NPSIA is pleased to be hosting Visiting Ambassador in Residence, Dr. Raoul Delcorde, in Fall 2021. Dr. Delcorde is teaching a graduate course on “Europe and the Changing World Order” at NPSIA
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Raoul Delcorde has a Ph.D in political science and is a member of the Belgian diplomatic service since 1986. Posted to Islamabad, New York UN, Vienna OSCE, Washington DC (as minister-counselor). Ambassador to Sweden (2003-07), to Poland (May 2010 – August 2014) and to Canada (2014-18). Previously Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Promoted to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary (1st class). And lately director Middle-East/North Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retired from the foreign service in April 2020 with the title of honorary ambassador.
Guest Professor at the Institut d’Etudes Européennes of the Université Catholique de Louvain (from 2007 onwards). Author of seven books on international affairs and of 30 articles.
Member of the Belgian Royal Academy (Académie Royale de Belgique) and the Académie des sciences d’outre-mer in France. Member of the Advisory Board of Vocal Europe.
Areas of Interest:
- EU affairs
- Multilateral negotiation
- The Middle East
- Evolution of Western Diplomacy.
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