Johns Hopkins SAIS to host New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof for a virtual discussion on “The Dilemmas of New Global Disorder”
Media Advisory
On Tuesday, June 9, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will host “The Dilemmas of New Global Disorder,” a virtual discussion featuring Nicholas Kristof, renowned columnist for The New York Times. The virtual discussion, hosted by SAIS Dean Eliot A. Cohen and the school’s Foreign Policy Institute (FPI), is the first installment of the Zbigniew Brzezinski Initiative’s Current Issues Seminar, a speaker series that honors the late U.S. National Security Advisor’s long tenure as a foreign policy professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS where he left a legacy of leading highly regarded and intellectually challenging current issues seminars focused on American foreign policy.
Kristof will join Dean Cohen for a discussion examining the evolving global order, the U.S.'s role in global leadership, transatlantic relations, and the growing power of China and Russia. Additional information is available on the Zbigniew Brzezinski Initiative website.
Speaker
Nicholas Kristof
Author and Columnist, The New York Times
Moderator
Eliot A. Cohen
Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Closing Remarks
Mark Brzezinski
Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden and son of Zbigniew Brzezinski
Time and Date
10:00-11:15 a.m. EDT
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Registration
The webinar is open to the public and media, with registration.
Media Contacts
Miji Bell
Director of Communications and Media Relations
Johns Hopkins SAIS
+1 (202) 587-3205
Jason Lucas
Communications Manager
Johns Hopkins SAIS
+1 (202) 663-5620
About the Speakers
Nicholas Kristof has been a columnist for The New York Times since 2001. He was a longtime foreign correspondent for The New York Times and speaks various languages. Kristof has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of Tiananmen Square and the genocide in Darfur, along with many humanitarian awards including the Anne Frank Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He is The New York Times’ first blogger and has millions of followers across social media platforms.
With his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, Kristof has written several books, including “A Path Appears,” which is about how to make a difference. Their previous book, “Half the Sky,” was a No. 1 best seller. Their latest book, “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope,” was published in January 2020.
Mark Brzezinski is managing director of Makena Capital Management. Prior to joining Makena, Mark served as the U. S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015. For his service, Brzezinski was awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star by the King of Sweden, a high honor rarely bestowed on a foreign ambassador. In 2015, Brzezinski was asked by the White House to lead a strategic effort on the Arctic and serve as the first executive director of the White House’s Arctic Executive Steering Committee. From 1999 to 2001, Mark served on the National Security Council staff at the White House, first as a director for Russia and Eurasia, and then as a director for the Balkans.Brzezinski is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he has served on the board of advisors of CFR’s Corporate Program. In 2010, President Obama named him to the U.S. State Department’s Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, which oversees the Fulbright and other U.S. government exchange programs.
Zbigniew Brzezinski Initiative
To recognize Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski’s legacy, the Johns Hopkins SAIS Foreign Policy Institute has established a unique set of academic programs that build on the school’s strengths as a leading center for training graduate students in international policy and relevant academic research. This recognition comprises both immediate programming and longer-term plans, which together will equip a new generation of policy experts capable of the authoritative analysis, strategic vision, and active diplomacy that were hallmarks of Dr. Brzezinski’s role as a scholar, policy advisor, and statesman. For more information, visit: https://sais.jhu.edu/zbigniew-brzezinski-initiative
Foreign Policy Institute
The Johns Hopkins SAIS Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) was established in 1980 to unite the worlds of scholarship and policy in the search for realistic answers to international issues facing the United States and the world. FPI seeks to advance practically oriented research and discussion about foreign policy. To this end, it organizes research initiatives and study groups, and hosts leaders from around the world as resident or non-resident fellows in fields including international policy, business, journalism, and academia. Read more about FPI here: https://www.fpi.sais-jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins SAIS
A division of Johns Hopkins University, the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a global institution that offers students an international perspective on today's critical issues. For 75 years, Johns Hopkins SAIS has produced great leaders, thinkers, and practitioners of international relations. Public leaders and private sector executives alike seek the counsel of the faculty, whose ideas and research inform and shape policy. Johns Hopkins SAIS offers a global perspective across three campus locations: Bologna, Italy; Nanjing, China; and Washington, D.C. The school's interdisciplinary curriculum is strongly rooted in the study of international economics, international relations, and regional studies, preparing students to address multifaceted challenges in the world today.
For more information, visit sais.jhu.edu or on Twitter @SAISHopkins
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Date:
Friday, May 29, 2020