SAIS Hosted Forum on U.S.-Pakistan Relations on August 16 Riaz Mohammad Khan, former foreign secretary of Pakistan; Touqir Hussain, former Pakistani ambassador to Brazil, Japan and Spain and senior visiting fellow in the SAIS South Asia Studies Program; and Walter Andersen (moderator), administrative director of the SAIS South Asia Studies Program, discussed "U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Strategic or Transactional?" on Tuesday, August 16. Click here for video of this event.
SAIS Hosted Discussion on U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report on July 26 Luis C. de Baca, director of the U.S. Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, discussed "Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2011: Findings and Recommendations" on Tuesday, July 26.
SAIS Hosted Forum on U.S.-China Partnerships on July 13 David M. Lampton, director of the SAIS China Studies Program and dean of faculty; Jason Patent, American co-director of Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies; Carla Freeman, associate director of the SAIS China Studies Program; and Selina Ho, a Ph.D. candidate in the SAIS China Studies Program, discussed "Mapping Chinese and American Mindsets: The Nitty-Gritty of Successful U.S.-China Partnerships" on Wednesday, July 13.
SAIS Scholar Azar Nafisi Wins International Thought and Humanities Prize SAIS Cultural Conversations Executive Director Azar Nafisi was recently presented the Spain-based Cristobal Gabarron Foundation (FCG) International Thought and Humanities Award, for her determined and courageous defense of human values in Iran and her efforts to create awareness through literature about the situation women face in Islamic society. Click here for more information.
White House Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan Spoke at SAIS on June 29 John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, presented President Obama's Counterterrorism Strategy in a speech entitled "Ensuring al-Qa'ida's Demise" at SAIS on Wednesday, June 29. Click here for his prepared remarks.
SAIS Co-Hosted Conference on Africa on June 16 On Thursday, June 16, SAIS co-hosted the second day of a conference entitled, "Africa: 53 Countries, One Union The New Challenges." Speakers included conference co-chairs Romano Prodi, president of the Foundation for World Wide Cooperation and former Italian prime minister, and Jessica Einhorn, dean of SAIS; and opening remarks by Johnnie Carson, assistant secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs; Obiageli Ezekwesili, vice president for the Africa Region at the World Bank; Zachary Muburi-Muita, head of the U.N. Office to the African Union; Guijin Liu, ambassador and special representative for African affairs with the People's Republic of China; and Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian ambassador.
SAIS Hosted Forum on Pakistani Intelligence on June 13 Karen DeYoung, senior diplomatic correspondent at The Washington Post; Arturo Munoz, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and former operations officer in the CIA's Counterterrorism Center; Shuja Nawaz, director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council; and Walter Andersen (moderator), associate director of the SAIS South Asia Studies Program, discussed "Inside Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence" on Monday, June 13.
25th Hopkins-Nanjing Center Commencement Took Place on June 10 The 25th annual Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) commencement took place on Friday, June 10. Commencement addresses were delivered by Gerald Chan, chairman of Morningside Ventures and a director of Hang Lung Group, and Zhao Xiaoping, chief representative for China at Strata Products Worldwide and a 2002 HNC graduate. Click here for a copy of Chan's remarks as prepared for delivery.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul Spoke at SAIS on June 8 Rand Paul, Republican senator from Kentucky and a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, spoke at SAIS about "A Conservative Constitutional Foreign Policy" on Wednesday, June 8. Click here for Paul's prepared remarks. NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, the first few minutes of Paul's speech are omitted from this recording. We hope to have the complete audio file posted soon. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley Visited Hopkins-Nanjing Center on June 3-4 Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley visited the Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) on June 3 and 4 during his 10-day economic development mission to Asia which included stops in China, South Korea and Vietnam. O'Malley spoke to HNC students at the center on Friday, June 3, and watched the HNC dragon boat team place third in Nanjing's annual Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, June 4.
SAIS Hosted Event Celebrating Radio Free Europe on June 2 On Thursday, June 2, SAIS and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) celebrated the 60th anniversary of RFE's first broadcasts to Czechoslovakia at an event entitled "No Freedom Without Media Freedom. Speakers included Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute president and Broadcasting Board of Governors chair; Thomas A. Dine, American Friends of the Czech Republic president and former RFE/RL president; Karel Schwarzenberg, first deputy prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE/RL senior correspondent; Carl Gershman, National Endowment for Democracy president; David Kramer, Freedom House executive director; and Husain Haqqani, Pakistani ambassador to the United States.
SAIS Hosted Conference on Future of Nuclear Energy on May 31 On Tuesday, May 31, SAIS hosted a conference on "After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and Europe." Daniel Poneman, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy; Jo'o Vale de Almeida, EU ambassador to the United States; Francois Delattre, French ambassador to the United States; and Klaus Scharioth, German ambassador to the United States, gave keynote speeches.
