EVENT: U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy: Assessing the Results
Start: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:00 AM
End: Monday, April 21, 2008 3:00 PM
In October 1998 Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). The IRFA mandated the promotion of religious liberty around the world as a central element of American foreign policy. In 2008 three symposia at Georgetown examine the origins (February 25), performance (April 21) and promise (October 10) of IRF policy. Experts from across the spectrum of American public life-scholars, policymakers, experts and journalists-as well as informed officials and observers from around the globe, will analyze policy. The October symposium, building on the earlier two, presents recommendations for the new administration.
EPPC is pleased to co-sponsor this series, which is hosted by Georgetown University and co-organized by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University and the Council on Faith & International Affairs at the Institute for Global Engagement. Other co-sponsors include:
International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University
Council for America's First Freedom, Richmond, Virginia
Religious Liberties Practice Group of The Federalist Society, Washington DC
Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Hartford, Connecticut
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY.
Panel 1: U.S. Foreign Policy Practitioners: The State Department, the Commission, Congress, and the White House
Robert A. Seiple, President of the Council for America's First Freedom and former U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom
Tad Stahnke, Director of the Fighting Discrimination Program at Human Rights First and former senior staffer at U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
David Killion, senior staff of House Committee on Foreign Affairs and former senior staffer on human rights issues for Rep. Tom Lantos
William Inboden, Senior Vice-President of the Legatum Institute and former senior staff at National Security Council
Panel 2: U.S. Foreign Policy Scholars: International Religious Freedom Policy, American Ideals, and American National Interests
Ruth Wedgwood, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Philip Gordon, Brookings Institution
Joshua Muravchik, American Enterprise Institute
Walter Russell Mead, Council on Foreign Relations (invited)
Thomas Farr, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, moderator
Panel 3: U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy: The Critique from the Muslim World
Abdolkarim Soroush, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs
Asma Afsarrudin, University of Notre Dame
Radwan Masmoudi, Center of the Study of Islam & Democracy
Thomas Farr, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, moderator
This event is open to the public. Light breakfast and lunch will be served.
An RSVP is required: berkleycenter@georgetown.edu
