Monday, June 2
Office of Career Services:
"Foreign Service Officer Test Written Essay Preparation Session"
5 to 7 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium
The U.S. Department of State will present a pilot preparatory session on the Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT), with particular focus on the written essay. Ramona Harper, a human resources specialist at the State Department, will lead this session. To RSVP, please sign up to attend on SAISWorks. For more information, contact mmckenzie@jhu.edu.  

Wednesday, June 4
Office of Career Services:
"Summer Job Search Discussion Group"
5 to 6 p.m. - Herter Room, Nitze Building
This discussion group is for any recently graduated SAIS student who is actively job searching. Students should have updated their résumé and professional profile in SAISWorks. Michael McKenzie, associate director of Career Services at SAIS, will lead this discussion. This event is open to the SAIS community only. For more information, contact 202.663.7714 or mmckenzie@jhu.edu.

Central Asia-Caucasus Institute:
"WTO Accession: Kazakhstan's Prospects, Kyrgyzstan's Reality"
5:30 p.m. - Rome Building Auditorium (A reception will precede the forum at 5 p.m.)
Zhanar Aitzhanova, Kazakhstan's vice minister of Industry and Trade; Erlan Idrissov, ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States; Zamira Sydykova, ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States; and William Veale, executive director of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Association, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.7721 or caci2@jhu.edu.  

Thursday, June 5
SAIS Protection Project:
"The Council of Europe's Approach to Trafficking in Human Beings"
12:30 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Maud De Boer-Buquicchio, deputy secretary general of the Council of Europe (keynote speaker); Riikka Puttonen, crime prevention officer of the Anti-Human Trafficking Division of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC); Alexandros Mallias, ambassador of Greece to the United States; Carla Menares-Bury, multilateral affairs coordinator at the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the U.S. Department of State; and Mohamed Mattar (moderator), executive director of SAIS Protection Project, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5892 or melefan1@jhu.edu. 

Conflict Management Program and Washington International Negotiation (WIN) Group:
"Pre-negotiation and Its Limits in Ethno-National Conflicts: A Systematic Analysis of Process and Outcome – Cyprus, Oslo and Annapolis"
12:30 to 2 p.m. - Room 507, Nitze Building
Amira Schiff, professor of conflict management and negotiation at Bar Ilan University and research associate at the York University Center for International and Security Studies in Toronto, will discuss this topic. This event is open to the SAIS community only. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5745 or itlong@jhu.edu.

Tuesday, June 10
Conflict Management Program:
"Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum: Isolation vs. Engagement: The Changing Role of the Military"
9 to 10:30 a.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Charles Hauss, board member and government liaison for Alliance for Peacebuilding; David F. Davis, director of the Peace Operations Policy Program at George Mason University; and Barak A. Salmoni, deputy director of the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning, will discuss this topic. NOTE: The speakers’ comments will not be for attribution. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.572.6294 or cprfnewsletter@sfcg.org.  

Wednesday, June 11
Office of Human Resources:
"Staff Recognition Reception"
3:30 p.m. - Herter Room, Nitze Building
During this reception, SAIS will recognize staff members who have given five, 10 and 15 years of service to the school. For more information, contact zbristo1@jhu.edu.

U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and Sejong Society of Washington:
"North Korea's Relations With China and Japan: The Impact on Northeast Asia"
6:45 to 8 p.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Scott Snyder, senior associate at the Asia Foundation, and L. Gordon Flake, executive director at the Mansfield Foundation, will discuss this topic. To RSVP, go to www.sejongsocietydc.org/rsvp. For more information, contact 202.663.5830 or nbaillis@jhu.edu. 

Monday, June 23
Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR), Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and the Embassy of Poland:
"Energy Geopolitics in Central Europe"
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Panel I will feature Esther Brimmer (moderator), deputy director and director of research at CTR, and Dariusz Bogdan, under secretary of State for the Polish Ministry of Economy, discussing "Competing Pipelines in Central Europe." Panel II will feature Michael Wyganowski (moderator), executive director of CEPA; Agata Loskot-Strachota, energy policy analyst at the Centre for Eastern Studies; F. Wallace Hays, senior adjunct fellow at CEPA; and Toby T. Gati, senior international adviser at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, discussing "Power, Profits or Pocketbooks: What Drives Russian Energy Policies in Central Europe?" Refreshments will be provided. For more information and to RSVP, contact info@cepa.org. 

Tuesday, June 24
Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR), American University, University of Victoria EU Center of Excellence:
"A Work (Still) Under Construction: How Effective Is EU Governance?"
Noon to 2 p.m. – Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building
Amy Verdun, director of European Studies at University of Victoria; Michelle Egan, coordinator of European Studies at the School of International Service at American University; and Osvaldo Croci, a professor at Memorial University (Newfoundland); will discuss their forthcoming book, Innovative Governance in the European Union. Esther Brimmer, deputy director and director of research at CTR, and Desmond Dinan, professor of public policy at George Mason University, will provide commentary. Lunch will be served. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5880 or transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu.  

SAIS Review and Student Movement for Real Change:
"Water First"
8 to 9:30 p.m. � Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Andra Tamburro, a representative from Water Advocates, will lead a discussion on the global water and sanitation crisis. A screening of the film, Water First will follow the discussion. For more information, contact events@studentmovementusa.org.  

Wednesday, June 25
U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and Sejong Society of Washington:
"Perspectives on the DPRK Financial System"
6:45 to 8 p.m. -- Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Bradley Babson, former senior adviser for the World Bank, will discuss this topic. To RSVP, go to www.sejongsocietydc.org/rsvp. For more information, contact 202.663.5830 or nbaillis@jhu.edu. 

Thursday, June 26
SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations:
"Ideas for America's Future: Core Elements of a New National Security Strategy"
8 to 9:30 a.m. - Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, will lead a discussion on the new book, Ideas for America's Future: Core Elements of a New National Security Strategy, by Jeffrey P. Bialos, senior fellow at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations and partner at Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan. Bialos will also give remarks. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5880 or transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu. 

Hopkins-Nanjing Center Washington Office:
"Wine and Cheese Summer Reception"
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Herter Room, Nitze Building
Jan Kiely, American co-director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, and Gene Martin, Washington director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center Washington Office, will host this reception. This event is open to the SAIS community and invited guests only. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5925 or mhoulih1@jhu.edu.