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Maziar Bahari, Newsweek's Iran correspondent
"Iran: The Most Dangerous Nation"
November 13, 2006
Other speakers included Ted Koppel, managing editor for the Discovery Channel; Karim Sadjadpour, a SAIS graduate and International Crisis Group Iran analyst; and Scott Simon, host of NPR's "Weekend Edition."
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Lionel Barber, U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times
"Fighting Terrorism: A Global Strategy"
October 26, 2004
Other speakers included Lee Hamilton, vice chairman of the 9-11 Commission and president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; John Donvan, correspondent for ABC News "Nightline"; and Robert Guttman, editor-in-chief of Transatlantic.
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Lionel Barber, U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times
"Mars, Venus--Or Mercury? A Larger Europe and American Interests"
May 6, 2004
Other speakers included Joseph Biden, U.S. senator (D-Del.); Jürgen Strube, chairman of UNICEF and of BASF Corporations; Rockwell Schnabel, U.S. ambassador to the European Union; and Joseph Quinlan, a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations fellow.
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Scott Barrett, director of the SAIS International Policy Program and author of Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods
"Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods"
December 3, 2007
Other speakers include Thomas Schelling, 2005 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Francis Fukuyama (moderator), director of the SAIS International Development Program.
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José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission and former prime minister of Portugal
October 18, 2005
"U.S.-European Relations"
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Jamal Barzinji, vice president of the International Institute of Islamic Thought
"Reconciliation in the Sunni-Shi'a Communities: Healing the Wounds of Yesterday and Today in Iraq, the Gulf and the Fertile Crescent"
February 13, 2007
Other speakers included Muhammed H. Faghforry, professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and Abolfazl B. Nahidian, founder and imam of the Manassas Mosque.
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Scott Bayman, president and CEO of GE India
W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture: "Fourteen Years on the Inside: A Perspective on India"
April 12, 2007
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Margaret Beckett, foreign minister of the United Kingdom
"Globalization and Security" 
July 10, 2006
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Naser Al Belooshi, ambassador of Bahrain to the United States
"Middle East Agenda for Reform: Challenges and Opportunities"
April 18, 2007
Other speakers included Samir Shakir Sumaida'ie, ambassador of Iraq to the United States.
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Daniel Benjamin, senior fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies and co-author of The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right
"Islamic Fundamentalism in Europe: Transatlantic Perspectives"
May 18, 2006
Other speakers included Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program, and Lorenzo Vidino, a European expert at the Investigative Project on Terrorism and author of Al Qaeda in Europe: The New Battleground for International Jihad.
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Nora Bensahel, senior political scientist at the Rand Corporation
"U.S. Military Operations in Iraq: Planning, Combat and Occupation"
November 2, 2005
Other speakers included Conrad Crane, director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute; Richard Lacquement, deputy assistant secretary of Defense, Stability Operations; Kalev Sepp, assistant professor in the Department of Defense Analysis, Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare at the Naval Post-Graduate School; and Mary Habeck (moderator), associate professor of Strategic Studies at SAIS.
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Peter Bergen, author of Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden, SAIS adjunct professor of South Asia Studies, CNN correspondent and New America Foundation fellow
"The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda"
October 11, 2005
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Samuel Berger, former national security adviser to President Clinton
"Regionalism in Northeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges"
September 22, 2004
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Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Columbia University professor of economics and author of In Defense of Globalization
“Globalization and Free Trade Policy Today: Why Is the United States in Retreat?”
November 8, 2007
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Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University professor of economics and political science
"India and Its Futures"  
September 18, 2003
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Joseph Biden, U.S. senator (D-Del.) and 2008 candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination
"Democratic Forum on Iraq: Presidential Candidates Present Their Views"
June 6, 2007
Other speakers included 2008 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination Mike Gravel, former U.S. senator (D-Alaska); and Dennis Kucinich, U.S. congressman (D-Ohio).
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Joseph Biden, U.S. senator (D-Del.)
"Mars, Venus--Or Mercury? A Larger Europe and American Interests"
May 6, 2004
Other speakers included Lionel Barber, U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times; 
Jürgen Strube, chairman of UNICEF and of BASF Corporations; Rockwell Schnabel, U.S. ambassador to the European Union; and Joseph Quinlan, a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations fellow.
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Scott Bittle, executive editor of Public Agenda
"The European Union: Still Part of America’s World?"
October 25, 2007
Other speakers included John Bruton, ambassador of the European Union to the United States; Andrew Crockett, president of J.P. Morgan Chase International; and Daniel Hamilton (moderator), director of the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations.
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Rohitha Bogollagama, foreign minister of Sri Lanka
“Sri Lanka Looking Beyond Terrorism: A Road Map to Peace”
October 4, 2007
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Avis Bohlen, assistant secretary of State for Arms Control from 1999 to 2002
"Centennial Commemoration of Paul H. Nitze"
January 29, 2007
Other speakers included Max M. Kampelman, leader of the U.S. negotiating team with the Soviet Union on nuclear and space arms from 1985 to 1989; Thomas Graham Jr., special representative of the president for arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament from 1994 to 1997; Christopher F. Chyba, professor of astrophysical sciences and international affairs at Princeton University; and Strobe Talbott (moderator), president of The Brookings Institution, deputy secretary of State from 1994 to 2001 and author of The Master of the Game: Paul Nitze and the Nuclear Peace.
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Stephen W. Bosworth, former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea
"The Future of the Korean Peninsula"
October 4, 2006
Other speakers included Christopher R. Hill, assistant secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; SAIS graduate and South Korean Ambassador Lee Tae-Sik; and former U.S. ambassadors to South Korea, including Donald Gregg, Thomas C. Hubbard, James T. Laney and James R. Lilly.
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Richard Boucher, assistant secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
"U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Asia"
September 20, 2007
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Richard Boucher, assistant secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
"U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Asia"
September 14, 2006
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Richard Boucher, assistant secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
"President Bush's Visit to India and Pakistan"
March 9, 2006
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Harry Broadman, economic adviser for the Africa Region at the World Bank
"China's Engagement With Africa: Opportunity and Challenge"
April 6, 2007
Other speakers included Denis Tull, researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs;
Adama Gaye, group corporate affairs manager at Ecobank; and Pang Zhongying (moderator), professor of international studies at Nankai University.
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William Brody, president, The Johns Hopkins University
"Dedication of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies"    
Other speakers included Philip Merrill, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; SAIS Dean Jessica Einhorn; former SAIS Dean Paul Wolfowitz, and Eliot Cohen, director of the new center and the SAIS Strategic Studies Program.
September 23, 2004
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Sam Brownback, U.S. senator (R-Kan.) and chairman of the Helsinki Commission
"Foreign Policy: A View From Congress"
October 20, 2005
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Edouard Brunner, former Swiss ambassador to the United States
"Memo to the Next President: Some Thoughts From Friends and Allies"
October 27, 2004
Other speakers included Chester Crocker, James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies at Georgetown University and a SAIS graduate; Jacques Andreani, former French ambassador to the United States; Brian Crowe, former director-general for External and Politico-Military Affairs in the EU Council of Ministers; and Dieter Dettke, Friedrich Ebert Foundation executive director
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John Bruton, ambassador of the European Union to the United States
“The European Union: Still Part of America’s World?”
October 25, 2007
Other speakers included Scott Bittle, executive editor of Public Agenda; Andrew Crockett, president of J.P. Morgan Chase International; and Daniel Hamilton (moderator), director of the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski,  former national security adviser to President Carter and SAIS professor of American foreign policy
"Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower"
April 3, 2007
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Zbigniew Brzezinski,  former national security adviser to President Carter and SAIS professor of American foreign policy
"Global Power and U.S. Foreign Policy"
March 8, 2004
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R. Nicholas Burns, under secretary of State for Political Affairs and a SAIS graduate
"America's Current Global Priorities" (2007 SAIS Alumni College)
October 12, 2007
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R. Nicholas Burns, under secretary of State for Political Affairs and a SAIS graduate
"U.S. Policy Toward Iran"
November 30, 2005
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R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. permanent representative to the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a SAIS graduate
"Rebuilding the Transatlantic Relationship and NATO's Future in Iraq and Afghanistan"
November 18, 2004
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R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. ambassador to the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a SAIS graduate
SAIS Commencement
May 20, 2004
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George W. Bush, President of the United States
"Global War on Terror" 
April 10, 2006
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Richard Bush, senior fellow and director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution
"Failed Diplomacy: The Tragic Story of How North Korea Got the Bomb"
July 17, 2007
Other speakers included Jack Pritchard, president of the Korea Economic Institute and former U.S. special envoy for negotiations with North Korea, and Don Oberdorfer, chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS.
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Nick Butler, group vice president of strategy and policy development of BP p.l.c.
W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture: "Energy and International Relations: The Changing Agenda"
September 19, 2005
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