Rick Barton is the Co-Director of the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI).  He taught at the Woodrow Wilson School from 2001-5, including as the Frederick Schultz Professor from 2001-2, and returned in 2015 to lead Junior Task Forces that cover the prevention of conflict, post war reconstruction, stabilization and peace building. Barton was the first Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations  (2011-14), U.S. Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in New York (2009-11), Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2002-9), Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees at UNHCR (1999-2001), founding Director of USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (1994-9) and a business and political leader in Maine earlier in his career.In this podcast, Barton talks about his career, the current state of U.S. foreign policy and his book Peace Works - America's Unifying Role in a Turbulent World