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| Senator John Kerry Spoke at SAIS on December 5
 Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) spoke at SAIS about “The Right War in the Right Place: Time to Get It Right in Afghanistan” on Wednesday, December 5. Click here for more information. Click here for the prepared remarks.
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 On Monday, December 3, Scott Barrett, director of the SAIS International Policy Program, discussed his latest book, Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods. Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program, introduced the event, and Thomas Schelling, 2005 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, provided commentary.
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This conference on Friday, November 30 celebrated the 25th anniversary of the SAIS Conflict Management Program, addressing the pressing issues surrounding conflicts in Colombia, Israel and Palestine, Iran, North Korea and Sudan as well as conflicts related to the environment. The panel about Sudan featured Steven Morrison, chair of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Andrew S. Natsios, the president’s special envoy for Sudan; and Stephen Smith, a professor at Duke University's Department of African and African American Studies.
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Pierre Vimont, ambassador of France to the United States, spoke at SAIS about "France: Refashioning Its Future,” on Friday, November 30.
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| Stephen J. Hadley, assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, gave the annual Rostov Lecture on International Affairs at SAIS on Wednesday, November 28. Hadley spoke about “The Middle East and the Freedom Agenda.” Click here for more information.
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|  SAIS Team Takes First Place in Thunderbird Sustainable Innovation Summit Challenge
A team of five SAIS students finished in first place out of more than 100 teams competing in the Sustainable Innovation Summit Challenge hosted November 8-10 by Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Ariz. SAIS was the only non-MBA school participant in the group of 10 teams from around the world in the final round of the competition. Congratulations to team members Tania Askins, Chris Meyer, Michael Ralles, Sarah Rotman and Genevieve Taft who took home a $20,000 prize. Click here for more information.
|  SAIS Professor Charles Gati Receives Book Award
Charles Gati, SAIS senior adjunct professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, is the winner of the 2007 Marshall Shulman Book Award for his 2006 book, Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt. The prize, awarded annually by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) in cooperation with Columbia University's Harriman Institute, is for "an outstanding monograph dealing with the international relations, foreign policy or foreign-policy decision-making of any of the states of the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe." Click here to read more.
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Haris Silajdžić, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, spoke at SAIS on Friday, November 9 about “Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Roadmap to Civic Democracy."
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Jagdish N. Bhagwati, professor of economics at Columbia University and author of In Defense of Globalization, spoke at SAIS on Thursday, November 8 about “Globalization and Free Trade Policy Today: Why Is the United States in Retreat?”
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|  Senator Joseph Lieberman Spoke at SAIS on November 8
Joseph Lieberman, Independent Democratic senator from Connecticut, spoke at SAIS on Thursday, November 8 about “The Politics of National Security." Click here for more information.
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 Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, ambassador of Jordan to the United States, spoke at SAIS on Tuesday, November 6 about “Peace and Justice: Is There Hope for a Happy Marriage?” as part of the W. P. Carey Global Leader Lecture Series. Click here for more information.
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|  Riordan Roett, director of the SAIS Latin America Studies Program, and Francisco Gonzalez, SAIS assistant professor of Latin American Studies, spoke at SAIS about "The Argentine Elections" on Wednesday, October 31.
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| Newt Gingrich Launched Environmental Book at SAIS on October 29
 SAIS and JHU Press hosted the Washington, D.C., book launch of A Contract With the Earth by Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on Monday, October 29. Click here for more information.
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| SAIS Hosted Event on U.S.-European Union Relations on October 25
 John Bruton, ambassador of the European Union to the United States; 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 or Transatlantic Relations, spoke at SAIS about “The European Union: Still Part of America’s World?” on Thursday, October 25.
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| SAIS Hosted Book Event on Democracy's Role in the World on October 24
 On Wednesday, October 24, Michael Mandlebaum, director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program, spoke about his new book, 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 Robert Guest and Edward Lucas, both of The Economist, provided commentary about the book.
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Pawel Zalewski, chairman of the committee on foreign relations of the Polish Sejm; Charles Gati, SAIS senior adjunct professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies; 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, spoke at SAIS about “The Aftermath of the Elections in Poland” on Wednesday, October 24.
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 Justin Vaisse, SAIS adjunct professor of European Studies and Brookings Institution fellow; Corine Lesnes, Le Monde correspondent; and Jeremy Shapiro, director of research at the Brookings Center on the United States and Europe, spoke at SAIS about “The French Election and the Consequences for U.S.-European Relations” on Tuesday, October 23.
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| SAIS Hosted Forum on Ministers of Finance and Civil Society on October 18
 On Thursday, October 18, SAIS and the Brookings Institution hosted a forum, "Ministers of Finance and Civil Society: Friends or Foes?”Participants included Charlie Griffin, Brookings senior fellow; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigerian finance minister and Brookings distinguished fellow; African finance ministers Shamsudden Usman (Nigeria), Goodall E. Gondwe (Malawi) and Jean-Baptiste Compaore (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.
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| SAIS Hosted Forum on the Turkish Elections on October 16
 On Wednesday, October 16, Omer Taspinar, SAIS adjunct professor of European Studies and Brookings Institution fellow; Mark Parris, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Brookings senior fellow; and Yasmin Congar, correspondent for CNN Turk, participated in a discussion at SAIS on "The Turkish Elections: A New Momentum Towards the EU?"
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| SAIS Held Discussion on Elections in Morocco on October 15
 On Tuesday, October 15 William Zartman, director of the SAIS Conflict Management Program, moderated a discussion with Leslie Campbell, senior associate and regional director of the Middle East and North Africa Programs at the National Democratic Institute; Marina Ottaway, director of the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Tamara Cofman Wittes, senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy of the Brookings Institution; and Catherine Sweet, Morocco desk officer for the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, about "The Elections in Morocc What Lessons and Implications?"
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| SAIS Hosted First Alumni College From October 10-12
More than 50 SAIS alumni returned to campus October 10-12 for the school's first Alumni College featuring a series of classes, events and speeches revolving around the theme, "Ideals and Self-Interest in American Foreign Policy: Reassessing Global Risks and Opportunities." Keynote speakers included fellow SAIS graduates Jim Leach, former Iowa congressman; Edward Morse, Lehman Brothers managing director and chief energy economist; Chester Crocker, former assistant secretary of State for African Affairs; and R. Nicholas Burns, under secretary of State for Political Affairs.
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| SAIS Hosted Forum on "Burma's Saffron Revolution" on October 11
 SAIS and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) co-hosted a forum on Thursday, October 11 about "Burma's Saffron Revolution: Next Steps." Panelists included Priscilla Clapp, former U.S. charge d'affaires in Burma; Carla Freeman, associate director of the SAIS China Studies Program; Keith Luse, Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior professional staff member; U Bo Hla Tint, the U.S.-based minister of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma's Office of the Prime Minister; Bridget Welsh, SAIS assistant professor of Southeast Asia Studies; and G. Eugene Martin (moderator), executive director of the USIP Philippines Facilitation Project.
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| SAIS Hosted Forum on Achieving Peaceful Elections in Africa on October 9
On Tuesday, October 9, Christopher Fomunyoh, senior associate for Africa and regional director for Central and West Africa at the National Democratic Institute, and Christian Hennemeyer, director of programs for Africa at the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), participated in a discussion hosted at SAIS about "Achieving Peaceful Elections: Lessons Learned From Sierra Leone and Nigeria."
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|  Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama Spoke at SAIS on October 4
Rohitha Bogollagama, foreign minister of Sri Lanka, spoke at SAIS on Thursday, October 4, about “Sri Lanka Looking Beyond Terrorism: A Road Map to Peace.”
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|  Nigeria's Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe Spoke at SAIS on October 1
Ojo Maduekwe, foreign minister of Nigeria, spoke at SAIS on Monday, October 1, about “Policy Framework for Nigeria’s Foreign Policy.”
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|  SAIS Hosted Forum with Former President of the Philippines Fidel Ramos
on October 1
Fidel Ramos, former president of the Philippines, spoke at SAIS on Monday, October 1, about “Southeast Asia and Political Development.”
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| SAIS Hosted Forum on Islamist Political Participation in Turkey and Morocco on September 27
 On Thursday, September 27, Geneive Abdo, a Century Foundation fellow; Anthony Chang, deputy director for the International Republican Institute’s Europe Division; Matthew Frumin, a National Democratic Institute senior adviser; and Shadi Hamid (moderator), research director of the Project on Middle East Democracy, participated in a discussion at SAIS about “Islamist Political Participation and Democratic Development: The Cases of Turkey and Morocco.” SAIS co-hosted this event with Project on Middle East Democracy.
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| Liechtenstein's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rita Kieber-Beck Spoke at SAIS on September 27
 Rita Kieber-Beck, minister of foreign affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein, spoke at SAIS on Thursday, September 27 about “Does Soft Power Apply to All? The Role of Small States in Multilateral Organizations.”
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| SAIS Hosted Forum About Israel, Iran and U.S. Relations on September 24
On Monday, September 24, the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute hosted a discussion with SAIS graduate Trita Parsi about his new book, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States. Following Parsi’s remarks, SAIS Professor Francis Fukuyama moderated a discussion with M.J. Rosenberg, director of policy analysis for the Israel Policy Forum, and Michael Hirsh, senior editor of Newsweek.
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|  Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher Spoke at SAIS About South Asia on September 20
Richard Boucher, assistant secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, spoke at SAIS on Thursday, September 20 about "U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Asia," including comments about the upcoming elections in Pakistan and Nepal.
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|  SAIS Hosted Forum on Upcoming Russian Elections on September 12
Peter Reddaway, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at The George Washington University, spoke at SAIS on Wednesday, September 12 about "Can the Kremlin Control the Election Cycle? The Politics of the Upcoming Elections for the Duma and the Presidency."
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|  SAIS Center on Politics and Foreign Relations Hosted Forum Featuring Congressman Ron Paul on September 11
Ron Paul, Republican congressman from Texas and a 2008 presidential candidate, spoke at SAIS on Tuesday, September 11 about "A Traditional Non-Intervention Foreign Policy." CPFR director Robert Guttman and Andrew Ward, the Financial Times White House correspondent, moderated the Q&A session following Paul's remarks. Click here for more information.
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| SAIS Held Discussion on Condoleezza Rice's Role in Bush Administration on September 6
SAIS hosted an event on Thursday, September 6 to discuss Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler’s new book, The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy. Kessler made introductory remarks, followed by a panel discussion about the book. Panelists included James Mann, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute author-in-residence, and Don Oberdorfer, chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS.
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SAIS Hosted Conference on Contemporary Conflict and Its Management on November 30
French Ambassador Pierre Vimont Spoke at SAIS on November 30
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Economist Jagdish Bhagwati Spoke About Globalization and Free Trade at SAIS on November 8
