August 6, 2020

Alexandra Huddleston on From Tyndrum to Timbuktu: The Creative Path and the Ritual Process.

For photographer and writer Alexandra Huddleston, walking is as important to her work as her camera. By favoring the foot…

July 31, 2020

Author Neill McKee on Finding Myself in Borneo.

Award-winning local author Neill McKeewill offer a photo presentation and discussion on his adventures during 1968-70, while teaching secondary school…

July 30, 2020

A Perilous New World amid Divisions at Home: The U.S. Military Confronts the Future. With General Walter Gaskin, Rear Admiral Janice Hamby, and Moderator Amb. Vicki Huddleston.

Can the United States successfully confront the many existential threats facing the country? What role will the military play —…

July 23, 2020

UN 2.0: Building a New United Nations 75 Years After San Francisco. 

How can the UN creatively harness the ideas, networks, and capabilities of governments, civil society, and the private sector for…

July 16, 2020

State of the State Department Round 4: Ambassadors Speak Out! 

Amb. Pru Bushnell — who led our Embassy in Kenya through the most deadly terrorist attack on an embassy in…

July 9, 2020

Giving Aid: Why it Matters and How to Do it Right. 

When Amb. White was USAID Director in Mali, she created a unique partnership for girls education with the nomadic Tuaregs….

July 1, 2020

Is a US-China Decoupling Really Possible in a Post-Pandemic World?

Professor Sarwar Kashmeri is a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association and Applied Research Fellow of the Peace and War Center…

June 25, 2020

How might foreign intelligence services best exploit the current situation in the United States? 

What are the benefits and dangers when the DNI has a close political relationship with the President? How has intelligence…

June 18, 2020

Can the American Body Politic Survive in a Post-Pandemic World?

The United States has long been a beacon for the rule of law, an independent judiciary, freedom of the press, and…

June 11, 2020

Amb. Mary Ann Casey on Radical Islam in Mediterranean North Africa:  Can Democracy Flourish in Tunisia and Algeria? 

The Arab Spring ignited with the self-immolation of a frustrated young Tunisian, then burned eastward across North Africa and on…

June 4, 2020

Julie McCarthy on Hong Kong, Democracy, and the Coronavirus

NPR reporter Julie McCarthy spoke to us all about Hong Kong, including its successful response to coronavirus, offer the very…

May 28, 2020

Dr. Braden Allenby on Engineering Resilience.

Experience from other engineered systems, such as urban transportation systems, electric grids, and communications networks suggests ways in which medical…