Sir John Sawers, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and British Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will discuss the security implications of Brexit threats with Future of Diplomacy Project Faculty Director Ambassador Nick Burns.

Sir John Sawers, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and British Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will discuss Middle East security and intelligence threats with Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director, Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook.

The Future of Diplomacy Project welcomes Dr. Tim Oliver for a breakfast seminar conversation with Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project on Brexit from his vantage point in Europe.

Join the Future of Diplomacy Project in a conversation with the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, H.E. Valentin Inzko about the lessons that can be learned from the peace process and state building in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the interests of regional geopolitical actors, and the path towards integration into NATO and the EU. Moderated by Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, the Founding Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Breakfast will be served.

Join the Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook in a conversation with Paris Sciences Lettres Vice President Edouard Husson as he discusses There Is No Alternative: Was the rise of populism in Germany favored by Angela Merkel's favorite formula?

In his new book, “Fractured Continent: Europe’s Crises and the Fate of the West,” William Drozdiak, former foreign editor of The Washington Post, persuasively argues that the dream of a ‘United States of Europe’ is unravelling with dramatic consequences for Americans as well as Europeans, changing the nature of our relationships with longtime allies and even threatening global security. In conversation with Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director, Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook, Drozdiak will probe the health of the transatlantic relationship and the impact of weakening Western democracies on the international system.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a special event with His Excellency Peter Wittig, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States who will discuss “Transatlantic Relations in a World in Turmoil.” The Project’s Executive Director, Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook, will moderate. This event is co-sponsored by the Diplomacy Professional Interest Council. Light refreshments will be available. No RSVP required.

Please join the India and South Asia Project in a conversation with Ambassador Aizaz Chaudhry, the Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States and Dr. Adil Najam, the Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School at Boston University. They will discuss Pakistan's increasing role in multilateral relations and U.S.-Pakistan relations. 

The Science + Innovation Diplomacy Symposium will provide a space for a trilateral exchange between academia, policymakers and the private sector to discuss “common ground” where science and innovation can be used as a bridge between governments and people.

Dr. Carlo Strenger will offer an analysis of the internal forces in Israeli society that make Israeli intractable and mostly unintelligible from abroad, connecting these internal dynamics to  the rise of right wing populism, a phenomenon that appeared in Israel before it took center stage in Europe and the United States.