Matt Meinsen

When the eruption of an Icelandic volcano strands Elizabeth at an airport in Ireland with the Turkish foreign minister, she tries to broker a deal with him to save the lives of thousands of Syrian refugees; Henry gives Alison advice.

With Algeria on the brink of a civil war, Elizabeth negotiates a regime change; Henry discovers that religious antiquities are being destroyed in Algeria by Hizb al-Shahid; the McCord children get their own security detail.

When Elizabeth travels to Myanmar to sign a Pacific Rim trade agreement, she is met with resistance from the country's American ambassador; Nadine tries to repair her relationship with her son.

While accompanying Alison on a college campus tour, Elizabeth is ambushed by a group protesting a Chilean mining operation; Henry, Jane and Jose Campos try to locate Jibral Disah's third wife, Hijriyyah.

Elizabeth confronts a former friend -- and remembers an important job offer from the past; Stevie and the president's son start a relationship.

While Elizabeth is in Libya to help negotiate an end to its civil war, a tragic accident with her chauffeured car embroils her in an urgent situation to secure medical care for a gravely wounded local girl.