Program 2009
THE JOHN A. MAXWELL SCHOLAR-DIPLOMAT PROGRAM
American Century II or Global Century I? Barack Obama and the World in the 21st Century
Participants:
- Patrick Albano, Fairmont State University
- Gerald Beller, West Virginia State University
- Marybeth Beller, Marshall University
- Lindsay Calhoun, Marshall University
- Sally Campbell, Concord University
- Hannah Geffert, Shepherd University
- Nancy Nanney, West Virginia University at Parkersburg
- T. J. Park, West Virginia State University
- Vijay Shah, West Virginia University at Parkersburg
- James Siekmeier, West Virginia University
Program Coordinators:
- Jack Hammersmith, FACDIS Director, West Virginia University
- Gretchen Peterec, FACDIS Assistant Director, West Virginia University
WEDNESDAY, March 25
- 11:30 am-1:30 pm
- LUNCHEON: The City Club
- Speaker: Laurie Van Hook, Historian, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Topic: "The Passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 "
- LUNCHEON: The City Club
- 2:00-3:00 pm
- Meeting: The German Marshall Fund of the United States
- Speaker: Karen Donfried, Executive Vice President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
- Topic: "Transatlantic Trends and the Obama Administration"
- Meeting: The German Marshall Fund of the United States
- 3:30-4:45 pm
- Meeting: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Speaker: David Rothkopf, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Topic: "Security Implications of the Global Economic Crisis "
- Meeting: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
THURSDAY, March 26
- 9:00-10:15 am
- Meeting: School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University
- Speaker: Francisco Gonzalez, Riordan Roett Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, SAIS, The Johns Hopkins University
- Topic: "Political Challenges in Latin America after the 2008 Economic Shock "
- Speaker: Francisco Gonzalez, Riordan Roett Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, SAIS, The Johns Hopkins University
- Meeting: School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University
- 10:30-11:30 am
- Meeting: The Henry L. Stimson Center
- Speaker: Alan D. Romberg, Distinguished Fellow, The Henry L. Stimson Center
- Topic: "The Obama Administration and Northeast Asia"
- Meeting: The Henry L. Stimson Center
- 11:45 a.m.-1:30 pm
- LUNCHEON: The City Club
- Speaker: Adam Howard, Office of the Historian, US Department of State
- Topic: "The Song Remains the Same: The Arab-Israeli Dispute and 60 years of Recurring Issues"
- LUNCHEON: The City Club
- 2:15-3:30 pm
- Meeting: The Century Foundation
- Speaker: Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
- Topic: "Reflections of an Ambassador: Thoughts on North Korea and Turkey"
- Meeting: The Century Foundation
- 3:45-5:00 pm
- Meeting: The Brookings Institution
- Speaker: Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
- Topic: "Out of the Weeds: South Asia from 30,000 Feet "
- Meeting: The Brookings Institution
FRIDAY, March 27
- 10:30-11:30 am
- Meeting: Council on Foreign Relations
- Speaker: Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
- Topic: "Barack Obama's Foreign Policy: The Search for Solvency "
- Meeting: Council on Foreign Relations
- 11:30-1:30 pm
- LUNCHEON: The City Club
- Speaker: Robert O. Krikorian, Europe-Eurasia (EUR) Division, Office of Research, US Department of State
- Topic: "The US-Russian Relationship in Historial Perspective "
- LUNCHEON: The City Club
Adjourn
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