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    2001-2004

    10/2/2001        Warren 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?”

     

    10/17/2001      Idriss Jazairy

                            Ambassador of Algeria to the United States

                            “International Terrorism: Algeria’s Perspective”

     

    10/30/2001      Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.

                            President, Center for Security Policy;

                            Former Assistant Secretary of Defense

                            “United States Strategy for Uprooting Terrorism”

     

    11/20/2001      Anthony Lake

                             Distinguished Professor on the Practice of Diplomacy, The Edmund A.                                                  Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; 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”

     

    11/27/2001      Steven Pifer

                            Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

                            “United States-Russia Relations”

     

    12/11/2001      John Duke Anthony

                             President and Chief Executive Officer, The National Council on U.S.-Arab                                            Relations

                            “America’s Relations and Interests in the Middle East Since 9/11:

                             The Way Forward”

     

    1/17/2002        William F. Schultz

                            Executive Director, Amnesty International USA

                            “In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All”

     

    2/14/2002        Robert Legvold

                            Professor of Political Science, Columbia University

                            “U.S.-Russia Relations Since 9/11”

     

    2/18/2002        Lalit Mansingh

                            Ambassador of India to the United States

                            “Growing  Momentum in India-U.S. Relations”

     

    3/14/2002        Robert O. Freedman

                             Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Professor of Political Science,

                             Baltimore Hebrew University

                             “The Bush Administration’s Approach to the Arab-Israeli Conflict”

     

    3/25/2002        James 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”

     

    4/3/2002          E. Anthony Wayne

                            Assistant Secretary of State for Business and Economic Affairs

                            “U.S. Foreign Policy: The Growing Role of Economics”

     

    4/11/2002        The 22nd Annual Baltimore Sun Foreign Policy Panel

                            Robert Ruby, Tom Bowman, Mark Matthews, Will Englund

                            “The United States and The Altered World”

     

    4/22/2002        Walter Kansteiner, III

                            Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

                            “United States Policy Towards Africa”

     

    5/8/2002          Christina B. Rocca

                            Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs

                            “U.S. Policy in South Asia Post 9/11”

     

    5/8/2002          Michael Bornstein Oren

                            Senior Fellow, The Shalem Center, Jerusalem

                            “Middle East Diplomacy Within the Realm of the Possible"                         

     

    6/10/2002        David Satterfield

                            Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

                            “The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict”

     

    6/17/2002        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”

     

    9/18/2002        Mark Strauss

                            Senior Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine

                            “The Do’s and Don’ts of Attacking Iraq”

     

    10/9/2002        Paul Simons

                             Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law                                  Enforcement Affairs

                             “Status and Prospects of United States Counter Narcotics Programs”

     

    10/24/2002      Robert Bradtke

                            Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs

                            “NATO Expansion and U.S.-European Relations”

     

    11/8/2002        William J. Burns

                            Assistant Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs

                            “The Quest for a Stable Middle East”

     

    11/15/2002      Saudi Panel

                             Khalil Abdullah Al-Khalil, scholar and columnist in Al-Jazeerah;    and

                             Shihab Jamjoom,  Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jamjoom Medical                                          Industries and Jamjoom Media Company

                            “The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations”

     

    11/21/2002      Michael Mandelbaum

                              Professor of American Foreign Policy, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

                             “The Ideas that Conquered the World: Peace, Democracy and the Free Markets in                                the Twenty-first Century”

     

    12/17/2002      John Duke Anthony

                            President & CEO, The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

                            “The United States and Iraq: Needs, Concerns, and Interests:

                            A Personal Perspective”

     

    1/16/2003        John O'Keefe

                             U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan

                             “The U.S.-Central Asia Relationship and Kyrgyzstan’s Role in The War Against                                    Terrorism"       

     

    1/29/2003        John Stern Wolf

                            Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation

                            “Nonproliferation Priorities”

     

    3/12/2003        Henry R. Nau

                            Professor of Political Science, The George Washington University

                            “Terrorism and Proliferation: Can America Act Alone?”

     

    4/4/2003          Sung Chul Yang

                            Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States

                            “The Enduring Korea-U.S. Alliance”

     

    4/15/2003        Osman Faruk   Logoglu

                            Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the United States

                            “Turkey’s Role in International Politics”

     

    4/22/2003        Robert H. Scales, Jr.

                            Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.);

                            Senior Vice President, Sylvan Learning Systems

                            “The Course of Future Warfare”

     

    5/2/2003          Wolfgang Ischinger

                            Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States

                            “Germany and the United States: Are We Drifting Apart?”

     

    5/20/2003        The 23rd Annual Baltimore Sun Foreign Policy Panel

                            Mark Matthews, Robert Ruby, Tom Bowman, John Murphy and

                            Todd Richissin

                            “Iraq”

     

    6/5/2003          Jean-David Levitte

                            Ambassador of France to the United States

                            “Relations between the United States and France in a Transformed World”

     

    10/16/2003      Robert O. Freedman

                             Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Professor of Political Science,  Baltimore Hebrew                                  University; Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University

                            “The Bush Administration and the Arab-Israeli Conflict:

                            Is There Real Hope For Peace?”

     

    10/20/2003      Donald W. Keyser

                            Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

                            “Addressing the Challenges of North Korea’s Nuclear Program”

     

    10/30/2003      J. Cofer Black

                            State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism

                            “The Global Fight Against International Terrorism”

     

    11/6/2003        Michael O'Hanlon

                            Senior Fellow in Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution

                            “A Grand Bargain with North Korea?”

     

    12/1/2003        Charles W. Ries

                            Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

                            “United States-European Relations: Today And Tomorrow”

     

    12/15/2003      Shibley Telhami

                             Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Democracy, University of Maryland College                              Park

                            “Iraq and The Middle East: Where Do We Go From Here?”

     

    1/29/2004        Harry Harding

                            Dean, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

                            “U.S.-China Relations: From Partners To Competitors And Back”

     

    2/9/2004          Paula Dobriansky

                            Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

                            “Promoting Democracy in the 21st Century: An Essential Tool Against Terrorism”

     

    2/23/2004        General Richard B. Myers

                            Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

     

    3/8/2004          Luis Alberto Moreno

                            Ambassador of Colombia to the United States

                            “U.S.-Colombia Relations”

     

    3/23/2004        Arthur E. Dewey

                            Assistant Secretary of  State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration

                            “Humanitarian Leadership For A World In Crisis”

     

    4/13/2004        Roger F. Noriega

                            Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs

                            “United States Policy in the Western Hemisphere”

     

    4/19/2004        Benjamin L. Cardin

                            Senior Democrat, The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

                            “The Future of U.S. Influence in Europe”

     

    5/12/2004        The 24th Annual Baltimore Sun Foreign Policy Panel

                            Robert Ruby, Mark Matthews, Tom Bowman, Todd Richissin

                            “ A Time of Crisis: Can We Get It Right?”

     

    5/25/2004        Patricia McNerney

                             Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International                          Security Affairs, John R. Bolton

                             “International Trade Security Issues, Arms Control Matters, and Non                                             -proliferation”

     

    6/10/2004        Daniel  Ayalon

                            Ambassador of Israel to the United States

     

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