DC Day #2

Breakfast: 7:30-8:30 AM

Welcome from Conference Conveners: 8:30-9 AM
–Dr. Robert J. Pauly, Jr. and Dr. Joseph J. St. Marie (Co-Directors, International Development Doctoral Program)

Speaker #1 (Cultural, Political and Security Aspects of U.S. Foreign Policy): 9-9:45 AM
–The Honorable Thomas Warrick (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism)

Coffee Break: 9:45-10 AM

Speaker #2 (Economic Aspects of U.S. Foreign Policy): 10-10:45 AM
–Ambassador Edward Walker (Middle East Institute; U.S. Department of State, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, 2000-01)

Coffee Break: 10:45-11 AM

Speaker #3 (Security Political Aspects of U.S. Foreign Policy): 11-11:45 AM
–The Honorable Michael Hess (COL [Ret.] U.S. Army; U.S. Agency for International Development, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Humanitarian Response and Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, 2005-09)

Coffee Break: 11:45-Noon

Lunch and Speaker (U.S. Foreign Policy and Latin America): Noon-2 PM
–Ambassador Lino Gutierrez (CEO, Gutierrez Global, LLC; U.S. Department of State, Ambassador to Argentina, 2003-06)

Panel #1 (Political Aspects of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Arab Spring): 2-3:45 PM
–Ambassador Janet Sanderson (U.S. Department of State, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near East Bureau, 2009-12; Ambassador to Haiti, 2006-09)
–Mr. Nihad Awad, National Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
–COL (Ret) Richard Welch (U.S. Army, Chief of the Reconciliation and Engagement Program for Multinational Division-Baghdad, 2007-11)
–Moderator: Dr. Joseph J. St. Marie (Co-Director, International Development Doctoral Program)

Coffee Break: 3:45-4 PM

Panel #2 (U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security): 4-5:45 PM
–Dr. Mary Habeck (Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies)
–Mr. Michael Eisenstadt (Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Senior Fellow)
–Dr. Martin Murphy (Georgetown University)
–Moderator: Dr. Joseph J. St. Marie (Co-Director, International Development Doctoral Program)

Break: 5:45-6:30 PM

Cocktail Reception: 6:30-7 PM

Dinner and Speaker (U.S. Foreign Policy and Iraq): 7-9 PM
–Ambassador Paul Bremer (Director, Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq, 2003-04)

Another crazy busy day, but filled with a lot of great talks. Dr. Mary Habeck and Ambassador Paul Bremer kindly autographed their books for me! Then as I was walking to Starbucks a German tourist came up to me and asked me where Wisconsin Avenue was. Wisconsin is apparently stalking me. Weird.