December 2013
James Tobin - The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Associate Professor of Journalism, Miami of Ohio University; Author, To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
Meridian: Global Young Professionals Holiday Champagne Tasting
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Members and Guest Only
Rick Steves - The Value of Travel
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Host, Travel with Rick Steves; Author, Travel as a Political Act
UNT Kuehne Speaker Series on National Security - Sailing the Cyber Sea: The New Realities of 21st Century Security
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.); Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
November 2013
Member Social and Open House
Thursday, November 21, 2013
John Heilemann - Double Down: Game Change 2012
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
National Political Correspondent and Columnist, New York Magazine
MERIDIAN: Tracy Walder - Not Your Average History Teacher: My Past Life in the CIA and FBI
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Happy Hour and Program
Doug Johnston - Faith-based Diplomacy: An Asymmetric Counter to the Asymmetric Threat of Religious Extremism
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Founder, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy
America's Future Series 5 Star Award Luncheon
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Honoring Joe DePinto, Matt Rose, David Seaton and General Joe Robles. Hosted by T. Boone Pickens
2013 WACA National Conference
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Julian Read - JFK's Final Hours in Texas: An Eye Witness Remembers the Tragedy and its Aftermath
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Max Blumenthal - Uncovering the Ghosts of Israel's Past
Monday, November 11, 2013
Writing Fellow, Nation Institute; Former Senior Writer, The Daily Beast
U.S., Israel and the crises in the Middle East
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Professor Gilboa, Director of Bar Ilan University's School of Communication and Hillel Schuster, Principal Head of Corporate Finance, KPMG Israel
Ambassador of Mexico to the U.S. - Presented in partnership with the Dallas Committee on Foreign Realtions
Monday, November 04, 2013
His Excellency Eduardo Medina Mora
October 2013
FREE - Documentary - The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Dr. Larry Sabato, Director, University of Virginia Center for Politics; Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
The Kennedy Half-Century: Dr. Larry Sabato - Fort Worth
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Director, University of Virginia Center for Politics; Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
The Kennedy Half-Century: Dr. Larry Sabato - Dallas
Monday, October 28, 2013
Director, University of Virginia Center for Politics; Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
Meridian: The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy
Monday, October 28, 2013
Dr. Larry Sabato, Director, University of Virginia Center for Politics; Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics, University of Virginia
One Day University with The Dallas Morning News
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Go Back to College for Just One Day
2013 H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner
Friday, October 25, 2013
Honoring Lucy Billingsley, Partner, Billingsley Company; Featuring Keynote Joel Sartore, Photographer, Speaker, Author, Teacher & 20-year contributor to National Geographic
Wings of Freedom 2014
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Lt. Col. Ed Saylor , Flight Engineer - Plane 15 of the Doolittle Raiders
Kenneth Pollack - Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy
Monday, October 07, 2013
Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; Former Analyst, CIA; Director of Persian Gulf Affairs, National Security Council
A. Scott Berg - Wilson
Friday, October 04, 2013
Pulitzer and National Book Award Winner
September 2013
WorldFest: Spotlight China - A Celebration of China-U.S. Friendship
Sunday, September 29, 2013
A Variety Show Featuring Chinese Acrobatics and Dance
Girl Rising - Film Screening
Thursday, September 26, 2013
A Documentary Presented by the Gendercide Awareness Project
George Packer - The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Author, The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
Fred Burton - Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi - Dallas
Monday, September 16, 2013
Vice President of Intelligence, Stratfor
Fred Burton - Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi - Fort Worth
Monday, September 16, 2013
Vice President of Intelligence, Stratfor
Film Screening - Money For Nothing
Friday, September 06, 2013
August 2013
WorldQuest
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Foreign Affairs Trivia Event
July 2013
Free Film Screening & Discussion
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Not My Life
Stuart Bowen - Learning from Iraq
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
Meridian Summer Bash - featuring the Stoneleighs
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Live Music & Mingling
The Burma Chronicles featuring Rena Pederson
Monday, July 08, 2013
Former speechwriter at the U.S. Department of State
June 2013
Meridian: Global Beats and Eats
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Grammy Award Winner Shane Shanahan
The America's Future Series Cyber Security Summit
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Rajiv Chandrasekaran - Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Monday, June 17, 2013
Senior Correspondent and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
Ambassador of Indonesia to the U.S.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
His Excellency Dino Patti Djalal
Stealing Secrets--Inside the CIA With the Author of Red Sparrow
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Jason Matthews - Former Officer, National Clandestine Service
Saturday at the Warwick Melrose with Alfredo Corchado
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporte's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
May 2013
Kip Tindell - Organization with Heart
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Chairman & CEO, The Container Store
Timothy Beardson - Stumbling Giant: The Threat to China's Future
Monday, May 20, 2013
Chairman and Partner, Ilex Partners
Meridian: Behind the Scenes of the Fed
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
WorldFest Spotlight China: Chinese Folk Art Week
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Admission is Free
Go Back to College for Just One Day
Saturday, May 11, 2013
One Day University
WorldFest Spotlight China: Chinese Folk Art Week
Friday, May 10, 2013
Admission is Free
WorldFest Spotlight China: Chinese Folk Art Week
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Admission is Free
Elisabeth von Trapp Concert honoring WWII Veterans and Holocaust Survivors
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Presented by the Daughters of WWII
Orit Gadiesh - True North: An Executive's Guide to Culture as a Competitive Advantage
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Chairman, Bain & Company
WorldFest Spotlight China: Chinese Folk Art Week
Wednesday, May 08
Admission is Free
David Stockman - THE GREAT DEFORMATION: How Crony Capitalism Corrupted Free Markets and Democracy
Tuesday, May 07 in Fort Worth
Former Director, Office of Management and Budget; Author, The Triumph of Politics
David Stockman - THE GREAT DEFORMATION: How Crony Capitalism Corrupted Free Markets and Democracy
Monday, May 06 in Dallas
Former Director, Office of Management and Budget; Author, The Triumph of Politics
April 2013
Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Dallas
Featuring Erica Grieder, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly; Contributor, The Economist
LIVE STREAM - American Global Military Power: Indispensable and Just, or Overbroad and Overreaching?
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia Great Debates Series
Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
Tuesday, April 30 in Fort Worth
Featuring Erica Grieder, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly; Contributor, The Economist
MERIDIAN: Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
Monday, April 29
Featuring Erica Grieder, Senior Editor, Texas Monthly; Contributor, The Economist
Governor Jeb Bush - Restoring America's Promise: The Leadership Required and the Policy Changes that are Needed
Wednesday, April 24
Governor of Florida (1999-2007)
Doing Business in China
Friday, April 19
Luncheon and Panel Discussion
Margaret M. Pearson, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland
Monday, April 8
Understanding China's Foreign Policy Posture: Is It Old Wine in New Bottles?
The Plastiki
Saturday, April 6
Opening Night: Engineering & Humanity Week
Tony Wagner, Innovation Education Fellow, Technology & Entrepreneurship Center, Harvard University; Author, The Global Achievement Gap
Tuesday, April 2
International Educator of the Year Award - Creating Innovators
March 2013
MERIDIAN: Happy Hour with 2013 EMMFs
Thursday, March 21
Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Thursday, March 21
Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
MERIDIAN: Game of Thrones HBO Premiere
Tuesday, March 19
Dr. Henry Kissinger
Friday, March 15
Mark N. Katz, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University
Friday, March 8
Will There Be a Russian Spring?
Breakfast Briefing on Business Opportunities in Vietnam
Thursday, March 7
Richard Bruton, Minister of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Secretary of Commerce)
Wednesday, March 6
Ireland's Turnaround: A Dynamic Economic Story
Kishore Mahbubani
Monday, March 4
The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World
February 2013
The Honorable Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Sunday, February 27
State of the World Address
Academic WorldQuest at UTA
Wednesday, February 27
His Excellency György Szapáry
Tuesday, February 26
Melting Down the Iceberg- How to Deal with the Debt Crisis in Advanced Economies and Emerging Europe?
John Mackey
Tuesday February 19
Conscious Capitalism
Abraham Lowenthal
Monday February 11
What Will the Changing Face of Latin America Mean for the United States?
Call Me Kuchu
Sunday February 10
2nd Annual Human Rights DocU Weekend
Salaam Dunk
Sunday February 10
2nd Annual Human Rights DocU Weekend
Invisible War
Saturday February 9
2nd Annual Human Rights DocU Weekend
January 2013
Robert S. Litwak
Monday, January 28
Options for a Nuclear Iran: Engage, Contain or Strike?
General Stanley McChrystal
Thursday, January 24
My Share of the Task: A Memoir
Meridian: Meet the Chairman Microbrew Social
Tuesday January 22
Ambassador Ryan Crocker
Thursday, January 17
Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon