CHAIR
Srilal Mohan Perera
Advisor, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank
Group
Mr. Perera has been with MIGA since 1989, which almost dates back to
the inception of MIGA's operations. Mr. Perera is a national of Sri
Lanka and has extensive experience working with multilateral
organizations such as the Colombo Plan, UNDP, and the World Bank.
Prior to his appointment with MIGA, he served from 1986?1989 as an
attorney at the Iran?United States Claims Tribunal in the Hague,
where he was Legal Counsel to the President of the Tribunal. Mr.
Perera has many years of operational experience in MIGA and in
advising governments of countries in Asia, Africa and East Europe on
investment related laws. Mr. Perera is also Adjunct Professor of Law
at the Washington College of Law of the American University in
Washington D.C. He has a number of publications to his credit.
AUTHOR
Parag Khanna
Senior Research Fellow and Director, Global Governance Initiative,
New America Foundation
Mr. Khanna directs the Global Governance Initiative in the American
Strategy Program of the New America Foundation. As part of his work,
he leads an effort to find innovative strategies for governmental,
corporate, and civil society collaboration to resolve pressing
global problems and redefine diplomacy for the 21st century. He has
worked at the World Economic Forum, where he specialized in scenario
and risk planning, and at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he
conducted research on terrorism and conflict resolution. In 2007,
he was a senior geopolitical advisor to U.S. Special Operations
Command. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, The
Financial Times, Harper's Magazine, Policy Review, Foreign Policy,
and he has been featured on CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera International,
National Public Radio, and Doordarshan (India).
DISCUSSANT
Stewart Patrick
Senior Fellow & Director of Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations
Mr. Patrick is senior fellow and director of the program on Global
Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations. His areas of
expertise include multilateral cooperation in the management of
global issues; U.S. policy toward international institutions,
including the United Nations; the challenges posed by fragile,
failing, and post-conflict states; and the integration of U.S.
defense, development, and diplomatic instruments in U.S. foreign and
national security policy. From 2005 to 2008, he was research fellow
at the Center for Global Development. He also served as a
professorial lecturer in international relations/conflict management
at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International
Studies. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Patrick served on the secretary of
state's policy planning staff. He is the author, co-author or editor
of four books and the author of numerous articles and chapters on
the subjects of multilateral cooperation, state-building, and U.S.
foreign policy.
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