Coastal Georgia Center

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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.