The Harvard Colloquium on International Affairs is a University-wide initiative to focus a wide range of perspectives and expertise on major issues in contemporary international life. Last year's inaugural Colloquium focused on the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with General Brent Scowcroft and former Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev ably serving as keynote speakers. For the beginning of both a new century and a new administration, the 2001 Colloquium addressed a topic of equal importance: "A New American Foreign Policy? Global Voices, Challenges, and Opportunities." The Colloquium began with a presentation by the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, and featured a Keynote Address by Dr. Jorge Castañeda, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

Taking place less than four months after President George W. Bush took the oath of office, the 2001 Colloquium focused on the foreign policy challenges and opportunities of the dawning century. It provided a unique forum for foreign policy decision-makers to discuss issues and policies with officials from foreign governments and international institutions, academics, journalists, corporate and NGO leaders, and other experts from the United States and abroad. Over a dozen different programs and centers at Harvard sponsored panels focusing on the regions and topics most important to American foreign policy; panelists discussed everything from nuclear strategy to building domestic constituencies. For more information and archived video files, please visit http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/colloquium.