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Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming William J. Burns, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who will deliver the annual John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture titled “American Diplomacy and the Case for its Renewal.” The lecture will be hosted at the Harvard Club of New York in the Cambridge Room. Ambassador […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for the annual Dame Jillian Sackler Distinguished Lecture on Global Health Issues. This year’s lecture on Global Pollution and Health will be delivered by Dr. Patrick Breysse, Director of the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.     Registration […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association for a panel discussion titled “U.S.-China Trade: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead.” This program will focus on the state of trade between the two countries, including the geopolitical and economic implications of the trade war, the 90-day truce, and the negotiations currently taking place. The discussion will break down the often complex […]

NOTE: DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE INCONVENIENCE. PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] IF YOU REQUIRE ASSISTANCE.   Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming international relations expert and best-selling author Parag Khanna.  The lecture will focus on the findings from Khanna’s recent book, The Future is Asian, which will be […]

Please join The Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns. who will be delivering this year’s Hasib J. Sabbagh Lecture on Diplomacy. The talk, which will be titled “The State of the State Department and American Diplomacy,” will focus on drastic changes that have affected foreign service as a profession and the way the United  […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Ambassador (Ret.) Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.  Ambassador Burns will deliver the annual Hassib Sabbagh Distinguished Lecture on Diplomacy titled, “The State of Diplomacy.”  The lecture will be hosted […]

The event has been rescheduled to be held on Wednesday, January 23rd.  Due to inclimate weather the original scheduled date (November 15th) had been postponed.    Please join the Foreign Policy Assocation in welcoming Joseph R. Ficalora, President of the New York Community Bank. Mr. Ficalora will be reflecting on lessons from the 2008 financial […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Mr. Grandi will be speaking on current UN refugee initiatives.    Registration for the lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m., the lecture will begin at 6:00 p.m.    Please note that the Knickerbocker Club requires a jacket and tie […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Dr. Heather Wilson, the Secretary of Air Force, who will speak on the topic of The Air Force We Need.  The lecture will be hosted at The Harvard Club of New York (35 W. 44th Street, New York, NY) on October 17th.   Registration for the lecture will […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association and the SUNY Global Engagement Program for the third annual FPA-SUNY Global Engagement Program Speaker Series, delivered by the United Nation’s Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Andrew Gilmour.  Mr. Gilmour will be speaking on the topic of the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Registration will […]

The Foreign Policy Association is proud to announce the 18th annual World Leadership Forum. Hosted by the Foreign Policy Association and coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly, the World Leadership Forum is one of the foremost public forums on global affairs. Over the years, heads of government and state, executives, investors and policy makers, […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Dr. David Malone, Rector of the United Nations University; Under-Secretary General of the United Nations.  Dr. Malone will speak on the topic of the United Nations Security Council.    Registration for the lecutre will begin at 6:00 p.m., the lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. The lecture will be followed […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor at The Graduate Center, CUNY (The City University of New York), and Director Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.  Professor Weiss will speak on the topic of his latest book, Would the World Be Better Without the UN? (2018).    Registration for […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Charles McGonigal, Special Agent in Charge,  New York Field Office, Counterintelligence, FBI, for a discussion on trade and national security, moderated by Theodore Roosevelt IV,  Managing Director at the Barclays Capital Corporation. The discussion is part of of the Distinguished John Hatab Lecture Series. The lecture will be held on June 26th at PricewaterhouseCoopers […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association Annual Dinner as we honor international leaders in education and business.  This year, the Foreign Policy Association will be honoring Inge Thulin, CEO, President, Chairman, of 3M, as well as Daris Adamczyk, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell with the Corporate Social Responsibility Award at the Centennial Annual Dinner. In […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming (Ret.) General Robert H. Latiff, U.S. Air Force, who will deliver the latest installment of the Centennial Lecture Series  General Latiff will draw upon his latest book, The Future of War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield.  The lecture will take place at The University Club (1 W. 54th St., […]

Off The Record and the Foreign Policy Association jointly present the 2018 Elizabeth French Hitchcock Lecture.  General David H. Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.), Chairman, KKR Global Institute, and Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, will take stock of the geopolitical challenges facing the United States. The […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Professor Safwan M. Masri, Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and, Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development, Columba University.  Professor Masri will draw upon his latest book, Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly.  The lecture will take place at The Harvard Club (35 W. 44th […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, who will deliver the annual John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture titled, “The Future of the Korean Peninsula.”  The lecture will be hosted at Baruch College (55 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY), in Room 14-220.   […]

The FPA’s annual Financial Services Dinner is one of the premier gatherings of New York City’s global financial community. The dinner presents an opportunity to hear about cutting edge geo-economic issues from thought leaders and individuals who have an intimate knowledge of international financial architecture. The dinner will be held at The Pierre Hotel (2 […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming W. Michael Reisman, Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, who will deliver the latest installment of the Foreign Policy Association’s Centennial Lecture Series.   Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m.  A reception will follow the lecture.   Registration for the lecutre will begin at 5:30 p.m.  The lecture will […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Kishore Mahbubani, Senior Advisor and Former Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, who will deliver the latest installment of the Foreign Policy Association’s Centennial Lecture Series.   Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m.  A reception will follow the lecture.   Registration […]

The Foreign Policy Association honors Yannick Nézet Séguin, the incoming music director at the Metropolitan Opera, and director and screenwriter François Girard at the Centenary Celebration Launch Dinner. The St. Regis 3 2018-02-02 09:04:20 414517

Please join Brown Brothers Harriman and the Foreign Policy Association as we celebrate our Bicentennial and Centennial years with a special program titled, “The Critical Role of Women in Social and Economic Development.” The panel will feature speakers including H.E. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women; Françoise Girard, President, International Women’s Health Coalition; […]

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Leon Botstein, President, Bard College, who will deliver the latest installment of the Foreign Policy Association’s Centennial Lecture Series.   Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m.  A reception will follow the lecture.   The Foreign Policy Association’s year-long Centennial Lecture Series, commenced in the spring of 2017, celebrating 100 years of commitment […]

The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) will host The Honorable Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and, Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, United States Chamber of Commerce, at this year’s annual corporate dinner.  The dinner will take place at the St. Regis Hotel, 2 E. 55th Street, New York, NY, on Tuesday, December 12th, 2017.  Registration will begin […]

The Honarable William Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense discussed the crisis in the Korean Peninsula  as part of the Andrew Carnegie Distinguished Lecture on Conflict Prevention in Honor of David Hamburg.  Video and transcript available.  3064 University Club 1 2017-11-06 07:59:39 178527

Click here to watch video coverage of event. Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Dambisa Moyo, Global Economist, Author, and Investor in the Future, who will speak on the intersection of democracy and future economic growth. The lecture will be held on December 7th at the Harvard Club (35 W 44th Street, New York, […]

Please join The Foreign Policy Association for the annual Dame Jillian Sackler Distinguished Lecture on Global Health Issues. This year’s lecture will be delivered by the winner of the 2016 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, Dr. Michael J. Sofia, Chief Scientific Officer, Arbutus Biopharma.   The Lecture will be followed by a reception. Jacket and tie is […]

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Registration     5:00– 5:30 p.m. Opening remarks delivered by Ambassador Gheewan Kim, Consul General to New York, Republic of Korea     5:30 – 6:30 p.m. PANEL: Pathway to Unification: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead   moderated by David Denoon, Professor of Politics and Economics,   New York University      Stephen Noerper, Senior Director, Korea Society    Kuyoun Chung, Research Fellow, Korea Institute for National Unification   James Person, Director, Wilson Center’s Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History […]