| | | | | | | |  Energy Department Official Howard Gruenspecht Announces U.S. Energy Forecasts on December 17
Howard Gruenspecht, acting administrator of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) at the U.S. Department of Energy, discussed "EIA Updated Energy Forecasts to 2030" on Wednesday, December 17. Click here for audio of this event.
| | |  SAIS Hosted Book Event on Shah of Iran on December 3
On Wednesday, December 3, Gholam Reza Afkhami, senior scholar at the Foundation for Iranian Studies, discussed his new book, The Life and Times of the Shah. Commentary was provided by Kenneth Pollack, director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution; Vali Nasr, professor of international politics at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and Azar Nafisi (moderator), director of SAIS Cultural Conversations. Click here for audio of this event.
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| | SAIS Hosted Event to Celebrate 125 Years of U.S.-Korea Relations on May 21
The U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS, KORUS House and the Sejong Society hosted an event, "U.S.-Korea Relations: Celebrating 125 Years of Friendship," on Monday, May 21 featuring remarks by Don Oberdorfer, chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS; Tae-sik Lee, South Korean ambassador to the United States and a SAIS graduate; Carl Gershman, president of the National Endowment for Democracy; and John Endicott, a Korea scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Festivities also included Yang Seung Hee performing songs of friendship on the stringed kayageum.
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| British Ambassador David Manning Spoke at SAIS Commencement on May 17
David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States and a 1972 SAIS Bologna Center graduate, spoke at SAIS's 2007 commencement at DAR Constitution Hall on Thursday, May 17. During the ceremony, SAIS conferred graduate degrees upon approximately 450 students.
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| SAIS Hosted Forum Featuring General Wesley Clark on May 16
Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, spoke at SAIS about "Legitimacy: First Task for America's Security" on Wednesday, May 16.
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| SAIS Hosted Forum on U.S.-Republic of Korea Relationship on May 4
The U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS hosted a forum, "The United States and the Republic of Korea: Dialogues on the Relationship," on Friday, May 4. Participants included Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Wendy Cutler, assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC Affairs, and Richard Lawless, deputy under secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs.
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| Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff Spoke at SAIS on May 3
Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, spoke at SAIS about "Addressing Transnational Threats in the 21st Century" on Thursday, May 3.
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| Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann Spoke at SAIS on May 2
Josef Ackermann, chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank, spoke at SAIS on Wednesday, May 2 about "Emerging Markets and the Global Financial System: The View of the International Financial Industry" as part of the W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture Series.
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