Baltimore Council
on Foreign Affairs
2004-2007
9/14/2004 Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor of the State of Maryland
“Exploring Maryland’s Opportunities in the International Markets”
9/30/2004 David M. Satterfield
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Ambassador of the United States to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
“The Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities for the United States”
10/18/2004 Imad Moustapha
Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United States
“Syrian Foreign Policy”
10/27/2004 Panel Discussion
Dan Berger, Reditored Editorial Page Writer, The Baltimroe Sun;
Steven David, Professor fo Political Science and Director of International Studies Program, The Johns Hopkins University; and
Robert Ruby, Foreign Editor, The Baltimroe Sun
“Comparing and Contrasting the Foreign Policies of President Bush and Senator Kerry”
11/10/2004 Kenneth F. Hackett
President, Catholic Relief Services
“The Crisis in Sudan And Beyond”
11/30/2004 L. Carl Brown
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”
12/6/2004 Kim Holmes
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
“The Role of the United Nations in U.S. Foreign Policy”
1/31/2005 Edward S. Walker
President & CEO, Middle East Institute, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
“The United States-Arab Relationship in a Changing World”
2/9/2005 James M. Goldgeier
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
“Rethinking The United States-Russia Relationship”
3/2/2005 Dr. Sergiy Korsunsky
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Ukraine
“Ukrainian Orange Revolution: Impact on Society, Economy and
Foreign Policy”
3/22/2005 A. B. "Buzzy" Krongard
Former Counselor to the Director of Central Intelligence, Former Executive Director, Central Intelligence Agency, Chairman of the Board, PHH Arval
“The State of Intelligence in the United States Today”
4/5/2005 Shaun Donnelly
Principal Deputy Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
“Economics in United States Foreign Policy”
4/20/2005 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”
5/3/2005 Evans J.R. Revere
Principal Deputy Assistant Scretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
“United States Foreign Policy Priorities and the Asia-Pacific Region”
5/18/2005 Dr. Farid Abboud
Ambassador of Lebanon to the United States
“The Present Situation in Lebanon”
6/1/2005 Ali Aujali
Chief, Libyan Liaison Office
“United States-Libyan Relations”
6/7/2005 Michael O'Hanlon
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings Institution
“A Strategic Update on Iraq”
10/10/2005 The 25th Annual Baltimore Sun Foreign Policy Panel
Robert Ruby, Mark Matthews, Will Englund and Siobhan Gorman
“New Insecurities: Russia, Europe and the Middle East”
World Trade Center
11/01/2005 Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox, Jr.
President, Foundation for Middle Eastern Peace;
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs;
Former Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism.
“The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the War Against Terrorism”
11/07/2005 Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
“How To Win In Iraq”
11/21/2005 His Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera
Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States
“United States-Venezuela Relations”
11/30/2005 Tony Blankley
Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Times
“Will We Win The Clash of Civilizations?”
12/05/05 Dr. Michael Pillsbury
Consultant on China to the U.S. Department of Defense;
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States
“Our Policy Debate About China’s Future”
01/18/06 The Honorable Daniel Fried
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
“The U.S. and Europe: Advancing the Freedom Agenda Together”
02/02/06 Professor John Lewis Gaddis
Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University
“The Grand Strategy of the Bush Administration”
02/23/06 Ambassador Jendayi E. Frazer
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
“Africa and the United States”
03/13/06 General Peter Pace
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
“The Global War on Terrorism”
03/27/06 The Honorable Stephen G. Rademaker
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation
“Tackling The Hard Cases In Nuclear Proliferation”
04/05/06 Ambassador Martin Indyk
U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1995-1997 and 2000-2001;
Director, The Sanam Center for Middle East Policy, and Senior Fellow,
Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
“What To Do About Hamas?”
05/04/06 Dr. John Duke Anthony
President, 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”
05/19/06 The Honorable John Bolton
Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
“Major U.S. Priorities at the United Nations”
Hyatt Regency Hotel
05/31/06 The Honorable Thomas Shannon
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
“U.S. Relations with the Western Hemisphere”
06/07/06 Kenneth Hackett
President, Catholic Relief Services
Member of the Board, The Millennium Challenge Corporation
“The Millennium Challenge Account: A Different Approach To Foreign Assistance”
09/20/2006 The 26th Annual Baltimore Sun Foreign Policy Panel
Will Englund, David B.Wood, Karen Hosler, Matthew Hay Brown, Ann LoLordo
“Crises In Foreign Policy And The 2006 Elections”
10/04/2006 The Honorable Helen Delich Bentley
Chairperson, Port of Baltimore Tri-Centennial Commission
“The Importance of the Port of Baltimore: Past, Present and Future”
10/18/2006 His Excellency Bold Ravdan
Ambassador of the Republic of Mongolia to the United States
“The United States – Mongolia’s Third Neighbor: Opportunities
and Challenges”
10/25/2006 Panel of Veteran Journalists
Robert Ruby, Joseph R.L. Sterne, G. Jefferson Price III, Dan Berger, Mark Matthews, Tom Bowman
“The Middle East: Continuing Chaos, Terror, and Dangers for the World or Stability via Democracy and Conflict Resolution?”
11/13/2006 Dr. Michael O’Hanlon
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
“Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security”
12/6/2006 Afif Safieh
Chief PLO Representative in the United States
“Israel – Palestine: History is Undecided”
02/08/2007 Ambassador Henry Crumpton
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. State Department
“A New Era of Conflict”
02/21/2007 Mr. Ralston Deffenbaugh
President, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
“America’s Broken Immigration System: The Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform”
03/07/2007 Mr. James C.Swan
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. State Department
“Somalia”
03/21/2007 Dr. David Lampton
Dean of Faculty; George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies; Director of the China Studies Program, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
“Chinese Power and What It Means for the World”
03/29/2007 Dr. Meghan O’Sullivan
Special Assistant to the President, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan
“The Way Forward in Iraq”
04/30/2007 His Excellency Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie
Ambassador of Iraq to the United States
“Update on Iraq”
04/30/2007 Mr. Daniel Pipes
Director, Middle East Forum
“Vanquishing the Islamist Enemy”
05/07/2007 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”
05/31/2007 Mr. David J. Kramer
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasioan Affairs, U.S. Department of State
“Where is Russia Headed? Implications for U.S. Russian Relations”
06/05/2007 Dr. Frederick Kagan
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
“Today’s Most Urgent Question: Will the ‘Surge’ Work?”
06/14/2007 Professor Jeffrey Legro
Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, The University of Virginia
“The Past and Future of the American Worldview”