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Levitsky discusses GOP lawmakers' approach to the war in Ukraine

April 24, 2023 The Hill
Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky
Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky (Credit: Daryl Marshke / Michigan Photography)

Levitsky, The Hill: “You say there should be diplomacy to resolve the dispute. Yet you favor the side that’s invaded by saying, ‘We now have a negotiating agenda and they’re an equal party with the other.’”

Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky

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Melvyn Levitsky

Professor of International Policy and Practice (on leave)
Levitsky serves as senior associate of the school's International Policy Center, and senior advisor to the Weiser Diplomacy Center. During his 35-year career as a U.S. diplomat, Levitsky was ambassador to Brazil from 1994-98 and held such senior positions as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, ambassador to Bulgaria, deputy director of the Voice of America, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights.