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Talks

2008-2009

Iran: Can the Fist Be Unclenched?
Amin Saikal, Professor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
24 April 2009
LISD Lunch Seminar Series

New Beginnings: The Role of American Muslims in Obama's Public Policy
Ingrid Mattson, President, Islamic Society of North America
23 April 2009
Program on Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations Spring 2009 Lecture Series

President Obama's New Afghanistan Strategy: What's New, Will It Work?
Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the UN; Francesc Vendrell, LISD Senior Visiting Fellow; Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, LISD Director
21 April 2009
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School

Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror
Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University
16 April 2009
Program on Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations Spring 2009 Lecture Series

Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Religious Crisis
Eboo Patel, Founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core
2 April 2009
Program on Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations Spring 2009 Lecture Series

The International Criminal Court and the United States
John B. Bellinger III, former Legal Advisor to the US Secretary of State
31 March 2009

Pakistan's Current Crisis
Maleeha Lodhi, former Ambassador of Pakistan to the US
26 March 2009
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow WIlson School

Faith-Based Diplomacy: Bridging the Religious Divide
Douglas Johnston, President, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy
5 March 2009
Program on Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations Spring 2009 Lecture Series

Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet Caucasus
Thomas Goltz, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Montana State University, Bozeman
26 February 2009
Co-Sponsored with Near Eastern Studies and the Program on Russian and Eurasian Studies

A Regional Approach to Afghanistan
Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
23 February 2009
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School

Liechtenstein's Financial Center: Myths and Reality
Rita Kieber Beck, Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein
11 February 2009
LISD Lunch Seminar Series

No End in Sight?: The Gaza Crisis and Its Consequenses for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Panel Participants:
Daniel Kurtzer, S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle East Policy Studies, WWS; former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Egypt
L. Carl Brown, Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs (emeritus), Princeton University
Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Uriel Abulof, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
Robert Finn, Senior Research Associate,Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
22 January 2008
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School

Mismatch?: Political Theory and Middle Eastern Practice
Workshop Directed by Uriel Abulof, LISD Postdoctoral Fellow
Fall 2008

Reflections on the Middle East and the United States
HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia
3 December 2008
LISD Lunch Seminar

Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Issues
Amin Tarzi, Director of Middle East Studies, Marine Corps University, Quantico
12 November 2008
LISD Lunch Seminar

A New Strategy for Afghanistan
Panel Discussion: Ambassador Francesc Vendrell, Ambassador Robert Finn, Leanne Smith, Wolfgang Danspeckgruber
21 October 2008
Co-Sponsored with the John Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies

The Legacy of Walter Rauschenbush: Christianity and the Social Crisis in the Twenty-First Century
Paul Raushenbush, Co-Director of PORDIR and Associate Dean of Religious Life
15 October 2008

Strategic Implications of the Georgian-Russian War in the Caucasus
Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow (Russia and Eurasia), International Institute for Strategic Studies
15 October 2008
LISD Lunch Seminar, Co-Sponsored with Near Eastern Studies and the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies

What's New About the "New Diplomacy"?
William Maley, Professor and Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University
7 October 2008
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School and the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program

Comparing Transition Processes: Namibia, Cambodia, East Timor, Afghanistan, Iraq
William Maley, Professor and Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University
7 October 2008
LISD Lunch Seminar

Being Muslim in Secular France
Olivier Bobineau and Mohamed-Ali Bouharb
6 October 2008
Co-Sponsored with the Office of Muslim Life, Near Eastern Studies, International Center

Transition in Pakistan and Its Impact on the War on Terrorism
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Pakistan
1 October 2008
Co-Sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School and Near Eastern Studies

 

 
       
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