Events

Please join the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project for the second part of a panel series on future financial, humanitarian, and military support for the reconstruction of Ukraine. A new joint assessment released late last month by the Government of Ukraine, the World Bank Group, the European Commission, and the United Nations, estimates that the cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine has grown to US $411 billion - almost 2.6 times the country’s estimated 2022 GDP. We will be joined by Natalie Jaresko, former Finance Minister of Ukraine; Matteo Patrone, Managing Director, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Vladyslav Rashkovan, Alternative Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund; and Daniel F. Runde, Director of the Project on Prosperity and Development at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This conversation will be moderated by Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Please join the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project and Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for a seminar on the current European security landscape with Audra Plepytė, Ambassador of Lithuania to the US; Kristjan Prikk, Ambassador of Estonia to the U.S., and Māris Selga, Ambassador of Latvia to the U.S. The Ambassadors will discuss how Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has affected transatlantic and regional security as well as increasing threats to critical infrastructure in the Baltic states. This conversation will be moderated by Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association at Harvard Law School for a conversation on Russian war crimes in Ukraine with international law experts Professor Harold Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, and Patrick W. Pearsall, Director of the International Claims and Reparations Project at Columbia Law School and partner at Allen & Overy in Washington D.C. Koh and Pearsall will consider possible legal avenues for prosecuting those accused of Ukraine war crimes. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Gabriella Blum, Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Harvard Law School. 

The event is partnered with the Harvard International Law Journal, the Ukraine Caucus at HKS/HLS, and Allen & Overy.

Please join the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Diego Tituaña, Kichwa Otavalo diplomat from Ecuador who served at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations (2014-2019) for a discussion on the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples' rights at global platforms, and how these initiatives seek to strengthen identity and Indigenous traditional knowledge while combating discrimination and legacies of coloniality.

Mr. Tituaña will be joined by Pamela Klassen, William Lyon MacKenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard University, and Amy E. Chalán, Kichwa Saraguro student at Harvard College. The program will be moderated by Américo Mendoza–Mori, Lecturer in Latinx Studies, Faculty Director, Latinx Studies Working Group, Harvard University. 

EVENT CANCELLED

Please join the Institute of Politics, the Future of Diplomacy Project, and Harvard Kennedy School’s Ukraine Caucus in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum for a conversation with Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, moderated by Ambassador Paula Dobriansky (PhD '91), a Senior Fellow at the Future of Diplomacy Project. Seven months into Russia’s war of aggression, Ukraine faces multiple and ever-evolving diplomatic and security challenges to protect its territorial integrity. Minister Kuleba will discuss the conditions on the ground, the country’s current humanitarian and food security situation, the critical role of the U.S. and its European allies in supporting Ukraine’s resistance efforts, and the global implications of this conflict.

This event is co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, and the Harvard Kennedy School Ukraine Caucus.

Please register by 12:00 PM ET on Friday, September 23 if you would like the possibility of attending this event in-person. Registrants will be notified by 5:00 PM ET that day if a seat is available for them in the venue. If a seat is not available, registrants can stream the event live via our social media channels.

THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Palestinian Caucus for a discussion with Dr. Saeb Erakat, Fisher Family Fellow and Chief Palestinian Negotiator, about his negotiation experience from the last four years. Professor Kessely Hong will moderate the seminar. This event is open to the Harvard community or by invitation only.

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting and use your @harvard.edu email address:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqdu2tpj4jG9Hu0UUsgUs3ZZT8u4zVMw3a 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Ambassador Susan Rice, former National Security Adviser and Belfer Center Senior Fellow, about her recent New York Times best-selling memoir, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For and U.S. foreign policy. This seminar will be moderated by Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns and is open to Harvard affiliates or by invitation only.

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting and use your @harvard.edu email address:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcumsrj0tGte0slmaxRd3BXOZWG8LV4OO 

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Fisher Family Fellow and Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr. Saeb Erakat on the future of Israeli-Palestinian talks given the recent recognitions of Israel by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. This seminar will be moderated by Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns and is open to Harvard-ID holders or by invitation only.

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting and use your @harvard.edu email address:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrc--tpzosGNG_-LxxoywHdzxM3ID6_aYW 

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion on how the coronavirus crisis might change the trajectory of global economic, governance and military affairs with Senior Fellow, David Ignatius, columnist for the Washington Post.  This seminar will be moderated by Professor Nicholas Burns.

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpdu2opzovGNCDz8tx7SLCLBxSJ8O5LM14 

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Middle East Initiative for a discussion on the Trump administration's Middle East peace plan entitled "Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People" with Fisher Family Fellow Dr. Saeb Erakat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator and Head of the Negotiations Affairs Department. This seminar will be moderated by Professors Nicholas Burns and Tarek Masoud.

NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZUscO2oqzItf8eZVMh8xZ_OGsJoEVtD-Q

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