The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies’ America’s Role in the World® (ARW) is a nonpartisan event which convenes diplomats, journalists, politicians, and scholars to offer expert insight on critical global affairs topics. In its tenth year, ARW has a national following, and attracts leading global voices to the American heartland. In honor of the late Jim Morris, IU Trustee and former director of the UN World Food Programme, the IU Hamilton Lugar School is honored to present the inaugural James T. Morris Humanitarian Award this year to Dr. Charles E. Owubah, CEO of Action Against Hunger USA. Stay tuned for program updates.
Explore the links between domestic and foreign policy
Conference Schedule
Thursday, April 10, 2025
| 9:30am | Welcome to ARW John Ciorciari, Dean, Hamilton Lugar School |
| TBD | U.S. Global Engagement Strategies Michael Kimmage, Ordinary Professor, Department of History, Catholic University of America Jonathan Kirshner, Vincent Q. and Mary Ann Giffuni Professor, Boston College Mara Rudman, Schlesinger Professor of Practice, Ripples of Hope Project Director, Miller Center, University of Virginia Lee Feinstein, Founding Dean and Professor of International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School; former U.S. Ambassador to Poland (Moderator) |
| TBD | Conversation with Uzra Zeya Uzra Zeya, Former Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, U.S. Department of State Marie Harf, Executive Director, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania |
| TBD | Break |
| TBD | A New Order in the Middle East? Hussein Banai, Associate Professor, International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School Kirsten Fontenrose, President, Red Six Solutions Ellen Laipson, Director, International Security Program, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University Marie Harf, Executive Director, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania (Moderator) |
| TBD | Global Journalism & Free Press Carl Bernstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist & author Ann M Simmons, Spring 2025 Senior Fellow, Institute of Politics Harvard Kennedy School; Former Moscow Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal Kunāl Majumder, Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow, University of Michigan |
Friday, April 11, 2025
| 9:30am | Fireside Chat with Amb. (ret.) Randall L. Tobias Amb. (ret.) Randall L. Tobias, Chairman Emeritus, Eli Lilly & Company John Ciorciari, Dean, Hamilton Lugar School |
| TBD | Tobias Center: "Development Assistance in an Age of U.S. Retrenchment?" Sponsored by the Randall L. and Deborah F. Tobias Center for Innovation in International Development  Annette Brown, Chief Strategy and Evidence Office (on leave), FHI 360 Nicole Goldin, Head of Equitable Development, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research Mark Meassick, Former Deputy Assistant Administrator, Development, Democracy, and Innovation, USAID Una Osili, Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy and Economics, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Sarah Bauerle Danzman, Associate Professor, International Studies; Director, Tobias Center for International Development, Hamilton Lugar School (moderator) |
| TBD | Break |
| TBD | U.S. Asia Strategy in the New Administration Abraham M Denmark, Partner, The Asia Group Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, Center for Strategic and International Studies Mireya Solís, Director of the Center for Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, and Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution Adam Liff, Associate Professor of East Asian International Relations, Founding Director of the 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative, Hamilton Lugar School (Moderator) |
| TBD | James T. Morris Humanitarian Award Dr. Charles E. Owubah, Chief Executive Officer, Action Against Hunger USA |