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
Podcasts:
Alberto Mingardi, Director General, Istituto Bruno Leoni, Milan, Italy.
Daniel Robinson, chief White House correspondent for Voice of America; Samuel Tadros, a research fellow at the Hudson Institute; Robert Friedmann, professor emeritus of criminal justice at Georgia State University; Pablo Pardo, Washington, D.C., correspondent for El Mundo and a SAIS graduate; Daniele Moro, a visiting scholar at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR); Karim Mezran, an adjunct professor of Middle East Studies at the SAIS Bologna Center and a SAIS graduate; and Kurt Volker (moderator), a CTR senior fellow, discussed “Arab Spring or Islamic Winter" on Tuesday, March 6.
David M. Lampton, director of the SAIS China Studies Program and dean of faculty, discussed "Chinese Heir Apparent, Xi Jinping and U.S.-China Relations" on Monday, March 5.
Bernard Valero, chief spokesperson and assistant secretary for Press and Communications for the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, discussed “Global Reach: Innovative Communication for a New Diplomacy” on Thursday, February 23.
Reuben Brigety II, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, discussed “U.S. Policy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa” on Monday, February 20 as part of SAIS’s Black History Month activities.
Thomas Farrell, chairman, president and CEO of Dominion Resources and chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, discussed "Renewing America's Focus on a Secure, Sustainable Energy Future" on Monday, February 13.
Pomnyun Sunim, chairman of the Good Friends and Peace Foundation, and Alexandre Mansourov, visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS, discussed “North Korea After Kim Jong-il: The Future of Inter-Korean and U.S.-DPRK Relations” on Wednesday, February 1.
Robert O. Blake Jr., U.S. assistant secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs and a SAIS graduate, discussed “U.S. Interests in Central Asia and Its Strategy for Advancing Them” on Wednesday, January 25.
Howard K. Gruenspecht, acting administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), discussed the agency’s new report titled, “Annual Energy Outlook 2012” on Monday, January 23.
Thomas Hubbard, chairman of the Korea Society and former U.S. ambassador to South Korea; Jae Ku, director of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS; and Jonathan Pollack, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center, discussed “North Korea in Transition: Past, Present and Future” on Wednesday, December 21.
On Monday, December 12, SAIS held a forum on “Healing the Wounds of History: North-South, Black-White.” Panelist included Eleanor Holmes Norton, U.S. representative for the District of Columbia; Frank Smith, director of the African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum; Donald W. Shrive, Union Theological Seminary president emeritus; Edqard L. Ayers, University of Richmond president; David W. Blight, director of Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition; and Joseph Montville (moderator), director of George Mason University’s Program on Healing Historical Memory and Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum founder at Search for Common Ground, the event’s co-host.
Atifete Jahjaga, president of Kosovo, discussed “Kosovo’s President: What Does She Represent?” on Wednesday, December 14.
Jose Maria Aznar, distinguished fellow at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations and former president of the government of Spain; William A. Taylor, special coordinator for Middle East transitions at the U.S. Department of State; Marcin Zaborowski, director of the Polish Institute for International Affairs; and Maurizio Molinari, U.S. correspondent for La Stampa, discussed “The Arab Awakening: How Should the West Respond?” on Wednesday, December 7.
Pál Schmitt, president of Hungary, discussed “Why a Europe Whole and Free Still Matters: A Central European Perspective” on Friday, December 2.
As a part of SAIS’s “Year of Agriculture,” Jessica Adelman, vice president of corporate affairs for the North America region at Syngenta, discussed “The Geopolitics of Hunger” on Friday, November 18.
