Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.

Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.

In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.

First, recognize the mistake. The main thing is taking responsibility and being authentic.

There's something beautiful about working in the one place in the world where the world is present, like United Nations. Otherwise, one would have to go to each of these countries to negotiate.

I was interning in the CBS sports affiliate in Atlanta with Robin Roberts.... I was taking notes on a Braves-Padres game, and on the live feed came footage of these kids protesting and getting crushed during the Tiananmen Square uprising in China in 1989. In that moment I became like a lot of young people in this country today, horrified and inspired but confused as to what I might do.

American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.