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Fall 2004

Post-War Chaos in Iraq and Afghanistan Shows US Needs Better Reconstruction Strategy, Says Former CENTCOM Commander speaker: Anthony Zinni, U.S. Marine Corps

Land Disputes at the Heart of Most Conflicts in Africa, says African Development Expert speaker: Ben K. Fred-Mensah, Howard University

�Success� in Afghanistan Prompting Changes in Central Asia, Scholar Says speaker: S. Frederick Starr, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies

Mutating AIDS Virus Complicates Search for Vaccine, Says Lead NIH Researcher speaker: Jorge Flores, National Institutes of Health

Indigenous Peoples of Latin America Wield Growing Political Power, says Latin American Scholar speaker: Marc Chernick, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies

China Cannot Survive on Economic Growth Alone, says Scholar speaker: Minxin Pei, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Conflict in Muslim World Today is Part of a Struggle to Reassert Islamic Identity, Says Muslim Scholar speaker: Sayyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University

In New Media Scene, Transparency Helps Journalists Stay Credible, Says Media Analyst speaker: Tom Rosenstiel, Project for Excellence in Journalism

Intelligence Needs More Human Sources and More Risk Taking to Defeat Terrorists, says Intelligence Expert speaker: Vincent Cannistraro, Central Intelligence Agency

Religious nationalism on the rise in South Asia speaker: Walter Andersen, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Spring 2004

Water Wars or Water Peace? speaker: Geoffrey Dabelko, Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

US-Latin American Relations In Downturn Since 9/11, says Latin America Expert speaker: Peter Hakim, Inter-American Dialogue

US-Muslim Ties At Worst Point Ever speaker: Shibley Telhami, Brookings Institution

Africa Seen as Vital US Foreign Policy Issue speaker: Stephen Morrison, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Spring 2004 IRP Fellows Take Centurion Risk Assessment training course IRP Fellowships Field Trip: Centurion Training Course

Globalization Can Help Preserve Indigenous Cultures speaker: Tyler Cowen, George Mason University

Psychiatric Services Needed for Impoverished Countries speaker: Dennis Hunt, Center for Multicultural Human Services

Reporters Need Better Understanding of Laws of War, Says Pulitzer Prize Winner speaker: Roy Gutman, Newsweek

Fall 2003

Lack of a Middle Class in Former Soviet States and Eastern Europe Weakens Democracy and Breeds Cynicism, Says Noted Russia Scholar speaker: Ilya Prizel, University of Pittsburgh

Quest for Power, Not Oil, Spurred Bush Administration's Push Into Iraq, Says Noted Oil Expert speaker: Vahan Zanoyan, PFC Energy

Struggle to Strengthen Muslim Moderates Is Today's Real Battleground, Says Scholar of Islam speaker: John Voll, Georgetown University

Will Latin America Sink or Swim? speaker: Riordan Roett, Johns Hopkins University - SAIS

Bush Administration Should Continue Its Africa Momentum, says Africa Expert speaker: Jennifer Cooke, Center for Strategic and International Studies

US Must Increase Aid to Afghanistan or Risk Chaos, Says SAIS South Asia Expert speaker: Walter Andersen, Johns Hopkins University - SAIS

Fall 2003 IRP Fellows take Centurion Risk Assessment training course IRP Fellowships Field Trip: Centurion Training Course

Spring 2003

Expert Warns of Trouble Ahead for Climate Change speaker: Thomas Lovejoy, Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment

Bush Administration's Information Controls Pose Challenges for Washington Reporters speakers: Tom Gjelten, Pentagon correspondent, National Public Radio; Barbara Slavin, diplomatic correspondent, USA Today

Journalist's Survival Pack: Faith and a Good Pair of Sneakers speaker: Pamela Constable, South Asia Bureau Chief, The Washington Post

U.S. Forces Likely To Achieve Swift Military Victory in Iraq, says SAIS Military Expert speaker: Eliot Cohen, professor, Johns Hopkins University - SAIS

Fall 2002

Russia's New Pragmatic Elite Shuns Empire Building for Economic Development, Says Russia Expert speaker: Ilya Prizel, Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Rapid Urbanization in Developing World May Breed Disease, Says Environmental Health Expert speaker: John D. Groopman, chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health

Worldwide Water Crisis Looming speaker: Curtis Barrett, Director of the National Weather Service's International Activities program

Taliban Era Restrictions on Women Remain In Force in Afghanistan, Says Human Rights Activist speaker: Zama Coursen-Neff, Human Rights Watch

Outlook for Latin America Grim, Expert Warns speaker: Peter Hakim, President, Inter-American Dialogue

Journalists Learn How to Stay Safe in Hazardous Situations IRP Fellowships Field Trip: Centurion Training Course

Israeli and Palestinian Public May Be Ready to Resume Negotiations, Former US Envoy Says Speaker: Martin Indyk, President, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

South Asia's Push for Economic Growth is Also Endangering Its Environment Speaker: Walter Anderson, U.S. State Department

US Media Do Poor Job of Covering Islam, says Muslim Scholar Speaker: Akbar Ahmed, Professor of Islamic Studies, American University

Iraq on the Verge of Becoming Nuclear Threat, Iraq Expert Says Speaker: Amatzia Baram, Professor, Haifa University

Bush Policy is Corroding US Ties with Allies, Steinberg says Speaker: James Steinberg, Vice President and Director, of foreign policy studies, Brookings Institution

Nato to Greatly Expand its Membership Soon Speaker: Charles Gati, Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Increase in International News Space Unlikely, Says Pollster Speaker: Dwight Morris, President, Dwight L. Morris & Associates

World Bank Needs to Re-examine Increasingly Complex Mission Speaker: Jessica Einhorn, Dean, The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Change in the Air at Pentagon: Renovation and Reorganization at Defense Department IRP Fellowships Field Trip

Schell: China Faces Identity Crisis and Internal Contradictions Speaker: Orville Schell, Dean, University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

Al-Qaeda Suicide Cell Still in US, Terrorism Expert Says Speaker: Vincent Cannistraro, former CIA terrorism expert

Adapting Traditional Values is Key to Africa's Modernization, Scholar Says Speaker: Sulayman Nyang, Professor of African Studies, Howard University

Spring 2002

Rich Countries Must Help Bridge Global "Digital Divide" speaker: William Drake, Senior Visiting Fellow, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, College Park

Immigration Reforms Must Not Ignore Security Concerns, Experts Say speakers: Michael Fix, Director, Immigration Studies Program, Urban Institute; Doris Meissner, Senior Associate, Global Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Terrorists May Get Financing Through Islamic Charities, Expert Says speaker: Jack Blum, Partner, Lobel, Novins and Lamont

UNHCR: Afghan Refugees Need to Wait Before Returning Home speaker: Panos Moumtzis, Senior Public Information Officer, UNHCR

Afghanistan and Central Asia in Dire Need of Economic Aid, Expert Says speaker: S. Frederick Starr, Chairman Central Asia Institute, Johns Hopkins - SAIS

Fall 2001

Bacon: Humanitarian Corridor Needed in Afghanistan speaker: Kenneth Bacon, President & CEO, Refugees International

Inside the Pentagon's Ground Zero IRP Fellows field trip

Kipper: Poor Economic Opportunities Provide Genesis for Terrorism speaker: Judith Kipper, Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Osama bin Laden 'Experimenting' with Chemical Weapons and Nuclear Waste, Biographer Says speakers: Peter Bergen and Stephen Glain, IRP Journalists-in-Residence

Lovejoy: Global Biodiversity a 'Footprint of Human Activity' speakers: Thomas Lovejoy, Tropical Biologist and Chief Biodiversity Advisor to the World Bank

Spring 2001

U.S. Should do More to Ban Biological Weapons, Expert Says speaker: D.A. Henderson, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies

Senator Urges More Conditions on Columbia Aid speaker: Paul Wellstone, United States Senator (D-MN)

U.S. Military Unprepared for New Role speaker: General Anthony Zinni, USMC (Retired)

China to Ease One Child Policy speaker: Anne Thurston, Associate Professor of China Studies, Johns Hopkins - SAIS

Fall 2000

Fall 2000 IRP Fellows Visit Atlanta, CNN, Centers for Disease Control IRP Fellows field trip

Asia Economic Crisis Impact will Last 'Half a Decade More', Expert Says Speaker: Karl Jackson, Director of Asia Studies, Johns Hopkins - SAIS

Russia Makes Progress on Economic Recovery, but 'Takes Step Backwards' on Democracy, Scholar Says speaker: Ilya Prizel, Senior Research Professor of Russian Area Studies, Johns Hopkins - SAIS

Africa Expert Decries Global Apartheid speaker: Salih Booker, Director, Africa Fund; Director, Africa Policy Information Center

Women's Political Power Grows with Democratization, Asia Expert Says speaker: Carol Yost, Director of the Global Women in Politics Program, The Asia Foundation

Internet Fraud: Global Pool of Victims speakers: Susan Grant, Vice President for Public Policy, National Consumers League

Kashmir Dispute Risks Nuclear Clash, U.S. Policy Change Needed speakers: Stephen Solarz, Washington-area Consultant, former Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives

Threats to Journalists Worldwide Unabated speakers: Ann K. Cooper, Director, Committee to Protect Journalists

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