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Vali Nasr talked about the status of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Former State Department and National Security Council officials discussed U.S. policy toward Iran, including the recent U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. They…

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was the featured speaker at a discussion on the future of Afghanistan’s security and fight against the Taliban. Appearing via video link, he talked about the…

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivered remarks at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He discussed the rise of authoritarianism throughout Europe and…

Rajiv Shah, the president of the Rockefeller Foundation and a former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator, talked about energy policy and developing countries. He…

Panelists talked about economic and trade ties between the United States and China. Topics included North Korea’s nuclear program and the upcoming meeting between President Trump and…

Panelists talked about the attitudes and perceptions surrounding Islam and Muslims around the world. Topics included how to properly define “Islamophobia,” the diversity of the Muslim…

Journalist, editor, and author Tina Brown talked about women and global leadership. She talked about the state and future of feminism and how women can support and empower one another. Lady Evans and Ambassador…

Ambassador Sergey Kislyak talked about the state of U.S.-Russia relations. Topics included tension over the conflict in Syria and Russia’s annexation of Crimea. He called the situation…

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) talked about his visit to Kosovo, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, and Montenegro, where he met with both government officials and the public to discuss U.S. policies and engagement in…

Secretary John Kerry spoke about the state of U.S.-China relations 35 years after the re-establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations. Secretary Kerry called for greater…

Vali Nasr talked about his book, The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat, in which the he reveals that the foreign policy plan supported by late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke…

Panelists debated how the world should respond to Iran’s nuclear program. Topics included the U.S. and Israeli positions in the Middle East, the consequences of launching a war against Iran, and…

Participants talked about political discourse and civil society. Among the topics they addressed were partisanship in Washington, recent results of the 2010 midterm elections, the use of…

A former Pakistani ambassador and scholars on Afghanistan and Pakistan talked about the state of the U.S. mission and the future of international involvement in the military and civilian…

Vali Nasr talked about his book Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World (Free Press; September 15, 2009). In his book he discusses the…

Vali Nasr, senior advisor to Richard Holbrooke, special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, talked about his latest book which looks at the growth of the Muslim middle class in the Middle East.…

Vali Nasr talked about the Obama Administration’s Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

Ambassador Holbrooke and his advisers spoke about security challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan and answered questions from the audience. Among the topics they addressed were the role that Iran had…

Vali Nasr talked about his book The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future, published by W.W. Norton. In his book, Professor Nasr looks at the re-emergence of Shia Islam…