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Program Archive Spring 2010


Event Opportunities and Challenges for a Palestinian State
Maen Areikat, Chief Representative of the PLO Mission to the United States
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Al Qaedas Grand Strategy
Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University

Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Hamas at the Crossroads?
Haim Malka, CSIS
Westin Oaks Hotel, 5011 Westheimer
Date Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Time 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Event New Models for News Media
James Breiner, Center for Digital Journalism, Guadalajara, Mexico
Hilton Americas, 1600 Lamar
Date Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event Contested Boundaries
Asher Kaufman, Woodrow Wilson Center
The Westin Oaks Hotel, 5011 Westheimer
Date Monday, February 01, 2010
Time 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Event Lieutenant General John R. Allen
Deputy Commander, US Central Command
Hilton Americas, 1600 Lamar
Date Friday, February 05, 2010
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event The Century Ahead
George Friedman, STRATFOR
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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 Program Archive Fall 2009

Event Iran and the Green Movement
Mehdi Noorbaksh, Harrisburg University
University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall
Date Monday, July 20, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Syria Opens Up
Andrew Tabler, Washington Institute
Westin Galleria, 5060 W. Alabama
Date Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Event The Real War in Mexico
Shannon ONeil, Council on Foreign Relations
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event The Law of the Sea Treaty: Why Now?
Scott Borgerson, Council on Foreign Relations
Petroleum Club, 800 Bell Street
Date Thursday, August 27, 2009
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event Afghanistan and Pakistan: The US and Whats at Stake
Marvin Weinbaum, The Middle East Institute
The Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event The Power of Social Media in the Muslim World
Mona Eltahawy, Journalist
The Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Global Financial Architecture
Robert Kimmitt, Former Deputy Secretary of Treasury
Hilton Americas, 1600 Lamar Street
Date Thursday, September 17, 2009
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event Is Russias Democratic Experiment Over
David Satter, Author
The Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Human Rights, Development and the Extractives Industries
Margaret Jungk, Danish Institute for Human Rights
Doubletree Hotel, 400 Dallas Street, Dezavala Room
Date Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Ten Days in Iran What I Saw at the Revolution
Joe Klein, TIME
Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer
Date Thursday, October 01, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Cities of the Future
Jeb Brugmann, Author
Westin Oaks Hotel, 5011 Westheimer Rd.
Date Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event Pervez Musharraf
Former President of Pakistan
The Omni Hotel, Four Riverway
Date Saturday, October 10, 2009
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event The Taliban Generation
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Filmmaker

Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Condoleezza Rice
66th Secretary of State
Stanford University
Hilton Americas, 1600 Lamar St.
Date Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event From Oppression to Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times Columnist
Rice University, Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall

In partnership with Brazos Bookstore, Asia Society, Rice University, University of Houston Friends of Women's Studies
Date Sunday, October 25, 2009
Time 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
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Event Understanding Mexico-U.S. Relations
Edward Schumacher-Matos, Harvard University
Westin Galleria Hotel, 5060 West Alabama
Date Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Romesh Ratnesar, TIME
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event U.S. Foreign Policy and the Greater Middle East
Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations
Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer
Date Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Entrepreneurs in Africa
June Arunga
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Understanding Irans Power Struggle
Mohsen Sazegara, Middle East Analyst
Westin Oaks Hotel
5011 Westheimer
Date Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event The Imperial Cruise
James Bradley, Author
Hilton Americas
1600 Lamar
Date Thursday, December 03, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Vietnam Rising
Thomas Vallely, Harvard University
The Junior League
1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Program Archive Spring 2009

Event Argentina Unveiled
Nicolas Shumway, University of Texas
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event The Global Food Crisis
Edwin Price, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
The Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event The Global Financial Crisis
Amity Shlaes, Council on Foreign Relations
Dinner - Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer
Date Thursday, January 15, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Event Talking with Iran
Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event SOLD OUT America: A View from the Middle East
Jamal Dajani, Link TV
Dinner - Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer
Date Monday, January 26, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Event The Peacemakers
Martin Indyk, Brookings Institute

Omni Hotel, 4 Riverway
Date Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Pakistan and India
Ahmad Faruqui, University of Bradford - UK
Junior League, Ballroom, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Time 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event One Year, One Man, Twenty Wars
Kevin Sites, In the Hot Zone - Yahoo! News
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Time 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Peace in the Middle East
Oded Eran, Director, The Institute for National Security Studies in Israel
Westin Galleria Hotel, The Monarch Room
Date Thursday, February 19, 2009
Time 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
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Event The Moral Dilemmas of Spying
James Olson, Bush School of Government - Texas A&M University
Junior League, Ballroom, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Thursday, February 26, 2009
Time 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event NEW DATE Opening the Mexican Economy
Eduardo Pérez Motta
Petroleum Club, 800 Bell Street
Date Friday, February 27, 2009
Time 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
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Event The Search for Truth in Iraq
Charles Duelfer, Former CIA
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Monday, March 02, 2009
Time 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Is there an Emerging Terrorist Threat from Latin America?
Douglas Farah
Omni Hotel, Four Riverway Plaza
The Grand Salon West Ballroom
Date Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Time 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Pakistan and the US: Common Interests and a Shared Future
Husain Haqqani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the US
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks
Date Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge For Strategic Investing
Preston Keat
Eurasia Group, Director of Research

Petroleum Club, 800 Bell Street 43rd Floor
Date Friday, March 13, 2009
Time 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
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Event US Russia Relations: Pushing the "Reset"Button
Eugene Rumer & Angela Stent
Westin Oaks Hotel, The Roof
5011 Westheimer
Date Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Event Kazakhstan: Oil, Gas and Beyond
Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks
Date Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Award
Recognizing: Doug Foshee
Speaker: Richard Armitage
Hyatt Regency, 1200 Louisiana St.
Date Friday, April 03, 2009
Time 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
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Event Forward Looking Leadership: Can the Middle East Resolve Its Problems and Reform Itself?
Hind Kabawat, lawyer and political activist
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks
Date Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event The Way Ahead: Military Strategy for the 21st Century
General Martin E. Dempsey
Westin Oaks, The Roof
5011 Westheimer
Date Monday, April 13, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Event The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism
Judy Polumbaum, Journalist
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Thursday, April 16, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Evening: A Vision for Africa
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Laureate
Westin Galleria, Plaza Ballroom
5060 West Alabama
Date Friday, April 17, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Challenges in Afghanistan
Enayat Qasimi
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Redefining the Battle
Reza Aslan, Author
University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall
3910 Yoakum St.
Date Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Judge Thomas Buergenthal
International Court of Justice
Westin Galleria, Plaza Ballroom
5060 West Alabama
Date Thursday, May 07, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Who Are We to the World?
Karen Hughes, Global Vice Chair, Burson-Marsteller and Former Advisor to President George W. Bush
Hilton Americas, Grand Lanier Ballroom
1600 Lamar Street
Date Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Event The Challenge of Iran
Michael Rubin, Historian
Junior League
1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Thursday, May 14, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Report from the Field: Exposing War Crimes to Save Lives
Marc Garlasco, Human Rights Watch
University of St. Thomas - Jones Hall
3910 Yoakum St.
Date Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event China on the World Stage
John Pomfret, Washington Post
Junior League
1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Thursday, May 21, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Political Participation in Egypt
Jerry Leach, American University in Cairo
Junior League
1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Event Dateline Mongolia: An American Journalist in a Nomads Land
Michael Kohn, Writer
Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane
Date Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Time 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
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Event The Future of Pakistan
Imran Khan
The Omni Hotel, Four Riverway
Date Monday, June 22, 2009
Time 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
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Program Archive Fall 2008

Powering and Empowering America in the 21st Century
Joseph A. Stanislaw
December 11, 2008 Luncheon Program

The Universal Declaration at 60: Is the UN Human Rights Commission Doing Enough?
Hillel Neuer
December 10, 2008 Evening Program

From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi
Robert And Kathleen Krueger
December 3, 2008 Evening Program

An Evening With Musician and Poet Chava Alberstein
Presented by the Society for Performing Arts
November 20, 2008 Evening Program

Russia's Nervous Neighbors
Bob Hamilton, CSIS US Army Fellow
November 13, 2008 Evening Program

Big Potential: What Our Next President Can Do for Global Business
Rich Karlgaard, Forbes Magazine
November 12, 2008 Luncheon Program

The Peoples Courts: Legal and Political Reform in China
Carl Minzner, Washington University in St. Louis
November 7, 2008 Luncheon Program

Force and Diplomacy: A Brigade Commanders War in Iraq
Peter Mansoor, (Ret.) Colonel, US Army
November 5, 2008 Luncheon Program

Brazil Rising
Simon Marks, Journalist
October 29, 2008 Evening Documentary Program

Bad Leadership: How It Happens and Why It Matters
Barbara Kellerman, Harvard University
October 28, 2008 Luncheon Program

Advancing Progress in Africa
Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank
October 24, 2008 Luncheon program

Shaping a World of Freedon
Ambassador Robert Pearson
October 21, 2008 Evening Program

Civilian Response Corps: Building and Sustaining Peace in a Post-Conflict Environment
Ambassador John Herbst
October 15, 2008 Luncheon Program

Tomorrow's Middle East
Robin Wright, Journalist and Author
October 14, 2008 Evening Program

Pakistan: A Storm on the Horizon
Bruce Riedel, Brookings Institute
October 6, 2008 Evening Program

Putin's Labyrinth
Steve LeVine, BusinessWeek
October 1, 2008 Evening Program

America and the World: Options and Obstacles for the next President
James P. Rubin, Columbia University
September 26, 2008 Luncheon Program

Lebanon, Iraq and Iran: Emerging Pathway Across the Middle East
Sandra Mackey, Author and Journalist
September 24, 2008 Luncheon Program

Syria and the Challenges Ahead
Joshua Landis, University of Oklahoma
September 10, 2008 Evening Program

The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation
Marwan Muasher, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan
September 2, 2008 Evening Program

Conflict and Context: Reporting from the Caucasus
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
August 26, 2008 Evening Program

Islamic Finance: Myths and Misconceptions
Michael McMillen
August 22, 2008 Luncheon Program

China in Africa: Implications for Human Rights and Energy
Robert G. Houdek, United States Ambassador
August 20, 2008 Evening Program

Program Archive Spring 2008



South Southeast
Steve McCurry, Photographer
June 17, 2008 Evening Illustrated Lecture

The United States and Germany: Common Values and New Challenges
Klaus Scharioth, German Ambassador to the United States
June 4, 2008 Evening Program

The Post-American World
Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek International
May 28, 2008 Evening Program

Lebanese Option Gathering
Ahmad El-Assad
May 21, 2008 Evening Program

Energy Investment in Nigeria & Venezuela
Robert Amsterdam, Amsterdam & Peroff
May 19, 2008 Luncheon Program

The Cost of Corruption
Peter Eigen, Transparency International & Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
May 13, 2008 Luncheon

The Much too Promised Land
Aaron Miller, Woodrow Wilson Center
May 6, 2008 Evening Program

The Spirit of Democracy
Larry Diamond, Stanford University
April 30, 2008 Evening Program

Take a Closer Look at Russia
Mikhail Margelov, Russia Federation Senator
April 24, 2008 Luncheon Program

Global Challenges to U.S. Leadership
Robert Dole, former United States Senator
April 23, 2008 Jones Award Luncheon

Lifting the Veil: Women in Afghanistan
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Journalist
April 14, 2008 Documentary and Discussion

Letter to America
David Boren, President of the University of Okalahoma
April 10, 2008 Evening Program

A Global Civilization?
Philip Zelikow, University of Virginia
April 9, 2008 Evening Program


Doing Business Around the World
Simeon Djankov, World Bank
April 8, 2008 Luncheon Program

Smart Power: A Smarter, More Secure America
Joseph Nye, Harvard University
April 3, 2008 Evening Program

 

Cyprus: EU Lighthouse in the Eastern Mediterranean
His Excellency Andreas S. Kakouris, Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus
March 27, 2008 Evening Program

 

Reform in Riyadh: A Delicate Balance
Karen Elliott House, Harvard University
March 26, 2008 Luncheon Program

 

Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour
Charley Warady, Ray Hanania, Aaron Freeman, Yisrael Campbell
March 25, 2008 Evening Program

 

Energy Independence: The Way Forward or a Dangerous Delusion?

Robert Bryce, Institute for Energy Research
March 11, 2008 Luncheon Program

 

Good Intentions Corrupted: The Oil-for-Food Scandal and the Threat to the U.N.
Mark Califano, Chief Legal Counsel, UN Oil-for-Food Investigation
March 13, 2008 Luncheon Program

 

From Roadmap to Headlines: Reading the Middle East
Felice and Michael Friedson, The Media Line
March 6, 2008 Luncheon Program

 

The Outside Looking In:  The Latin American Journalist Perspective

Paulo Sotero Marques, Woodrow Wilson Center
Andres Cavelier, Harvard University
Ana Baron, Clarin
March 3, 2008 Evening Program

 

Energy as a Tool for Regional Stability
David Goldwyn, Goldwyn International Strategies
February 27, 2008 Luncheon Program

 

Putin 3: The Russian Elections
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
February 26, 2008  Evening Program

 

Approaching Iran
Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
February 20, 2008  Evening Program

 

Meeting Resistance
Molly Bingham & Steve Connors, Filmmakers
February 19, 2008  Evening Film Screening

An Imam in America
Andrea Elliott, New York Times
February 12, 2008  Evening Program

 

The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the Future of Pakistan
Frederic Grare, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
February 6, 2008  Evening Program

 

Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed
Anders Anders, Peterson Institute for International Economics
January 30, 2008  Luncheon Program

 

Promoting Opportunity and Investment in the Middle East

Robert Mosbacher, Jr., Overseas Private Investment Corporation

January 18, 2008  Luncheon Program

 

Re-Engaging the Americas: An Action Plan for the Next President
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
January 15, 2008  Evening Program

 

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
January 14, 2008  Luncheon and Evening Program

 

The Putin Generation: How the Youth of Russia View Their World
Sarah Mendelson, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Ted Gerber, University of Wisconsin – Madison

January 9, 2008  Evening Program

 
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