Witney Schneidman | |
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa at the U.S. Department | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | PhD |
Alma mater | Temple University, University of Dar es Salaam & University of Southern California |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Author |
Witney Schneidman is an American author, nonresident senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings.[1] He served as the deputy assistant secretary of state for Africa at the U.S. Department of State during the Clinton Administration.[2][3]
He holds bachelor's degree of art (Cum Laude) from Temple University, Master's Degree of art in international relations from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and a PhD in international relations from the University of Southern California.[4]
Schneidman has over four decades experience working across sub-Saharan Africa. He began his career as the South Africa analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the U.S. State Department. He later shifted to a not-for-profit organization where he supervised compliance by American companies in South Africa with the Sullivan Principles.[5][6][7][8]
Schneidman was a policy advisor to the Vice President for Africa at the World Bank. He worked with Washington-based consulting firm. He joined the Clinton Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs where he was responsible for promoting U.S. business in Africa. After working with U.S. Government, he started his own consulting firm of Schneidman and Associates International.[9][10][11][12]
Schneidman has written extensively on African economic and political issues. Here are some selected of his publication.
In 2004, Schneidman published: Engaging Africa: Washington and the Fall of Portugal’s Colonial Empire, which Foreign Affairs describes as a “must-read for anyone interested in decolonization or Cold War diplomacy.”[13]