September 19, 2003
Jonathan Schell (link here to Distinguished Visiting Fellow page).
“The Changing Face of Political Power in a Globalized World

October 17,2003
Noah Feldman
Assistant Professor of Law at NYU; former advisor to Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, Iraq; author of After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy.
“Framing the new Iraqi Constitution”

November 21, 2003
Louise Frechette
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
“The UN High-Level Panel on global security threats and reform of the international system”
Précis

December 5
Arjun Appadurai
William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of International Studies and Anthropology
Kamari Clarke
Associate Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies
Harold Koh
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law
Judith Resnik
Arthur Linman Professor of Law
“New Sovereignties”

This informal discussion addressed such topics as extra-territorial jurisdictions, emergent diasporic loyalties, trans- and para-statal polities, and other forms which seek to re-arrange traditional arrangements linking territory, allegiance and governance (a.k.a. the nation-state).

January 30, 2004
John Negroponte
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations addressed the topic “U.S. Priorities at the United Nations.”
“The Future of United Nations Reform”
Précis

February 16, 2004
Michael Ignatieff
Carr Professor of Human Rights Practice
Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
“Human Rights”
Précis

March 23, 2004
Saskia Sassen
Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
“De-Nationalization”