Jill Dougherty
Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Distinguished Visiting Professional, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief
Molly McKew
Foreign Policy and Strategy Consultant, Information Warfare Expert and Writer
Kevin Ryan
Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Member, The US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
R. Nicholas Burns (Moderator)
Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Panelists Jill Dougherty, former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief, Molly McKew, Foreign Policy and Strategy Consultant, and Kevin Ryan, Director of the Belfer Center Defense and Intelligence Project, were joined by moderator R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, for a discussion on the intersection of U.S. politics and Russia. The panelists addressed the possibility of Russian involvement in the 2016 election and speculated on the future of the U.S.-Russian relationship.

A public address by
Dr. Moncef Marzouki
Former President of Tunisia (2011-2014)

Moderated by
Tarek Masoud
Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations
Middle East Initiative Faculty Affiliate
Harvard Kennedy School

Former President of Tunisia Moncef Marzouki was joined onstage by Professor of International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School Tarek Masoud to discuss the success and challenges of the Arab Spring uprisings in his home country of Tunisia. President Marzouki discussed the future of Arab democracy and prosperity, the role of Western Democracy in influencing the future path of Arab Democracy, and the relative causes of successful revolution within Tunisia. President Marzouki also answered questions from the audience regarding the coexistence of religion and democracy and the resiliency of future democracies in the Arab World.

A Public Address by African Development Conference Forum Keynote By
Folorunso Alakija
Nigerian Businesswoman and Entrepreneur
 

Nigerian businesswoman and entrepreneur Folorunso Alakija joined Moderator Farai Gundan onstage to deliver the keynote address for the African Policy Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ms. Alakija spoke on both her personal experience as a businesswoman in Nigeria as well as the success and challenges faced by the African continent in advancing ideals of democracy and prosperity. Ms. Alakija also took questions from the audience relating to the political and economic relationship between African countries, the role of African citizens living abroad to help their home nations in Africa, and the immediate economic and political challenges and obstacles faced by the continent of Africa. 

Yohannes Abraham

Senior Advisor and Interim Chief Operating Officer, Obama Foundation; Former Deputy Assistant to President Obama for the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs

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David Armstrong
Senior Enterprise Reporter, STAT
Peter Shumlin
81st Governor, State of Vermont
Visiting Fellow, Institute of Politics, Spring 2017
Gil Kerlikowske
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (2014-2017)
Institute of Politics Resident Fellow, Spring 2017
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy (2009-2014)
Sheila Burke (Moderator)
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS
Faculty Research Fellow, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, HKS

Peter Shumlin, former Governor of Vermont, Gil Kerlikowske, former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and David Armstrong, Senior Enterprise Reporter for STAT, joined moderator Sheila Burke, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, for a discussion on the growing opioid epidemic affecting the United States. The Panelists discussed many facets of the problem, including its origins, the nature of the population affected most deeply by the crisis, and a myriad of public and private efforts to deliver assistance and help to those communities and people most affected by opioid addiction. Additionally, the panelists took questions from the audience regarding the changing demographics of addiction, the role of physicians and doctors in stemming addiction, and other solutions to a growing crisis.