Dr. Ramazani, a Middle East specialist, the holder of the Thomas Jefferson Award and the co-editor of two books on Jefferson and the contemporary world, is the Edward R. Stettinius Professor Emeritus of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. This keynote speech was delivered on June 13, 2011, at a conference on Education and Diplomacy co-sponsored by the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello and the American Academy of Diplomacy.