Recap: ARW #8, March 2-3, 2023

America's Role in the World (ARW8)

Raising the heat on foreign policy

March 2-3, 2023
Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies (Shreve Auditorium)

The annual conference on America’s Role in the World® at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies addresses the major foreign policy challenges we face, with an eye toward a deeper understanding of how they affect and are affected by domestic developments. The non-partisan conference honors the people for whom the school is named, Rep. Lee H. Hamilton and Sen. Richard G. Lugar, gentle giants of U.S. foreign and their commitment to principled U.S. global engagement.

The eighth annual conference convened scholars, diplomats, activists, journalists, and non-profit and government leaders to examine pressing global challenges to foreign policy, including several panels focused on the global climate crisis.

Secretary John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

Remarks from the Our Ocean Conference in Panama City

John Kerry’s ties to the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies go back to its earliest days when, as the 68th Secretary of State, he dedicated our LEED-certified building in 2015 and delivered a major foreign policy speech to a crowd of nearly 3,000.

John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, U.S. Department of State

John Kerry, as the 68th Secretary of State, dedicated the Hamilton Lugar School’s building in 2015. Throughout that first visit, Kerry met with our students, and he continues to keep in touch with IU student delegations at the annual United Nations Conference of the Parties (COPs), commending students on their advocacy for global solutions to climate change. Kerry has frequented IU as a distinguished guest on a number of other occasions, including at the opening of the IU Diplomacy Lab. An avid cycler, Kerry was made an honorary member of the IU Little 500 team in 2016.

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Global Voices on Climate

Charlie Bevis, Stop Ecocide International (UK); Rebecca Nkunde Chonya, Climate Change Ambassador, Ndola YMCA (Zambia); Cedric Dzelu, YMCA Climate Change Ambassador, World YMCA (Ghana); Alicia O’Sullivan, Co-Founder, World War Zero (Ireland); Alexa Blanton ‘19, Head of Fundraising, Climate Clock (USA) (moderator)

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Frontiers in International Justice

Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Professor of Law and Director, Transnational Law Institute, Washington and Lee School of Law; Amanda Ghahremani, Research Fellow, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley; Jennifer Trahan, Clinical Professor and Director of the Concentration in International Law and Human Rights, Center for Global Affairs, New York University; Timothy William Waters, Professor of Law and Val Nolan Faculty Fellow, Associate Director, Center for Constitutional Democracy, Maurer School of Law; David Bosco, Department Chair and Associate Professor of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School (moderator)

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Indiana and the World: Environmentalism Begins at Home

Carey Hamilton, Indiana State Rep., Indiana House District 87; Kristina Lund, President and CEO, U.S. Utilities; Andrea Richter-Garry, Senior VP for Global Strategy & Engagement, Indiana Economic Development Corporation; Greg Ronczka, VP of Environment and Sustainability, Heidelberg Materials; Bob Zaltsberg, Special Projects Editor, WFIU News (moderator)

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Economic Diplomacy & Development in Latin America

Paul Burkhead, Assoc. VP, International Government Affairs, Eli Lilly and Company; Ana Horigoshi, Senior Research Analyst, Policy Analysis Unit, AidData; Sarah Kemp, VP of International Government Affairs, Intel Corporation; Rachel Poynter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mexico and Canada, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., Former Commander, U.S. Northern Command; Sarah Bauerle Danzman, Associate Professor of International Studies and Director, Tobias Center,Indiana University (moderator)

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Iran in Transition? Implications for U.S. Policy

Golnaz Esfandiari, Senior Correspondent, RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty; Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, Founder and Editor in Chief, TehranBureau.com; Alex Vatanka, Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative at the Middle East Institute (virtual); Hussein Banai, Associate Professor of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School (moderator)

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Next Steps at the UN Climate Change Conference in the UAE - COP 28

Conversation with HH Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, President/CEO, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA); Senator Dan Coats, HLS Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large (introduction); Steve Lutes, VP, Middle East Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (moderator);

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HLS at COP: From Bonn to Egypt – IU Student Observers at the Climate Change Talks

Alexa Blanton, HLS M.A. 2019, International Studies, COP23/Bonn; Thomas Day, HLS Student, International Studies, COP26/Glasgow; Catherine Heiger, HLS Student, International Studies, COP26/Glasgow; Russ Hensley, HLS Student, Chinese Language & Culture, International Law & Institutions COP26/Glasgow & COP27/Egypt; Beatriz Lima Ribeiro, Indiana University Doctoral Student, Anthropology, COP27/Egypt; Jessica O’Reilly, Associate Professor of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School (moderator)

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Policy Toward Iran: Conversation with U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley

Marie Harf ‘03, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service, Fox News Analyst & Contributor (moderator); Gillian Zeuli, International Studies, Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures, GLPP Student (Student Introduction)

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Russia's War Against Ukraine: Scenario's and Global Impact

Michael DeGroot, Assistant Professor, International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School; Claire Kaiser, Head of Strategy & Regional Director, McLarty Associates; Adjunct faculty, Georgetown University; Michael Kimmage, Professor and Department Chair, Catholic University of America’s Department of History, Fellow, German Marshall Fund; Amb. (ret.) Eunice Reddick, U.S. Ambassador to Niger (2014-2017), Gabon (2007-2010); Amb. (ret.) Lee A. Feinstein, Founding Dean, Hamilton Lugar School and U.S. Ambassador to Poland (2009-2012)

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Conference conveners

Rep. Lee Hamilton

Distinguished Scholar and Namesake, Hamilton Lugar School

Sen. Daniel R. Coats

HLS Distinguished Scholar, Former Director of National Intelligence

Ambassador (ret.) Lee Feinstein

HLS Founding Dean (2014-22) and Professor of International Studies

Nick Cullather

Interim Dean, Hamilton Lugar School

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