December
Center for Presidential History at SMU Event: In partnership with WACDFW
2019 Grant Thornton Winter Social
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Life Undercover
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Amaryllis Fox, Former CIA Officer; Co-host, American Ripper
Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Timothy Andrews Sayle, University of Toronto
November
With All Due Respect: Defending America with Grit and Grace
Friday, November 22, 2019
Nikki Haley, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2018); Governor, South Carolina (2011-2017)
Moderated by Dina Powell
Slovakia: 30 Years Since the Velvet Revolution
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
His Excellency Ivan Korčok, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States
Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - Fort Worth
S.C. Gwynne, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times best-selling author of six book
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
Monday, November 18, 2019
Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2013-2017)
Council Conversations: Arm Sales 101- TBD
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Julie Goodman, Founder & CEO, Goodman Global Consulting, LLC
Steve Mathias, Vice President of Military Sales & Strategy, Bell
John Ward, (retired) Vice President, International Business Development, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
The Korean War’s Greatest Battle
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Hampton Sides, Award-winning editor of Outside and the author of the bestselling histories Hellhound on his Trial, Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers
One Day University
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Caroline Winterer, Anthony P. Meier Family Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University
Jeffrey Engel, Founding Director, Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University
Marc Lapadula, Senior Lecturer in the Film Studies Program, Yale University
Across the Pond, In the Field: Dallas, TX
Monday, November 4, 2019
Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi, Ambassador of Finland to the U.S.
Ambassador Domingos Fezas Vital, Portuguese Ambassador to the United States
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Security Program, Center for a New American Security
2019 H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner
Friday, November 1, 2019
Honoree: Michael S. Rawlings, 61st Mayor of Dallas
Speaker: Skip Hollandsworth
Presenting Sponsor: The Men and Women of Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Video Sponsor: Texas Capital Bank
Patrons’ Reception Sponsor: PwC
Valet Sponsor: Mercado369
Main Reception Sponsor: EarthX
October
Seventh Flag
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Sid Balman, Pulitzer-Nominated National Security Correspondent
Information Wars: The Global Battle Against Disinformation
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Richard Stengel, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2013-2016)
Silver, Sword & Stone: A History of Latin America
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Marie Arana, Director, National Book Festival & Writer at Large, Washington Post
The Last Card in the Deck: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Reflections on a Career in Diplomacy
Monday, October 21, 2019
Scott Smith, Diplomat in Residence – Rocky Mountains, U.S. Department of State
Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Brigadier General Robert Spalding (ret.), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
The Battle of Mosul
Thursday, October 10, 2019
James Verini, Contributing Writer at The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic
Four Hours of Fury
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
James Fenelon, Author and Contributor, World War II
October Member Meet-up
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The FBI Today
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Josh Campbell, CNN Analyst; Former Supervisory Special Agent, FBI & Special Assistant to FBI Director James Comey
September
The Sky’s No Limit
Friday, September 27, 2019
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Commander, Pacific Air Forces
Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Matthew Avery Sutton, Washington State University
Mel Kusin Annual National Security Lecture - The Senkaku Paradox: War Over Small States
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Brookings Institution
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Friday, September 20, 2019
General Jim Mattis, 26th United States Secretary of Defense
Declassified: Secret Literature & Intelligence Briefings
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Lea Carpenter, Contributing Editor, Esquire; Writer of the screenplay for Mile 2
In conversation with Jay Fielden, former Editor in Chief of Esquire
Breaking Protocol
Monday, September 16, 2019
Bob Satawake, Author & Former Diplomat
Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Alex Counts, Founder, Grameen Foundation
The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Susan Page , USA Today
September Member Meet-up at Souk
Thursday, September 5, 2019
EarthX: The World’s Leading Sustainability Forum
September 4, 2019
Trammell Crow, EarthX Founder
August
Senator Ted Cruz
Monday, August 26, 2019 - 12:00 PM Program & Luncheon
Safe Houses: A Novel
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Dan Fesperman, Former reporter and author of several thrillers
July
For the Good of the Game
Thursday, July 18, 2019 - Fort Worth
Bud Selig, Ninth Commissioner of Baseball
For the Good of the Game
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Bud Selig, Ninth Commissioner of Baseball
June
Moscow Rules & the Master of Disguise
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Jonna Mendez, Former Chief of Disguise, CIA
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Georgia’s Success Story: A Land of Opportunity Where East Meets West
Friday, June 14, 2019
His Excellency Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister, Georgia
One Day University: America 2019: Where are We Now? (And Where are We Going?)
Saturday, June 8, 2019
William Burke-White, Richard Perry Professor and Inaugural Director, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
Wendy Schiller, Chair of the Political Science Department, Brown University
Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
May
U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Paul Salem, President, Middle East Institute
Brexit and the Future of British Politics
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Madsen Pirie, President, Adam Smith Institute
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Salam Documentary Screening
Saturday, May 18, 2019
DFW South Asian Film Festival
Global Tipping Points: Press & Diplomacy in Afghanistan
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Katherine Brown, CEO, Global Ties U.S.
Global Security: Reinvented
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Farah Pandith, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Press Pass: All Access to the White House Press Corp
Friday, May 3, 2019
Nancy Benac, White House News Editor, Associated Press
Major Garrett, Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News
April 2019
Council Conversations: Trade Policy 101
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Matthew Rooney, Managing Director, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative
Robert D. Manogue, Director of the Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs, U.S. Department of State
The Second Mountain
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
David Brooks, Best-Selling Author & Op-ed Columnist, The New York Times
Leadership, the Art of Getting Things Done
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Allan Stam, Dean, Professor of Public Policy and Politics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
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Withdrawal: What Is Our Word Worth?
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership, Global Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History, Rice University, CNN Presidential Historian, and a Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair and Audubo
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March 2019
2019 International Educator of the Year Luncheon
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Love your Enemies: Civility in Uncivil Times
Arthur Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute
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First: Sandra Day O’Connor
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Evan Thomas, Journalist, Historian, and Author
Donald Trump: The Interrupter
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Corey R. Lewandowski, CEO, Lewandowski Strategic Advisors, LLC
David N. Bossie, President, Citizens United
Leading Through Change
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Brent Gleeson, Navy Seal Combat Veteran
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Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Fred Burton, Chief Security Officer, Stratfor
February 2019
Ambassador Thomas Pickering
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Vice Chairman, Hills & Company; holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador
Impeachment: An American History
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Jon Meacham, Jeffrey Engel, Timothy Naftali, and Peter Baker
America's Abdication of Global Leadership
Tuesday, February 19, 201
Jim Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
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2019 IPS: U. S. Relations with its Neighbors: What do They Think of Us?
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Dr. Laura Dawson, Director, Canada Institute, Wilson Center
Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Former Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S.
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Fascism: A Warning
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Madeleine K. Albright, 64th U.S. Secretary of State; Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
January 2019
NAFTA 2.0
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Alberto de la Peña, Partner, Co-chair - International Practice Group, Haynes and Boone, LLP
George Y. Gonzalez, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Edward M. Lebow, Counsel, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Larry B. Pascal, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways
Friday, January 25, 2019
Thomas J. Bollyky, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development and Director of the Global Health Program, Council on Foreign Relations
Reflecting on Charles Krauthammer’s The Point of It All
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Daniel Krauthammer
2019 IPS: Iran & the Gulf: Is There an Achievable Balance?
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Allen Keiswetter, Scholar, Middle East Institute
The Monk of Mokha
Friday, January 11, 2019
Dave Eggers, bestselling author
Mokhtar Alkanshali, Founder & CEO, Port of Mokha
Putin & Russia: America’s Most Dangerous Threat Today
Thursday, January 10, 2019
The Inaugural Mel Kusin National Security Lecture
Ambassador Michael McFaul, Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Towards an Enduring Peace: American-Style Higher Education in Iraq
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Dr. Bruce Ferguson, President, American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
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