Weatherhead Forum 2024–2025

October 9, 2024

12:00PM - 01:15PM

Geopolitical Stakes of the 2024 US Presidential Election

This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Registration is required; see the event listing for details.

READ MORE: "Outside of the U.S., how do leaders view Harris and Trump?" in The Harvard Gazette

• Timothy Colton, Chair, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Faculty Associate. Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.
• Ziad Daoud, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy ‎School. Chief ‎Emerging Markets Economist, Bloomberg. (Daoud is replacing Tarek Masoud, who can no longer participate in this event.)
• Diana Durán Nuñez, Neiman Fellow, Harvard University. Bogotá-based journalist, formerly for TV news magazine LosInformantes on Caracol Televisión in Colombia.
• Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Chair: Melani Cammett, Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.

November 6, 2024

12:00PM - 01:15PM

What's Next? Breaking Down the US Presidential Election Results 

This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Registration is required; see the event listing for details.

READ MORE: ‘"A Very Frightening Picture’: Harvard Professors Discuss Trump’s International Impact at Forum," The Harvard Crimson

• Joshua D. Kertzer, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.
• Pippa Norris, Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard Kennedy School.
• Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Department of Government; Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
• Chair: Melani Cammett, Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.

February 19, 2025

12:00–1:15pm

Syria and Shifting Power Dynamics in the Middle East

This session is open to the public and will be recorded. Registration is required; see the event listing for details.

• Ibrahim Al-Assil, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute.
• Marwa Daoudy, Seif Ghobash Chair in Arab Studies; Associate Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University.
• Qutaiba Idlbi, Resident Senior Fellow, Syria, Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs, Atlantic Council.
• Leila Molana-Allen, Special Correspondent, PBS Newshour.
• Chair: Melani Cammett, Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics; Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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