Commencement Addresses

Delivered at the Elliott School

The Gulf: Searching for a New Balance, Kuwait Chair Lecture, Amb. Edward Gnehm, April 14, 2009.

"Notes from a Financial Foxhole: The Media, The Message, and The Mess", by Diana B. Henriques, Senior Writer, The New York Times, November 5, 2008.

Prof. Nora Lustig delivered the Shapiro Lecture on the causes and consequences of rising food prices.
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Saudi Arabia: Legacy, Stability, and Destiny, Kuwait Chair Lecture, Amb. Edward Gnehm, March 5, 2008.

Reflections on U.S.-India Relations, His Excellency Ronen Sen, Indian Ambassador to the United States, March 12, 2008.
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The US and the UN: Working Together in the 21st Century Lecture: The United Nations and the International Compact with Iraq, Amb. Ibrahim Gambari, special advisor to the UN Secretary General, April 10, 2007.

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ten Years After Dayton — On Its Way To Brussels, Sulejman Tihic, the Chairman of the B-H Presidency, May 10, 2006.

Afghanistan: Parliamentary Elections & Narcotics, by H.E. Said Tayeb Jawad, September 8, 2005.

A Second Term Agenda for South Asia, by Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, January 28, 2005.

The Possibilities for Democracy in the Arab World, by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, February 26, 2004.

HIV/AIDS, National Security, and Policy Responses, by George C. Fidas, Intelligence Officer in Residence, November 20, 2002.

What Should be America's Strategy in the New World of Terror? by John Mearsheimer and Henry Nau, October 30, 2002.

The WTO and Globalization's Implications and Limitations, by Mike Moore, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Former Director General of the World Trade Organization, October 24, 2002.

Disease Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean and its Implications for the United States and for U.S. and Global Policy by George C. Fidas, Intelligence Officer in Residence, April 25, 2002.

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Delivered at the George Washington University

The U.S. and China in Africa, David H. Shinn, remarks at the Fourth Dialogue on U.S.-China Relations in a Global Context, May 12, 2009.

Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Ambassador of the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, spoke at GW on January 22, 2007.
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The United States and the United Nations: Working Together in the 21st Century, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, May 5, 2006.

Defense Transformation and Network-Centric Operations, transcripts from the seminar on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

Delivered off Campus

"African Conflicts and American Diplomacy: Roles and Choices," Amb. David H. Shinn, Oct. 29, 2009

International Perspectives: Involvement of Non-Western States, David Shinn, October 8, 2009.

Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia, Maritime Piracy Summit 2009, Tyson's Corner, VA, September 22, 2009, by David H. Shinn, September 22, 2009.

"Diaspora Organization Capacity Building: A Call and Agenda," International Conference on Diaspora for Development, Migration and Remittances Team, Development Economics Prospects Group, and the Migration Working Group, The World Bank, Washington, DC, by Jennifer Brinkerhoff, July 13-14, 2009.

"Diaspora Engagement", U.S. State Department, by Jennifer Brinkerhoff with the Office of Policy and Planning, July 15, 2009

The Current Situation in Somalia, Conversations on Somalia, New York Center for Conflict Dialogue, by David H. Shinn, May 21, 2009.

An Evaluation of U.S. Policy toward Somalia, Conversations on Somalia, New York Center for Conflict Dialogue, by David H. Shinn, May 21, 2009.

Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia, David H. Shinn, April 7, 2009

The United States and Africa: Issues and Challenges, David H. Shinn, April 1, 2009.

Comparing Engagement with Africa by China and the United States , David Shinn, March 6-7, 2009.

Impact of Transnational Issues on Stability and the Evolution of African Militaries, David Shinn, February 8, 2009.

Implications of Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the Horn of Africa, David Shinn, October 17-19, 2008.

China's Relations with Zimbabwe, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, David Shinn, March 15, 2008.

The Paradox of Affluence: Whither Africa?, David Shinn, Feb. 2, 2008.

Somalia: Prospects for Lasting Peace, David Shinn, June 8, 2007.

Nile Basin Relations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, David Shinn, July 2006.

Avoiding a Water War in the Nile Basin , David Shinn, Los Alamos Laboratory, March, 2006.

The Art of Diplomacy in the New Millennium, Edward Gnehm, April 2, 2007.

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