The Future of Statecraft

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) are pleased to host another conference as part of the Future Strategy Forum, an initiative to connect scholars who research national security with its leading practitioners.

The 2019 focus is “The Future of Statecraft” and will examine the future of great power cooperation, international institutions, and economic statecraft. The conference will feature a keynote conversation with former National Security Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice. 

Conference Schedule

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM   Registration and Breakfast
 
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM   Welcome Remarks

Dr. Kathleen Hicks
Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
 
Dr. Francis J. Gavin
Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs Johns Hopkins SAIS
 
Ms. Sara Plana and Ms. Rachel Tecott
PhD Candidates, Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM  Panel 1: “Great Power Cooperation”

Ms. Lindsey Ford
Director of Political-Security Affairs, Richard Holbrooke Fellow, and
Deputy Director of the Washington D.C. Office, Asia Society Policy Institute

Dr. Angela Stent
Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Distinguished Resident Fellow in African Studies, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
   
Dr. Irene Wu
Former Fellow, Wilson Center and Georgetown University

Ms. Meg Guliford (Moderator)
PhD Candidate, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM   Coffee Break
 
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM  Panel 2: “International Institutions”

Dr. Esther Brimmer
Executive Director and CEO, NAFSA: Association of International Educators
 
Ms. Heather Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS

Ms. Naima Green
PhD Candidate, Harvard University

Dr. Kristina Spohr
Helmut Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins SAIS
 
Dr. Mischa Thompson (Moderator)
Director of Global Partnership, Policy, and Innovaiton, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM   Lunch and Talk

A very special thank you to all of our lunch discussion hosts. We appreciate your participation.

 
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM   Panel 3: “Economic Statecraft”

Ms. Tori K. Whiting
Jay Van Andel Trade Economist, Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Radha Iyengar Plumb (Moderator)
Adjunct Economist, RAND Corporation

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM   Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM   Keynote Discussion with Ambassador Susan Rice

Ambassador Susan Rice
Former National Security Advisor and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
 
Dr. Kathleen Hicks (Moderator)
Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

4:45 PM – 5:30 PM   Closing Reception

This event is made possible with support from Smart Women Smart Power Initiative, the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and co-creators Sara Plana and Rachel Tecott, Ph.D. candidates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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