School of Public Policy - Post Election Events

Friday Nov 6, 1-2:30 PM

What is Happening and Why? A Post-Election Conversation

Join us for a post-election conversation in a year like no other. Our panelists include I.M. Destler, Professor Emeritus, UMD School of Public Policy (Moderator); Bill Galston, Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution; Jeremy Rosner, Managing Partner, GQR; Stella Rouse, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement, Department of Government and Politics.  

Monday Nov 9, 12-1 PM

U.S. Foreign Policy in 2021 and Beyond: A Post-Election Assessment

At a time of extraordinary political tumult in the United States, alongside a global pandemic and a major economic crisis, this panel of UMD experts will discuss a cross-section of major foreign policy issues in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. 

Speakers: 

• Robert C. Orr, Dean of the School of Public Policy, on: "The U.S., the U.N., and Climate Change"
• Nancy Gallagher, Director of the Center for International and Security Policy at Maryland, on: "Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control 
• Shibley Telhami, Professor of Government and Politics, on "America and the Middle East"  
• Margaret Pearson, Professor of Government and Politics, "U.S.-China Relations"
• Scott Lasensky (Moderator), Visiting Professor; Former Senior Policy Advisor, Obama Administration