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America’s Role in the World 2023 - Day 2

Friday, March 3, 2023

The eighth annual America’s Role in the World conference (ARW8) will examine pressing global challenges to foreign policy, including the climate crisis, the future of Iran, human rights, and sustainable development. Panel discussions will convene scholars, diplomats, activists, journalists, and non-profit and government leaders.

Session 6: Iran in Transition? Implications for U.S. Policy

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Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Middle East

Golnaz Esfandiari
, Senior Correspondent, RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, Founder and Editor in Chief, TehranBureau.com
Alex Vatanka, Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative at the Middle East Institute (virtual)
Hussein Banai, Associate Professor of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School (moderator)
Mohamad Izadine, International Law & Institutions, GLPP student (Student Introduction)

 

Session 7: Next Steps at the UN Climate Change Conference in the UAE - COP 28

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Conversation with HH Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, President/CEO, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA)
Senator Dan Coats, HLS Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large (introduction)
Steve Lutes, VP, Middle East Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (moderator)
María Lucero Guillén Puón, Master of International Affairs (Student Introduction)

 

Session 8: HLS at COP: From Bonn to Egypt - Student Observers at the Climate Change Talks

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U student delegations to COP climate talks were supported by the Randall L. and Deborah F. Tobias Center for Innovation in International Development

Alexa Blanton, HLS M.A. 2019, International Studies, COP23/Bonn
Thomas Day, HLS Student, International Studies, COP26/Glasgow
Catherine Heiger, HLS Student, International Studies, COP26/Glasgow
Russ Hensley, HLS Student, Chinese Language & Culture, International Law & Institutions COP26/Glasgow & COP27/Egypt
Beatriz Lima Ribeiro, Indiana University Doctoral Student, Anthropology, COP27/Egypt
Jessica O’Reilly, Associate Professor of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School (moderator)
Shefali Prabhakar, Cybersecurity and Global Policy, Intelligence Studies minor (Student Introduction)

 

Session 9: U.S. Policy Toward Iran: Conversation with U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley

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Marie Harf ‘03, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service, Fox News Analyst & Contributor (moderator)
Gillian Zeuli, International Studies, Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures, GLPP Student (Student Introduction)

 

Session 10: Russia's War Against Ukraine: Scenario's and Global Impact

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Co-Sponsored by the Robert R. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute

Michael DeGroot
, Assistant Professor, International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School
Claire Kaiser, Head of Strategy & Regional Director, McLarty Associates; Adjunct faculty, Georgetown University
Michael Kimmage, Professor and Department Chair, Catholic University of America’s Department of History, Fellow, German Marshall Fund
Amb. (ret.) Eunice Reddick, U.S. Ambassador to Niger (2014-2017), Gabon (2007-2010)
Amb. (ret.) Lee A. Feinstein, Founding Dean, Hamilton Lugar Schooland U.S. Ambassador to Poland (2009-2012)
Kevin Mantell, International Studies, African Studies minor (Student Introduction)

 

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