December
The World in 2021
December 9, 2020
Tom Standage, The Economist
Moderator: Jim Falk
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GLOBAL FORUM: An Open World - How America Can Win the Contest for 21st Century Order
December 10, 2020
Rebecca Lissner, Ph.D., U.S. Naval War College
Moderator: Jim Falk
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November
Election Eve Special: The Art of Training Your Dog
November 2, 2020
Brother Christopher Savage and Marc Goldberg, authors
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The New Nuclear Arms Race
September 2, 2020
William J. Perry, former secretary of defense; Tom Collina, Ploughshares Fund
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
November 10, 2020
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University
Moderator: Richard Shaffer
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First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
November 12, 2020
Thomas Rick, Author
Moderator: Jeremi Suri
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The Nine Lives of Pakistan
November 17, 2020
Declan Walsh, New York Times
Moderator: Jim Falk
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MEMBERS ONLY: 2020 Vision for U.S. - China Policy
November 18, 2020
Cecilia Joy-Pérez, Ponte Bello; Emily Weinstein, Georgetown University
A Conversation with Ambassador Shinsuke Sugiyama of Japan
November 19, 2020
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Michael Rawlings Endowed Lecture - The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the World
November 19, 2020
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Moderator: Mayor Michael Rawlings
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October
MEMBERS ONLY: Refugee Crisis in the Americas
October 1, 2020
Luis Compos, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Moderator: Jim Falk
The New Nuclear Arms Race
September 2, 2020
William J. Perry, former secretary of defense; Tom Collina, Ploughshares Fund
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The Gail Koppman History Lecture - The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
October 5, 2020
Peter Baker, New York Times; Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
Moderator: Jeffrey Engel
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On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist
October 6, 2020
Clarissa Ward, CNN
Moderator: Elizabeth Souder
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Trust: America's Best Chance
October 8, 2020
Mayor Pete Buttigieg, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
October 13, 2020
Chris Whipple, author
Moderator: Laurie Young
No Time for Spectators
October 14, 2020
Martin E. Dempsey, former chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moderator: John Ward
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A Look Inside the CIA
October 14, 2020
John Brennan, former CIA director
How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decision
October 16, 2020
Susan Eisenhower, author
Moderator: Beth Huddleston
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Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power and Persistence
October 20, 2020
Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Harvard University's Kennedy School
Moderator: Lee Cullum
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Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
October 21, 2020
Laila Lalami, novelist
Moderator: Jim Falk
GLOBAL FORUM: The Last President of Europe
October 22, 2020
William Drozdiak, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
October 27, 2020
Lindsay Chervinsky, historian
Moderator: Jeffrey Engel
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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
October 29, 2020
Fareed Zakaria, CNN; Andrew Ross Sorkin, CNBC
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September
The New Nuclear Arms Race
September 2, 2020
William J. Perry, former secretary of defense; Tom Collina, Ploughshares Fund
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Ten Years to Midnight: Four Urgent Global Crises and Their Strategic Solutions
September 3, 2020
Blair Sheppard, PwC
Moderator: Jim Falk
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To Bring the Good News to All Nations: Evangelical Influence on Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Relations
September 8, 2020
Lauren Frances Turek, Trinity University
Moderator: Dr. Kate Carté
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The Black Banners (Declassified): How Torture Derailed the War on Terror After 9/11
September 10, 2020
Ali Soufan, author
Moderator: Lawrence Wright
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Speaking for Myself
September 14, 2020
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads
September 15, 2020
David Rundell, author
Moderator: Ambassador Robert W. Jordan
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Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World
September 22, 2020
H.R. McMaster, 26th U.S. national security advisor
Moderator: Jim Falk
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A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice and Freedom
September 22, 2020
Brittany K. Barnett, Buried Alive Project
Moderator: Ambassador Ron Kirk
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A Cry from the Far Middle
September 23, 2020
P.J. O'Rourke, author
Moderator: Ambassador James C. Oberwetter
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The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations
September 29, 2020
Daniel Yergin, author
Moderator: Reg Manhas
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August
America's Role in the World: Why Leading Globally Matters to Texas
August 2, 2020
Congressman Colin Allred
Moderator: Jim Falk
Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote
August 21, 2020
Ellen DuBois, UCLA
Moderator: Lee Cullum
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Shields of the Republic: The Triumph and Peril of America's Alliances
August 18, 2020
Mira Rapp-Hooper
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Third Rail: Is the Electoral College Relevant or a Relic?
August 14, 2020
Tara Ross and Jesse Wegeman
Moderator: Jim Falk
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True Crimes and Misdemeanors
August 12, 2020
Jeffrey Toobin, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Believers: Love and Death in Tehran
August 7, 2020
Mark Grossman, The Cohen Group; John Limbert, career diplomat, United States Foreign Service
Moderator: Jim Falk
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MERIDIAN YP: Climate Roundtable
August 5, 2020
Justin Worland, TIME Magazine
Moderator: Erik Wohlegemuth
MEMBERS ONLY: Behind the Lens
July
Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?
July 29, 2020
Ezekiel Emanuel, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Jim Falk
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MEMBERS ONLY: Behind the Lens
July 28, 2020
Andy Coleman, National Geographic
MEMBERS ONLY: Optimize Your Brain Performance: The Science of Stress and How to Harness
July 22, 2020
Dee O’Neill, Center for BrainHealth
The World: A Brief Introduction
July 16, 2020
Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Shanghai and Hong Kong: The Past and the Future of China
July 14, 2020
James Carter, Saint Joseph’s University
Jonathan Kaufman, Northeastern University in Boston
Moderator: Meredith Hindley, historian
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A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
July 7, 2020
Robert Bryce, author
Moderator: Jay Young
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The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
July 2, 2020
Christian Brose, Anduril Industries
Moderator: John Ward
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June
Annual Member Meeting and Town Hall
June 30, 2020
White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War
June 26, 2020
John Gans, University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House Global Policy Center
Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance
June 23, 2020
Barton Gellman, The Atlantic
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Putting People First
June 19, 2020
Tom Peters, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World
June 18, 2020
Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense under presidents Bush and Obama"
Moderator: Jim Falk
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PRIDE - "A Global Discussion on COVID and the LGBTQ Community"
June 17, 2020
Helen Kennedy, CEO Egale Canada
Cece Cox, Chief Executive Officer, Resource Center
André du Plessis, Executive Director, ILGA
Moderator: Noëlla De Maina, Manager, Political, Economic and Public Affairs at Consulate General of Canada in Dallas
The Last Trial
June 16th 2020
Scott Turow, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The Price of Oil in New America
Friday, June 12, 2020
Clifford Krauss, New York Times National Energy Business Correspondent
Moderator: Mike Anderson
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The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World
June 9, 2020
Barry Gewen, New York Times Book Review
Moderator: Talmage Boston
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One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
June 5, 2020
Jia Lynn Yang, New York Times
Moderator: Laura Collins
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Iran, the US, and the COVID-19 Crisis
June 2, 2020
Frank Wisner, U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines and India
Roxane Farmanfarmaian, University of Cambridge
Moderator: Ambassador Robert W. Jordan
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May
Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel’s Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny
May 28, 2020
Dennis Ross, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The Pundits and the Paladin
May 27, 2020
David Ignatius, Washington Post
Moderator: David Sanger, New York Times
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The Hacker and the State
Friday, May 22, 2020
Ben Buchanan, Georgetown University
Moderator: Katy Montgomery, Cyber Defense Labs
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Front Row at the Trump Show
May 19, 2020
Jonathan Karl, ABC News
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The Economy: Where Do We Go From Here
May 18, 2020
Diane Swonk, Grant Thornton LLP
Moderator: Mike Silverman, CH Investment Partners
Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
May 15, 2020
Angela Stent, Georgetown University
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The End of October: A Novel
May 12, 2020
Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Economic Dignity
May 8, 2020
Gene Sperling, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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American Diplomacy Project: Future of U.S. Diplomacy Town Hall
May 7, 2020
Ambassador Marc Grossman, The Cohen Group
Ambassador Nicholas Burns, Harvard Kennedy School
Ambassador (Ret.) Marcie Ries, Harvard Kennedy School
Ambassador Nancy McEldowney, Georgetown University
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Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
May 1, 2020
Ted Widmer, Macaulay Honors College (CUNY)
Moderator: Jeff Engel
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April
Asia and the U.S. in a Post-Pandemic World: Lessons and Strategies for the U.S.
April 28, 2020
Parag Khanna, FutureMap
Moderator: Jim Falk
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In Deep: The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about America’s Deep State
April 24, 2020
David Rohde, newyorker.com
Moderator: Richard Shaffer
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Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Power
April 17, 2020
Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: Laurie Young
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Diplomacy in the Age of Coronavirus
April 16, 2020
Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy
Moderator: Amanda Schnetzer
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Honorable Exit: How A Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War
April 10, 2020
Thurston Clarke, author
Moderator: Jay Young
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MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Ben Hubbard, New York Times
Moderator: Ambassador Robert W. Jordan
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In Pursuit of Disobedient Women
Friday, April 3, 2020
Dionne Searcey, New York Times
Moderator: Jim Falk
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March
The Storm Before the Calm: America’s Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Moderator: Jim Falk
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The Economic Response to COVID-19
March 27, 2020
Sebastian Mallaby, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: Jim Falk
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February
Personal Security for Today's Dangerous World
February 29, 2020
Greg Shaffer, Shaffer Security Group
From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
February 25, 2020
Tracy Walder, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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Education and U.S. Foreign Policy: How Are They Related?
February 21, 2020
David P. Baker, Pennsylvania State University
Dallas LGBTQ Global Symposium on Equality and Human Rights
February 21, 2020
Reimagining America’s Foreign Policy - Reimagining America’s Foreign Policy
February 7, 2020
Victor Davis Hanson, Stanford University
Human Dignity and Fairness For All Lecture - The Assault on American Excellence
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Anthony Kronman, Yale Law School
Moderator: Jim Falk
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2020 IPS: Global Finance and the New Cold War: Where Are We Headed?
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
James K. Galbraith, University of Texas
January
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Friday, January 31, 2020
John Carreyrou, Investigative Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Moderator: Jim Falk
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This Just In: Iraq Relations with Ambassador Silliman
January 30, 2020
Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman (ret.), President, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (2016-2019)
Moderator: Jim Falk
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2020 IPS: Global Health Care: What Is the U. S. Doing About It?
January 15, 2020
Thomas Bollyky, Council on Foreign Relations
Hometown Hero – Brad Taylor discuss Pike Logan series
January 10, 2020
Brad Taylor, author
Moderator: Jim Falk
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