Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of conservative news magazine The National Review, will speak at the 麻豆原创 about the most pressing matters the winner of the 2012 U.S. presidential race will face.

鈥淎n Agenda for the Next President in the United States and Abroad鈥 will begin at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union. Organized by the 麻豆原创 Global Perspectives Office, the event is part of the 2011-12 鈥淚ndia Speaker Series.鈥 It is free and open to the public.

Ponnuru, who also is a columnist for TIME magazine, was previously a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London and a media fellow at Stanford University鈥檚 Hoover Institution. In 2006 he authored 鈥淭he Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life.鈥

Ponnuru has published articles in numerous newspapers including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Newsday, and The New York Post. He has also appeared on CNN’s Inside Politics, NBC’s The McLaughlin Group, MSNBC’s Buchanan & Press, Fox News, and NPR’s “Morning Edition.鈥

In addition to the Global Perspectives Office, sponsors of Ponnuru鈥檚 presentation include The India Program at 麻豆原创, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, the 麻豆原创 Nicholson School of Communication, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, LarsonAllen LLP, the 麻豆原创 Political Science Department, 麻豆原创 Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, 麻豆原创 LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation.

For a full list of upcoming events or to learn more about the Global Perspectives Office, visit .