Dean's Invitation
Following the great success of last fall’s inaugural Alumni College, I am delighted to welcome you back for this evolving tradition at SAIS. We hope the 2008 Alumni College will engage and educate our alumni in ways that are both fresh and timely as well as familiar from memories of student days. Last year’s Alumni College brought back more than 50 alumni to campus to participate in the two-day program of lectures, keynote speakers and social events. Arriving at SAIS from around the world, alumni were challenged in the classroom by our distinguished faculty, enlightened by high-profile keynote speakers and invigorated by their connections with classmates, colleagues, professors and current students. With that experience, we are planning this year’s Alumni College by building upon this sturdy foundation. SAIS flourished through its 64th year of educating the world’s future leaders in international affairs. You, the distinguished alumni of SAIS, continue to make a difference in business, government, international organizations, nonprofits and journalism in more than 140 countries. Alumni College 2008 creates the opportunity to engage our graduates with our superb faculty, guest speakers and our current students. It is a reunion of substance! Jessica P. Einhorn, Ph.D.
Dean of SAIS
1970 SAIS Graduate Faculty Coordinator's Welcome Alumni College will take place less than two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, providing us with a ready-made theme for the event: “America’s Next President: Assessing Global Priorities.” The next occupant of the White House is sure to place his own imprint on a new foreign policy agenda, and this reality provides Alumni College participants with an ideal opportunity to explore and debate some of the critically important foreign policy challenges awaiting the president-elect. What are the options for engaging China as it continues to extend its economic and political influence in the global arena? Should the new administration continue with the current approaches to combating the threat of global terrorism or change course? What specific reforms are needed to strengthen the capabilities of the U.S. intelligence community? What are the key multilateral and bilateral issues the new administration must address with its most important trading partners? What policy options should the new president consider in response to the mounting threats posed by global climate change? We hope you will join us in October to critically analyze these and a number of other important foreign policy challenges, drawing upon the collective knowledge of SAIS faculty, your fellow alumni and our intrepid students. Roger Leeds Alumni College Faculty Coordinator Professor of International Finance
and Director of the Center for International
Business, Finance and Public Policy 1975 SAIS Graduate | 
