U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN A NEW ADMINISTRATION

2010 Draft Program

Monday, 22 March

The Foreign Policy Process

Session I
The U.S. Military and Foreign Policy
Peter Pace
Former Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

Session II
Congress and Foreign Policy
Thomas E. Mann
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies &
W. Averell Harriman Chair
The Brookings Institution 

Lunch

Session III
Good Policy Requires Good Politics: Obama, Presidential Leadership, and the Challenges of Governing a Divided America
Charles A. Kupchan
Professor of International Affairs, School of Foreign Service;
Senior Fellow for Europe Studies, Council of Foreign Relations

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

Welcome Dinner

The American Political Landscape
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

Session II

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

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
Reflections on Afghanistan and Iraq
Charles T. Hagel
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of National Governance
School of Foreign Service
United States Senator (January, 1997 to  January, 2009)

Session IV
Memo to the President Group Project

Dinner


Wednesday,  24 March

Energy and the Environment

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

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
Memo to the President Group Project

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

Session III
Lunch Presentation at The Embassy of Finland
The U.S. Economy
Alice Rivlin
Visiting Professor, Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University;
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Former Vice Chair, The Federal Reserve

Session IV
Alan Gelb
Senior Fellow,
Center for Global Development 

Session V
The Changing Face of  Foreign Aid
Carol Lancaster
Interim Dean
School of Foreign Service;
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
Human Rights Under the Obama Administration
Tom Malinowski
Director, Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC

Farewell Lunch
Presentation of Certificates