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2009 International Speaker Series - The World in 2020

Paul Krugman
2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics

January 29, 2009

“The Global Economy”

Fareed Zakaria
CNN Host and Newsweek International Editor

March 9, 2009

“Power and Politics”

David Suzuki
Environmental Activist

April 8, 2009

“The Climate Crisis”

Laurie Garrett
Gates Senior Fellow for Global Health,
Council on Foreign Relations

May 13, 2009

“Global Health and Food Security”



2008 International Speaker Series

Vicente Fox
President, United Mexican States, 2000-2006

Wednesday,
March 19, 2008

“Border Crossings: Immigration, Free Trade, and Security”

Kim Dae-jung
President, South Korea, 1998-2003
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2000

Friday,
April 18, 2008

“Challenges on the Korean Peninsula”

Dr. Sergei KhrushchevSenior Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies

Wednesday,
June 4, 2008

“Russia after Putin”

Sandra Day O'Connor
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-2006

Wednesday,
September 17, 2008

“The international rule of law: balancing security, democracy, and human rights in an age of terrorism”



2007 International Speaker Series

Bill Clinton
President of the United States 1992-2000

Tuesday,
April 17, 2007

Challenges of Global Interdependence

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of Liberia

Friday,
May. 18, 2007

Building Democracy in Africa

Sheri Liao
Green Ambassador, Beijing Olympics 2008

Tuesday,
May 29, 2007

This Endangered Planet: A Chinese View

Hafez Al-Mirazi
Washington Bureau Chief Al-Jazeera

Monday
June 11, 2007

An Arab Perspective on US Foreign Policy



2005 - 2006 International Speaker Series
Dan Rather

Dan Rather
Anchorman, CBS News

From Hanoi to Baghdad: Off the Record with Dan Rather

Monday, Jan. 23, 2006

Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai
2004 Nobel Peace Laureate

Environment and Democracy

Thursday, Mar. 16, 2006

Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi
2003 Nobel Peace Laureate

Human Rights and Islam

Friday, May 19, 2006



special 2004 - 2005 International Speaker Series
condelezza rice

Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor



Sept. 7, 2004

bono

Bono
Lead Singer U2, Global Activist




Oct. 20, 2004

william Mcdonough

William McDonough
Architect, Sustainability Pioneer


Dec. 7, 2004

Jose Maria Aznar

Jose Maria Aznar
Prime Minister of Spain, 1996-2004



Feb. 8, 2005

zbigniew Brzezinski

Zbigniew Brzezinski
U.S. National Security Advisor, Carter Administration

Mar. 10, 2005

2003 - 2004 International Speaker Series
Shimon PeresNabeel Shaath

Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister of Israel, and

Nabeel Shaath, Palestinian Authority Minister of Foreign Affairs




Oct. 16, 2003

Richard Holbrooke

Richard Holbrooke
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations




Feb. 4, 2004

Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland

Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland
Director General, World Health Organization; former Prime Minister of Norway

Mar. 11, 2004

Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria
Editor, Newsweek International






Apr. 20, 2004

2002 - 2003 International Speaker Series
Amre Moussa

Amre Moussa
Secretary General, League of Arab States

Sept. 22, 2002

Ernesto Zedillo

Ernesto Zedillo
President of Mexico


Dec. 11, 2002

George Mitchell

George Mitchell
US Senator


Jan. 28, 2003

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Apr. 9, 2003

2001 - 2002 International Speaker Series
Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak
Prime Minister of Israel

Oct. 15, 2001

Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright
US Secretary of State


Dec. 6, 2001

Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall
Anthropologist


Mar. 11, 2002

Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman
Journalist, The New York Times

Apr. 20, 2002

2000 - 2001 International Speaker Series
Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev
President, Soviet Union

Oct. 2, 2000

Robert Reich

Robert Reich
US Secretary of Labor

Dec. 1, 2000

Queen Noor of Jordan

Queen Noor of Jordan

Feb. 2, 2001

The Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama


May 15, 2001