Is U.S. national security in jeopardy as Russia and China challenge both U.S. global leadership and the role of deterrence in preventing conflicts around the world? At this presentation you will hear an expert’s view on these challenges from a member of the U.S. Strategic Posture Commission, which concluded last year that the U.S. faces…

What are the most pressing foreign policy challenges facing the new U.S. administration? Competition from China? Russia’s territorial threats to Europe? Iran’s threats to the Middle East and its sponsorship of the “axis of resistance”? Come hear from a foreign policy expert and former high-ranking U.S. Government official on the likely top international priorities. Former…

Focusing on key areas like economic growth with a focus on commodity exports, increasing political stability in certain nations, growing concerns about environmental issues in the Amazon rainforest.

Presented by Tom Shannon, Former Acting Secretary of State, Under Secretary of State and Ambassador to Brazil.

Ambassador (ret.) Alice Wells, served as U.S. Ambassador to Jordan. She left the Foreign Service after postings in Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Moscow, having held positions such as director of Egypt and North African Affairs, Special Assistant to the President for Russia and Central Asia in the White House, and Acting Assistant Secretary of State…

Ambassador (ret.) Stuart Jones was newly appointed as President and CEO of the Middle East Institute. Immediately preceding this appointment he was President for Regions and Corporate Relations for Bechtel Corp. Prior to Bechtel, Jones served for three decades as a US Foreign Service officer with the US State Department. His tenure at State included…

Peter Harrell of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former National Security Council official, and expert on trade and economic sanctions.

As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day, Ambassador Philip Reeker will bring us fresh perspectives on U.S.-Europe relations just one day after returning from his latest visit to Europe. Whether it’s Ukraine, the West’s competition with China and Russia, tariffs and trade, and the unprecedented defense and security challenges facing…

Note: This program will take place at the Benedictine Military School, 6502 Seawright Drive, Savannah, GA 31406.                                               As the United States prepares to host a historic run of global sporting events, from the…

Come hear the latest on the multiple crises in the Middle East. At the transition point from President Biden to President Trump, the Middle East was fragile, latently volatile but ripe with equal measures of promise and peril following the historic changes in Lebanon and Syria. But nine months on, the region has seen a…

The illicit international trade in weapons is a real challenge to U.S. national security interests. Fear of the proliferation of advanced conventional weapons from Eastern Europe has complicated efforts by the United States and its allies to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion. There’s been rampant disinformation regarding this trafficking, hampering politicians and decisionmakers from…

Abstract: “Turkey and its foreign policies matter greatly to U.S. national interests in multiple regions around the globe. Turkey’s global vocation has shifted under the long tenure of President Erdogan, from an exclusively European and pro-Western orientation to that of a swing state and a “middle power.” What dynamics inform these changes and what do…

This program will be presented by Brad Setser, the Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.