Johns Hopkins SAIS Events
Summary: The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) located in Washington, D.C., Bologna, Italy and Nanjing, China a division of Johns Hopkins University, is a leading graduate school of international affairs. Every year, SAIS brings world leaders, both in government and business, to the school to discuss the pressing international issues of the day. A selection of these events are now available to the public in the form of this podcast.
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- Copyright: 2012
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As part of the “Year of Agriculture,” SAIS hosted a daylong conference on “Growing Food: New Places, New Technologies” on Tuesday, April 17. USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah gave the keynote address on “Boosting Harvests, Fighting Poverty: Collective Action Through Feed the Future.” Click here for prepared remarks from this event. Click here for entire conference coverage.
Catherine Bertini, professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and former executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme, discussed “Improving Food Supply: Empowering Women and Girls” as part of the “Year of Agriculture” at SAIS on Thursday, April 12.
Wolf Blitzer, CNN anchor and a SAIS graduate, gave a special presentation to admitted students at SAIS’s Open House on Wednesday, April 11.
Hong Yinxing, chancellor and professor of economics at Nanjing University in China, gave the keynote address on “Studies on the Engines of Chinese Long-Term Economic Development” at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center on Monday, April 9.
Robert Hormats, under secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and Environment at the U.S. Department of State, was the keynote speaker at a conference hosted by the school’s students titled “Development and Security in Asia” on Friday, April 6.
Francis Fukuyama, senior fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, discussed “ The Politics of Economic Challenges: Assessing the Role of Political Economy in Development Thinking” at the opening address of this two-day conference on Tuesday, April 3.
Melanne Verveer, U.S. ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues, discussed “Championing Women Globally” on Friday, March 30.
On Thursday, March 29, SAIS held a welcome reception for incoming Dean Vali Nasr. Other speakers included JHU President Ronald Daniels, JHU Provost Lloyd Minor and current SAIS Dean Jessica Einhorn.
Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel, discussed “Recent Developments in Israel and the Middle East” on Tuesday, March 27.
Jeanne Shaheen, Democratic U.S. senator from New Hampshire, delivered the keynote address on the opening night of the “Southeast European Economic Forum” on Monday, March 26.
Rodrigo de León González, deputy director of the Center for the Study of Institutional Governance at the IPADE Business School in Mexico; Raúl Benítez Manaut, president of the Colectivo de Analisis de la Seguridad Con Democracia (CASEDE); and Edgar Valle Álvarez and Azucena Chaidez associate directors and CEOs Sistemas de Inteligencia en Marcado y Opinión, presented the results of a public opinion survey on drugs and violence in Mexico. Richard Thornburgh, former U.S. attorney general; Alejandro Hope, director of Proyecto Menos Crimen y Menos Castigo (MC2); Vanda Felbab-Brown, foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution’s and a member of its 21st Century Defense Initiative; and Ronald Goldstock (moderator), commissioner of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and former director of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force, discussed “Drugs and Violence in Mexico: Public Policy vs. Public Opinion” on Wednesday, March 21.
Robert Paarlberg, professor of political science at Wellesley College and author of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know, discussed “The Culture War Over Food and Farming: Who Is Winning?” as part of the “Year of Agriculture” at SAIS on Thursday, March 15.
Francisco Sánchez, U.S. under secretary of Commerce for International Trade, discussed “The Changing Landscape of U.S. Trade” on Tuesday, March 13.
Marc Knapper, director of the Office of Japanese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State; Kent Calder (moderator), director of the SAIS Japan Studies Program; Rust Deming, a SAIS Japan Studies Program professorial lecturer and former acting director of the State Department’s Office of Japanese Affairs; and William Brooks, a SAIS Japan Studies Program professorial lecturer, discussed “Japan's March 11 Disaster: One Year Later” on Friday, March 9.
Peter Wilson, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
