Polaschik, Joan A., 1969-
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Polaschik, Joan A., 1969-
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Polaschik
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Joan A.
Date :
1969-
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Joan Polaschik, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is the Dean of the School of Professional and Area Studies at the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Ambassador Polaschik served most recently as a Senior State Department Fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, where she taught courses on U.S. diplomatic statecraft and North Africa.
Ambassador Polaschik’s career has focused on the Middle East and North Africa, with assignments as Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2017-2019) and U.S. Ambassador to Algeria (2014-2017). She previously served as Director of the State Department’s Office of Egypt and Levant Affairs; Director of the Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs; Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S Embassy in Tripoli, Libya; Regional Refugee Coordinator based at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan; Political Officer in Tunisia; and other staff-level assignments in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. She also has served in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.
Ambassador Polaschik earned a BA from the University of Virginia and an MSFS from Georgetown University. She speaks French and Arabic, and some Russian and Azerbaijani.
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q23772372
https://viaf.org/viaf/40156130856058310444
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019084005.html
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Tripoli
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Tashkent
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Tunis
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Baku
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Amman
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Alexandria
VA, US
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