Rick Barton currently teaches at the Woodrow Wilson
School at Princeton University, where he serves as the co-director
of Princeton’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiatives and
Ullman Fellowships. He has served as an American ambassador to the
United Nations and the Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees at the
U.N., and was the first Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict
and Stabilization Operations under President Obama. He has led
conflict management initiatives in crisis zones across the globe,
in countries as diverse as Haiti, Iraq, Nigeria, and Turkey. Barton
has published in The New York
Times,The Washington Post, Politico, The
Boston Globe, and numerous other international
outlets. He has been a frequent guest on news shows ranging from
NPR to the O’Reilly Factor.