2006

Ideologies in Flux:
Examining Divergent Political Strains in Geopolitics

Thomas Friedman

Chris Matthews

Francis Fukuyama

Dennis Ross

AIDS Crisis in the Sub-Sahara

Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East

Remaking Europe: Turkey's Role in the EU

Co-chairs: Adnan Ahmad, Carey Polis and Marc Goldwein

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2005

Enduring Responsibilty:
America and the Politics of Conflict Resolution

US-Cuba Relations: What to Expect

Bridging the Atlantic Divide

Kashmir: Paradise Lost?

Directors: Yonina Alexander, Preeti Balakrishnan
Gabe Hopkins, Neil Shah
Press Release

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2004

The Great Divide

Dr. Pat Robertson

Rand Al-Rahim

Tariq Ali

Directors: Hadi Husain, Erica Weiss
Press Release

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2003

Psyche of the State (2003) :
The Commonality of Discontent

A Citizen's Perspective On Government Accountability
Photojournalist Lecture and Slide Presentation

• Steven McCurry

Great Lakes Region Of Africa: International Response
French Ambassador to the US

• Jean-David Levitte

Opening GALA
Photography Exhibit: Featuring Works of Steven McCurry

Colombia: Moral Responsibility Or Vested Interest
Former Head of the DEA and Panel

• Asa Hutchinson

Asia: The IMF Investment
Senior IMF Advisor to Asia Pacific Region

• Steven Dunaway

Iran: Rising Tides of Democracy
Former Hostage and Ambassador to Iran

• Bruce Laigen

Directors: Nikita Japra, Robin Schilling, Suman Sureshbabu
Press Release

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2002

Paragon or Paradox? (2002)
Capitalism in the Contemporary World

Post Cold War Power Vacuums in Africa: Options for U.S. Policy

• The Honorable Russell Feingold, United States Senator

U.S. - Pakistan Relations

• Dr. Maleena Lodhi, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S.

Restructuring the Global Economy:
Eradicating Bretton-Woods and Creating New Institutions

• Randy Hayes, President and Founder of Rainforest Action Network

In Our Own Best Interests:
How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All

• Dr. William Schulz, Director of Amnesty International, U.S.A.

U.S., Iraq and the War on Terrorism:
A Panel Discussion

• Ambassador Edward Peck
• Erik Gustafson, Executive Director of the Education for Peace
  in Iraq Center and Gulf War Veteran
• Scott Ritter, Former U.N. Chief Weapons Inspector to Iraq

Global Capitalism:
Terrorism's Cause? Terrorism's Excuse? Terrorism's Remedy?

• Dr. Benjamin Barber, Political Theorist and Author

Access to Essential Medicines:
Challenging a Deadly Status Quo

• Nicolas de Torrenté, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders

Access to Essential Medicines:
Challenging a Deadly Status Quo

• Nicolas de Torrenté, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders
  
  Chairs: Brandon Yoder, Zainab Akbar, Mohammed Yusuf Khan
  Press Release
  

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2001

Interconnections
The Interaction of Developed and Developing Nations

The Problems and Challenges of Globalization

• Ralph Nader

Social, Capital, Globalization and Development

• Francis Fukuyama

United States Foreign Policy Towards Iraq

• Phylis Bennis

Age of Transition and Technological Revolution

• Newt Gingrich

Multinational Corporations and International Trade

• George Soros

Democratization in Africa

• Geraldo Namashalua

Directors: Arati Shroff, Mustafa Ahmed
Press Release

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2000

Global Issues

The Changing Dynamics of Global Finance and Development

• Rubens Antonio Barbosa, ambassador from Brazil
  

Political Stability and Economic Growth in the Global Village

• Sheila Sisulu, ambassador from South Africa
  

U.S. Foreign Policy in a Globalized World

• Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT

Solutions to Religious and Ethnic Conflict

• George Mitchell, former senator (D-Maine)l

The Developing Role of Multilateral Institutions

• Jurgen Chrobog, ambassador from Germany

Business, Technology and the Tools of Globalization

• William Daley, secretary of commerce

Chairs: Aparna Saraf, Michael Rossi
Press Release

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1999

Approaching the Millennium:
The Changing Parameters of the International System

Regional Integration in the Americas

• Cesar Gaviria, secretary general of the Organization of American States and former president of Colombia
  

East Asian Balance of Power

• Lee Hong-koo, ambassador to the United States and former prime minister of the Republic of Korea

Norms of Justice and the International System

• His Royal Highness Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, ambassador to the United Nations, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Solutions to Ethnic and Religious Conflict

• Shimon Peres, former prime minister of Israel

Policy Debate: Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Professors Steven David and Jonathan Schell

The United States Response to New World Order

• Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.), chairman, House of Representatives Committee on International Relations

Social Transformation in the Developing World

• Gro Harlem Brundtland, director general, World Health Organization, and former prime minister of Norway

The Continuing Relevance of the Third World

• Sonia Gandhi, president, Indian National Congress

Chairs: Jay Suresh, Hari Chandra
Press Release

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1998

Superpower or Supercop?
Response to the New World Order

Rep. Ben Cardin of Maryland

Taiwanese Ambassador Stephen Chen

Russian Ambassador Yuli M. Vorontsov

Pakistani Ambassador Riaz Khokhar

Rep. Robert Ehr-lich of Maryland

Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland

Israeli Ambassador Eliahu Ben Elissar

Mexican Ambassador Jesus Reyes-Heroles

Japanese Ambassador Kunihiko Saito

Former U.S. National Security Advisor Anthony Lake

Director: Tom Narayan
Press Release

Prior to 1998 speakers for the Woodrow Wilson International Studies and the International Studies Forum Symposia have included former South African president F.W. deKlerk, former U.S. secretary of defense Les Aspin, former CIA director Robert Gates, student leader of the Chinese Democracy Movement Chai Ling, and UN Under- Secretary-General Karl Paschke. These symposia have covered such diverse topics as nuclear proliferation, the evolution of globalism in space, and United Nations reform.