Events 2011

FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Regional Cooperation and EU Integration: Two Foundations of the Same Process
H.E. Dr. Ivo Josipović, president of the Republic of Croatia
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Institute of Politics John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum and the Lukšić Fellowships for Croatia

FEBRUARY 14, 2011
The New Sick Man of Europe? Greece in Crisis
Iason Athanasiadis, freelance writer, photographer, political analyst, and television producer

FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Serbia and the Democratic Transformation of the Balkans
H.E. Vuk Jeremic MPA/ID 2003, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Serbia
Co-sponsored by the Harvard GSAS Serbian Cultural Club

FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Fiscal Discipline: A Solution for Europe
H.E. Simeon Djankov, deputy prime minister and minister of finance of the Republic of Bulgaria
Co-sponsored by KSSG as part of International Week 2011

MARCH 7, 2011
US AID and the Social Entrepreneur
Nancy Wildfeir-Field, Regional Alliance Advisor for Europe and Eurasia at the US Agency for International Development (US AID)
Moderated by Alan Trager, M-RCBG Senior Fellow
Co-sponsored by the Kokkalis Program and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG)

MARCH 24, 2011
Leadership and Diplomacy at the UN – Building Bridges as an Ambassador
Simona Miculescu, Ambassador of Romania to the UN
Co-sponsored with the Center for Public Leadership, Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, and European Club, Harvard Kennedy School, and the Eastern European Club, Harvard Business School

MARCH 30, 2011
Turkey on the Eve of Elections: Politics, Society and Judiciary
A panel discussion with Dilek Kurban, Democratization Program director, TESEV; and Etyen Mahçupyan, Democratization Program advisor, TESEV
Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World, Harvard University

APRIL 6, 2011
The Dissemination of Liberal Economic Thought and the Rise of Nationalism in South-Eastern Europe in the 19th Century
Dr. Michalis Psalidopoulos, Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and Southeastern European Studies, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and professor, Department of Economics, University of Athens
Co-sponsored with the Greek and Southeastern Europe Study Groups, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

APRIL 13, 2011
The Western Balkans and Europe: At a Crossroad
Sonja Licht, chair, Foreign Policy Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia

APRIL 19, 2011
The Role of the OSCE in the New Architecture for Security in Europe: Human Rights, Media Freedom and the State of Law
Petros Efythmiou, member of the Hellenic Parliament MP and president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Co-sponsored by the University Seminars Program of the Onassis Foundation (USA)

APRIL 26, 2011
The European Higher Education in a Global Setting: Reconsidering Europe’s Standing in the World
Pavel Zgaga, Centre for Educational Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana
Co-sponsored with the Crisis and Reform in Higher Education Study Group, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

APRIL 28 – 30, 2011
The Mediterranean, Criss-Crossed and Constructed
Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Program in Moroccan Studies, Kokkalis Program, and Humanities Center, Harvard University

MAY 2, 2011
The Dissident’s Handbook: The Legal and Extra-Legal Maneuvers Used by Autocrats to Silence Opponents and How Best to Survive Them
Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez, HKS alumnus (MPP 2009) and member of the US Institute for Peace's Comparative Constitution Project, outlines common strategies used in dissident suppression, drawing upon case studies from around the world as well as his own experiences in the Venezuelan opposition and those of fellow HKS alumni Bakhtiyar Hajiyev MPP 2009 (currently in prison in Azerbaijan) and Leopoldo Lopez MPP 1996 (currently banned from elected office in Venezuela).
Co-sponsored by the HKS Venezuelan Caucus and the Center for Public Leadership

MAY 5, 2011
Minorities, Justice and the Future of Turkish Democracy
Gerald Knaus, European Stability Initiative (ESI) Chairman
Orhan Kemal Cengiz, president, Human Rights Agenda Association; lawyer, human rights defender and newspaper columnist

September 29, 2011
Global Economic Turbulence and the Competitiveness of Small Countries: A Perspective from Montenegro
H.E. Milorad Katnic HKSEE ‘07, minister of finance of the Republic of Montenegro
Chaired by Dr. Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at the Harvard Kennedy School

October 3, 2011
The European Parliament, a Key Actor in Transnational Democracy
Klaus Welle, secretary-general of the European Parliament
Co-sponsored with the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies and the Ash Center for Democratic
Governance and Innovation

October 5, 2011
Nonviolent Struggle: Lessons from Serbia Applied in the Middle East and Africa
Srdja Popovic and Slobodan Djinovic, CANVAS (Center for Applied NonViolent Action and Strategies)
Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Middle East Initiative

October 5, 2011
Middle East Film Series: “Men on a Bridge” (Turkey, 2009)
Film screening: The stories of three men working at the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul are told by the original characters, in this mosaic depicting real persons exposing their lives and aspirations.
Co-sponsored with the Middle East Initiative and the Outreach Center at the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies

October 6, 2011
Student Discussion: The Functioning of the European Parliament and Anti-Corruption Efforts at the EU Level
Monica Macovei, member of the European Parliament, anti-corruption activist and former Minister of Justice of Romania
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Kennedy School European Club

October 11, 2011
Innovative Urban Regeneration in Romania: Sibiu’s Political & Economic Growth Within a Multicultural Environment
Klaus Johannis, mayor of Sibiu, Romania
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Kennedy School European Club

November 9, 2011
Being Greek and Albanian: The “No Man’s Land” of a Double Identity in the Balkans
Dr. Gazmend Kapllani, author and journalist
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Center for European Studies

November 30, 2011
Turkey and its Neighborhood Foreign Policy
Dr. Kemal Kirisci, professor of international relations and Jean Monnet Chair in European integration, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University (Istanbul)
Co-sponsored with the Seminar on Turkey in the Modern World, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

December 7, 2011
When East Beats West: The Shifting Balance of Global Economic Power
Professor Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University; acclaimed author of Civilization: The West and the Rest; weekly columnist for Newsweek; and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, 2004