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The Diplomat Forum
Discussion with Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the United States of America
Join us for The Diplomat Forum roundtable discussion with the Belgian Ambassador to the U.S., Jean-Arthur Régibeau on December 2 at 5 pm in-person at the brand new global headquarters of Thunderbird School of Global Management in downtown Phoenix. Following the program, there will be a meet and greet with Ambassador Régibeau and fellow attendees. This program will be broadcast live on Zoom all over the world at no cost.
The Diplomat Forum is a program series born from a joint partnership between the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, Diplomatic Corps of Arizona and Thunderbird School of Global Management. Ambassador Régibeau's visit is the inaugural launch of The Diplomat Forum.
Registration
This is a hybrid event. It will be free to join the program online.
In-person registration:
$25 for PCFR Members
$35 for Non-Members
Schedule
Thursday, December 2, 2021
5 pm MST | 7 pm EST
Venue
Hybrid Event
Thunderbird School of Global Management
401 N 1st St, Phoenix, AZ
Option to attend virtually via Zoom
Program Overview
Please join the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, Diplomatic Corps of Arizona and Thunderbird School of Global Management for our inaugural program of The Diplomat Forum, a series that brings diplomats from all over the world for a roundtable discussion at the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Seat of the EU Commission, historically divided by culture and language, and home to many immigrants from outside Europe, Belgium is a successful nation that must constantly navigate the competing demands of geopolitics, Europe and complicated national dynamics. Ambassador Regibeau will discuss this difficult balancing act and his nation’s perspectives vis-a-vis the U.S. and its world role today.
Speaker
Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the United States of America
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The Ambassador represents His Majesty The King of the Belgians and Belgium’s federal government in the United States of America and in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. He is responsible for the direction and work of the Embassy and its Consulates, including bilateral political and economic relations, visa and consular services.
Career
After a few years of working for private business and later as a legal advisor, Jean-Arthur Régibeau joined the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998. He was the diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2002 and he went on to be First Secretary at the Belgian Embassy in Berlin. From 2003-2007, Mr. Régibeau returned to Brussels as Head of the Private Office of the Minister of Defense. In 2007, he was appointed Director general in charge of Multilateral Organizations at the Foreign Ministry. In this capacity, he managed some aspects of the Belgian presidency of the European Union in 2010. From 2012-2016, he also was Deputy Commissioner for the commemoration of World War I. In 2016, he took up his role as Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Armenia, Belarus & Uzbekistan.
As a trainee, Mr. Régibeau worked for a Belgian bank in New York in 1987-1988. Working for a tour operator, he escorted groups of Belgian tourists visiting the United States in 1991 and 1992.
Academia
Mr. Régibeau studied at the State University of Liège where he obtained his Master’s degree in Law in 1984. From there, he went on to obtain a Certificate in International Law from the State University of Leiden in the Netherlands in 1985. One year later, he joined the Johns Hopkins University SAIS program in Bologna, Italy, where he obtained a diploma in International Relations.
Ambassador Régibeau has been a guest professor on European institutions and Europe and Globalization at the University of Liège. He also gave lectures on Globalization and Security issues at the Defense Ministry in Brussels (2007-2015).
Papers and Presentations
Mr. Régibeau is the author of "La doctrine nucléaire française et sa dimension européenne", Nice, 1987 and "Les causes profondes du 11 septembre" in La démocratie après le 11 septembre, Université de Liège, 2004.
Personal life
Jean-Arthur Régibeau was born in 1962 in Liège. He is both a Belgian and Swiss citizen and has one daughter. In addition to some Italian and some Russian, Ambassador Régibeau speaks fluent French, Dutch, English and German. Mr. Régibeau likes soccer, hiking, strategy games, history and literature.
