Programs

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.          

Presented by Jonathan Panikoff,  Director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C.

Laird Treiber, Senior Associate with the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former Senior Foreign Service Officer, will present this program.   Africa is a continent of great contrasts. It not only has great potential for economic development, given its young and growing population, improved health outcomes, and greater access…

This program will be presented by Dan Blumenthal,  a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His expertise is in East Asian security issues and Sino-American relations. Mr. Blumenthal has served in and advised the US government on China issues for more than a decade.