Merci Vielmal!

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 20 January 2017 The past 2.5 years have been truly exceptional for me and my family. That is because of the people of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: the students, ... Read More»

A Deeper and More Personal Look at Our US Election Process

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 25 October 2016 This is the English translation of the recent OnePage.li magazine – a Liechtenstein magazine in German. It was written by me, Suzi LeVine, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland ... Read More»

Section 2: How an American Election Works: Elections & the millions of people who make it happen

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 25 October 2016 A Presidential election is broken down into three parts – the pre-election, the primary season, and the general election. The pre-election season is when candidates ... Read More»

Section 3: What is Grassroots Campaigning?

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 25 October 2016 What is Grassroots Campaigning? And how, exactly does grassroots work – especially as it blends with big data? These examples best demonstrate this combination: Grassroots ... Read More»

Section 4: A Few Keys to Understanding the State of Play (including state by state voting, the Electoral College, and separating media from math)

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 25 October 2016 During the general election – which we’re in right now – one of the most challenging things can be parsing the news – especially given ... Read More»

This Year’s Ballot…

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 2 October 2016 Eric and I just filled out our ballots and celebrated our right to a voice and a vote! This year was especially exciting because I’ve ... Read More»

Swiss Interreligious Women’s Parliament at the House of Religions

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 25 September 2016 Today, Eric, my son and I had the chance to attend and participate in the Interreligious Women’s Parliament held at Bern’s House of Religions. It was an ... Read More»

Reflections on the Unintended – and Awesome – Corporate Consequences of Apprenticeship in America

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 17 July 2016 <Mike Gunner is the General Manager for Mikron Automation in Colorado. With the catalytic energy provided by the Mikron CEO in Switzerland, Mike and team ... Read More»

“We Care”

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 1 June 2016 When I first met Martin Senn, he shared with me the mantra for the work he oversaw at Zürich Insurance Group: “We Care”. His adherence ... Read More»

Our Refugee-themed Passover Seder

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 28 April 2016 This blog is guest written by my husband, Eric LeVine. Apart from being a successful entrepreneur and technologist, Eric has also focused heavily on Jewish ... Read More»

Happy Hanukkah: The English Translation of my holiday article in Die Weltwoche

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 6 December 2015 I had the opportunity to contribute an article on Meine Weihnacht (my Christmas) in Die Weltwoche – a major Swiss publication. I’m appreciative of this ... Read More»

Climate Change and Global Security (or one more reason why working together on climate matters)

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 30 November 2015 This week, leaders from across the globe are gathering in Paris for COP 21, the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the ... Read More»

Honoring the United States’ 1st National Apprenticeship Week

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 3 November 2015 It is National Apprenticeship Week in the United States this week. Why? Because President Obama said so (in this Proclamation ). Okay – that’s all well and good, but ... Read More»

This Year’s Sweet New Year

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 21 September 2015 Last year, I introduced the concept of Cheshbon Nefesh in this post  (accounting of the soul) – where one looks back at what they’ve accomplished and looks ... Read More»

How would you describe Liechtenstein to a farmer in Kansas in three sentences?

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 12 August 2015 The question “How would you describe Liechtenstein to a farmer in Kansas in three sentences?” was recently asked as a part of an interview I did ... Read More»

Zurich Pride 2015

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 20 June 2015 It was incredible to be there with my fellow members of the global diplomatic corps and to have such a stupendous crowd gathered from across ... Read More»

Year One

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 1 June 2015 On this, the first anniversary of my landing here (2 June 2014) – I want to thank all of you across Switzerland and Liechtenstein for welcoming me ... Read More»

Our Freedom Seder

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 17 March 2015 The Jewish holiday of Passover commemorates the Exodus story, which shares that, thousands of years ago, Moses led my ancestors out of slavery in Egypt. ... Read More»

Profound Democracy

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 4 May 2015 In 1776 and 1848, when the United States and Switzerland were founded – respectively, they were among very few democracies. Over the centuries, how we ... Read More»

Hoch Hinaus: Aim High Together…

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 6 April 2015 Over the past 10 months, I’ve made a concerted effort to visit those Swiss companies with or considering a meaningful US footprint.  A few weeks ... Read More»

Saving lives – Consular & Rega

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 22 February 2015 If I only do one thing during my time as Ambassador – that one thing – the very top priority and essence of my job ... Read More»

Winning the Superbowl – sort of…

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 5 February 2015 On Sunday night/Monday morning, even though my Seahawks didn’t win the Superbowl, I feel like I had a big win because I got to learn ... Read More»

Happy New Year 2015!

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 31 December 2014 Goodbye 2014 – What an extraordinary year you have been! Welcome 2015 – I’m looking forward to seeing what you bring! So much has happened, ... Read More»

Thanksgiving 2014 – Top 5 Thanks!

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 27 November 2014 One of the traditions my family practices during Thanksgiving is to take a moment to recognize that for which we’re thankful from the previous year. ... Read More»

Making the train(s)

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 16 November 2014 I don’t know about you, but I find that, no matter how much time I plan before I need to make a train, I get ... Read More»

Perfecting Delivery of the Brown Nectar!

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 10 November 2014 I suspect that some non-zero percentage of my blood is coffee (albeit decaf).  I had my first latte during my first major job interview and ... Read More»

My Visit to the United States Supreme Court

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 22 October 2014 “It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.”    – Chief Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison ... Read More»

The United States & Direct Democracy

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 29 September 2014 I know this post is about the United States, but before I kick into gear on Direct Democracy in the US, I want to quickly ... Read More»

Zusammen!

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 28 September 2014 In his UN General Assembly speech , President Obama spoke about partnerships and how, only by coming together, would we be able to address the world’s toughest challenges as ... Read More»

A Sweet New Year

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 24 September 2014 Tonight starts Rosh Hashana – the Jewish New Year. Shana Tova!  A Sweet New Year to all! This will be my first time spending the ... Read More»

100 Days

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 10 September 2014 I arrived in Switzerland 100 days ago.  Listening.  Learning.  Absorbing.  I came in with abundant knowledge gained from briefings, I had traveled to Switzerland twice ... Read More»

180 degrees with McDonald’s Schweiz

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 4 September 2014 I don’t very often have a complete turnaround in my thoughts and perceptions (I suspect that’s the case with most people).  Fortunately, I went into ... Read More»

All 26 Cantons in 2 Hours

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 29 July 2014 One of the first questions I’m asked is whether I plan to visit all 26 cantons during my time here. Well – I have some ... Read More»

1st Month: The Accordion of Time

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 6 July 2014 Has it really only been a month? And did all that happened this past week really only happen within 7 days?  It feels like just ... Read More»

CERN Visit

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 25 June 2014 On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to visit CERN in Geneva. I went for two reasons: As a self-professed geek… well – that’s reason in and ... Read More»

Which Hometown Gets Less Rain?

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 16 June 2014 Seattle: Switzerland/Liechtenstein The 2nd most popular question I’ve received since I’ve been here has been “Doesn’t it rain a lot in Seattle?” Well, yes it ... Read More»

Inaugural post

This post is part of an archived series of blogs called The LeVine Line, written by former Ambassador Suzan G. LeVine during her time at U.S. Embassy Bern. 10 June 2014 Welcome! I’m incredibly humbled and honored by this opportunity to build bridges between our nations! In light of that, for my inaugural post, I want ... Read More»
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