In partnership with the World Affairs Council of Connecticut, Ambassador Ted Osius, former United States Ambassador to Vietnam (2014-17), will discuss relations between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and how the current U.S.-Vietnam relationship exemplifies the power of diplomacy in ensuring peace.
The conversation will be followed by a reception and book signing of Ambassador Osius’ latest book: Nothing is Impossible: America’s Reconciliation with Vietnam.
In Nothing is Impossible Ted Osius, former ambassador during the Obama administration, offers a vivid account of the various forms of diplomacy that made this reconciliation possible. He considers the leaders who put aside past traumas to work on creating a brighter future, including senators John McCain and John Kerry, two Vietnam veterans and ideological opponents who set aside their differences for a greater cause, and Pete Peterson—the former POW who became the first U.S. ambassador to a new Vietnam.
Former ambassador Ted Osius is President & CEO of the US-ASEAN Business Council.  Founded in 1984, the Council represents 180 of the largest American businesses in Southeast Asia through its headquarters in Washington, DC, and its seven regional offices.