Please join the Belfer Center and Women in Defense, Diplomacy and Development for a conversation with Henrietta Fore, former Executive Director of UNICEF, about her time as the head of one of the largest aid organizations in the world. She will discuss her work to save children’s lives in over 190 countries and territories during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as her experience in multilateral diplomacy during a time of immense global challenges. Ms. Fore will also share her lessons in leadership from her distinguished career in public service, having previously served as the first woman Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Director of US Foreign Assistance, between 2007-2009. Erika Manouselis will moderate.

Food will be provided. In person event only.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Erika Mouynes, Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow at Harvard and former Foreign Minister of Panama; Ambassador P. Michael McKinley, former U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Brazil, Afghanistan, and Colombia; Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, on the role of Latin America in today's shifting international order. While most countries in Latin America voted in favor of UN General Assembly resolutions condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and others refuse to join sanctions against Russia or give aid to Ukraine. What does the future of the Western Hemisphere look like in a time of increasing global competition and great power conflict? Negah Angha, Institute of Politics Fellow and former Director for Multilateral Initiatives at the National Security Council, will moderate.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Desirée Cormier Smith, the State Department’s first ever Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice.  While the communities that the Special Representative's mandate serves are specific - marginalized racial, ethnic, and Indigenous peoples, including people of African descent - the Special Representative believes, as Maya Angelou put it, none of us is free until all of us are free.  In honor of International Women's Day and U.S. Women's History Month, the Special Representative brings forth an important conversation about intersectionality - where one person's multiple or intersecting identities might subject them to varying forms of racism, discrimination, violence, or xenophobia - to remind us that our collective liberation rests on the shoulders of one another; to acknowledge that it takes a community of us who #EmbraceEquity, a village of us to secure freedom for all. Erika Manouselis, Manager of the Future of Diplomacy Project, will moderate.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a screening of The American Diplomat, a documentary exploring the lives and legacies of three African-American ambassadors — Edward R. Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan — who pushed past historical and institutional racial barriers at the U.S. Department of State during the civil rights movement. Through rare archival footage, in-depth oral histories, and interviews with family members, colleagues and diplomats, the film paints a portrait of three men who created a lasting impact on the content and character of the Foreign Service and changed American diplomacy forever.

The screening will be followed by a virtual Q&A panel discussion with Leola Calzolai-Stewart, director of The American Diplomat and filmmaker, Dr. Michael Krenn, Professor at Appalachian State University and author of Black Diplomacy: African Americans and the State Department, 1945-1969 and The Color of Empire: Race and American Foreign Relations, and James Dandridge II, President of the Diplomatic and Consular Officers Foundation, former Foreign Service Officer and friend of Ambassador of Terence Todman. Erika Manouselis, Manager of the Future of Diplomacy Project, and Korde Inniss, MPA 2023 and Belfer Young Leader Fellow, will serve as moderators.

Note: For virtual participants, the online event will begin at 6pm with the panel discussion. For in person attendees, the screening will begin at 5pm.

Please join the Belfer Center's Future of Diplomacy Project and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies' Brazil Studies Program for a discussion on the trajectory of bilateral relations between the United States and Brazil, two of the world's biggest democracies, in the face of recent consequential midterm and presidential elections with Ricardo Zúniga, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Special Envoy for the Northern Triangle in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere at the U.S. Department of State; Hussein Kalout, Research Scholar at Harvard University and former Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs of Brazil; and Nick Zimmerman, Senior Advisor at WestExec Advisors and former Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Affairs at the White House National Security Council. This panel will explore how both countries can best work together in areas such as climate change and global democratic backsliding, particularly in light of significant and ongoing challenges to the integrity of each country's democratic institutions and the rise of great power competition in the current geo-political environment. Erika Manouselis, Manager of the Future of Diplomacy Project, will serve as moderator.

In person attendance is limited to Harvard ID holders; Zoom attendance is open to the public.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Ivan Duque who served as President of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. President Duque will discuss three major trends affecting Latin American countries: defending and promoting democratic values; addressing the climate crisis and protecting biodiversity; and developing compassionate and sensible migration policies. This event will be moderated by Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow at the Future of Diplomacy Project.

In-Person Registration (HARVARD ID ONLY)     Zoom Registration (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

Please note that in-person attendance is limited to Harvard affiliates only and space is limited.

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 Dame Karen Pierce, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the U.S., and General Sir Nicholas Carter, former Chief of the Defence Staff to the United Kingdom. Ambassador Pierce and General Carter will explore how Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has reshaped transatlantic security and future European and international defense agreements as well as the subsequent implications for the UK-U.S. "special relationship." This conversation will be moderated by Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow with the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Note: this is a hybrid event. In-person attendance is limited to Harvard ID holders. Members of the public are welcome to join online.

Please join the Belfer Center’s Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship and Defense Project for a seminar on the current European security landscape with Janne Kuusela, Defense Policy Director of Finland. Mr. Kuusela will discuss Finland’s recent NATO bid, security challenges for Northern Europe, the future of European defense cooperation and its implications for the transatlantic relationship. Professor Eric Rosenbach, co-Director of the Belfer Center, will moderate the discussion.

This event will be hybrid.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Maryum Saifee, Senior Advisor in the Secretary’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the U.S. Department of State. Ms. Saifee will discuss the Department’s efforts to build a more inclusive organization by recruiting and retaining a workforce that truly reflects America abroad. On September 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of State has released its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan, a roadmap to operationalize last year’s White House Executive Order on DEIA in the Federal Workforce. This conversation will be moderated by Erika Manouselis, Manager of the Future of Diplomacy Project.

The event will take place in person for Harvard ID holders and online via Zoom.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project, the Center for Public Leadership, and the Women in Public Policy Program for a conversation with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Executive Director of UN Women from August 2013 to August 2021, for a conversation on harnessing the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and education to benefit women and girls worldwide. Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka will also address issues of digital literacy and financing technological investments to advance gender equality and empower women and girls. Erika Manouselis, Research and Administrative Manager at the Future of Diplomacy Project, will moderate this discussion.