U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN A NEW ADMINISTRATION

2010 Draft Program

Monday, 22 March

The Foreign Policy Process

Session I
National Security Decision-Making
Frank J. Cilluffo*
Associate Vice President, George Washington University;
Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute

Session II
Congress and Foreign Policy
Norman Ornstein
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute

Lunch
Reviewing the First Year: The View from State
Anne Marie-Slaughter*
Director, Policy Planning
United States Department of State

Session III
The U.S. Military and Foreign Policy
General Peter Pace (Retired)*
Former Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

Session IV
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Clyde Wilcox
Professor, Government Department
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University

Welcome Dinner
That Famous First Year
Charles Cook, Jr.
Editor and Publisher
The Cook Political Report

Tuesday, 23 March

Continuing Challenges to U.S. Foreign Policy Objectives

Session I
Dealing with Iran: Pitfalls and Possibilities
Mehran Kamrava

Interim Dean, School of Foreign Service - Qatar
Georgetown University

Session II
North Korea: What Next?
Victor Cha
Associate Professor and Director of Asian Studies
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University

Luncheon Panel
US-China Relations: Still A Long Road Ahead  
Robert Sutter, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University
Lonnie Henley, Adjunct Professor, Security Studies Program
James Feinerman, Professor, Georgetown Law Center

Session III
Iraq and Afghanistan: A Perspective from the U.S. Senate
Charles T. Hagel
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of National Governance
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Former Senator, United States Senate

Session IV
Group Project
Moderator: TBA


Dinner

Wednesday,  24 March

Energy and the Environment

Session I
A New Direction for Environmental Policy
Joanna Lewis
Assistant Professor
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University

Session II
U.S. Energy Security: Are We Any Closer?
Michelle Patron
Senior Director, PIRA Energy Group

Lunch

Afternoon Free

Evening Event

Thursday, March 25

The State of the Global Economy

Session I
Group Project
Moderator: TBA

Session II
Trade Policy: Has Anything Changed?
Marc L. Busch
Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, and Associate Professor, Government
Department, Georgetown University

Session III
The U.S. Economy
Lunch Presentation at The Embassy of Finland
Alice Rivlin
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Former Vice Chair, The Federal Reserve

Session IV
Poverty and Development
Steve Radelet*
Senior Fellow
Center for Global Development

Session V
Foreign Aid
Carol Lancaster
Interim Dean
Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University;
Former Deputy Administrator, USAID

Dinner

Friday, MARCH 26

Immigration and Democracy Promotion

Session I
Immigration Reform -- Are We Any Closer?
Donald Kerwin
Vice President for Programs
Migration Policy Institute

Session II
Whatever Happened to Democracy Promotion?
TBA 

Farewell Lunch
Presentation of Certificates

*Asked