Ambassador Kai Eide delivering a public address reflecting on international perspectives on Afghanistan’s future on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 4:15 pm in Land Lecture Hall, Belfer Building, 4th floor.

Kurt Campbell became the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in June 2009.  He will speak about "US diplomacy in East Asia and the Pacific" on March 3rd at 4:15 pm in Nye AB (5th Floor of the Taubman Building).

Nigel Sheinwald is the UK Ambassador to the United States. He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1976 and has served in Washington (twice), Brussels (twice) and Moscow and in a wide range of policy jobs in London.  He took up his position as British Ambassador to the United States in October 2007. In that role he leads the Embassy in Washington and nine Consulates-General around the United States. He had an earlier posting to Washington in 1983-87 as First Secretary (Political) in the Embassy.  Before becoming Ambassador in Washington, Nigel served as Foreign Policy and Defence Adviser to the Prime Minister from 2003-2007.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER

Anand Giridharadas will discuss his first book, a work of narrative nonfiction about his return to the India that his parents left, is forthcoming from Times Books in early 2011. It is titled “India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking.”

Please join us at this event with Kenneth I. Juster, the U.S Under Secretary of Commerce from 2001-2005, who will speak about the intersection of business and diplomacy, the impact of trade sanctions, and other measures on shaping the negotation environment.

20 years after Germany's reunification Germany's ambassador to the U.S., Klaus Scharioth, Professor  Nicholas Burns and Elisabeth von Thadden, editor at the German weekly DIE ZEIT, will discuss the impact of this historic event. The panel discussion is hosted by the McCloy Scholarship Program and The Future of Diplomacy Project and co-sponsored by the German-Austrian-Swiss Caucus and KSSG.

* The panel discussion will be followed by a reception at Malkin Penthouse.

Join us for a rare look at one of the most innovative European democracies and their defense policy, including newest inter-ministerial efforts on capacity building in Afghanistan and their transferability to crisis areas in Africa. Danish Minister of Defense, Gitte Lillelund Bech will discuss these and other issues over lunch with Professors Burns and Kaiser on November 3, 2010

Speaker: Lionel Barber
Co-Sponsors: The Future of Diplomacy Project, the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy

Lionel Barber is the editor of the Financial Times. Since his appointment in November 2005, the FT has been pioneering the concept of the integrated newsroom, where reporters and editors work seamlessly across print and digital formats. During Barber’s tenure, the FT has won numerous global awards for its quality journalism, including three newspaper of the year awards (2008), which recognised the FT’s role ‘as a 21st century news organisation’.

A lecture by Robert D. Kaplan, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington and a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. His previous publications include Balkan Ghosts, Eastward to Tartary, and Warrior Politics. The event will be moderated by Professor R. Nicholas Burns.

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Speaker: Nicholas D. Kristof

Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The Times since 2001, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes op-ed columns that appear twice a week.  He will be discussing his book, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide," which he co-wrote with his wife in 2009.  Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, will moderate the discussion.