Poland in Today's Europe- A Seminar with Paul Jones, US Ambassador to Poland

Poland in Today's Europe- A Seminar with Paul Jones, US Ambassador to Poland

Paul Jones, US Ambassador to Poland, will join Future of Diplomacy Project Faculty director Nicholas Burns to speak about the current situation in Poland, touching upon the nation's relationships to regional actors, the European Union, the NATO alliance, and of course the United States. He will also discuss the domestic political situation in Poland, which has been under close scrutiny from the international community since the far-right Law and Justice party gained a parliamentary majority in 2015. 

Paul W. Jones was confirmed by the United States Senate as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Poland on August 5, 2015, and sworn in by Secretary Kerry on September 11, 2015.

Ambassador Jones has a wide-ranging background in Europe. As Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from 2013-15, he was responsible for all aspects of U.S. policy and operations in Europe, particularly Russia and Ukraine. He was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna, Austria (2004-05) and also at the U.S. Embassy in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (1996-99). Jones served at the OSCE Mission in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, implementing the Dayton Peace Accords, as well as at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia (1992-94). In Washington, he was Director of the Office for South Central Europe and, previously, Desk Officer for the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. He served twice on the staff of the Secretary of State, as Director of the Secretariat Staff and in the 24-hour Operations Center.