Events
GPI-BAU Talk Series: U.S.–Russia Talks: Lessons from Afghanistan & Zelenskyy’s Future
On Monday, March 17, 2025, at 10:30 AM (EST) the Global Policy Institute (GPI) and Bay Atlantic University (BAU) held a talk titled “U.S.–Russia Talks: Lessons from Afghanistan & Zelenskyy’s Future” via Zoom and in-person at BAU. Mr. Haroon Hakimi drew on insights from the U.S.–Taliban negotiations in Afghanistan to shed light on how President Zelenskyy’s options may unfold. Don’t miss this timely analysis of global diplomacy and conflict resolution.
Speaker
Haroon Hakimi was Deputy Minister of Information, Culture, Youth, and Tourism of Afghanistan until August 15th, 2021. Prior to this government appointment, Hakimi worked as a journalist and later a diplomat for over a decade, including an assignment with the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC. He holds an MA in Global Politics, Security, and Governance from the School of International Service from American University in Washington, DC, an MA in National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC, and a degree of specialization in Political Thoughts from Panjab University, India. Hakimi is currently a doctoral candidate in Statecraft and National Security at the Institute of World Politics.
Moderator
Paolo von Schirach became President of the Global Policy Institute, GPI, in 2016. He is also Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bay Atlantic University, BAU, in Washington DC. He previously served as Department Chair for Political Science and IR at BAU. Areas of expertise: US politics and economics, international security, NATO affairs, the war in Ukraine, the Middle East, US-China relations, Africa, terrorism, oil and gas and renewable energy.
Paolo von Schirach is the Founder and Editor of the Schirach Report, an online publication focusing on politics, economics and international security. Von Schirach is a frequent lecturer, TV and radio commentator, on US foreign and domestic politics and global issues. He is frequently on Alhurra TV, Asharq News, BBC Arabic, TG5 (Italy), Cairo TV, Sky News Arabia, Newsy, France 24, and other networks.
For more than 25 years von Schirach worked in emerging markets as Team Leader and Senior Expert managing investment and trade promotion programs. Prior to that he was a Research Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, which was followed by filling the role of Director of Communications, and later Senior Research Fellow, at the Atlantic Council. He was Deputy Director of the Global Security Project at Georgetown University, and Vice President for International Programs at Intelx, an institution focusing on international education. He was an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, (MSFS). He has been a frequent lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute, (FSI), the U.S. Federal Government’s primary foreign affairs training institution. Von Schirach holds higher degrees from Georgetown University where he was also a Fulbright Scholar and Fellow in the Government Department, the London School of Economics, the University of Pisa, Italy, and the Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa.