| | | | | | | |  Senator Chuck Hagel Spoke at SAIS on September 18
Chuck Hagel, Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, gave the keynote address at a conference at SAIS on Thursday, September 18, entitled “Challenges and Choices in Asia.” Click here for more information.
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|  SAIS Hosted Forum on Islam and the West on September 15
SAIS hosted a forum entitled “Existential Threat or Historical Footnote? What Our Obsession With Islam Is Costing Us,” on Monday, September 15, featuring Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author of Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism; Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program; John Mueller, the Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies at Ohio State University; and Adam Garfinkle (moderator), editor of The American Interest. Click here for more information.
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| | SAIS Hosted Forum Featuring Congressman Dennis Kucinich on April 25
Dennis Kucinich, Democratic congressman from Ohio and 2008 presidential candidate, spoke at SAIS on Wednesday, April 25 about "Foreign Policy: The Imperative for Human Unity."
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| U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow Spoke at SAIS on April 24
Alexander Vershbow, the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea, spoke at SAIS on Tuesday, April 24 about "Seoul-Washington: Where Do We Stand?"
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| SAIS Hosted Annual Energy Conference on April 20
Robert Socolow, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and co-director of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative at Princeton University, gave the keynote address about "Present and Future Technologies and the Urgency of Controlling Carbon Emissions" during the SAIS International Energy and Environment Program's annual conference on Friday, April 20.
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| NPR President Kevin Klose Spoke at SAIS on April 19
Kevin Klose, president of National Public Radio, spoke at SAIS on Thursday, April 19 about "The Future of International News in the U.S. Media."
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| SAIS Hosted a Forum About Journalists' Coverage of Iraq on April 19
Former SAIS International Reporting Project fellows Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor of The Washington Post; Chris Hondros, photojournalist with Getty Images; Quil Lawrence, foreign correspondent with PRI/BBC's "The World;" Matt O’Neill, co-director, "Baghdad ER;" and Raney Aronson, producer for PBS's "Frontline" (moderator), discussed their experiences covering the war in Iraq during a SAIS forum on Thursday, April 19.
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| SAIS Hosted Middle East Human Rights Conference on April 18
The SAIS Protection Project hosted a daylong human rights conference about "Middle East Agenda for Reform: Challenges and Opportunities" on Wednesday, April 18. Samir Shakir Sumaida'ie, ambassador of Iraq to the United States, and Naser Al Belooshi, ambassador of Bahrain to the United States, gave the conference's keynote addresses.
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| Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Spoke at SAIS on April 16
Henry Paulson, secretary of the Treasury, spoke at SAIS on Monday, April 16 as part of a daylong conference about "China's Financial System Reforms and Governance." This conference was the culminating event of the "Year of China" at SAIS where we have been examining China's evolving role on the world stage as a special theme this academic year.
| Lebanese Finance Minister Jihad Azour Spoke at SAIS on April 16
Jihad Azour, Lebanon's minister of finance, spoke at SAIS on Monday, April 16 about "Lebanon's Economic Landscape and Government Medium-Term Reform Program."
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| GE India Executive Scott Bayman Spoke at SAIS on April 12
Scott Bayman, president and CEO of GE India, spoke at SAIS as part of the W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture series on Thursday, April 12 about "Fourteen Years on the Inside: A Perspective on India."
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| SAIS Hosted Forum on Global War on Terror and Human Rights on April 6
Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International, spoke at SAIS on Friday, April 6 about "The Global War on Terror and the Impact on Human Rights."
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| SAIS Hosted Conference on China's Engagement With Africa on April 6 and 7
SAIS hosted a two-day conference on Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7 to address "China's Engagement With Africa: Opportunity and Challenge." Friday afternoon's panel discussion about policy options in the changing strategic landscape featured Harry Broadman of the World Bank, Denis Tull of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Adama Gaye of Ecobank, and Pang Zhongying (moderator) of Nankai University.
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| Former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski Spoke at SAIS on April 3
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Carter and SAIS professor of American foreign policy, spoke at SAIS about his new book, Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower, on Tuesday, April 3.
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| SAIS Team Takes Third Place in Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit Challenge
A team of five SAIS students finished in third place out of more than 85 teams competing in the Sustainable Innovation Summit Challenge hosted March 21-24 by Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Ariz. SAIS was the only non-MBA school participant in the group of 10 teams from around the world in the final round of the competition. Congratulations to team members Seth Colby, Landon Loomis, Chris Meyer, Chris Saunders and Rachna Saxena.
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