SINCE JANUARY 1998

18TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
Dan Berger, Thomas Bowman, G. Jefferson Price, III, Kathy Lally, Frank Langfitt
"Challenges to U. S. Foreign Policy until Century's End"

PETER ROMERO
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
"U. S. Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean for 1998"

JAMES R. LILLEY
Director, The Institute for Global Chinese Affairs, University of Maryland at College Park
Former U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
"China and the United States in the 21st Century: Cooperation and Competition, or Confrontation?"

KUNIHIKO SAITO
Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.
"A Changing Japan in a Changing World"

WALID AL-MOUALEM
Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United States
"Syria and the Peace Process"

NIKOLAI TCHOULKOV
Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
"Russia and the United Nations"

MATTHEW P. DALEY
Deputy Special Representative of the President for the Implementation of the Dayton Peace Process
"Bosnia: The Shape of Things to Come"

JORIS M. VOS
Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States
"Europe and the United Nations: A View from behind the Dykes"

STEVE H. HANKE
Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University
"IMF Policy Fiascoes in Indonesia"

BENJAMIN L. CARDIN
Congressman, Third District, Maryland
"U. S. Role in the New World Order: Superpower or Supercop?"

TEDO JAPARIZE
Ambassador of the Republic of Georgia to the United States
"Georgia, the South Caucasus, and Beyond"

STEPHEN PHILIP COHEN
Professor Emeritus of History and Political Science, University of Illinois;
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
"Did the South Asian Tests Make Any Difference?"

BARD E. O’NEILL
Professor of International Affairs, The National War College
"National Security and Middle East Terrorism"

DORODJATUN KUNTJORO-JAKTI
Ambassador of Indonesia to the United States
"The Future of Indonesia's Economy"

JOHN DUKE ANTHONY
President, The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
"The Changing Nature of U. S. Interests in the Persian Gulf: Implications for American Policies"

NAJAT ARAFAT-KHELIL
Vice President, Palestinian American Congress
               and
SCHLOMO LAHAT
Former Mayor of Tel-Aviv
"The May 4, 1999 Dealine Looms. Is Permanent Peace Possible?"

GENERAL BARRY R. McCAFFREY
Director, National Drug Control Policy
"The National Drug Control Policy: Reducing Drug Abuse and Its Consequences in America"

19TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
G. Jefferson Price, III, Bill Glauber, Will Englund, Ann LoLordo, Dan Berger, Thomas Bowman, Mark Matthews
"The United States and The World in 1999"

THOMAS MATUSSEK
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States
"German Priorities During the E. U. Presidency"

CLOVIS MAKSOUD
Professor of International relations, American University;
Former League of Arab States’ Chief Representative to the United .States and United Nations
"Global Chanllenges and Arab Responses"

LAWRENCE J. KORB
Vice President and Director of Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
"National Defense in the 21st Century"

SHAUL BAKHASH
Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University
"The Future of Iran-U. S. Relations"

STATE DEPARTMENT TOWN MEETING
Ambassador Alan Larson
Robert Beecroft
Morton Halperin
"U. S. Economic Policy"
"National Security Policy"
"The 50th Anniversary of NATO, and Kosovo"

ROBERT HAYDEN
Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh
"The Clinton Policy on Kosovo"

RICHARD N. HAASS
Director of Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
"The Foreign Policy Legacy of the Clinton Administration"

TED GALEN CARPENTER
Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, The Cato Institute
"Washington's Erratic China Policy"

JONATHAN CLARKE
President, American Journalism Foundation;
Fellow, The Cato Institute
"Kosovo" Searching for an Honorable Exit"

ADEED I. DAWISHA
Professor of Government and Politics,
George Mason University
"The Survival of Saddam Hussein and America's War on Iraq"

SHIBLEY TELHAMI
Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, University of Maryland at College Park
"The Arab-Israeili Conflict: Why the End Is Near"

JOHN R. BOLTON
Senior Vice President, American Enterprise Institute
For Public Policy research; Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
"America's Sovereignty and International Law"

LEE HONG-KOO
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States
"Korea in the Crisis of Transformation"

SIR JOHN MARGETSON
Former British Ambassador to Vietnam, the United Nations, and the Netherlands
"A British View of American Foreign Policy"

PARRIS N. GLENDENING
Governor of the State of Maryland
"Maryland's Strategy in the International Economy"

SCOTT RITTER
Former United Nations Weapons Inspector to Iraq
"Endgame: Future Approaches to the Iraqi Crisis"

GENERAL WESLEY K. CLARK
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
"NATO and the Future of Trans-Atlantic Alliance"

20TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
G. Jefferson Price, III, Mark Matthews, Bill Glauber, Jay Hancock, Frank Langfitt, Kathy Lally
"The World in 2000"

AMOS PERLMUTTER
Professor of Political Science and Sociology, The American University
"President Clinton's Foreign Policy: The Harvest of Two Administrations"

MARC GROSSMAN
Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
"Remarks on the U. S.-European Partnership"

YORAM HAZONY
President, The Shalem Center, Jerusalem and Washington, D.C.
"Israel's Post Zionism in the New Middle East"

AMBASSADOR L. CRAIG JOHNSTONE
 Senior Vice President, International, Economic, and National Security Affairs, United States Chamber of Commerce
"American Economic Interests in the Global Economy"

AMBASSADOR CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY
United States Trade Representative
"America's Case for China's WTO Accession and PNTR"

JERRY MACARTHUR HULTIN
Under Secretary of the Navy
"The Modern Navy and Globalization"

JOAQUIN JOSE’ VALLARINO, JR.
Chairman and CEO, The Panama Coca Cola Bottling Co.; President of Commissions on the
Future of the Panama Canal; Advisor to the President of Panama on the Canal
"Panama and the Canal: The Years Ahead"

HARRY HARDING
Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
"U. S.-China Relations"

IVO H. DAALDER
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
"Myths and Realities of the Kosovo War"

DAN BERGER, Editorial Page Writer, The Baltimore Sun; STEVEN DAVID, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Arts and Science, Johns Hopkins University; JOSEPH R.L. STERNE, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Editorial Page Editor
The Baltimore Sun, 1972-1997
"Guiding Principles and Concepts in the Bush and Gore Foreign Policy"
 
AMBASSADOR MARC GINSBERG
Managing Director & CEO, Northstar Equity Group; U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, 1994-1998
"Guiding Principles and Concepts in the Gore Foreign Policy"

SENATOR WILLIAM E. BROCK
Chairman, Intellectual Development Systems, Inc.; Chairman, The Republican National Committee
"Guiding Principles and Concepts in the Bush Foreign Policy"

JUERGEN CHROBOG
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States
"Germany, Europe, and the United States in an Era of Global Challenges"

JONATHAN LAWLEY
Director, The Royal African Society
"Personal Reflections on 52 Years: Living and Working in Southern Africa and Some Thoughts on the Need to Reassess Aid Programs for Africa"

HIS EXCELLENCY DAVID ELEKANA IVRY
Ambassador of Israel to the United States
"The Current Situation in the Middle East"

AMBASSADOR PETER F. ROMERO
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
"Continuting Challenges to Democracy and Development in the Western Hemisphere"

WILLIAM B. WOOD
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
"Multilateral Sanctions and U. S. Foreign Policy"

ERNEST W. LEFEVER
Founding President, Ethics and Public Policy Center
"Nuclear Arms: Instruments of Peace?"

EDWARD E. MASTERS
Vice Chairman, The United States-Indonesia Society;
Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia
"Indonesia: Asia's New Promise or Continuing Problem?"

HASAN ABDEL RAHMAN
Chief Representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority in the United States
"The P. L. O. View of the Situation in the MIddle East"

MICHAEL E. O’HANLON
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
"The National Security Policy of the Bush Administration"

HER EXCELLENCY DR. MALEEHA LODHI
Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States
"Security in South Asia"

DANIEL L. BYMAN
Policy Analyst and Director for Research, Center for Middle East Public Policy, The RAND Corporation
"The Problem of Iraq: Challenges for a New Administration"

THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
Messrs. G. Jefferson Price, III, Frank Langfitt, Mark Matthews, Will Englund, John Murphy, Bill Glauber, Jay Hancock
"America and the World"

AMBASSADOR THOMAS C. HUBBARD
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
"United States Asian Policy"

DAVID M. LAMPTON
Professor, The Johns Hopkins University – School of Advanced International Studies; Director of China Studies at SAIS and at the Nixon Center
"Looking at U. S.-China Relations in the Early Bush Administration"

WARREN L. COHEN
Distinguished Professor of History, University of Maryland Baltimore County;
Senior Scholar, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
"U. S.-China Relations: Engagement, Containment, or What?"

HIS EXCELLENCY IDRISS JAZAIRY
Ambassador of Algeria to the United States
"International Terrorism: Algeria's Perspective"

FRANK J. GAFFNEY, JR.
President, Center for Security Policy;
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Defense
"United States Strategy for Uprooting Terrorism"

ANTHONY LAKE
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy; Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University;
Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1993-1997
"Where Do We Go from Here? The War on Terrorism and Its Impact on America's Approach to the World"

AMBASSADOR STEVEN PIFER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
"United States-Russia Relations"

JOHN DUKE ANTHONY
President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
"America's Relations and Interests in the Middle East Since 9/11: The Way Forward"

WILLIAM F. SCHULZ
Executive Director, Amnesty International USA
"In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All"

ROBERT LEGVOLD
Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
"U. S.-Russia Relations Since 9/11"

HIS EXCELLENCY LALIT MANSINGH
Ambassador of India to the United States
"Growing Momentum in India-U. S. Relations"

DR. ROBERT FREEDMAN
Professor of Political Science, Baltimore Hebrew University
"The Bush Administration's Approach to the Arab-Israeli Conflict"

DR. JAMES G. ROCHE
Secretary of the Air Force
"The State of the Air Force: Adapting Air and Space Power to National Security Requirements in the 21st Century"

EARL ANTHONY WAYNE
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
"U. S. Foreign Policy: The Growing Role of Economics"

THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
Robert Ruby, Tom Bowman, Will Englund, Kathy Lally, Mark Matthews
"The United States and the Altered World"

WALTER KANSTEINER
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
"United States Policy towards Africa"

CHRISTINA ROCCA
Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs
"U. S. Policy in South Asia Post 9/11"

MICHAEL BORNSTEIN OREN
Senior Fellow, The Shalem Center, Jerusalem
"Middle East Diplomacy within the Realm of the Possible"

DAVID M. SATTERFIELD
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
"The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict"

RAFAEL BARAK
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Israel to the United States
"Current Events in Israel, Terrorism in the Middle East, and the U. S.-Israel Relationship"

MARK STRAUSS
Senior Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine
"The Do's and Dont's of Attacking Iraq"

PAUL SIMONS
Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
"Status and Prospects of the United States Counter-Narcotics Programs"

ROBERT A. BRADTKE
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
"NATO Expansion and U. S.-European Relations"

WILLIAM J. BURNS
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
"The Quest for a Stable Middle East"

SAUDI ARABIAN PANEL
KHALIL ABDULLAH AL-KHALIL
Scholar and Columnist
and
 SHIHAB JAMJOOM
Chairman of the Board of Director of Jamjoom Medical Industries and Jamjoom Media Company
"The Future of U. S.-Saudi Relations"

MICHAEL MANDELBAUM
Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
"The Ideas the Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy, and the Free Markets in the Twenty-First Century"

JOHN DUKE ANTHONY
Founding President & CEO, The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
"The United States and Iraq: Needs, Concerns, and Interests: A Personal Perspective"

JOHN O’KEEFE
United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan
"The U. S.-Central Asia Relationship and Kyrgyzstan's Role in the War against Terrorism"

JOHN STERN WOLF
Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation
"Nonproliferation Priorities"

HENRY R. NAU
Professor of Political Science, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
"Terrorism and Proliferation: Can America Act Alone?"

HIS EXCELLENCY SUNG CHUL YANG
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States
"The Enduring Korea-U. S. Alliance"

HIS EXCELLENCY DR. OSMAN FARUK LOGOGLU
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the United States
"Turkey's Role in International Politics"

DR. ROBERT H. SCALES, JR.
Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.);
Senior Vice President, Sylvan Learning Systems
"The Course of Future Warfare"

HIS EXCELLENCY WOLFGANG ISCHINGER
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States
"Germany and the United States: Are We Drifting Apart?"

THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
Messrs. Robert Ruby, Mark Matthews, Tom Bowman, John Murphy, Todd Richissin
"Iraq"

HIS EXCELLENCY JEAN-DAVID LEVITTE
Ambassador of France to the United States
"Relations between the United States and France in a Transformed World"

ROBERT O. FREEDMAN
Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Professor of Political Science, Baltimore Hebrew University
Visiting Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
"The Bush Administration and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Is there Real Hope for Peace?"

DONALD W. KEYSER
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
"Addressing the Challenges of North Korea's Nuclear Program"

AMBASSADOR J. COFER BLACK
State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism
"The Global Fight against International Terrorism"

MICHAEL O’HANLON, Ph. D.
Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
"A Grand Bargain with North Korea?"

CHARLES P. RIES
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
"United States-European Relations: Today and Tomorrow"

SHIBLEY TELHAMI, Ph. D.
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland, College Park
"Iraq and the Middle East" Where Do We Go from Here?"

HARRY HARDING,Ph.D.
Dean, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
"U. S.-China Relations: From Partners to Competitors and Back"

PAULA DOBRIANSKY, Ph.D.
Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
"Promoting Democracy in the 21st Centry: An Essential Tool against Terrorism"

GENERAL RICHARD B. MYERS
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

HIS EXCELLENCY LUIS ALBERTO MORENO
Ambassador of Colombia to the United States
"U. S.-Colombia Relations"

ARTHUR E. DEWEY
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
"Humanitarian Leadership for a World in Crisis"

ROGER F. NORIEGA
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
"United States Policy in the Western Hemisphere"

BENJAMIN L. CARDIN
U.S. Representative, Maryland, 3rd District
"The Future of U. S. Influence in Europe"

THE 24TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
Messrs. Robert Ruby, Mark Matthews, Tom Bowman, Todd Richissin
"A Time of Crisis: Can We Get It Right?"

PATRICIA McNERNEY
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, John R. Bolton
"International Trade Security Issues, Arms Control Matters, and Non-proliferation"

HIS EXCELLENCY DANIEL AYALON
Ambassador of Israel to the United States

THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR.
Governor of the State of Maryland
"Exploring Maryland's Opportunities in the International Markets"

THE HONORABLE DAVID M. SATTERFIELD
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs;
U.S. Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
"The Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities for the United States"

HIS EXCELLENCY DR. IMAD MOUSTAPHA
Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United States
"Syrian Foreign Policy"

PANEL DISCUSSION with DAN BERGER, Retired Editorial Page Writer, The Baltimore Sun; STEVEN DAVID, Ph.D.; Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University; and ROBERT RUBY, Foreign Editor, The Baltimore Sun
"Comparing and Contrasting the Foreign Policies of President Bush and Senator Kerry"

KENNETH HACKETT
President, Catholic Relief Services
"The Crisis in Sudan and Beyond"

L. CARL BROWN, Ph.D.
Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University
"International Politics in the Middle East: Identifying the Players and the Rules in that Still Dangerous Game"

THE HONORABLE KIM R. HOLMES
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
"The Role of the United Nations in U. S. Foreign Policy"

AMBASSADOR EDWARD S. WALKER
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; President, The Middle East Institute
"The United States-Arab Relationship  in a Changing World"

JAMES M. GOLDGEIER
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, and Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
"Rethinking the United States-Russia Relationship"

DR. SERGIY KORSUNSKY
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Ukraine
"Ukrainian Orange Revolution: Impact on Society, Economy, and Foreign Policy"

A.B. “BUZZY” KRONGARD
Counselor to the Director of C.I.A., 1999-2001;
Executive Director of C.I.A, 2002-2004;
Chairman of the Board, PHH ARVAL
"The State of Intelligence in the United States Today"

THE HONORABLE SHAUN DONNELLY
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
"Economics in United States Foreign Policy"

JONATHAN WOLFSTHAL
Associate and Deputy Director for Non-proliferation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"United States Strategies on Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction"

THE HONORABLE EVANS REVERE
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
"United States Foreign Policy Priorities and the Asia-Pacific Region"

HIS EXCELLENCY DR. FARID ABBOUD
Ambassador of Lebanon to the United States
"The Present Situation in Lebanon"

HIS EXCELLENCY ALI AUJALI
Chief of the Libyan Liaison Office
"United States-Libyan Relations"

MICHAEL O’HANLON, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
"A Strategic Update on Iraq"

THE 25TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
Robert Ruby, Will Englund, Mark Matthews, Siobhan Gorman
"New Insecurities: Russia, Europe, and the Middle East"

AMBASSADOR PHILIP C. WILCOX, JR.
President, Foundation for Middle East Peace;
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs;
Former Coordinator for Counterterrorism
"The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the War against Terrorism"

ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH, JR., Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
"How to Win in Iraq"

HIS EXCELLENCY BERNARDO ALVAREZ HERRERA
Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States
"United States-Venezuela Relations"

TONY BLANKLEY
Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Times
"Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations"

MICHAEL PILLSBURY, Ph. D.
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States;
Consultant on China to the U. S. Department of Defense
"Our Policy Debate about China's Future"

AMBASSADOR DANIEL FRIED
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
"The U. S. and Europe: Advancing the Freedom Agenda Together"

JOHN LEWIS GADDIS, Ph.D.
Robert A. Lovett Professor of History, Yale University
"The Grand Strategy of the Bush Administration"

AMBASSADOR JENDAYI E. FRAZER
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
"Africa and the United States"

GENERAL PETER PACE
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
"The Global War on Terrorism"

THE HONORABLE STEPHEN G. RADEMAKER
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation
"Tackling the Hard Cases in Nuclear Proliferation"

AMBASSADOR MARTIN INDYK
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1995-1997; 2000-2001
"What To Do about Hamas"

JOHN DUKE ANTHONY, Ph.D.
Founding President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
"The Changing Nature of American Interests in the Arab Countries, the Middle East, and the Islamic World: Implications for U. S. Policy"

AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON
Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
"Major U. S. Priorities at the United Nations"

THE HONORABLE THOMAS A. SHANNON, JR.
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
"U. S. Relations with the Western Hemisphere"

MR. KENNETH HACKETT
President, Catholic Relief Services;
Member of the Board of Directors, The Millennium Challenge Corporation
"The Millennium Challenge Account: A Different Approach to Foreign Assistance"

THE 25TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE SUN FOREIGN POLICY PANEL
Will Englund, Matthew Hay Brown, Ann LoLordo, Karen Hosler, David Wood
"Crises in Foreign Policy and the 2006 Elections"

HELEN DELICH BENTLEY
Representative of Maryland's Second Congressional District, 1985-1995;
Chairman, Federal Maritme Commission 1969-1975
"The Importance of the Port of Baltimore: Past, Present, and Future"

AMBASSADOR RAVDAN BOLD
Ambassador of the Republic of Mongolia to the United States
"The United States--Mongolia's Third Neighbor: Opportunities and Challenges"

A PANEL OF VETERAN JOURNALISTS
Robert Ruby, Joseph R. L. Sterne, G Jefferson Price, III, Dan Berger, Mark Matthews
"The Middle East: Continuing Chaos, Terror, and Dangers for the World or Stability via Democracy and Conflict Resolution?"

MICHAEL O'HANLON, Ph. D.
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
"Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security"

REPRESENTATIVE AFIF SAFIEH
Chief PLO Representative in the United States
"Israel-Palestine: History is Undecided"

HENRY CRUMPTON
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State
"A New Era of Conflict"

RALSTON DEFFENBAUGH, JR
President, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
"America's Broken Immigration System: The Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform"

JAMES SWAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
"Somalia"

DAVID LAMPTON, Ph. D.
Dean of Faculty, George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies; and Director of the China Studies Program, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
"Chinese Power and What It Means for the World"

MEGHAN O'SULLIVAN, Ph. D.
Special Assistant to the President, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan
"The Way Forward in Iraq"

HIS EXCELLENCY SAMIR SUMAIDA’IE
Ambassador of Iraq to the United States
"Update on Iraq"

MR. DANIEL PIPES
Director, Middle East Forum
"Vanquishing the Islamist Enemy"

AMBASSADOR RAMINDER SINGH JASSAL
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India to the United States
"India's Foreign Policy and Relations with the United States"

MR. DAVID J. KRAMER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, United States Department of State
"Where is Russia Headed? Implications for U. S.-Russian Relations"

DR. FREDERICK KAGAN
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
"Today's Most Urgent Question: Will the 'Surge' Work?"

DR. JEFFREY LEGRO
Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia
"The Past and Future of the American Worldview"

DEPUTY SECRETARY GORDON ENGLAND
Deputy Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense
"A Perspective on the Current Situation in Iraq, Security Challenges to the United States"

AMBASSADOR DAVID M. SATTERFIELD
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State on Iraq, State Department Coordinator on Iraq
"The Way Ahead in Iraq"

JOHN DUKE ANTHONY, Ph.D.
President and CEO, National Council on U.S. – Arab Relations
"America and the GCC, Iraq, and Iran: Analyses and Assessments"

MARK MATTHEWS
Former Diplomatic Correspondent, The Baltimore Sun
"Missed Opportunities in the Middle East"

DANIEL S. SULLIVAN
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economics, Energy and Business Affairs, United States Department of State
"American Economic Leadership and Strategies in an Era of Changing Dynaimcs"

DAVID WOOD
Defense Correspondent, The Baltimore Sun
"The Next President and the War on Terrorism"

AMBASSADOR JOHN BRUTON
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, Former Prime Minister of Ireland
"Why the European Union Matters to Baltimore"

TODD J. MOSS, Ph. D.
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affaris, U. S. State Department
"Africa, and Emerging Strategic Partner"

MARITIME PANEL DISCUSSION
Vice Admiral John G. Morgan, Jr., Brigadier General Lawrence D. Nicholson, Rear Admiral Brian M. Salerno, Commodore K. E. Williams
"A New Maritime Strategy for the Nation"

R. JAMES WOOLSEY
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
"Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st Century"

MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN
Deputy Chief of Mission and Acting Ambassador, Embassy of Pakistan
"United States -Pakistan Relations"

AMBASSADOR CHRISTOPHER R. HILL
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
"United States Relations in Asia: The Six-Party Talks and Other Essential Regional Issues"

OLEG DANILOVICH KALUGIN
Major General, KGB: 1958-1990; Chief of Foreign Counterintelligence: 1973-1980
"Russia: Today and Tomorrow"

AMBASSADOR RICHARD W. MURPHY
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
"Listening to Iraqis on Iraq's Crisis"

ROBERT O. FREEDMAN, Ph. D.
Professor Emeritus, Baltimore Hebrew University; Visiting Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
"The Russian Invasion of Georgia: Implications for the MIddle East"

AMBASSADOR JOHN D. NEGROPONTE
Deputy Secretary of State
"An Overview of Foreign Policy Priorities"

AMBASSADOR DELL L. DAILEY
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U. S. State Department
"Challenges and Progress in the War on Terrorism"

HIS EXCELLENCY SUDJADNAN PARNOHADININGRAT
Ambassdor of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States
"Bilateral Relations between Indonesia and the United States"

HIS EXCELLENCY SALLAI MERIDOR
Ambassador of Israel to the United States
"Challenges Facing the United States and Israel"

RICHARD N. COOPER, Ph. D.
Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University
"Prospects for the World Economy"

XIE FENG
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States
"China's Development and China-U. S. Relations"

HIS EXCELLENCY SERGEY I. KISLYAK
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States
"The Agenda for United States-Russia Relations"

PANEL ON PIRACY
Dr. Martin Murphy, Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; Captain Samuel M. Neill, U. S. Coast Guard; Captain Gordan Van Hook, U. S. Navy, (Ret)
"Piracy"

BENJAMIN L. CARDIN
U. S. Senator, State of Maryland; Member, Foreign Relations Committee
"The Obama Foreign Policy: Meeting Extraordinary Challenges"

THOMAS DONNELLY
Defense and Security Policy Analyst and Resident Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute
"Obama's Defense Plans and the Future of American Power"

HIS EXCELLENCY ANTONIO DE AGUIAR PATRIOTA
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
"United States-Brazil Relations under Presidents Obama and Lula"

AMBASSADOR HECTOR E. MORALES
United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States
A discussion of the outcomes of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, help April 17-19 in Trinidad and tobago, and the 2009 Meeting of the O. A. S. General Assembly held on June 2, 3 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

HER EXCELLENCY REGINA VICTORIA MARIA JONES-BOS
Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States
"The Netherlands and the United States: Two Countries United by Values, History, and a Vision of the Future"

HIS EXCELLENCY ARTURO SARUKHAN CASAMITJANA
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
"United States-Mexico Relations: Distant Neighbors or Strategic Partners?"

ROBERT O. FREEDMAN, Ph. D.
Professor Emeritus, Baltimore Hebrew University; Visiting Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
"Obama's Changing Policy towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict"

STEVE FORBES
CEO and Chairman of the Board, Forbes Media; Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Magazine
"Whither the Economy--and the Idea of Entrepreneurial Capitalism?"
 
HIS EXCELLENCY PIERRE NICOLAS VIMONT
Ambassador of France to the United States
"The Global Economy: A French Point of View"

DAVID M. LAMPTON, Ph. D.
Dean of Faculty; Director of China Studies Program, SAIS
"United States-China Relations in the Obama Era"

JOHN DUKE ANTHONY, Ph. D.
Founding President and CEO, National Council for U.S.-Arab Relations
"United States-Arab/Islamic Relations: Going Where?"

MICHAEL E. O'HANLON, Ph. D.
Director of Research & Senior Fellow, Public Policy; Director of Research, 21st Century Defense Initiative, Brookings Instution
"Toughing It Out in Afghanistan"

HIS EXCELLENCY PETER N. R. O. OGEGO
Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the United States
"United States-Kenya Relations"

HIS EXCELLENCY BOGUSLAW WINID
Polish Permanent Representative to NATO and the European Union
"Polish Contribution to Stabilization in Afghanistan"

KURT M. CAMPBELL, Ph. D. 
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
"United States Policy towards Asia"

LINTON F. BROOKS
Former Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration
"The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review: An Overview and Observations"

JONATHAN LAWLEY, Ph. D.
Former director, Royal African Society and Africa director, British Executive Service Overseas
"Helping Africa to Become a Fully Functioning Part of the Modern World: A New Approach"

ANTHONY CORDESMAN, Ph. D.
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
"The Current Situation in Afghanistan"

DOMINICK CHILCOTT
Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Washington, DC
"How the New British Government Sees Transatlantic Relations"

HER EXCELLENCY MEERA SHANKAR
Ambassador of India to the United States
"United States-India Relations"

AMBASSADOR ROBERT O. BLAKE
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
"India Has Risen: Strategic Engagement with India"

KORI SCHAKE, Ph. D.
Distinguished Chair in international studies, United States Military Academy; Hoover Institution Research Fellow
"Iran's Nuclear Program and What To Do about It"

MR. STEVEN EMERSON
Executive Director, The Investigative Project on Terrorism
"Radicalization and Islamic Extremism in the United States"

HIS EXCELLENCY DOCTOR KLAUS SCHARIOTH
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States
"The Transatlantic Agenda"

MS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
"The Obama Administration and the Americas: Looking Ahead"

MR. KENNETH HACKETT
President, Catholic Relief Services
"Haiti: Challenges on the Path Ahead"

HIS EXCELLENCY ADEBOWALE IBIDAPO ADEFUYE
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United States
"Nigeria in World Affairs and Her Relations with the United States"

WILLIAM H. OVERHOLT, Ph. D.
Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
"China's New Politics, New Economy, and New International Behavior"

JOHN DUKE ANTHONY, Ph. D.
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council on U. S.-Arab Relations
"Analyzing Transformational Change in the Arab World"

MR. WILLIAM E. CRAFT, JR.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Trade Policy and Programs, Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs
"The Three Trade Agreements: Colombia, Korea, and Panama"

HIS EXCELLENCY NAMIK TAN
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the United States
"Turkish Foreign Policy and Turkish-U. S. Relations in an Era of Change"

PANEL ON PIRACY
Mrs. Donna L. Hopkins, Coordinator for Counter-Piracy and Maritime Security, United States Department of State
Martin N. Murphy, Ph. D., Visiting Fellow, Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies
Daniel Whiteneck, Ph. D., Director of European Programs, Center for Naval Analyses
Capt. R. Robinson Harris, Ph. D., USN (Ret.),Director of Advanced Concepts, Lockheed Martin Corporation

SENATOR BEN CARDIN
United States Senator, Maryland; Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
"...to the Shores of Tripoli: Democracy on the March in a Post bin Laden World"

AMBASSADOR MARTIN S. INDYK
Twice former United States Ambassador to Israel; Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
"Israel and the Arab Awakenings"

 MR. BRUCE RIEDEL
Senior Fellow, The Saban Center on Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution
"Pakistan: The Most Dangerous Country in the World?"

PROFESSOR ROBERT O. FREEDMAN
Visiting Professor, The Johns Hopkins University; Professor Emeritus, The Baltimore Hebrew University
"Can Putin's Russia Be an Ally to the United States?"

MR. TOM BOWMAN
Pentagon Correspondent, National Public Radio
"Afghanistan: Voices from the Front"

HIS EXCELLENCY JOAO VALE DE ALMEIDA
Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
"Exiting the Crisis: Steps to Confidence and Growth"

PROFESSOR THOMAS J. CHRISTENSEN
William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War; Co-director, China and the World Program, Princeton University
"China's Foreign Policy Since the Financial Crisis"

PROFESSOR WILLIAM MOOMAW
Professor of International Environmental Policy; Director, Center for International Resource Policy, Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
"Energy, National Security, and Climate Change"

PROFESSOR STEVEN DAVID
Professor of International Relations; Vice Dean of Undergraduate Education, Johns Hopkins University
"Apocalypse Now?: Iran's Nuclear Threat to Israel and What Can Be Done about It"

A PANEL ON "AMERICAN GRAND STRATEGY"
  Mr. Bryan McGrath, Founding Director of Delex Consulting, Studies & Analysis
  Captain Peter M. Swartz, USN (Ret.), Senior Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses
  Daniel Whiteneck, Ph. D., Research Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses

HIS EXCELLENCY D. JORGE DEZCALLAR DE MAZARREDO
Ambassador of Spain to the United States
"The Euro Crisis and United States-Spain Relations"

MICHAEL O'HANLON, Ph. D.
Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
"Bending History: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy"

THE HONORABLE ROBERT S. FORD
United States Ambassador to Syria
"The Arab Spring: Syria's Uprising and America's Options"

CONGRESSMAN C. A. "DUTCH" RUPPERSBERGER
Maryland's 2nd District; Ranking Member, House Select Committee on Intelligence; Member, House Armed Services Committee
"A Perspective on American Foreign Policy"

MR. KENNETH WOLLACK
President, National Democratic Institute
"The Arab Spring and the Pursuit of Democracy"

John J. Mearsheimer, Ph. D.         

R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science                                    University of Chicago

“Can China Rise Peacefully?”

Mr. Franklin Miller

Principal, The Scowcroft Group

“The Continued Relevance of the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent”

Ambassador Steven Pifer

“The Arms Control Opportunity in 2013”     

Professor Nathan J. Brown

States.”        

 His Excellency Olexander Motsyk

“The Prospects of Relations between Ukraine and the U.S.”   

Dr. Nelly Lahoud

Senior Associate, Countering Terrorism Center, West Point

Associate Professor, the United States Military Academy

“Is Jihadism an Enduring Threat?”

Senator Ben Cardin

United States Senator, Maryland

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

“Magnitsky:  Reaffirming America’s Leadership on Human Rights”

 His Excellency Othman Hashim

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