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Spring 2004

May 20, 2004
SAIS Commencement
Click here to listen to the commencement speech by R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. ambassador to the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a SAIS graduate.
Watch the video file from the Welcome Address &  Commencement Address.   (Real Player format)
Watch the video file from the Presentation of the Class of 2004. (Real Player format)
Watch the video file from the Presentation of Awards, Presentations by the Student Government Association and Student Address. (Real Player format)
May 6, 2004
"Mars, Venus--Or Mercury? A Larger Europe and American Interests"
Joseph Biden, U.S. senator (D-Del.), gave the keynote address. Other speakers included Jürgen Strube, chairman of UNICEF and of BASF Corporations; Rockwell Schnabel, U.S. ambassador to the European Union; Lionel Barber, managing editor of the Financial Times; and Joseph Quinlan, a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations fellow.
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May 4, 2004
"The Meaning of Sports"
Michael Mandelbaum, director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program and author of The Meaning of Sports: Why Americans Watch Baseball, Football, and Basketball and What They See When They Do; Philip Merrill (moderator), president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; Phil Chenier, Comcast SportsNet commentator for the Washington Wizards and former Washington Bullets guard; Jack Kemp, co-founder of Empower America and former Buffalo Bills quarterback; and Peter Magowan, president and managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants
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April 21, 2004
"From Europe to Asia: America's Shifting Priorities"
James Hoge, editor of Foreign Affairs
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April 19-20, 2004
"Islam, Secularism and Democracy: The Turkish Experience"
40 Turkish and American panelists

April 19
Welcoming remarks by Francis Fukuyama, SAIS, Mete Tuncay, Bilgi University
View or listen tothe welcoming remarks in English.
View or listen to the welcoming remarks in Turkish.

Keynote speech by Mehmet Aydin, Turkey's minister of State in charge of Religious Affairs 
View or listen to Aydin's remarks in English.
View or listen to Aydin's remarks in Turkish.
Listen to the Q&A in English.
Listen to the Q&A in Turkish.

Panel 1: "Turkish Islam," with John Voll, Georgetown University; Carter Findley, Ohio State University; Kemal Karpat, University of Wisconsin; and Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah
View or listen to Panel 1 in English.
View or listen to Panel 1 in Turkish. 
Listen to the Q&A in English.
Listen to the Q&A in Turkish.

Panel 2: "Turkish Secularism," with A. Richard Norton, Boston University; Cengiz Candar, Tercuman newspaper; Elizabeth S. Hurd, Northwestern University; and Mete Tuncay, Bilgi University
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Panel 3: "Turkish Democracy," with Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College; Henri Barkey, Lehigh University; John Esposito, Georgetown University; and Jenny White, Boston University
View or listen to Panel 3 in English.
View or listen to Panel 3 in Turkish.

April 20

"Turkey's Experience With Islam, Secularism and Democracy, and Its Relevance for the Larger Muslim World"
Opening remarks by Kemal Dervis, vice chairman of the Republican People's Party
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Roundtable Session 1
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Roundtable Session 2
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Closing Remarks
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April 13, 2004
"Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq"
Said Jawad, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States
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Session I: "Historical Lessons, Learned and Unlearned"
Speakers include Francis Fukuyama, SAIS; David Ekbladh, SAIS; Frank Sutton, Ford Foundation;, Michele Flournoy, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Steve Hosmer, RAND; and Amitai Etzioni, The George Washington University.
View or listen to Session I.

Session II, "Afghanistan: Lessons and Prospects"
Speakers include Tom Keaney, SAIS; Fred Starr, SAIS; Marvin Weinbaum, Middle East Institute; Larry Goodson, Army War College; and Barbara Haig, National Endowment for Democracy.
View or listen to Session II.

Session III, "Iraq: Lessons from the Reconstruction"
Speakers include Charles Doran, SAIS; Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institution; Johanna Mendelson Forman, UN Foundation; Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution; and Amb. Ryan Crocker, National Defense University.
View or listen to Session III.

Session IV, "Iraq's Future and the Transition to Self-Sustaining Institutions"
Speakers include Tom Mahnken, SAIS; Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; James Dobbins, RAND; Reuel Gerecht, American Enterprise Institute; and Abdulwahab Alkebsi, National Endowment for Democracy.
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March 24, 2005
"U.S.-Libya Relations"
Ali Aujali, chief of mission for the Libyan Liaison Office in Washington, M. Trish Katyoka, Amnesty International's advocacy director for Africa, and David Mack, vice president of the Middle East Institute and former deputy assistant secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
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March 22, 2004
"Iraqi Ambassador at SAIS"
Rend Al-Rahim, ambassador-designate of Iraq to the United States and founder of The Iraq Foundation  
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March 8, 2004
"Global Power and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Carter and SAIS professor of American foreign policy
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February 24, 2004
"Georgia After the Rose Revolution: Rebuilding Democracy and Stability"
Mikheil Saakashvili, president of Georgia
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February 11, 2004
"Nation Building: The Political and Military Factors"
Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program; David R. Gray, U.S. Army Federal Executive Fellow at The Brookings Institution; and Carl E. Mundy III, U.S. Marine Corps Federal Executive Fellow at Brookings
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February 10, 2004
"The Geneva Initiative: A Possible Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
The Swiss Foundation
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Click here to listen to the 11:15 a.m. panel discussion.
Click here to listen to the 1:15 p.m. panel discussion.

February 4, 2004
"Perspectives on National Security: How Presidential Campaign Politics in 2004 Are Shaping the Global and Domestic Security Debate"
Bob Graham, U.S. congressman (D-Fla.); Porter Goss, U.S. congressman (R-Fla.); Michael Isikoff, Newsweek chief investigative reporter; Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program; and Daniel Klaidman (moderator), Newsweek Washington bureau chief
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