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Photo, U.S. energy policy forumSAIS Hosted Forum on U.S. Energy Policy With McCain and Obama Advisers on October 7
Kenneth Berlin, a partner who heads the environmental and climate change practices at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and a representative for Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign; and R. James Woolsey, a partner at VantagePoint Venture Partners, former CIA director and a representative for Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign, discussed the U.S. presidential candidates’ energy policy platforms on Tuesday, October 7. Click here for more information.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)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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July SAIS in the News

Note: Most links below are directed to external news sites.  Over time, some may expire.

July 31, 2008 - Scott Barrett, director of the International Policy Program, was quoted in a BBC News article entitled, "A Quicker Fix For Global Warming." Read it here

July 30, 2008 - Peter Bergen, adjunct professor in the South Asia Studies Program, was quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education article entitled, "Professors Rally Around a Former Student Jailed on Terrorism Charges." Read it here

July 29, 2008 - David Calleo, director of the European Studies Program, wrote an article for the Daily News (Egypt) entitled, "The New Transatlantic Stalemate." Read it here

July, 2008 - The International Reporting Project (IRP) at SAIS sponsored a WashingtonPost.com video series entitled “Seeds of Peace.” View it here

July 28, 2008 - Kemal Kaya, non-resident visting fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in a Yahoo News article entitled, "In Turkey, Ruling AKP on Trial in High Court, Media." Read it here

July 25, 2008 - Hasan-Askari Rizvi, visiting professor in the South Asia Studies Program, was quoted in a Business Recorder (Pakistan) article entitled, "Gilani to Face Tough Terror Questions in U.S." Read it here

July 24, 2008 - Robert Guttman, director of the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, was interviewed for an ITN News segment on the topic of the U.S. presidential candidates' recent trips abroad. Watch it here

July 24, 2008 - Francisco Gonzalez, assistant professor in the Latin American Studies Program, was quoted in a Modesto Bee article entitled, "Chavez Falls For China's Ploy." Read it here

July 23, 2008 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, professor in the American Foreign Policy Program, was interviewed for a "Morning Joe" (MSNBC) segment on issues in Afghanistan and avoiding an energy crisis. Watch it here

July 23, 2008 - David M. Lampton, director of the China Studies Program, testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on "China on the Eve of the Olympics." Read it here

July 23, 2008 - Fouad Ajami, director of the Middle East Studies Program, wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal entitled "Lebanon's Soldiers of Virtue." Read it here

July 23, 2008 - Michael Mandelbaum, director of the American Foreign Policy Program, was quoted in a New York Times op-ed entitled, "All Hail McBama." Read it here

July 23, 2008 - Walter Andersen, associate director of the South Asia Studies Program, was quoted in an Economic Times article entitled, "'PM Freed From Communists; Can Move in Other Areas of Reforms.'" Read it here

July 21, 2008 - Jill O'Donnell, a graduate student at SAIS, wrote an op-ed for the Journal Star entitled, "Ambassadors for the U.S. Right Here in Kansas." Read it here

July 21, 2008 - Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American Studies Program, was quoted in a Bloomberg article entitled, "Chavez Goes Weapon Shopping Amid Arms Race." Read it here

July 18, 2008 - Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American Studies Program, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article entitled, "Argentina's Kirchner Rebuked in Soybean-Tax Defeat." Read it here

July 17, 2008 - Robert Guttman, director of the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, wrote a blog entry for The Huffington Post entitled, "Obama: Stay Home and Focus on the Struggling U.S. Economy: Europe Will Always be There." Read it here

July 15, 2008 - Svante Cornell, research director for the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in a Reuters (UK) article entitled, "Smallest Spark Could Start War in Georgia Regions." Read it here

July 15, 2008 - Mohamed Mattar, executive director of the SAIS Protection Project, was mentioned in a Washington Times op-ed entitled, "In the Name of Our Children." Read it here

July 15, 2008 - Charles Stevenson, lecturer in the American Foreign Policy Program, was quoted in a Hindu (India) article entitled, "U.S. Congressional Clock Ticks Away; Uncertainty Over Lame Duck Session." Read it here

July 14, 2008 - Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American Studies Program, and Francisco Gonzalez, assistant professor of Latin American Studies, were interviewed for a Latin Business Chronicle article entitled, "Mexico-China Outlook." Read it here

July 13, 2008 - James Mann, Foreign Policy Institute author-in-residence, was quoted in a McClatchy Washington Bureau article entitled, "China Tries to Ease Olympic Worries About Contaminated Food." Read it here

July 12, 2008 - Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American Studies Program, was quoted in a Time article entitled, "Hostages Saved, Uribe Eyes Election." Read it here

July 12, 2008 - Anit Mukherjee, a SAIS Ph.D candidate, wrote an op-ed for The Indian Express entitled, "Keep the Troops There." Read it here

July 11, 2008 - Charles Stevenson, lecturer in the American Foreign Policy Program, wrote an op-ed for The Boston Globe entitled, "Congress in Retreat on War Powers Reform." Read it here

July 11, 2008 - Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American Studies Program, was quoted in a Reuters article entitled, "Venezuela-Colombia Spats Likely After Make-Up Meet." Read it here

July 10, 2008 - Bridget Welsh, assistant professor in the Southeast Asia Studies Program, was interviewed for an Inside Malaysia broadcast on issues in Malaysia. Listen to it here

July 6, 2008 - Fouad Ajami, director of the Middle East Studies Program, was mentioned in a Richmond Times Dispatch op-ed entitled, "By Ajami, Bush I, Hooks, Biscet, Kasparov, bin Laden, Etc." Read it here

July 5, 2008 - Michael Mandelbaum, director of the American Foreign Policy Program, was interviewed for a Voice of America segment on his new book, Democracy’s Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World’s Most Popular Form of Government. Listen here

July 5, 2008 - Riordan Roett, director of the Latin American Studies Program, was quoted in a Houston Chronicle article entitled, "Hostage Rescue Will Likely Reinforce U.S. Ties." Read it here

July 4, 2008 - Svante Cornell, research director for the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, was quoted in a Bloomberg article entitled, "Separatist Leader Calls on Georgia to Step Back From Conflict." Read it here 

July 4, 2008 - Charles Doran, director of the Center of Canadian Studies at SAIS, was quoted in a National Post (Canada) article entitled, "The Upside of $200 Oil." Read it here

July 1, 2008 - Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asia Studies, was quoted in a Christian Monitor article entitled, "Trouble Brews in Two Asian Democracies." Read it here

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