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February 7, 2023

A Conversation with Damon Wilson

In the early 1990s, the collapse of the former Soviet Union seemed to herald a new era of...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg, Damon Wilson

Democracy, Democratic norms, Autocratic regimes, Backlash, former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Balkans, Rwanda, Deans Speaker Series, Notable Speakers

October 26, 2022

A Conversation with Susan L. Shirk

For decades, as China’s economic clout and international influence increased quickly and...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg, Susan Shirk

China, Rising Power, Xi Jinping, Overreach, Great-power competition, Deans Speaker Series

October 10, 2022

The Challenge of Great-Power Competition: A Conversation with Ali Wyne

In the past few years, seemingly out of nowhere, the term “great-power competition” became a...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg, Ali Wyne

Great-power competition, Foreign policy challenges, China, Russia, Deans Speaker Series

October 3, 2022

A Conversation with Ambassador Ted Osius Kicks off Alumni Speaker Series

During the first year of his first tour as a U.S. diplomat in Vietnam, Ted Osius experienced the...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg, Ambassador Ted Osius

US-Vietnam Relations, Vietnam War, Leadership, Deans Speaker Series

September 28, 2022

The National Opioid Epidemic and Its Impact on U.S. National Security and Economic Prosperity

As a physician, Dr. Rahul Gupta has seen up close the human cost of the opioid and overdose...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg, Dr. Rahul Gupta

Opioid and Overdose Epidemic, U.S. Economy, National Security, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Deans Speaker Series

September 22, 2022

The War in Ukraine and the Energy Crisis: A Conversation with Frans Timmermans

During a Dean’s Speaker Series event held at Johns Hopkins SAIS on September 22, 2022, one of the...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg (Dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS), Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice President of the European Commission)

War in Ukraine, Energy Crisis, Renewable Energy, Climate Crisis, Putin, Autocrats, Deans Speaker Series, Ukraine

September 14, 2022

The United States and Iran: A Conversation with Suzanne Maloney

On September 14, 2022, Johns Hopkins SAIS hosted its latest discussion on the complicated and...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg, Suzanne Maloney

US-Iran Relations, Iran Nuclear Deal, United States, Iran, Persian Gulf, Energy Issues, Deans Speaker Series

April 5, 2022

The Role of the U.S. in Accelerating Action on Climate Change: A Conversation with Todd Stern

The Johns Hopkins SAIS Dean’s Office hosted Todd Stern, Nonresident Senior Fellow at The Brookings...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg, Todd Stern, Jessica Fanzo

Deans Speaker Series

March 30, 2022

A Conversation with H.E. Juan Carlos Pinzón, Ambassador of Colombia to the United States

The Johns Hopkins SAIS Dean’s Office hosted Juan Carlos Pinzón, Colombia’s ambassador to the U.S.,...

Speakers: James B. Steinberg, Juan Carlos Pinzón

Deans Speaker Series

February 28, 2022

What’s Next for Russia, Ukraine and the World?

On Monday, February 28th, Dean James Steinberg hosted a special Dean’s Speaker Series event...

Speakers: James Steinberg, Anne Applebaum, Hal Brands, Eliot A. Cohen

Deans Speaker Series, Russia, Ukraine

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