Katharine Babson, A graduate of Williams College, she earned her Masters in Divinity from Virginia Seminary and her Doctorate in Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C December 2009 Topic: Myanmar: Merchants, Military, and Missionaries:Origins of Struggle and Contemporary Power
Andrew Zolotov, Jr November 2009 Topic: Is the Russia-U.S. "Reset" Working? Forging a relationship in a world of Iran, China and Eastern Europe.
Tom Andrews, President New Economy Communications November 2009 Topic: Looking forward in Iraq and Afghanistan: A Progressive Critique
Nancy Soderberg, Ambassador October 2009 Topic: Reviewing the Obama Administration's foreign policy Initiatives
Donald P. Gregg, Former U.S. Ambassador to Korea September 2009 Topic: Where do we go from here on the Korean peninsula
Dr. R. Drew Smith, B,S,MDiv,MA,PhD Political Science, Yale University August 2009 Topic: The Faith Sector and U.S. Foreign Assistance to Least Developed Nations
Ambassador Teresita C. Schaffer, Retired US Ambassador, Director for S. Asia, CSIS July 2009 Topic: "The U.S. and India: Partners in a Globalizing World."
Gary Brewer, PhD Yale University, 1970 MS San Diego State University, 1966 AB University of California at Berkeley, 1963 June 2009 Topic: "Solving the Wrong Problem: Nuclear Waste and Risk Perception"
Dominique Moïsi May 2009 Topic: "A European view of Obama's America".
Alfredo Corchado April 2009 Topic: Covering the Border Without Being Hijacked, Kidnapped or Killed - Mexico through the eyes of a Foreign Correspondent
Trita Parsi, Dr. PhD, President and Founder National Iranian American Council March 2009 Topic: Treacherous Alliances: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States
S. Fred Starr, Chairman Central-Asia Caucasus Institute February 2009 Topic: Russia Central Asia
Ambassador Tom Graham, US ambassador January 2009 Topic: " Zero Nuclear Weapons and the International Nonproliferation Regime"
Thomas MacAdams Deford, Mac Deford is President of the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations December 2008 Topic: Key Foreign Policy Issues for the next President
Michael Klare November 2008 Topic: "The New Geopolitics of Energy
Shmuel Rosner, Former Ha'aretz Washington Bureau Chief October 2008 Topic: "Will the American election will change American policy in the Middle East?"
William Stebbins, Al-Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief September 2008 Topic: “The opinion, and the Other Opinion.”
Isobel Coleman, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and director July 2008 Topic: Paradise Beneath Her Feet: Women and Reform in the Middle East
Philip Wheaton, Episcopal priest, Latin American historian & June 2008 Topic: U.S. Immigration Policy: Consequences on Both Sides of the Border
Imad Moustapha, Ambassador of Syria to the US, PhD April 2008 Topic: The Middle East Crisis
Thomas Powers March 2008 Topic: Geo.W. Bush and The Long War: What to expect in the First Thirty Years
Shaheryar Azhar, Pakistani investment banker February 2008 Topic: "Pakistan: What Next?"
Fred Hill, Journalist and state department official January 2008 Topic: The Missing Piece in America's Foreign Policy Puzzle?
Nancy Sanchez, Colby College Oak Fellow December 2007 Topic: Human Rights in Colombia As Well As on the Effects of Narco-trafficking on the Colombian Economy
Andrew Meldrum, Nieman Fellow November 2007 Topic: Recent Events in Southern Africa
Amb. Thomas Boyatt,, US ambassador to Colombia and Burkina Faso September 2007 Topic: America’s 100 Years War in the 20th Century
Corine Lesnes, Washington Bureau Chief for Le Monde leading French daily newspaper September 2007 Topic: Sarkozy and the World
Amb. Clark Randt,, US Ambassador to Peoples' Republic of China August 2007 Topic: Current Affairs and Changes in China
Chris Hall,, former Dem. State Senator from Lincoln County, ME and one of the founders of American University in Bosnia July 2007 Topic: Current Situation in the Balkans
Milton Bearden,, CIA Station Chief in Afghanistan and Pakistan July 2007 Topic: Where Is Afghanistan Going? What Is the Future of Pakistan
Philip Giraldi, former CIA officer, is a partner in Cannistraro Associates, an international security consultancy June 2007 Topic: Slanting of Intelligence by the White House and George Tenet
Nieman Weekend May 2007 Topic: Journalists from Namibia, China, Costa Rica, The Gambia, Morocco, Colombia, Malawi, Finland, Germany, UK, Vietnam, South Korea
Paul Mayewski, PhD, Professor of Geological Science and Quarternary Studies and Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Maine April 2007 Topic: Climate Change and Its Impact on US Foreign Policy
Amb. Peter Galbraith, first American ambassador to Croatia, Senior Diplomatic Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and non-proliferation. Author of The End of Iraq March 2007 Topic: American Strategy and the Iraq Civil War
Rick McDowell and Mary Trotochaud, Rick McDowell and Mary Trotochaud, Senior Fellows For Iraq at Friends Committee on National Legislation January 2007 Topic: What is happening to Iraqi Civil Society
Frances Lovemore December 2005 Topic: Human Rights and the Situation in Zimbabwe
Jeb Sharp November 2005 Topic: Unintended Consequences: The West’s Encounter with the Middle East
Ambassador Joseph Wilson October 2005 Topic: The Second Gulf War: The Lies That Took Us There, the Way Ahead and the Price of Dissent Within Our Own Democracy
Matthew Simmons September 2005 Topic: Twilight in the Desert: The Depletion of Saudi Oil
Michael Swaine August 2005 Topic: Is China a Threat to the U.S?
Stephen Schlesinger June 2005 Topic: The Sixtieth Anniversary of the United Nations: Can It Survive?
Nieman Fellows Weekend May 2005 Topic: Journalists from Pakistan, France, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, South Korea, Germany, England, Georgia Thailand
John Heimann October 2004 Topic: Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges for Colombia and the Region
Bowman Miller September 2004 Topic: US and Europe: Iraq’s Impact and Aftermath
Robert Finn August 2004 Topic: Afghanistan: Moving Toward Elections
Selig S. Harrison July 2004 Topic: Korean Endgame: Report from North Korea
Hadi Semati June 2004 Topic: Iran in Transition: Forward or Backward?
Nieman Fellows Weekend May 2004 Topic: Journalists from Indonesia, Tanzania, Russia, China, Colombia, South Africa, Scotland, Finland, Uruguay, Nigeria, Canada
Hussain Haqqani April 2004 Topic: Dealing With Pakistan: America’s Difficult Ally
Dana Priest March 2004 Topic: The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace With America’s Military
Nieman Fellows Weekend May 2002 Topic: Journalists from Pakistan, Thailand, China, Israel, Yugoslavia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Jordan, Burundi, South Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica