Talks

2006-2007

Seminar Series on Public Diplomacy
Christoph Meran (Series Director), LISD Visiting Fellow
Spring 2007

Iraq: Between Internal Conflicts and Regional Interests
Gudrun Harrer, Foreign Editor, Der Standard; former EU Special Envoy to Iraq
28 March 2007

Iran: A Looming Crisis with Possible Solutions?
Roundtable Participants:
Ali Ansari, Director, Institute for Iranian Studies, and Reader, School for Modern History, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Director, LISD
James Gow, Co-Director, International Peace and Security Programme, and Professor of Peace and International of Security, Kings College, London
Gabrielle Rifkind, Human Security Analyst, Oxford Research Group
Sir John Thomson, former UK Permanent Representative to the UN
12 March 2007

America’s Reputation in the World: A Look into Pandora’s Box
Thomas A. W. Miller, Vice President and Founding Board Member, Business for Diplomatic Action
15 March 2007

Trapped in the War on Terror
Ian Lustick, Professor of Political Science and Bess W. Heyman Chair, University of Pennsylvania
19 February 2007
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School

Europe and Israel
Joschka Fischer, Former German Foreign Minister, LISD Visiting Fellow
12 February 2007
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School and the Program on Judaic Studies

Kabul, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Kyiv: Glimpses of U.S. Foreign Policy
William B. Taylor, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
5 December 2006

The Future of the Transatlantic Community: Is the “West” Still a Viable Concept?
Joschka Fischer, former German Foreign Minister, LISD Senior Fellow
23 October 2006
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School and the European Union Program

Provincial Reconstruction Teams: Extending Afghan Government Influence Beyond Kabul
Robin Fontes, former Commander of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
16 October 2006
Co-Sponsored with Department of Near Eastern Studies