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Addressing State Failure:
The Evolving U.S. Government Response

Apr 6, 2006

Kenny Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

The Center for Global Development and Johns Hopkins University-SAIS hosted a symposium on failed states.
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Welcome and Introductory Remarks:
Professor Francis Fukuyama - Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, Johns Hopkins-SAIS
Stewart Patrick - Research Fellow, Center for Global Development, and Professorial Lecturer, SAIS

Panel 1: U.S. Strategic Responses to State Failure (1:30 pm-3:00 pm)
Douglas Menarchik - Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination, USAID
Jeffrey Nadaner - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
Stewart Patrick (Discussant) - Research Fellow, Center for Global Development, and Professorial Lecturer, SAIS
Marcia Wong - Deputy Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, U.S. Department of State

Panel 2: Field Implications of Recent U.S. Policy Shifts (3:15 pm-4:45 pm)
George Devendorf - Director of Public Affairs, Mercy Corps International
James R. Kunder - Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, USAID
LTC Richard Lacquement - Office of the Secretary of Defense
James Schear (Discussant) - Director of Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University