Baltimore Council
on Foreign Affairs
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