This series brings to campus leading public intellectuals to engage faculty and students in discussion on compelling global issues. These intellectuals play an important role in bridging the gap between the academy and the public on topics such as war, ethnic conflict, self-determination, and the global economy.
Past Events
Wednesday, November 7, 2001 Sir Crispin Tickell—Impacts from Space: Past, Present, and Future
Thursday, November 29, 2001 Mary Kaldor—The New Meaning of Security
Wednesday, February 20, 2002 Bruce Hoffman—Rethinking Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Light of 9.11
Wednesday, March 20, 2002 Susan Shirk—Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy
Wednesday, October 16, 2002 Strategies of Peace-Building
Thursday, February 27, 2003 Michael Doyle: Strategies of Peace BuildingPOSTPONED
Monday, April 21, 2003 Michael DoyleStrategies of Peace Building
Friday, September 19, 2003 Thomas CarothersPromoting Democracy Abroad and Fighting Terror: Policy Allies or Rivals
Thursday, October 9, 2003 Jorge I. DomínguezThe Past, Present and Future of U.S.-Cuban Relations
Monday, November 3, 2003 Frank WisnerThe World At Risk
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 Jendayi E. FrazerBush Administration Africa Policy: A Focus on Results
Monday, April 12, 2004 Larry DiamondTransition to Democracy in Iraq?
Sunday, November 7, 2004 Contemporary Antisemitism in Europe: An Urgent Challenge
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 Trans-Atlantic Blues: A Regional or Global Alliance?
Thursday, March 24, 2005 Sanctioning Al Qaeda and the Taliban: the UN Security Council Experience
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 Governance in the Middle East: Iraq and Beyond
Monday, September 26, 2005 Stephen Stedman: Reforming the United Nations: Progress and Pitfalls
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Larry Diamond: A Bungled Intervention in Iraq: Prospects and Lessons
Friday, October 21, 2005 Sir Emyr Jones Parry: The UN - Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century
Saturday, November 12, 2005 Taiwan on the World Stage
Monday, February 6, 2006 Pamela Constable: Reflections of a Foreign Correspondent in the Muslim World
Friday, April 7, 2006 William E. Odom: America's Strategic Paralysis
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Beyond Groupism: Reflections on Ethnicity without Groups
Friday, November 10, 2006 Anthony Shadid -- Iraq's Tragedy: The Inevitability of Unintended Consequences
Monday, December 4, 2006 Jiri Dienstbier -- European Perception of U.S. International Politics
Thursday, March 22, 2007 Sino–U.S. Relations and China's Foreign Policy
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 Kenneth Roth -- Global Human Rights Leadership: Who Will Fill the Void Left by the US?
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Norman Pearlstine -- Off the Record: The Press, The Government, and the War over Anonymous Sources
Friday, October 12, 2007 Xia Guang -- Environment-Prioritized Economic Growth: A New Era of Environmental Protection in China
Monday, October 15, 2007 Richard C. Holbrooke '62 -- The World Crisis
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 The United States, Britain and Europe: Reflections on the Future of Transatlantic Relations and Diplomacy
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Edward Lucas -- The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West
Monday, April 7, 2008 Karen Elliott House -- Reform in Saudi Arabia: Movement or Mirage?
Monday, September 15, 2008 Philippe Sands -- Torture Team: Lawyers, Interrogations and Crimes