Programs 2016-17

September 08:

Ambassador Stephen D. Mull Lead Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation at US Department of State. Implementing the Iran Nuclear Agreement

October 13:

Ambassador Eric Edelman Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, former US Ambassador to Turkey and to Finland; former Principal Deputy Asst. to the Vice President for National Security Affairs. US-Turkey Relations - Is Turkey a Reliable Ally?

November 10:

Thomas Wright Fellow and Director of the Project on International Order & Strategy at Brookings Institute. Vice Chair of Fulbright Commission, Ireland. “Political Implications of Brexit”

December 08:

Admiral Gary Roughead Former Chief of Naval Operations Maritime Asia: Changes and Challenges

January 12:

Prof. Allen Lynch University of Virginia - Department of Politics The Impact of the Election on US-Russian Relations

February 09:

Professor Marc Lynch Professor of Middle East studies at GWU and Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies “How the Iranian-Saudi Proxy Struggle Tore the Middle East Apart”

March 09:

Aloysius Ordu He currently holds board or advisory positions at the African Development Fund, the Partnership for Development Fund, the Initiative for Global Development and at Stellenbosch University. Africa: Towards a New Dawn

April 13:

Anne-Marie Slaughter President and CEO of New America, formerly Dean – Woodrow Wilson School and Director of Policy Planning US State Department World Order in the Trump Era

May 11:

Gen. Michael Hayden Former Director of both the CIA and National Security Agency Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror