| | | | | | | |  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 Conference on 21st Century U.S.-Korea Alliance on May 6
The U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and The Hwaejeong Peace Foundation of the Dong-A-Ilbo hosted a conference, "Forging a 21st Century U.S.-Korea Aliance: Identifying Obstacles and Opportunities," on Tuesday, May 6. This day-long conference featured three keynote speakers: Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), who spoke on "A Congressional Perspective on U.S.-Korea Relations;" Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), who spoke on "Gauging the Six-Party Talks;" and Jay Lefkowitz, special envoy for human rights in North Korea for the U.S. State Department, who spoke on "Human Rights in U.S. Policy Toward North Korea."
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Click here to download or listen to audio of Lefkowitz's remarks. | SAIS and Harvard Hosted Forum on the Youth Vote and 2008 Elections on April 24
SAIS and the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard’s Kennedy School held a forum, “The 2008 Elections: Tracking the Youth Vote,” on Thursday, April 24. Panelists included former Iowa Congressman James A. Leach, IOP director and SAIS graduate; John Della Volpe, IOP polling director; Jon Gould, IOP survey co-chair and Harvard student; and David M. Lampton (moderator), SAIS dean of faculty and director of the China Studies Program. Click here for more information.
Click here to download or listen to audio of this event. | SAIS Hosted Discussion on Russian Politics in Georgia on April 22
David Bakradze, minister of foreign affairs of Georgia; Matthew J. Bryza, deputy assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Vladimir Socor, senior fellow and senior analyst at the Jamestown Foundation; and Svante Cornell, research director at the SAIS Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, spoke at SAIS on Tuesday, April 22 about "Recent Russian Politics in Georgia: How Should the West Respond?"
Click here to download or listen to audio of this event. | SAIS Hosted Conference on International Energy and Climate Policy on April 22
SAIS hosted a daylong conference on Tuesday, April 22 about "Integrating Energy Policy and Climate Policy," featuring a keynote address about "The U.S. Policy Challenge" by Phil Sharp, president of Resources for the Future. Click here for more information on the event and on the SAIS International Energy and Environment Program.
Click here to listen to or download audio of this event. | SAIS Bologna Center Hosted Mock U.S. Presidential Debate on April 18
The SAIS Bologna Center and the U.S. Embassy in Rome hosted a mock U.S. presidential debate on Friday, April 18, at the embassy. Erik Jones, professor of European studies at the Bologna Center, played the part of the Democratic candidates and Bart Drakulich, the center's director of finance and administration, played the role of the Republican candidate for an audience of Italian university students. Steven Anderson from the embassy's political section moderated the debate, and Ambassador Ronald Spogli gave welcoming remarks (in Italian).
Click here to view a video of the event. | SAIS Hosted Discussion on the Future of U.S. Intelligence on April 15
John McLaughlin, SAIS Merrill Center for Strategic Studies senior fellow, former CIA acting director and SAIS graduate; Ron Kessler, journalist and best-selling author of The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack; and Burton Gerber, retired CIA officer, spoke at SAIS about "Spies: Future Challenges for U.S. Intelligence" on Tuesday, April 15.
Click here to download or listen to audio of this event. | African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka Spoke at SAIS on April 15
Donald Kaberuka, president of the African Development Bank, spoke SAIS on Tuesday, April 15 about the continent's development challenges and the role of multilateral development institutions in Africa.
Click here to download or listen to audio of this event. | SAIS Hosted Discussion on U.S.-South Korean Relations on April 14
Michael Armacost, Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University and former U.S. ambassador to Japan and the Philippines; Robert Carlin, visiting scholar at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation; Don Oberdorfer, chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS; Charles "Jack" Pritchard, president of the Korea Economic Institute, former ambassador to Korea and special envoy for negotiations with North Korea; Evans J.R. Revere, president of the Korea Society; and Gi-Wook Shin, director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and director of the Stanford Korean Studies Program, spoke at SAIS on Monday, April 14 about "New Beginnings: Toward a New Era of U.S.-South Korean Partnership."
Click here to download or listen to audio of this event. | SAIS Hosted Discussion on Iranian Public Opinion on April 9
Steven Kull, director of WorldPublicOpinion.org; Barbara Slavin, senior diplomatic reporter for USA Today and senior fellow at the Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace; and William G. Miller, former U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine and senior adviser to Search for Common Ground, spoke at SAIS about "Iranian Public Opinion: Findings From an In-Depth Poll and Focus Groups" on Wednesday, April 9.
Click here to download or listen to audio of this event. | SAIS Hosted a Forum on Women and Transformative Leadership on April 3
The SAIS Dialogue Project and Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) hosted a forum entitled,"The Politics of Participation: Women and Transformative Leadership," on Thursday, April 3. Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and director of the SAIS Dialogue Project, introduced the panelists.
Click here to download or listen to audio of the event. | SAIS Hosted Book Event on Chinese Power on April 2
On Wednesday, April 2, David Lampton, director of the China Studies Program and dean of faculty at SAIS, discussed his latest book, The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Mind.
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