Past Events

PAST EVENT
"The Euro: from Strength to Weakness, and then What? The World Worries and What it Means for America."
May 16, 2012
Donald L. Sparks
Professor of International Economics and Director of the Ofice of Fellowships - The Citadel

PAST EVENT
"After Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Pivot to Asia - What does it Mean and Why is it Important?"
April 4, 2012
Ambassaodor Alphonse LaPorta
U.S. Ambassador, Retired

PAST EVENT
Eastern Europe: Changes and Challenges 20 Years After the Collapse of Communism
March 5, 2012
Burton L. Gerber
Former CIA Case Officer and Chief of Station; Adjunct Professsor and Senior Fellow in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University

PAST EVENT
"The Global Impact of Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Accident."
November 30, 2011
William A. (Bill) Coley
Chief Executive of British Energy Group PLC

PAST EVENT
Covert Actions: Facts and Myths
November 2, 2011
Brad Taylor
Security Consultant and New York Times Best Selling Author of "One Rough Man"

PAST EVENT
The Wars of Afghanistan
September 26, 2011
Peter Tomsen
Former Ambassador and Special Envoy on Afghanistan

PAST EVENT
Dilemma for the United States: Ending Iran's Quest for Nuclear Weapons
May 9, 2011
Dr. Barry Blechman & Dr. Daniel Brumberg


PAST EVENT
Lost Peace: Lessons from the Cold War for American Foreign Policy (Note special meeting time. This is an extra meeting to our schedule- No refreshments will be served. The public is invited. Seating on a first come, first served basis.)
April 13, 2011
Robert Dallek
Award Wining Author, renowned scholar on the U.S. presidency, and Mark Clark Visiting Professor at The Citadel

PAST EVENT
International Broadcasting and Communication in the Era of Internet, Facebook and Twittering
March 28, 2011
Allen Heil, Jr
Former Deputy Director of the Voice of America

PAST EVENT
"Thinking about China: Their Future and Ours"
February 16, 2011
Kent M. Harrington
Specialist in Inteligence analysis and Asia

PAST EVENT
The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
November 29, 2010
Linda Gradstein
Reporter on PRI’s The World, AOL News, and Slate Magazine

PAST EVENT
Mexican Drug Violence — The Implications for U.S. National Security
October 27, 2010
Stephen M. Chaplin
Chairman, Mexican Advanced Area Studies Program, National Foreign Affairs Training Center, U.S. State Department

PAST EVENT
The Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez — Implications for the United States.
October 5, 2010
Dr. Peter DeShazo
Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.

PAST EVENT
Personal Experiences in Iran; U.S.-Iranian Relations
April 27, 2010
Haleh Esfandiari, Ph.D.
Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

PAST EVENT
The Anglo-American Special Relationship: Will it Continue in the Asian Century?
March 9, 2010
Professor Ray Raymond
Fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in New York and at the Royal Society of Arts in London

PAST EVENT
2010 and Beyond: What the Foreign Energy Picture Means for Americans
February 16, 2010
Robert Ebel
Senior Adviser, Energy and National Security Programs from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

PAST EVENT
The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
December 8, 2009
John Johns and William Hauser
Brigadier General / Member, Council on Foreign Relations and fellow at the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society

PAST EVENT
Africa to Australia and Other Adventures
October 27, 2009
Ambassador Genta Hawkins Holmes
Diplomat in Residence at UC Davis. Former U.S. Ambassador to Austrailia