Selig S. Harrison

July 2004

Topic: Korean Endgame: Report from North Korea

Selig S. Harrison, Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy and author of Korean
Endgame: Report from North Korea

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Past Speakers

2010
  • Murhaf Jouejati, PhD
    March 2010
    Topic: Syria and the Middle East
  • Peter Maass, BA University of California
    February 2010
    Topic: oil and foreign policy
  • Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, PhD, University of Washington
    January 2010
    Topic: "Two state, one state -- any possibility for peace in the Middle East?''
2009
  • 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"
2008
  • 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?
2007
  • 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
2006
  • Yossi Alpher
    December 2006
    Topic: The Middle East: One Man’s View
  • Ivan Eland
    November 2006
    Topic: The Emperor Has No Clothes: US Foreign Policy Exposed
  • Larry Birns
    October 2006
    Topic: The Rise of the Left in Latin America
  • Phil Bobbitt
    September 2006
    Topic: Does a War on Terror Make Sense? : Some Lessons from Lebanon
  • Sherif Fam
    August 2006
    Topic: Palestine in the Crosshairs: Oslo to Hamas
  • Christopher Hall
    July 2006
    Topic: Future Prospects for Kosovo: Remaining Hot Spot in the Balkans
  • John Buell
    June 2006
    Topic: Daydreams and Nightmares: Remaking Modern Transportation
  • Nieman Weekend
    May 2006
    Topic: Journalists from Brazil, South Africa, Palestine, Colombia, China, Australia, Japan, Albania, Pakistan, Canada, Cameroon
  • Charles Waterman
    April 2006
    Topic: Jefferson Waterman International
  • Maj. Scott Ritter
    March 2006
    Topic: Iraq: How We Got There and Where We’re Going
  • Brook Larmer
    February 2006
    Topic: Big League Sports And China: A Story of How China Mixes Communism And Capitalism
  • John MacGaffin
    January 2006
    Topic: How to improve US Intelligence Capability
2005
2004
  • Philip Brown
    December 2004
    Topic: The Chinese Economy: Domestic Challenges and Global Implications
  • Laurence Pope
    November 2004
    Topic: Iraq: What Next?
  • 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
  • Alan Cullison
    February 2004
    Topic: Putin’s Russia
  • Tom Tietenberg
    January 2004
    Topic: World Without End: Managing the Transition to Sustainable Development
2003
  • Thomas MacAdams Deford
    December 2003
    Topic: The Forum and the Middle East: 20 Years Later
  • Amy Hawthorne
    November 2003
    Topic: Democracy by US Fiat: Will It Work in the Middle East?
  • Geoffrey Bindman
    October 2003
    Topic: Enforcing Human Rights in the Modern Context
  • Omar Sheikhmous
    October 2003
    Topic: Where Is Iraq Heading?
  • Murhaf Jouejati
    September 2003
    Topic: Syria and Its Role in the Middle East
  • Matthew Kahane
    August 2003
    Topic: Post Soviet Developments in Central Asia
  • John Buell
    July 2003
    Topic: Terror, Evil, and the New Cold War
  • Kwangchool Lee
    June 2003
    Topic: A View of the Korean Peninsula from a South Korean Perspective
  • Nieman Fellows Weekend
    May 2003
    Topic: Journalists from Bulgaria, China, Israel, Guatemala, Canada, Rwanda, Mexico, Denmark, Zimbabwe, Korea, South Africa, Sri Lanka
  • Derk Kinnane-Roelofsma
    April 2003
    Topic: The Kurdish Component in a Changing Middle East
  • Francesco Duina
    March 2003
    Topic: From Economic Union to Political Giant? An Enlarged Europe in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century
  • Patrice Franko
    February 2003
    Topic: The Argentine and Brazilian Crises: Cracks in the International Financial Architecture?
  • Frank Langfitt
    January 2003
    Topic: China: The World’s Next Superpower or its Next Calamity?
2002
  • James Richter
    December 2002
    Topic: Putin and the United States
  • Andrew Finkel
    November 2002
    Topic: The Challenges Turkey Confronts and Confronting Turkey as a Challenge
  • Beth Jones
    September 2002
    Topic: US-European Relations: Where Are We Heading?
  • John Ruggie
    August 2002
    Topic: Global Governance: A Tale of Two Worlds
  • Joe Sills
    July 2002
    Topic: Power and Sovereignty: A Broader View
  • Ayesha Jalal
    June 2002
    Topic: Pakistan
  • Nieman Fellows Weekend
    May 2002
    Topic: Journalists from Pakistan, Thailand, China, Israel, Yugoslavia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Jordan, Burundi, South Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica
  • Moorehead Kennedy
    April 2002
    Topic: Understanding Terrorism
  • Samuel Wyman
    March 2002
    Topic: Saudi Arabia: Time to Think Outside the Sandbox?
  • Lily Alavi
    February 2002
    Topic: A Woman’s View of Iran and Islam
  • Mahmoud A. Faksh
    January 2002
    Topic: Islam and the West : Challenges in the 21st Century