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Susan Ness, senior fellow at the school’s Center for Transatlantic Relations, hosted the seventh annual Global Conference on Women

in the Boardroom with the theme of promoting board diversity.

SEPTEMBER 6–7, 2016

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Samuel A. Alito Jr. visited The Hopkins-Nanjing Center to speak on how the globalization of law affects U.S. law.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and to Iraq and the former U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, talked about his new book, The Envoy.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Ambassador Richard Olson, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, discussed Afghanistan’s current state of security and politics.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Susan Ness

Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Zalmay Khalilzad

Richard Olson

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EVENTS AT SAISAfshin Molavi ’97, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute, and Sarah Alexander, principal of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association, join Mishaal Al Gergawi, managing director of the Delma Institute to share their thoughts on emerge85, a new lab to analyze trends within the emerging global middle class and its potential to transform societies.

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Tina Brown, founder and CEO of Tina Brown Live Media, joined the school’s Women Who Inspire series. She discussed

“Women Leaders Making a Difference on the Global Stage.”

OCTOBER 12, 2016

MishaalAl Gergawi

Tina Brown

Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak, discussed U.S.-Russia relations.

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Sergey I. Kislyak

Irene Khan, director-general of the International Development Law Organization, visited SAIS Europe. She spoke about human rights and sustainability in supporting refugees and international migrants.

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Irene Khan

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Peter Bergen, journalist, author, and documentary-film producer, discussed his career reporting on terrorism and national security.

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi discussed transatlantic relations, global security, and the future of the European Union.

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Christopher J. Hill, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations at the University of Cambridge and the new Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, visited SAIS Europe to discuss emerging populism and foreign policy.

OCTOBER 14, 2016

During an event co-hosted by The Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, Laxman Narasimhan, CEO of Pepsico of Latin America, talked about

Latin America’s position as an emerging market.

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Peter Bergen

Matteo Renzi

Christopher J. Hill

Laxman Narasimhan

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General Joseph Francis Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed the challenges facing the U.S. military today.

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Joseph Francis Dunford Jr.

Ambassador Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the U.S., discussed efforts to transform Afghanistan into a regional

hub for energy and trade towards a more integrated Eurasia.

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Hamdullah Mohib

Ambassador Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. discussed U.S-Israel

relations under a new administration.

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Ron Dermer

Dennis P. Lockhart ’71, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta returned to campus to discuss U.S. Monetary Policy.

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Dennis P. Lockhart