Carey Cavanaugh is a former US ambassador. He is currently a professor of diplomacy and conflict resolution at the University of Kentucky’s Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce and chairman of International Alert, a London-based independent peacebuilding organization. He had a Foreign Service career focused on conflict resolution, arms control and humanitarian issues. This included diplomatic postings in Berlin, Moscow, Tbilisi, Rome and Bern, as well as Washington assignments at the US State Department, Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Cavanaugh spearheaded or helped advance peace efforts involving Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Tajikistan and Turkey.