George Packer
Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Author, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
George Packer is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century. He has published five other works of non-fiction, including The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2013, as well as two novels and a play.
Highlights
Big IdeaDiplomacy is always dissatisfying. It’s by definition about compromise, about starting with high demands and maximalist objectives, and then figuring out where you’re willing to settle, because you will have to settle unless you’re ready to go to warGeorge Packer
Previously
2019 Festival
Is Diplomacy Dead?
The hard work of diplomacy, often mostly invisible, is arguably more important now than ever. In a shifting geopolitical landscape characterized by the emergence of Russia and...
Video — 56m 21s
2019 Festival
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
“I still can’t get his voice out of my head,” George Packer writes of the late diplomat Richard Holbrooke. “One day I know it will start to fade, along with his memory, along...
Video — 53m 16s