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The Future of US-Middle East Policy: A Carnegie Squares Session with Dr. Tamara Wittes
Dr. Tamara Wittes, Senior Fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, addressed the challenges in crafting impactful Middle East Policy in her seminar with IPSCON Junior Scholars.

Dr. Alexander Bick selected as a Wilson Center Fellow for 2019-2020
Dr. Alexander Bick, a Research Scholar at the Kissinger Center, was selected as a Wilson Center Fellow affiliated with the Middle East Program and the Kennan Institute for 2019 – 2020.

IPSCON Program hosts 20 PhD Candidates for Summer Retreat on Policy-Relevant Research
The Carnegie International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network (IPSCON) program hosted its fifth annual Minnowbrook Retreat in Blue Mountain Lake, New York in June.

First cohort of undergraduate students complete the Kissinger Seminar at Johns Hopkins University
The Kissinger Seminar on American Grand Strategy, a new initiative by the center, is designed to link SAIS with the undergraduate International Studies major at the Johns Hopkins University’s campus in Baltimore, Homewood.

Ambassador Robert Blackwill publishes CFR report, “Trump's Foreign Policies Are Better Than They Seem”
Diller–von Furstenberg Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar Robert D. Blackwill published a Council Special Report for the Council on Foreign Relations, “Trump's Foreign Policies Are Better Than They Seem” assessing the Trump Administration’s foreign policy — including the United States’ ties with allies, relations with China and Russia, and policies toward the Middle East, North Korea, Venezuela, trade, and climate change—halfway through the president’s first term.

Professor Kristina Spohr’s cover article in the New Statesman “The race to conquer the Arctic – the world’s final frontier”
Helmut Schmidt Distinguished Visiting Professor Kristina Spohr’s article on Arctic politics was the cover story of the March 2018 edition of New Statesman magazine.

Wolf Blitzer on the America’s Changing Role in Global Affairs
Dr. Francis J. Gavin, Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS hosted Wolf Blitzer, anchor of the Situation Room on CNN, for a discussion on changes in international relations over the past half century.

The Future Strategy Forum: The Future of Statecraft with Susan Rice
Dr. Kathleen Hicks, Donald Marron Scholar at the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies moderated a keynote discussion with Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

The Future Strategy Forum: The Future of Statecraft
The Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted the second annual Future Strategy Forum, The Future of Statecraft to bring together scholars and practitioners focused on cooperative approaches to national security to discuss the future of cooperation, utilizing international institutions and economic statecraft.

Kissinger Center launches the America and the Future of World Order Project
The Kissinger Center is proud to announce a major multi-year Project on America and the Future of World Order.