Stephen Hadley, Dr. Hanan Al-Fatlawi, Dr. Latif al-Rashid, and Samir Sumaida’ie joined moderator Meghan O’Sullivan for a discussion on the current state of Iraq.  The speakers addressed important problems faced by the governments of both Iraq and the Unit ...

“Presidential Leadership and the Rise of American Power” featured panelists Graham Allison, Nancy Koehn, and Joseph Nye, in a conversation with moderator David Gergen that addressed the many facets of Presidential leadership and the development of interna ...

John Carr, Fall 2012 Institute of Politics fellow and former Executive Director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Father J. Bryan Hehir, Harvard Kennedy School Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life; Mary Jo Bane, Harvard ...

Jon Huntsman, former U.S. Ambassador to China, and Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia, along with Keith Richburg, former Washington Post Bureau Chief and China correspondent, engaged in a panel conversation on the challenges and opportunities ...

Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Belfer Center Senior Fellow Ben Heineman, IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger Porter, and President Emeritus of Harvard University and former Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence H. Summers joined Fortune Magazine col ...

Congressman Elijah Cummings delivered the opening keynote speech of the Black Policy Conference with a  passionate speech concerning the urgency of action and his passion for politics. The Maryland Congressman also discussed policy matters including gun c ...

Jon Favreau, President Barack Obama’s former Director of Speechwriting, gave an inside account of the craft of campaign and presidential speechwriting. Moderated by Harvard Kennedy School professor and CNN correspondent, David Gergen, the Forum provided a ...

The Honorable Eric Cantor, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, joined Trey Grayson for a public address, with opening remarks from David Ellwood, Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School. Cantor discussed possible policy prescriptions for empowerin ...

General Stanley McChrystal, Annise Parker, the Mayor of Houston, Texas, and Spencer Kympton, the founder of The Mission Continues joined moderator Daniel Feehan for a panel discussion that addressed topics ranging from how to successfully integrate vetera ...

His Excellency Macky Sall, President of The Republic of Sénégal, delivered the opening speech of the Harvard African Development Conference at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. In his address, President Macky Sall offered an integrative approach to democracy ...