Bio
William C. Vocke Jr. is executive director of the Taiwan Fulbright Foundation.
From April 2008-February 2011, he was a Carnegie Council senior program director and an executive producer for the Carnegie Ethics Studio.
Vocke is a lifelong proponent of international education. From 2004-2008, he was a full-time professor in the Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University, and taught at Taiwan's Foreign Service Institute and National Taiwan University. During this period, he also served on the board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, and on the FSE board.
Vocke was a professor and director of the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and also taught at SUNY Geneseo, Juniata College, and on sabbatical in Germany, France and South Carolina. He has served as the national president of the World Affairs Councils of America, President of the World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati and Executive Director of the World Affairs Council in Milwaukee.
Featured Work
MAR 8, 2011 • Podcast
Ethics Matter: Political Scientist Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Joseph Nye discusses the sources of his ideas, his major concepts such as soft power, the impact of these concepts, and his thoughts on the ...
JAN 18, 2011 • Podcast
Ethics Matter: Chris Brown, LSE Professor of International Relations
Chris Brown reveals the roots of his current thinking, and discusses his views on Marxism, human rights, humanitarian intervention, direct versus representational democracy, and cosmopolitanism ...
JUL 27, 2010 • Podcast
Taiwan: Building Partnerships for Asia-Pacific Economic Integration
Since 2008, Taiwan has quietly pursued new political and economic initiatives with China, and the likelihood of conflict across the Taiwan Strait has diminished. What are ...
JUL 16, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Who Dies in Afghanistan: Soldiers, Civilians, or the Mission?
How do you choose missions to fight a war effectively, while minimizing civilian deaths and meeting the obligation to your soldiers?
MAY 10, 2010 • Podcast
Open Primaries: William Vocke Interviews Abel Maldonado, Lieutenant Governor of California
Under the current system, California has a deadlocked, polarized legislature that can't get anything done, says Lt. Gov. Maldonado. The solution is to create an ...
JUL 1, 2009 • Podcast
Pillars of Ethics
Carnegie Council president Joel Rosenthal discusses three pillars of ethics--pluralism, rights and responsibilities, and fairness--with Council staff members Madeleine Lynn and William Vocke.
MAY 26, 2009 • Podcast
Forced to Labor: The Cost of Coercion
The Carnegie Council and the International Labour Organization (ILO) present a unique look at modern slavery from the personal, policy, and enforcement perspectives, to shed ...
MAY 26, 2009 • Podcast
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World
Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on women's reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future of global development.
MAY 1, 2009 • Podcast
A Special Appeal from Senior Fellow William Vocke
Last year we filmed over 70 events and made them freely available in various formats on our website, on iTunes, and on YouTube. But reaching out ...
SEP 25, 2008 • Article
Public Diplomacy and the 2008 Election
Hidden in the U.S. presidential election is the promise of a renewed emphasis on public diplomacy. But how will America renew a lost love ...