that emphasizing diversity and inclusion issues in international development efforts is both morally correct and conducive to stability and development. She has suggested, for instance, that the Oslo Accords would have been more supportive of community integrity had women been involved in negotiations. In 2020, she and Melanne Verveer criticized a deal struck between the U.S. Government and the Taliban regarding American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, on the grounds that negotiations had not been inclusive of women. Koppell has edited a book on diversity, equity, and inclusion in international affairs called Untapped Power: Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion for Conflict and Development, which was published by Oxford University Press in February 2022. Before taking a position with Georgetown University, Koppell was vice president of the Center for Applied Conflict Transformation for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Urging greater women's inclusion in international conflict resolution, she noted that post-conflict regions are significantly more likely to remain peaceful when women are involved in conflict resolution processes. Before joining USIP, Koppell was chief strategy officer for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and USAID’s first senior coordinator for gender equality and women’s empowerment. In the latter role, she pushed to have attention to gender issues integrated into all aspects of USAID's and international development organizations' programming. Crucial, she explained, would be "enabling...technical specialists in every area to be able to think about those [women's] issues on their own." At the time, she highlighted education as a "silver bullet" for women and girls' empowerment. Koppell, as Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, was recognized as a key implementer of the Hillary Doctrine. In the years prior to her time at USAID, Koppell directed the Institute for Inclusive Security and the Washington, D.C. office of Ambassador Swanee Hunt's Hunt Alternatives Fund. She also worked as interim director and, subsequently, senior advisor, at the Conflict Prevention Project of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. At the Wilson Center, she published a book on often-overlooked global trends with negative implications for international security. During the Clinton Administration, Koppell was deputy assistant secretary of international affairs for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She also held a role at the Food and Agriculture Organization. Koppell serves on the boards of the Society for International Development, Norwegian Refugee Council, and Equal Access International. Untapped Power: Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion for Conflict