Monday, April 28
Center on Politics and Foreign Relations and SAIS Elections Watch:
"SAIS Debates the Candidates"
12:30 to 2 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
Three SAIS students will debate the policies of the 2008 presidential candidates. Featured debaters include Jess Stahl (Hillary Clinton), Phil Kreck (John McCain) and Kwame Boadi (Barack Obama). The debate will be moderated by Robert Guttman, director of the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations. Pizza will be served. This event is open to the SAIS community only. NOTE: The speakers' comments will be off the record.
Wednesday, April 30
U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS:
"North Korea's Nuclear Program: Assessment and a Path Forward"
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Siegfried S. Hecker, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and director emeritus at Los Alamos National Laboratory, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5830 or nbaillis@jhu.edu. 
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI):
"Parliament and Political Parties in Kazakhstan"
5:30 to 7 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium (a reception will precede the forum at 5 p.m.)
Anthony Bowyer, Central Asia program manager at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.7721 or caci2@jhu.edu.
Monday, May 5
China Studies Program:
"Socialism Is Great: A Worker's Memoir of the New China"
12:30 to 2 p.m. - Room 806, Rome Building
Zhang Lijia, writer and journalist, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact zji@jhu.edu.
Tuesday, May 6
U.S.-Korea Institute and The Hwaejeong Peace Foundation of the Dong-A Ilbo:
"Forging a 21st Century U.S.-Korea Alliance: Identifying Obstacles and Opportunities"
9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
This daylong conference features sessions on the "21st Century Strategic Alliance: Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights and Market Economy," and "Strategies for Passing U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement." For a complete agenda, click here. Lunch will be provided. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5830 or nbaillis@jhu.edu.
Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies:
"Policy Formation in the Time of Polarization: The House Majority in 2007"
4:30 to 6 p.m. - Room 806, Rome Building
Chieko Kitagwa Otsuru, visiting scholar at the Reischauer Center, will discuss this topic. For more information, contact 202.663.5812 or reischauer@jhu.edu.
Wednesday, May 7
SAIS Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, The Johns Hopkins University Center for the Study of American Government and Financial Times:
"A View From Capitol Hill"
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Robert Guttman, director of the Center on Politics and Foreign Relations, and Chrystia Freeland, U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.587.3237 or cpfr@jhu.edu.
Office of Human Resources:
"Monthly Staff Meeting"
9 to 11 a.m. - Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building
For more information, contact 202.663.5651 or saishr@jhu.edu.
Thursday, May 8
Merrill Center for Strategic Studies:
"Crossroads of Intervention: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Lessons From Central America"
4:30 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Todd Greentree, visiting scholar at the Merrill Center, former U.S. State Department foreign service officer and author of Crossroads of Intervention; Tom Keaney, acting director of the Strategic Studies Program; and Riordan Roett, director of Western Hemisphere Studies at SAIS, will discuss this topic. A reception will follow the discussion. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5831 or fpi@jhu.edu.
Friday, May 9
South Asia Studies Program:
"Sadiq Muhammed V Abbasi Alone in the 'God-Given Kingdom of Bahawalpur'"
12:30 to 2 p.m. - Room 806, Rome Building
Kenneth X. Robbins, an independent scholar, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5722 or southasia@jhu.edu.
Office of the Dean, South Asia Studies Program and SAIS Student Government Association:
"W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture: Imagining India"
5 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building (A reception will precede the event at 4:15 p.m.)
Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman of the board of directors of Infosys Technologies Limited, will speak at this event which will commemorate the Minno and Mohinder Sambhi Endowment for India Studies. An Indian music performance will follow the program at 6:15 p.m. Click here to RSVP. For more information, contact 202.663.5636 or SAISevents@jhu.edu.
Tuesday, May 13
Conflict Management Program and Search for Common Ground:
"Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum: Olympic Diplomacy"
9 to 10:30 a.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Steven McCarthy, chairman and chief executive officer at ALEM International; Richard H. Solomon, president of the United States Institute of Peace; Harry Harding, professor of international affairs at George Washington University; and Charles Dambach (moderator), president and CEO of Alliance for Peacebuilding; will discuss this topic. NOTE: The speakers' comments will not be for attribution. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.572.6294 or cprfnewsletter@sfcg.org.
This event is rescheduled from April 24
U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Sejong Society of Washington, D.C.:
"The Future of the Six Party Talks: A Report From Pyongyang and Beijing"
6:45 to 8 p.m. - Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building
K.A. Namkung, senior adviser to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5830 or http://www.sejongsocietydc.org/rsvp.
Thursday, May 15
U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and Sejong Society of Washington:
"Hallyu: The Korean Cultural Wave in a Global Context"
6:30 to 8 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Jung-Sook Park, Korean actress, broadcaster and professor; Don Oberdorfer, chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS; and Christine Kim, assistant professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5830 or nbaillis@jhu.edu.
Wednesday, May 21
Center for Transatlantic Relations:
"Bosnia's EU Future"
10:30 to noon - Rome Building Auditorium
Miroslav Lajčak, high representative and EU special representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Edward P. Joseph (moderator), fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations and SAIS graduate, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5880 or transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu.
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