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"American Hostage: A Memoir of a Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq and the Remarkable Battle to Win His Release" October 17, 2005 Other speakers included Garen's partner, Marie-Helene Carleton, a 1998 SAIS graduate. Click here to listen to the introduction. Click here to listen to the event. Click here to listen to the Q&A. |
“The Aftermath of the Elections in Poland” October 24, 2007 Other speakers included Pawel Zalewski, chairman of the committee on foreign relations of the Polish Sejm; Michael Wyganowski, executive director of the Center for European Policy Analysis; and Mitchell Orenstein (moderator), S. Richard Hirsch Associate Professor of European Studies at SAIS Click here to listen to or download audio from this event. |
April 6, 2007 "China's Engagement With Africa: Opportunity and Challenge" Other speakers included Harry Broadman, economic adviser for the Africa Region at the World Bank; Denis Tull, researcher at German Institute for International and Security Affairs; and Pang Zhongying (moderator), professor of international studies at Nankai University. Click here to download or listen to audio of the event.
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W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture: "Progress Toward Financial Stability in Emerging Market Economies" October 4, 2006 Click here to download or listen to audio of the event.
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"U.S.-Korea Relations: Celebrating 125 Years of Friendship" May 21, 2007 Other speakers included Don Oberdorfer, chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS; Tae-sik Lee, South Korean ambassador to the United States and a SAIS graduate; and John Endicott, a Korea scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Festivities also included Yang Seung Hee performing songs of friendship on the stringed kayageum. Download or listen to remarks by Lee, Gershman, or Endicott. Click here to download or listen to audio of Yang Seung Hee's performance. |
"The New Assault on Democracy Assistance" April 25, 2006 Other speakers included Barry Lowenkron, assistant secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and a SAIS graduate, and Michael McFaul, associate professor of political science at Stanford University. Click here to listen to the remarks. Click here to listen to the Q&A.
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"The Future of Pakistan: The Politics and Economics of Development in Pakistan" November 8, 2004 Other speakers included Mohammad Sadiq, charge d'affaires of the Embassy of Pakistan, and Sunil Khilnani, director of the SAIS South Asia Studies Program. Click here to listen to the event.
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"A Contract With the Earth" October 29, 2007 Click here to download or listen to audio of this event. Click here to watch video of this event. |
"Syria: A Voice for the Future or a Voice for the Past?" September 29, 2003 Click here to listen to the event. Click here to view the event on C-SPAN.org. |
"Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman" October 14, 2003 Other speakers included Donald Oberdorfer, SAIS journalist-in-residence, and syndicated political columnist Mark Shields. Click here to listen to the event.
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"Ministers of Finance and Civil Society: Friends or Foes?” October 18, 2007 Other speakers included Charlie Griffin, Brookings Institution senior fellow; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, distinguished fellow of the Brookings Institution and Nigeria's former minister of finance and economy and of foreign affairs; Shamsudden Usman, finance minster of Nigeria; Jean-Baptiste Compaore, finance minister of Burkina Faso; Anthony Akoto Osei, minister of state at Ghana’s Ministry of Finance; Aloysius Toe, Foundation for Human Rights executive director; and Gilbert Maoundonodji, the Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Project's Group for Alternative Research and Monitoring coordinator. Click here to download or listen to audio from this event. |
"The Argentine Elections" October 31, 2007 Other speakers included Riordan Roett, director of the SAIS Latin America Studies Program. Click here to download or listen to audio of this event. |
"Changes in Syria" July 12, 2005 Other speakers included Murhaf Jouejati, visiting assistant professor of political science and international affairs and director of Middle East Studies at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs; and Moshe Ma’oz, senior fellow in the Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace and a professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Click here to listen to the remarks. Click here to listen to the Q&A.
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"Perspectives on National Security: How Presidential Campaign Politics in 2004 Are Shaping the Global and Domestic Security Debate" February 4, 2004 Other speakers included Bob Graham, U.S. senator (D-Fla.); Michael Isikoff, Newsweek chief investigative reporter; Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program; and Daniel Klaidman (moderator), Newsweek Washington bureau chief. Click here to listen to the event.
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"Iraq Displacement 2006 Year in Review" January 30, 2007 Click here to download or listen to audio of the event. |
"Perspectives on National Security: How Presidential Campaign Politics in 2004 Are Shaping the Global and Domestic Security Debate" February 4, 2004 Other speakers included 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. Click here to listen to the event.
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"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; Avis Bohlen, assistant secretary of State for Arms Control from 1999 to 2002; 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. Click here to download or listen to audio of the event.
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"Democratic Forum on Iraq: Presidential Candidates Present Their Views" June 6, 2007 Other speakers included 2008 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination Joseph Biden, U.S. senator (D-Del.) and Dennis Kucinich, U.S. congressman (D-Ohio). View or listen to Biden's remarks. View or listen to Gravel's remarks. View or listen to Kucinich's remarks. |
"Nation Building: The Political and Military Factors" February 24, 2004 Other speakers included Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program, and Carl E. Mundy III, U.S. Marine Corps Federal Executive Fellow at The Brookings Institution. Click here to listen to the event.
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"Making China Policy: Views From the White House" November 8, 1006 Other speakers included Kenneth Lieberthal, director for Asia Affairs at the National Security Council from 1998 to 2000. Click here to download or listen to audio of the event.
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"American Competitiveness in the Global Marketplace" April 18, 2006 Click here to listen to the remarks. Click here to listen to the Q&A.
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"Independent Humanitarian Action: Can It Survive?" November 24, 2004 Other speakers included Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross; Roy Gutman, foreign editor of Newsday; and John Prendergast, adviser to the president of the International Crisis Group. Click here to listen to the event. |
"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 Stephen W. Bosworth, Thomas C. Hubbard, James T. Laney and James R. Lilly. Click here to download or listen to audio of the event.
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"Ministers of Finance and Civil Society: Friends or Foes?” October 18, 2007 Other speakers included Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, distinguished fellow of the Brookings Institution and Nigeria's former minister of finance and economy and of foreign affairs; Shamsudden Usman, finance minster of Nigeria; Goodall E. Gondwe, finance minister of Malawi; Jean-Baptiste Compaore, finance minister of Burkina Faso; Anthony Akoto Osei, minister of state at Ghana’s Ministry of Finance; Aloysius Toe, Foundation for Human Rights executive director; and Gilbert Maoundonodji, the Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Project's Group for Alternative Research and Monitoring coordinator. Click here to download or listen to audio from this event. |
October 23, 2006 "The U.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon" Click here to download or listen to audio of the event.
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"Democracy’s Good Name" October 24, 2007 Other speakers included Michael Mandlebaum, director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program and author of Democracy's Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World’s Most Popular Form of Government; Sunil Khilnani, director of the SAIS South Asia Studies Program; and Edward Lucas, Central and Eastern Europe correspondent for The Economist. Click here to download or listen to audio from this event. |
"The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World’s Government in the 21st Century" April 3, 2006 Other speakers included Michael Mandelbaum, director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program; Fritz W. Ermarth, former chairman of the National Intelligence Council; and Georgetown University Professor Robert Lieber. Click here to listen to the remarks. Click here to listen to the Q&A. |
"Independent Humanitarian Action: Can It Survive?" November 24, 2004 Other speakers included Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross; John Prendergast, adviser to the president of the International Crisis Group; and Richard L. Greene, principal deputy assistant secretary of State. Click here to listen to the event.
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"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 Lionel Barber, U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times. Click here to listen to Hamilton's remarks. Click here to listen to Guttman's remarks. Click here to listen to the Q&A. |