SAIS and Financial Times Hosted Denver Forums with Madeleine Albright and Ed Rendell Madeleine Albright, former secretary of State and a SAIS alumna, spoke about "Foreign Policy and the Election," on Thursday, August 28, at the Denver National Press Club. Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times (FT), and Robert Guttman, director of the SAIS Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, moderated the discussion. Ed Rendell, Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, discussed "A View of the Election," on Tuesday, August 26, also at the press club. FT’s U.S. managing editor Chrystia Freeland and Guttman moderated that discussion. Click here for more information. Click here to view FT's video interview with Albright. Click here to view FT's video interview with Rendell. General Wesley Clark Spoke at SAIS Book Launch on June 26 General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, led a discussion at SAIS on on the new book, Ideas for America's Future: Core Elements of a New National Security Strategy, by Jeffrey P. Bialos, senior fellow at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations. Clark also wrote the book's preface. Click here for more information. Click here to access video of this event. Click here to access audio of this event.

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September 28, 2005 - Fouad Ajami, director of the Middle East Studies program, wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal entitled, "Heart of Darkness." Read it here

September 28, 2005 - Don Oberdorfer, journalist-in-residence at the Foreign Policy Institute, was interviewed for an Atlanta Journal-Constitution.com article entitled, "Q&A / Don Oberdorfer and James L. Schoff: Some Serious Hurdles Ahead." Read it here

September 28, 2005 -  S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in a Voice of America News article entitled, "Andijon Massacre Remains Contentious Issue Between U.S., Uzbekistan." Read it here

September 26, 2005 - The speech given Monday at SAIS by Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah of Afghanistan was the subject of an Associated Press article entitled, "Afghan Official Predicts Long Terror Fight." Read it here

September 26, 2005 - The speech given Monday at SAIS by Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah of Afghanistan was the subject of a Voice of America article entitled, "Afghan Foreign Minister Calls For Continued Foreign Help." Read it here

September 23, 2005 - Sanam Vakil, assistant professor of Middle East Studies, wrote an op-ed for The Daily Star entitled, "Caught Between Iran and a Hard Place." Read it here

September 22, 2005 - S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, wrote an article for The New York Times entitled, "The New Orleans Shotgun: Down But Not Out." Read it here

September 20, 2005 - David M. Lampton, director of the China Studies Program and dean of faculty, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs in a hearing on "The Role of China in Latin America." Read it here

September 15, 2005 - Michael Mandelbaum, director and professor of the American Foreign Policy Program, wrote an op-ed for Newsday entitled, "German Elections Hold a Lesson for Us."  Read it here

September 13, 2005 - Stephen Szabo, professor of European Studies, was quoted in a Reuters article entitled, "Schroeder to Be Remembered for Courage or Chaos?" Read it here

September 13, 2005 - David M. Lampton, director of the China Studies Program and dean of faculty, was quoted in a USA Today article entitled, "U.S.-Chinese Trade Relations Get Trickier." Read it here

September 12, 2005 - Michael Mandelbaum, director and professor of the American Foreign Policy Program, was quoted in a Washington Post article entitled, "Bush's Missed U.N. Opportunity." Read it here

September 12, 2005 - John McLaughlin, senior fellow at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, was quoted in a Washington Post article entitled, "In From the Cold and Able to Take the Heat." Read it here

September 11, 2005 - Francis Fukuyama, Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy and director of the International Development Program, was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article entitled, "The Quest for National Security." Read it here

September 9, 2005 - Michael Mandelbaum, director and professor of the American Foreign Policy Program, was quoted in a New York Times article entitled, "New Orleans and Baghdad." Read it here 

September 9, 2005 - Carrie Schenkel, an M.A. candidate in the Conflict Management Program, wrote an article for Transatlantic magazine entitled, "Germany's New Leading Lady." Read it here

September 8, 2005 - Ruth Wedgwood, director of the International Law and Organizations Program, wrote an article for Washington File entitled, "The United Nations and Practical Reform." Read it here

September 8, 2005 - Francis Fukuyama, Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy and director of the International Development Program, was quoted in a Washington Post article entitled, "Don't Ignore Western Europe, Terrorism Expert Warns U.S." Read it here

September 8, 2005 - S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, wrote an op-ed for MarketWatch entitled, "New Orleans' Tomorrow." Read it here

September 8, 2005 - S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in a Washington Post article entitled, "A City's Heritage, Reflected at Home." Read it here 

September 5, 2005 - Fouad Ajami, director of the Middle East Studies Program, wrote an op-ed for U.S. News & World Report entitled, "The Work of Patriots." Read it here

September 4, 2005 - S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, wrote an article for The Washington Post entitled, "Swept Away: The Other Louisiana Hurricane." Read it here 

September 2, 2005 - Michael Mandelbaum, director and professor of the American Foreign Policy Program, was quoted in a Bloomberg.com article entitled, "Global Aid Offers Pour Into U.S. in Katrina Aftermath." Read it here

September 1, 2005 - S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, wrote an article for The New York Times article entitled, "A Sad Day, Too, for Architecture." Read it here