martin Indyk, vice president
and director of Foreign Policy. `Foreign Policy and its Latin America
Initiative will benefit greatly from Arturo's involvement in our
research activities as well as our many public and private events.'
`Ambassador Sarukhan has been an avid practitioner of Metro Diplomacy,
recognizing that the dominant trend of this century is the rapid rise
of cities as the engines of national economies and the vanguard of
policy innovation,' said Bruce Katz, vice president and director of
Metropolitan Policy. `He will be an invaluable partner in helping
Brookings create a network of global cities, linked together by trade,
that will learn from each other about the challenging issues of
urbanization.'
Sarukhan graduated from El Colegio de México with a bachelor's degree
in International Relations and received a master's degree in U.S.
Foreign Policy from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., where
he studied as a Fulbright scholar and Ford Foundation fellow.
http://www.brookings.edu/about/media-relations/news-releases/2013/0405-sarukhan
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
April 5 2013
Arturo Sarukhan, Former Mexican Ambassador to the U.S., Joins
Brookings as a Distinguished Affiliate
Washington, D.C. - Arturo Sarukhan, former Mexican ambassador to the
United States, has joined the Brookings Institution as a distinguished
affiliate, Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced today.
`We are honored that Ambassador Sarukhan has agreed to join the
Brookings family,' Talbott said. `Arturo has been a friend and
colleague to a number of us here, as well as an invaluable friend to
the U.S. He's been a leader in his country's political life and its
foreign-policy establishment for more than a decade. We look forward
to his participation in the work we do at Brookings and in the wider
public-policy community of which we're a part.'
A career Mexican diplomat, Sarukhan recently served as Mexico's
ambassador to the United States from 2007 to January 2013. At
Brookings, Sarukhan will affiliate with the Foreign Policy and
Metropolitan Policy programs.
>From 1988-89, Sarukhan began his career in public service as the
executive secretary of the Commission for the Future of Mexico-U.S.
Relations, a non-governmental initiative funded by the Ford Foundation
created to recast the relationship between the two countries. After
joining Mexico's Foreign Service, Sarukhan held a number of different
posts within the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. In 1991, he was named
deputy assistant secretary for Inter-American Affairs, representing
Mexico at the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America and the Caribbean (OPANAL). In 1993, Sarukhan held his first
posting to the Embassy of Mexico to the United States, where he served
as the Mexican ambassador's chief of staff during the NAFTA
negotiations. In 1995, Sarukhan was put in charge of the embassy's
Office for Antinarcotics. From 2000 to 2003, Sarukhan was designated
chief of Policy Planning to Mexico's secretary of Foreign Affairs,
before moving to New York and serving as Mexico's consul general from
2003 to 2006.
Sarukhan took a leave of absence from the Mexican Foreign Service in
2006 to join Felipe Calderón's presidential campaign, where he served
as international spokesman and foreign policy coordinator. Following
Calderón's election and the presidential transition, Sarukhan was
appointed ambassador to the United States in January 2007.
As an academic, Sarukhan has taught several courses at the Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), at the National Defense
College, at the Inter-American Defense College and at the National
Defense University of the United States.
`For more than 20 years, Ambassador Sarukhan has had an outstanding
career within Mexico's Foreign Service, serving the Mexican government
and its people with distinction,' said Martin Indyk, vice president
and director of Foreign Policy. `Foreign Policy and its Latin America
Initiative will benefit greatly from Arturo's involvement in our
research activities as well as our many public and private events.'
`Ambassador Sarukhan has been an avid practitioner of Metro Diplomacy,
recognizing that the dominant trend of this century is the rapid rise
of cities as the engines of national economies and the vanguard of
policy innovation,' said Bruce Katz, vice president and director of
Metropolitan Policy. `He will be an invaluable partner in helping
Brookings create a network of global cities, linked together by trade,
that will learn from each other about the challenging issues of
urbanization.'
Sarukhan graduated from El Colegio de México with a bachelor's degree
in International Relations and received a master's degree in U.S.
Foreign Policy from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., where
he studied as a Fulbright scholar and Ford Foundation fellow.
http://www.brookings.edu/about/media-relations/news-releases/2013/0405-sarukhan
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress