WorldAffairs 2011: Challenges to American Power

March 18-19The St. Regis San Francisco

Challenges to American Power

LEADERSHIP

DIALOGUE

POWERKNOWLEDGE

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This year we will take a deep dive into the multiple challenges and changing dynamics confronting the United States as a global power. In the wake of the economic crisis, the political landscape is also shifting. Traditional allies are on unsteady ground, while some emerging powers are roaring forward. The riveting revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East have captured our attention, and expert analysis is only barely keeping pace with events. At the same time regional crises continue to undermine security in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Africa, the Korean Peninsula and our own southern border. Tying all this together are shared global concerns around security, stability and the management of resources including our physical environment. It is a formidable picture.

Over the course of our time together, we will engage with one another to discuss and debate the issues facing our country, our community and each of us as citizens. It is our deepest belief that informed citizens can make a difference. In fact, the responsibilities of democracy obligate us to do so. In this spirit, we are proud to host at WorldAffairs 2011 a diverse group of thought leaders, entrepreneurs, policy makers, business executives and students to discuss the most pressing international issues of our day. These conversations today can shape the world of tomorrow.

We are grateful to our trustees, donors and members who are dedicated to exploring critical international issues and who ensure the depth and engagement that are the hallmarks of WorldAffairs 2011. We also thank those local corporations whose generous support make this event possible. And, we thank you for your commitment to knowledge and to community.

We hope each of you will, together with us, learn, engage and celebrate the knowledge, ideas and experience that weave us together as a global community.

Sincerely yours,

Peter Robertson Chairman of the Board

Jane Wales President & CEO

Welcome to WorldAffairs 2011, the annual community event devoted to international issues presented by the World Affairs Council.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 18th

Agenda

Registration Opens

Take Action Reception Network and engage with a group of organizations nominated as our Take Action partners for their innovative solutions to global problems. Welcome Peter Robertson, Chairman, Board of Trustees, World Affairs Council

KeynotesCritical Security Challenges to American PowerRichard & Judith Guggenhime SpeakerFareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN; Editor-at-Large, TIME; Columnist, The Washington Post

Aftershock: The Next Economy & America’s FutureRobert Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; US Secretary of Labor under President William J. Clinton

In ConversationRobert Reich and Fareed Zakariawith Jane Wales, President & CEO, World Affairs Council

6:00 PM Sculpture

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Sculpture

7:00 PM

Gallery Ballroom

8:00 PM

Challenges to American PowerThroughout the sessions we will explore three key questions:

What US policies will best serve the multiple demands presented by myriad regional security challenges?

Who are the key players in the new global economy and how can the US remain among the leaders?

What is the best formula and what resources will provide the US with a secure, sustainable and clean energy future?

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SATURDAY, MARCH 19th

Registration

Continental Breakfast

KeynoteCatalyzing Energy Breakthroughs for a Sustainable WorldArun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Department of Energy

Plenary I: Energy SecurityHow to solve the energy equation?

Ralph Cavanagh, Senior Attorney & Co-Director, Energy Program, National Resources Defense CouncilKaren Harbert, President & CEO, US Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century EnergyArun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Department of Energy Shariq Yosufzai, Vice President, Chevron CorporationModerator: Mason Willrich, Director, California Clean Energy Fund

Break

Morning Breakout Sessions

1. MexicoHow to stop the violence, drug trafficking and human trafficking?

Bruce Bagley, Chair, International Studies, University of MiamiEduardo Guerrero, Partner, Lantia Consultores, SCAndrew Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsModerator: Tyche Hendricks, Project Editor, KQED Public Radio

8:30 AMSculpture

8:30 - 9:00 AMYerba Buena Terrace

9:00 - 10:15 AMGallery Ballroom

10:15 AM

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Modernist

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Impressionist I

Conservatory

Impressionist II

11:30 AM - 12:45 PMYerba Buena Terrace

2. Congo, Sudan & SomaliaTo intervene or not?

Bronwyn Bruton, Fellow, One Earth Future FoundationAnthony Gambino, Former Mission Director, Democratic Republic of the Congo, USAIDPrinceton Lyman, Senior Advisor to the US Special Envoy to Sudan Anneke Van Woudenberg, Senior Researcher, Africa Division, Human Rights WatchModerator: Randy Newcomb, President & CEO, Humanity United

3. Iran & the Greater Middle EastWhat if Iran gets the bomb?

Trita Parsi, Founder & President, National Iranian American Council David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York TimesModerator: Elizabeth Farnsworth, Special Correspondent, The PBS NewsHour

4. ChinaCan we meet the innovation challenge?

William Draper, General Partner, Draper Richards; Former Head, UN Development Programme Adam Segal, Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsModerator: Douglas Bereuter, Former President & CEO, The Asia Foundation

Take Action LunchJoin a conversation over lunch with senior representatives from our Take Action partner organizations and other moderators on one of three themes: Global Economy, Energy & Environment, or Security & Human Rights.


12:45 PMGallery Ballroom

1:45 - 2:45 PMGallery Ballroom

2:45 PM

3:00 - 4:00 PM

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KeynotesWhat the Arab World Thinks—Why We Should ListenJames Zogby, Founder & President, The Arab American Institute

Obama’s Dilemma: When Big Uprisings Hit Big Allies (and a Few Adversaries)David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times

Moderator: Elizabeth Farnsworth, Special Correspondent, The PBS NewsHour

Plenary II: Global EconomyWho are the leaders in the changing landscape?

Harry Broadman, Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group; Chief Economist, Albright Capital Management LLCJames Manyika, Director, McKinsey Global InstituteGideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial TimesModerator: Timothy Dattels, Partner, TPG Capital LP

Break

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

5. Afghanistan & PakistanIs there a winning strategy?

Christine Fair, Assistant Professor, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University Anja Manuel, Principal, The RiceHadley Group LLCModerator: Nancy Jarvis, Attorney, Farrand Cooper PC

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4:00 PM

4:15 - 5:00 PMGallery Ballroom

5:00 - 6:00 PMSculpture

6. North KoreaWhat’s next?

John Everard, Former British Ambassador to North KoreaStephan Haggard, Professor, University of California, San DiegoScott Snyder, Director, Center for US-Korea Policy, The Asia FoundationModerator: Barnett Baron, Executive Vice President, The Asia Foundation

7. China & AfricaHow influential is trade, aid and investment?

Harry Broadman, Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group; Chief Economist, Albright Capital Management LLCPrinceton Lyman, Senior Advisor to the US Special Envoy to SudanJoel Samoff, Consulting Professor, African Studies, Stanford UniversityModerator: Charles Frankel, Honorary Consul, Republic of Botswana

8. Egypt, Tunisia & the Arab WorldWhat can we expect?

Lina Khatib, Manager, Program on Good Governance & Political Reform in the Arab World, Stanford UniversityRobert Springborg, Professor, Center on Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate SchoolDan Williams, Senior Researcher, Emergencies Division, Human Rights WatchJames Zogby, Founder & President, The Arab American InstituteModerator: Katie Zoglin, Senior Program Manager, Freedom House

Break

KeynoteSeeing Opportunities in Times of CrisisStephen Hadley, Principal, The RiceHadley Group; Senior Advisor for International Affairs, US Institute of Peace; US National Security Advisor under President George W. BushModerator: Jane Wales, President & CEO, World Affairs Council

Networking Reception


Douglas Bereuter*Former President & CEO, The Asia FoundationDouglas Bereuter served as the president of The Asia Foundation from 2004-2010, immediately following his resignation from the US Congress after 26 years of service. During his congressional career, he was a leading member of the House International Relations Committee, where he served as vice chairman for six years, chaired the Asia-Pacific Subcommittee and had a long tenure on its Subcommittee on Economic Policy & Trade. Among notable legislative achievements in international affairs, Bereuter was co-author of the Bereuter-Levin Amendment, which made possible the passage of the act granting Permanent Normal Trading Relations for China.

Bruce BagleyChair & Professor, Department of International Studies, University of Miami Bruce Bagley’s current research focuses on US-Latin American relations, with an emphasis on drug trafficking and security issues in Colombia, the Andean region and Mexico. In addition, he occasionally serves as an expert consultant for the United Nations Development Programme, for the US Government and for several governments in Latin America on issues of drug trafficking, money laundering and public security. Bagley holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Barnett Baron*Executive Vice President, The Asia FoundationBarnett Baron joined The Asia Foundation in 1993, starting as vice president and regional director for South and Southeast Asia. Prior to this he was vice president for international programs at Save the Children. He was assistant professor of political science at Columbia University and Barnard College, and spent 16 years with the Population Council. He was also a visiting scholar at the East Asian Institute at Columbia University. Baron holds a BA in government and history from New York University, an MA in international relations and a PhD in political science from Yale University.

2011 Speaker Biographies*Moderator

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Bronwyn BrutonFellow, One Earth Future FoundationBronwyn Bruton is a democracy and governance specialist with extensive experience in Africa, and is currently researching failed states. She was an international affairs fellow in residence at the Council on Foreign Relations, and also spent three years at the National Endowment for Democracy, where she managed a portfolio of grants to local and international nongovernmental organizations in Africa. She has also served as a program manager on the Africa team of the US Agency for International Development’s Office of Transition Initiatives. Bruton holds a masters of public policy from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ralph CavanaghSenior Attorney & Co-Director, Energy Program, National Resources Defense CouncilRalph Cavanagh joined the NRDC in 1979. He has been a visiting professor of law at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, and a lecturer on law at the Harvard Law School; he has also been a faculty member for the University of Idaho’s Public Utility Executives Course. He received the Heinz Award for Public Policy, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Mary Kilmarx Award, Yale Law School’s Preiskel-Silverman Fellowship and the Lifetime Achievement in Energy Efficiency Award from California’s Flex Your Power Campaign. Cavanagh is a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School.

Harry Broadman Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group; Chief Economist, Albright Capital Management LLCHarry Broadman is also currently a non-resident fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Africa Studies Program. Prior to this, he was a senior official at the World Bank Group, working in China, the former Soviet Union, the Balkans and Sub-Saharan Africa. He has served as assistant United States trade representative and as chief of staff and senior staff economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Broadman received an AB in economics and history, magna cum laude, from Brown University and a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan.


John EverardPantech Visiting Fellow, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford UniversityJohn Everard was for 27 years a career British diplomat, serving as Ambassador to Belarus and Uruguay. He was also responsible for political relations with the troubled states of West Africa and managed multinational efforts to restore democracy to Bosnia. His final post as Ambassador was to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), where he served from 2006-2008. He retired from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has since been a frequent commentator on North Korea. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and at Beijing University. Everard holds an MA from Manchester Business School.

William H. Draper, IIIGeneral Partner, Draper Richards LPWilliam Draper is one of the West Coast’s first venture capitalists and founder of Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo Alto, California. He is the former Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the former head of the UN Development Programme. A board member of the World Affairs Council, he is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the President’s Council on International Activities at Yale University. Draper received the Vision Award from Software Developers Forum and was inducted into the Dow Jones Venture Capital Hall of Fame.

Timothy Dattels*Partner, TPG Capital LPTimothy Dattels is also a managing director at TPG Newbridge Capital. Prior to joining TPG, he served as managing director of Goldman Sachs. He was elected partner in 1996 and was head of investment banking for all Asian countries outside of Japan from 1996-2000 where he advised several of Asia’s leading entrepreneurs and governments. In addition, he served on the firm’s Management Committee in Asia. Dattels holds a BA with honors from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from Harvard Business School.


Elizabeth Farnsworth*Special Correspondent, The PBS NewsHour Elizabeth Farnsworth was chief correspondent and principal substitute anchor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in 1995-2000. Before and after that she reported for the program from Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. She is now an occasional correspondent for The PBS NewsHour and makes documentary films. Farnsworth co-produced/directed The Judge and the General, which premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival and aired on PBS in 2008. Honors include an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award, an Emmy nomination and a Director’s Guild of America nomination for best documentary direction.

Charles Frankel*Honorary Consul, Republic of BotswanaCharles Frankel is also Managing Director of Interim Museum Services LLC which provides interim directors to museums. He has extensive experience as an entrepreneur and manager in and consultant to private, public and non-profit enterprises. He has significant involvement in community development and civil society-building in the US and abroad. Frankel serves on the board of trustees of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and the World Affairs Council.

C. Christine FairAssistant Professor, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown UniversityC. Christine Fair is also a senior fellow with the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Previously, she served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer to the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul and as a senior research associate in USIP’s Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Fair holds an MA from the Harris School of Public Policy, and an MA and PhD in South Asian languages and civilizations all from the University of Chicago.


Stephen HadleyPrincipal, The RiceHadley Group; Senior Advisor for International Affairs, US Institute of Peace; US National Security Advisor under President George W. BushStephen Hadley served four years as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In that capacity he was the principal White House foreign policy advisor to President George W. Bush and directed the National Security Council staff. From 2001 to 2005, he served as Deputy National Security Advisor. Prior to his work for the Bush administration, he was a partner at Shea and Gardner and a principal in The Scowcroft Group. Hadley graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University and holds a JD from Yale Law School.

Eduardo Guerrero GutiérrezPartner, Lantia Consultores, SCEduardo Guerrero Gutiérrez is an expert in national security and transparency of government information. Currently, he works on an investigation about organized crime and violence in Mexico and his articles on security and organized crime in Mexico are regularly published in the Mexican monthly magazine Nexos. He has been advisor at the Office of the Mexican President, and also in the Center for Investigation and National Security, and the Federal Deputies Chamber. Guerrero has also held executive posts at the Secretary of Social Development, the Federal Institute of Access to Information and the Federal Electoral Institute.

Anthony GambinoFormer Mission Director, Democratic Republic of the Congo, USAID Now a consultant, Anthony Gambino was a Peace Corps volunteer in what was then Zaire from 1979-1982. During most of the 1980s and early 1990s he worked on Central Africa for Amnesty International. In 1994, he joined the State Department, working for the Under Secretary for Global Affairs and later in the Bureau of Public Affairs. From 1997 to 2004, he worked first as Congo coordinator, then as Great Lakes coordinator, and finally as the mission director for the Congo from 2001-2004. Gambino has an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.


Karen HarbertPresident & CEO, US Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century EnergyKaren Harbert leads the Institute’s efforts to build support for meaningful energy action nationally and internationally through policy development, education and advocacy. She frequently testifies in Congress and provides analysis to the media, policymakers and industry leaders. Previously, she served as Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs at the US Department of Energy and as the deputy assistant administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID. Harbert received her BA in international policy studies and political science from Rice University.

Tyche Hendricks*Project Editor, KQED Public Radio Tyche Hendricks is also a lecturer at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and the director of the school’s California Immigration Reporting Project. Previously, she spent more than a dozen years at newspapers, including at the San Francisco Chronicle. She reported extensively on the US-Mexico border and wrote the book, The Wind Doesn’t Need a Passport: Stories from the US-Mexico Borderlands. Hendricks holds a BA from Wesleyan University, and an MA in Latin American Studies and an MJ in Journalism, both from University of California, Berkeley.

Stephan HaggardKrause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies, Graduate School of Inter-national Relations & Pacific Studies, University of California, San DiegoStephan Haggard’s research interests center on the international relations and comparative political economy of East Asia and Latin America. He has been a consultant to USAID, the World Bank, the UN Conference on Trade and Development and the OECD and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Before becoming the director of the Korea-Pacific Program, he served as the director of the University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Haggard holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.


Princeton LymanSenior Advisor to the US Special Envoy to SudanAs the senior advisor on Sudan at the Department of State, Princeton Lyman provides diplomatic support for Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Prior to accepting this assignment he was an adjunct senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. His career in government included assignments as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Ambassador to South Africa, Director of Refugee Programs, US Ambassador to Nigeria and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa. Lyman has a PhD in political science from Harvard University.

Lina KhatibManager, Program on Good Governance & Political Reform in the Arab World, Stanford UniversityLina Khatib also lectures at the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway at the University of London, where she teaches media theory, non-Western cinemas and international television. She is currently working on a book titled Image Politics in the Middle East: The Visual as Political Communication, which examines the way states, political parties, civil society groups and citizens engage in processes of political communication through the use of visuals in electronic and non-electronic mediated forms.

Nancy Jarvis*Attorney, Farrand Cooper PCNancy Jarvis is also a former chair of the board and current trustee of the World Affairs Council. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York; the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; and the Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles. She has practiced law with Farrand Cooper PC of San Francisco since 1981. Prior to her legal career, she was foreign policy editor for MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.


Anja ManuelPrincipal, The RiceHadley Group LLCAnja Manuel is also a visiting scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. From 2005 to 2007, she served as special assistant to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns at the US Department of State. She was part of the negotiating team for the US-India civilian nuclear accord, helped to secure its passage in the US Congress and was extensively involved in developing US policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan. Manuel graduated from Harvard Law School, and holds a BA and MA with distinction from Stanford University.

James Manyika Director, McKinsey Global InstituteJames Manyika is also a director (senior partner) of McKinsey based in San Francisco. As a leader in McKinsey’s global high-tech and strategy practice, he serves leading communication, internet, software and systems companies on a variety of issues. He was on the engineering faculty at Oxford University, elected research fellow at Balliol College. A Rhodes scholar and a Smith-Rippon senior scholar, Manyika holds PhD, MSc and MA degrees from Oxford in electrical engineering, mathematics and computer science, and graduated with a first-class BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Zimbabwe.

Arun MajumdarDirector, Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Department of Energy (ARPA-E)Arun Majumdar is the first director of ARPA-E, the country’s only agency devoted to transformational energy research and development. Prior to joining ARPA-E, he was the associate laboratory director for energy and environment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. While there, he helped shape several strategic initiatives in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy storage. Majumdar received his BS in mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.


Trita ParsiFounder & President, National Iranian American Council (NIAC)The recipient of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, Trita Parsi is an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian politics and the balance of power in the Middle East. He founded NIAC to provide a non-partisan, non-profit organization through which Iranian-Americans could participate in American civic life. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States. Parsi holds a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Gideon Rachman Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial TimesGideon Rachman writes a weekly column for The Financial Times, which is published in London and read around the world, as well as an FT blog. Prior to this, he had a 15 year career at The Economist, which included stints as foreign correspondent in Bangkok, Brussels and Washington. He has reported from around the globe, including recently from Afghanistan, China, India and Russia. His book, Zero Sum Future, is the product of his 25 years covering international affairs. Rachman read history at Cambridge University and has been a visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Randy Newcomb*President & CEO, Humanity UnitedRandy Newcomb oversees Humanity United’s international grant-making portfolio, as well as its direct advocacy and policy activities, and leads the organization’s long-term strategy. He speaks and writes frequently on international human rights issues and has appeared as an expert commentator for such media outlets as CNN, ABC News and National Public Radio. Previously, he was vice president of Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm. Newcomb holds a PhD from the University of San Francisco and master’s degrees in development economics and cross-cultural studies from the University of Bath, England.


Joel SamoffConsulting Professor, Center for African Studies, Stanford UniversityWith a background in history, political science and education, Joel Samoff studies and teaches about education and development at Stanford University. In addition to the Universities of California, Michigan and Zambia, he has taught in Mexico, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Currently, he chairs the International Advisory Council of the University of the Free State in South Africa. Samoff is the North America editor of the International Journal of Educational Development and serves on the editorial boards of the Comparative Education Review, the Journal of Educational Research in Africa and the Southern African Review of Education.

Robert ReichChancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; US Secretary of Labor under President William J. ClintonRobert Reich has served in three national administrations, most recently as Secretary of Labor. He also served on President-Elect Obama’s transition advisory board. He has written thirteen books, including The Work of Nations, and his most recent book, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Vaclav Havel Vision Foundation Prize for his pioneering work in economic and social thought. Reich received his BA from Dartmouth College, his MA from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes scholar and his JD from Yale Law School.

Peter Robertson*Chairman, Board of Trustees, World Affairs CouncilPeter Robertson is retired vice chairman of the board of Chevron Corporation. He spent 35 years at Chevron, serving in a variety of leadership positions. He is currently an independent advisor to Deloitte LLP, a director of Jacobs Engineering and Universal Pegasus International and an advisory director of Campbell-Lutyens. He is co-chairman of the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council, vice chairman of the board of the International House at Berkeley, a director of the Washington, DC-based Resources for the Future and an advisor to Scottish Enterprise.


Andrew SeleeDirector, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsAndrew Selee is also an adjunct professor of government at Johns Hopkins University. He is an associate of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Mexican Collective for Security and Democracy. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relation’s Independent Task Force on Immigration, a steering committee member of the Migration Policy Institute’s Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future. Selee received his PhD in policy studies from the University of Maryland; his MA in Latin American studies from the University of California, San Diego and his BA from Washington University in St. Louis.

Adam SegalIra A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations An expert on security issues, technology development and Chinese domestic and foreign policy, Adam Segal currently works on cybersecurity and cyber conflict as well as Asian innovation and technological entrepreneurship. He is a research associate of the National Asia Research Program and was the project director for a CFR-sponsored independent task force on Chinese military modernization. He currently writes for the blog, Asia Unbound. Segal has a BA and PhD in government from Cornell University, and an MA in international relations from Tufts University.

David SangerChief Washington Correspondent, The New York TimesDavid Sanger is also an adjunct professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. During his 28-year career at The New York Times, he has reported from New York, Tokyo and Washington, specializing in foreign policy, national security and the politics of globalization. In 2010 he was instrumental in selecting and reporting on the stories published by the Times on the classified documents released by WikiLeaks. He contributed the chapter on what we learned from WikiLeaks about American diplomacy in the Times’ new e-book, Open Secrets. Sanger graduated magna cum laude in government from Harvard University.


Anneke Van WoudenbergSenior Researcher for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa Division, Human Rights WatchAnneke Van Woudenberg has focused on humanitarian and human rights issues in the DRC since 1999, when she worked as country director for Oxfam Great Britain during the height of the war. Since joining Human Rights Watch in 2002, she has provided regular briefings on the situation in the DRC to the UN Security Council, US Congress, the British Parliament and the European Parliament, as well as numerous written reports on the topic and regular commentary in the international media. Van Woudenberg has a MSc in international relations from the London School of Economics.

Scott SnyderDirector, Center for US-Korea Policy, The Asia FoundationScott Snyder is also an adjunct senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He lived in Seoul, South Korea as Korea representative of The Asia Foundation from 2000 to 2004. Previously, he served as a program officer in the research and studies program of the US Institute of Peace, and as acting director of The Asia Society’s contemporary affairs program. His latest monograph is China’s Rise and the Two Koreas: Economics, Politics, Security (2009). Snyder received a BA from Rice University and an MA from the Regional Studies East Asia Program at Harvard University.

Robert Springborg Professor, Center on Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate SchoolRobert Springborg is also program manager for the Middle East for the Center for Civil-Military Relations. Until August 2008 he held the MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, where he also served as director of the London Middle East Institute. His publications include Mubarak’s Egypt: Fragmentation of the Political Order; Family Power and Politics in Egypt; and Legislative Politics in the Arab World. Springborg holds a PhD in political science from Stanford University.


Jane Wales*President & CEO, World Affairs CouncilJane Wales is also president and CEO of the Global Philanthropy Forum and vice president of the Aspen Institute. She is host of the nationally syndicated weekly National Public Radio show It’s Your World. She served in the Clinton Administration as special assistant to the President, senior director of the National Security Council and associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Wales is former chair of the international security program at the Carnegie Corporation and served as acting CEO of The Elders from 2007-2008.

Dan WilliamsSenior Researcher, Emergencies Division, Human Rights WatchDan Williams was previously a foreign correspondent for The Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and Bloomberg News, and has covered the Middle East for the past decade. He is currently based in Cairo. While on the ground documenting human rights abuses in Cairo in January 2011, he was captured and detained for 36 hours by the Egyptian army and held at Camp 75, a military headquarters in far northeast Cairo. A graduate of Yale University, Williams is fluent in Spanish, Italian and French as well as spoken Russian.

Mason Willrich*Director, California Clean Energy FundMason Willrich is also a senior advisor of the MIT Energy Innovation Project. He served as chair of the Board of Governors of the California Independent System Operator from 2005 to 2010. Previously, he was partner of Nth Power, and CEO of PG&E Enterprises. Prior to joining PG&E, he was a professor of law at the University of Virginia, and director of international relations at The Rockefeller Foundation. During the Kennedy administration he was assistant general counsel of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Receiving a BA from Yale University and a JD from University of California, Berkeley, Willrich was a Guggenheim memorial fellow in 1973.


James ZogbyFounder & President, The Arab American InstituteJames Zogby is also author of the recent Arab Voices. He currently serves on the national advisory board of the American Civil Liberties Union, The Human Rights Watch board of directors for the Middle East and North Africa and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Additionally, he is a senior advisor for the polling firm Zogby International. He writes a weekly column, Washington Watch. Since 2001 he has hosted the award-winning television show, Viewpoint with James Zogby. Zogby received his BA in economics from Le Moyne College and his PhD in comparative religions from Temple University.

Fareed ZakariaHost, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN; Editor-at-Large, TIME; Columnist, The Washington PostA regular host on CNN, in August 2010 Fareed Zakaria joined TIME as editor-at-large. He also is serving as a consultant for HBO’s documentary unit, and continues to write a regular column for The Washington Post. Previously, he was editor of Newsweek International, overseeing all of Newsweek’s editions abroad. And, at age 28, he became the youngest managing editor in the history of Foreign Affairs, the widely-circulated journal of international politics and economics. Zakaria received a BA from Yale University and a PhD in political science from Harvard University.

S. Shariq YosufzaiVice President, Chevron CorporationShariq Yosufzai supports Chevron’s CEO & chairman on the National Petroleum Council (NPC) ‘Future Fuels’ Study as chair of the Chevron-led Supply & Infrastructure Task Group and as decision executive on Downstream Portfolio Projects worldwide. He was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2002 and received the inaugural Industry Leadership award in 2010. Yosufzai holds a BA in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University.


Katie Zoglin*Senior Program Manager, Middle East & North Africa, Freedom HouseLong active in the international community, Katie Zoglin recently worked in Morocco as deputy director of the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative overseeing programs in Morocco and Algeria. She has also worked in Serbia and Macedonia with the American Bar Association’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative. As a Fulbright scholar, she conducted human rights work in Paraguay, including research in the “Archive of Terror.” She has taught international human rights at Stanford Law School and the University of California, Berkeley. Zoglin is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School.

Take Action

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Actionable Approaches to Social Change

A highlight of WorldAffairs 2011 is our Take Action partners and student projects, a prominent group of innovative organizations and young leaders that will join us to share their approaches to social change. We are proud to welcome these organizations and students to WorldAffairs 2011.

TAKE ACTION PARTNERSAsia FoundationEqual Access InternationalFoundation for Sustainable DevelopmentHuman Rights WatchIDEXImpact CarbonRoots of Peace

Thank you to the Young Professionals International Forum, a volunteer group of the World Affairs Council, for their help organizing the Take Action events at WorldAffairs 2011.

STUDENT PROJECTSAfghan RefugeesEducation in Southeast AsiaIndigenous Rights in MexicoViolence in the CongoWater in Africa


Inspiring our youth to be the global citizens and international leaders of tomorrow is critical to our mission. For the past 40 years, our Education Program has engaged the younger generation in the most critical global issues by providing opportunities to meet with international experts, participate in in-depth institutes, attend our WorldAffairs conference and to study abroad through our scholarship program.

The Education Program focuses on building global awareness and promoting critical thinking, communication, leadership and civic engagement. In 2007, we founded the Youth Outreach Initiative to extend this program to urban high schools and students in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Bay Area. Since launching this project, we have served over 900 students in San Francisco and Oakland schools. The program is flourishing from one year to the next, and this year we will continue to expand our reach into more high schools around the Bay Area.

Forty-five students and teachers have received scholarships to attend WorldAffairs 2011. They are part of a long tradition of student and educator participation. Many have gone on to careers with an international focus.

Students at WorldAffairs 2010, photographer Julie Brookman

Education Program

26 | Education Program

2011 World Affairs Council Scholarship Recipients

STUDENTS

Michaela Acebedo, Las Positas College

Dustin Andrick, Galileo Academy

Anna Boadwee, Mountain View High School

Candy Chang, Lynbrook High School

Lily Cheng, UC Berkeley

Kaela Connors, Sonoma Valley High School

Priscilla Cortez, Skyline College

Nicolas De Golia, International High School

Julie Ea, Sonoma Valley High School

Michael Gao, Mills High School

Gene Ghafferi, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Faisal Hamid, Yale University

Peter Horton, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Andrea Jao, Mills High School

Adrian Jaycox, Mission San Jose High School

Sandhya Jetty, Mira Loma High School

Katherine Joh, Wellesley College

Jahnavi Kalpathy, St. Francis High School

Caitlin Kawaguchi, California High School

Spandana Lakkamraju, De Anza College

Teo Lamiot, York School

Ranhee Lee, UCLA

Allison Light, Miramonte High School

EDUCATORS

Steven Coleman, Terra Linda High School

Cynthia Martinez, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Julia Salido, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Thomas Silverman, buildOn

Christina LoFranco, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Marvin Morazan, University of the Pacific

Royna Noristani, California State University Sacramento

Maxine Orr, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Andrew Paolini, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Seemarit Prommasorn, Diablo Valley College

Jacob Rosenberg-Wohl, San Francisco University High School

Jose Antonio Santos, Mills High School

Arushi Saxena, Mira Loma High School

Jasmine Segall, UC Berkeley

Sharon Su, De Anza College

William Swain, San Rafael High School

Brittany Whitehill, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Cassie Winkel, University of the Pacific

Julian Xie, Mills High School

Cheng Feng Yu, Oakland Technical High School

Amanda Zerbe, San Francisco University

Richard Zhu, Santa Clara University


2011 World Affairs Council Endowed Scholarships

GEORGE & JOANNA BALLOU MEMORIAL AWARDSteven Coleman, Terra Linda High School RICHARD CASTILE AWARDWilliam Swain, San Rafael High School EDITH COLIVER MEMORIAL AWARDJasmine Segall, University of California – Berkeley CARLTON DUDLEY MEMORIAL AWARDTeo Lamiot, York School PHILIP HABIB MEMORIAL AWARDFaisal Hamid, Yale University

CAROL MARQUIS MEMORIAL AWARDJulia Salido, San Lorenzo Valley High School JEFFERSON PEYSER MEMORIAL AWARDKaela Connors, Sonoma Valley High School GERALDINE H. READ MEMORIAL AWARDAmanda Zerbe, San Francisco University High School

Each student and educator is uniquely matched with the scholarship they receive based on their interest and commitment to foreign affairs.

WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AFFILIATE SCHOLARSHIPS

PENINSULA CHAPTERAnna Boadwee, Mountain View High SchoolCandy Chang, Lynbrook High School

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY / UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFICMarvin Morazan, University of the PacificCassie Winkel, University of the Pacific

28 | Committee for the Future

Committee for the Future

A LASTING LEGACYEnsuring the Future of the World Affairs Council of Northern California

For more than six decades the World Affairs Council has been the preeminent organization in Northern California dedicated to informing, engaging and connecting a community of global citizens with the most critical global issues of our day. Today more than ever, the landscape of pressing political, economic and social challenges we face at home and abroad demands international understanding and cooperation. The work we do at the Council changes lives.

It is through the renewed and lasting commitment in the form of bequests, charitable gift annuities and other life-income gifts that the future success and vitality of the Council is ensured.

Committee for the FutureWorld Affairs Council of Northern [email protected]/PlannedGiving


In Memorium

Richard N. GoldmanRichard N. Goldman, philanthropist and founder of the world-renowned Goldman Environmental Prize, passed away on November 29, 2010. Mr. Goldman served multiple terms on the Council’s Board of Trustees between 1957-2009. He served on the Council’s Executive Committee, most recently as vice chairman between 1999-2009. Mr. Goldman was also a member of the Global Philanthropy Forum’s Advisory Council.

Mr. Goldman and his late wife, Rhoda, were honored at the Council’s 1992 Annual Dinner. He was recently described by the Council’s CEO Jane Wales as “a leader with passion, wisdom and heart. Richard Goldman was deeply committed to community and to a better future for all. He defined his neighborhood broadly to include the global commons. As a result, we are all the grateful beneficiaries of his work.”

Sherman J. Maisel Sherman J. Maisel, former governor of the Federal Reserve and professor emeritus of the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley, passed away on September 29, 2010. Mr. Maisel served on the Council’s Board of Trustees between 1980-1999. He served on the Council’s Executive Committee as treasurer between 1985-1987 and as assistant treasurer between 1983-1985.

Mr. Maisel was a long-time member of the Council and a regular participant in our programs, alongside his wife, Lucy. In the words of Jane Wales, “Sherman was a quintessential Council member whose experience spanned the sectors, and whose intellectual depth was matched by endless curiosity.”

Walter H. ShorensteinWalter H. Shorenstein, philanthropist and San Francisco business leader, passed away on June 24, 2010. Mr. Shorenstein’s association with the Council began when he joined as a member over 25 years ago. Mr. Shorenstein and the Shorenstein Company were generous supporters over the years of the Council’s awards dinners and corporate membership program.

Mr. Shorenstein served on the Global Philanthropy Forum’s Advisory Council. “A philanthropic force, Walter Shorenstein founded major academic centers at Stanford and Harvard, thus leaving his mark among scholars, students and the general public, all beneficiaries of his vision,” observed Jane Wales.

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World Affairs CouncilBOARD OF TRUSTEESPeter J. Robertson, Chairman*Jane Wales, President & CEO*

Sara Abbasi*Charlyn BelluzzoDouglas BereuterW. Richard Bingham*Maureen Blanc*John L. BolandJ. Dennis BonneyJennifer BurstedtRichard M. ChongA.W. ClausenMaggie Marlette CoxFrancis S. CurrieTimothy D. DattelsDavid deWildeElliott Donnelley, IIWilliam H. Draper, IIINancy Richards FareseElizabeth FarnsworthCharles L. FrankelWilliam P. Fuller*William G. GaedePhil HalperinKevin T. HaroffJoseph HarperMartha S. Hertelendy*Morris Hirsch*George B. James, II*Nancy A. JarvisJan H. Kalicki*Anne E. KennerKerry King*

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Amanda Hayne KirkwoodTerry D. KramerSteve KrauszRalph A. KuiperAnne LaFolletteGregory MagedClark W. MaserHarvey MasonekPaul MatteucciLinda McKenzieLinda R. MeierJudith A. MillerLori MirekR. Douglas NorbyBetty OverhoffLarry PippinJoan PlattKevin M. PursgloveHarriet Meyer Quarré*Frank RettenbergElizabeth Rindskopf-ParkerNayla RizkRosemary RoachGeorge M. ScaliseMaria Starr*Brewer StoneJackson StrombergMax Thelen, Jr.Terry VogtJohn S. Wadsworth, Jr.David WeberMargit WennmachersMason WillrichJohn D. Wilson*Kimberly Wright-ViolichKatie Zoglin

World Affairs CouncilADVISORY COMMITTEEWilliam J. Perry, Co-ChairGeorge P. Shultz, Co-Chair

Michael H. ArmacostWillie L. Brown, Jr.Gerhard CasperJohn ChambersBruce ChizenElizabeth F. FarnsworthJames C. GaitherRichard N. GoldmanF. Warren HellmanChong-Moon LeeGeorge LucasMichael McCurryKanwal RekhiArun SarinOrville SchellCharles SchwabRoselyne C. Swig

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