State Department’s Anne-Marie Slaughter to Discuss First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) at JHU SAIS

Anne-Marie Slaughter, director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State, will speak at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Thursday, January 27 at 12:30 p.m.

Slaughter will speak about “Leading Through Civilian Power: The First QDDR.” Her remarks will focus on how the QDDR provides a blueprint for elevating American “civilian power” to more effectively advance the national interests and to be a better partner to the military. The QDDR is a sweeping assessment of how the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) can become more efficient, accountable and effective in a world in which rising powers, growing instability and technological transformation create new threats but also new opportunities.

SAIS also will host a live Webcast of the event accessible at www.sais-jhu.edu.

The event will be held in Kenney Auditorium located on the first floor of the school’s Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP to the SAIS International Development Program at [email protected].

Members of the media who plan to cover the event should respond to Felisa Neuringer Klubes at the SAIS Communications Office at 202.663.5626 or [email protected].