Five University students and Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, a Wilson School professor, participated in the Vienna Diplomacy Conference at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna last week.
Andrew Bruck '05, Zachary Goldstein '05, Kyle Jaros '05, a member of the 'Prince' editorial board, Natalie Lockwood '06 and Marc Grinberg '05 attended the event.
Danspeckgruber chose the students from his Spring 2004 class, WWS 321: Theory and Practice of International Diplomacy, based on their performance in and outside of the classroom.
In addition to the Princeton group, graduate students from Georgetown and Tufts universities and students from the Diplomatic Academy participated in the conference, which focused on challenges for journalists and diplomats in the 21st century.
The conference featured a series of discussion sessions with guest participants, including an administrator from Time Magazine and the British Ambassador to Austria.
"I was really happy with [the conference]," Lockwood said. "It was a great opportunity for us to interact with graduate students, especially those who had experience in the foreign service."
Goldstein, a thesis advisee of Danspeckgruber, said the conference changed his perception of how diplomacy works.
He said seeing a disagreement between a Latvian student and a German student reminded him of the stylistic differences that exist within European diplomacy.
According to Goldstein, he also enjoyed the argumentative exchange between various professors and ambassadors after Austrian Ambassador Albert Rohan argued that the transatlantic alliance had come to an end.
The interaction among participants did not end after the seminars, Goldstein said. "We were not there as tourists. We were there as participants."
Danspeckgruber said he was pleased that the Diplomatic Academy, which has traditionally served as a bridge between the East and the West, could bring Princeton students together with those hailing from Central Europe and the Middle East.
"I was absolutely delighted with the performance of the students. I know that some of my faculty friends at the Academy felt the same," Danspeckgruber said. "It does Princeton proud and the United States proud."
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