Baltimore Council
on Foreign Affairs
2007-2010
10/4/2007 Mr. Gordon England
Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Defense
“A Perspective on the Current Situation in Iraq, Security Challenges to the United States”
10/17/2007 Ambassador David M. Satterfield
Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State on Iraq, State Department Coordinator for Iraq
“The Way Ahead in Iraq”
11/1/2007 Mr. John Duke Anthony
Founding President and CEO, National Council on US-Arab Relations
“American and the GCC, Iraq, and Iran: Analyses and Assessments”
11/8/2007 Mr. Mark Matthews
Former Diplomatic Correspondent, Baltimore Sun
“Missed Opportunities in the Middle East”
12/17/2007 Mr. Daniel S. Sullivan
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs
“American Economic Leadership and Strageties in an Era of Changing Dynamics”
02/6/2008 Mr. David Wood
Defense Correspondent, Baltimore Sun
“The Next President and the War on Terrorism”
02/20/2008 Ambassador John Bruton
Head of Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, Former Prime Minister of Ireland
“Why the European Union Matters to Baltimore”
03/5/2008 Dr. Todd J. Moss
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs
“Africa, an Emerging Strategic Partner”
03/19/2008 Panel Discussion
“A New Maritime Strategy for the Nation”
Vice Admiral John Morgan, Jr.
Brigadier General Lawrence Nicholson
Rear Admiral Brian Salerno
Commodore K.E. Williams
04/8/2008 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”
05/15/2008 Muhammad Aslam Khan
Deputy Chief of Mission and Acting Ambassador, Embassy of Pakistan
“United States-Pakistan Relations”
06/10/2008 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”
06/19/2008 Oleg Danilovich Kalugin
Major General, KGB, 1958-1990; Chief of Foreign Counterintelligence 1973-1980
“Russia: Today and Tomorrow”
06/30/2008 Richard W. Murphy
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
“Listening to Iraqis on Iraq’s Crisis”
10/02/08 Dr. Robert O. Freeman
Professor Emeritus, Baltimore Hebrew University; Visiting Professor, the
Johns Hopkins University
“The Russian Invasion of Georgia: Implications for the Middle East, NATO and Russian-American Relations”
10/16/08 Ambassador John D. Negroponte
Deputy Secretary of State
“An Overview of Foreign Policy Priorities”
11/06/08 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”
11/17/08 His Excellency Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
“Bilateral Relations Between Indonesia and the United States”
12/03/08 His Excellency Sallai Meridor
Ambassador of Israel
“Challenges Facing the United States and Israel”
12/16/08 Dr. Richard N. Cooper
Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University
“Prospects for the World Economy”
02/04/09 Minister 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”
03/03/09 His Excellency Sergey I. Kislyak
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States
“The Agenda for United States –Russia Relations”
03/10/2009 Dr. Martin Murphy, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary
Assessments
Captain Samuel M. Neill, U.S. Coast Guard
Captain Gordan Van Hook, U.S. Navy, (Ret.)
“Piracy Panel”
04/07/2009 The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin
U.S. Senator, State of Maryland; Member, Foreign Relations Committee
“The Obama Foreign Policy: Meeting Extraordinary Challenges”
04/30/2009 Mr. Thomas Donnelly
Defense and Security Policy Analyst and Resident Fellow, The American
Enterprise Institute
“Obama’s Defense Plans and the Future of American Power”
05/14/2009 His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
“United States-Brazil Relations under Presidents Obama and Lula”
06/09/09 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, held
April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago, and the 2009 Meeting of the O. A. S.
General Assembly to be held June 2-3 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
09/22/09 His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan Casamitjana
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
“United States-Mexico Relations: Distant Neighbors or Strategic Partners?”
10/22/09 Professor Robert O. Freedman
Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Professor Emeritus, Baltimore Hebrew University; Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University
“Obama’s Changing Policy towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict”
11/10/09 Mr. Steve Forbes
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Forbes Media; Editor-in-Chief Forbes Magazine
“Whither the Economy—and the Idea of Entrepreneurial Capitalism?”
11/24/09 His Excellency Pierre Nicolas Vimont
Ambassador of France to the United States
“The Challenges of the Global Economy: A French Point of View”
12/10/09 Professor David M. Lampton
Dean of faculty, The George and Sadie Hymen Professor of China
Studies, director of the C hina Studies Program, the Johns Hopkins School
of Advanced International Studies
“United States-China Relations in the Obama Era”
1/27/10 John Duke Anthony, Ph. D.
President and CEO, National Council on U. S.-Arab Relations
“U. S.-Arab/Islamic Relations: Going Where?”
2/8/10 Michael O’Hanlon, Ph. D.
Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy; Director of
Research, 21st Century Defense Initiative; Sydney Stein Jr. Chair, The
Brookings Institution
“Toughing It Out in Afghanistan”
2/22/10 His Excellency Peter N. R. O. Ogego
Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the United States
“United States-Kenya Relations”
2/24/10 His Excellency Boguslaw Winid
Permanent Representative of Poland to NATO and the European Union
“Contribution of Poland to Stabilization in Afghanistan”
4/8/10 Kurt M. Campbell, Ph. D.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
“United States Policy towards Asia”
5/10/10 Ambassador Linton F. Brooks
Former Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator
of the National Nuclear Security Administration
“The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review: An Overview and Observations”
5/26/10 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 World: A New Approach”
6/1/10 Anthony Cordesman, Ph. D.
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
“The Current Situation in Afghanistan”
6/15/10 Mr. Dominick Chilcott
Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy in Washington, DC
“How the New British Government Sees Transatlantic Relations”