World Affairs Forum - Events Calendar

CALENDAR

2010-2011 SEASON

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AR - Ambassadors' Roundtable Series Program
WAF- Forum Series Program
SE - Special Event
GD - Great Decisions Program

December 2011

Dec. 1

Dec. 14

Global Economic Trends Lecture
Dr. Carl Weinberg, Chief Economist, High Frequency Economics, Ltd., "Euroland's Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Start of a Depression or A Hiccup on the Road to Prosperity" (SE)

Ambassador Robert P. Finn, Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Professor of International Relations, Princeton University, "Winding Down the Wars" (AR)

January 2012

Jan 18

Steven Solomon, Author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, "The World's Water Crisis" (AR)

February 2012

Feb. 4

Feb. 15

Feb. 27

Academic WorldQuest (SE)

David J. Firestein, Vice President, East West Institute, "Chinese Foreign Policy & US Security Interests in Asia" (WAF)

Herbert I. London, President Emeritus, Hudson Institute, "Middle East Realignment" (GD)

March 2012

March 7

March 14

March 19

March 29

Sheila A. Smith, PhD, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, "Japan: A Year After the Deluge" (AR)

Peggy Blumenthal, Senior Counselor to the President of the Institute of International Education, "US Higher Education's Role in Educating Tomorrow's Global Leaders", (WAF)

Sara Tjossem, Senior Lecturer, Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs, "State of the World's Oceans" (GD)

WorldQuest XII Fundraiser, Italian Center (SE)

April 2012

April 1

Marie Hurley Travel Lecture, "Machu Picchu, Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas". Dr. Richard L. Burger, Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Yale University and Peabody Museum Curator (SE)

April 11

Dr. Christopher P. Atwood, Chair, Central Asian Studies, Indiana University, "Mongolia: The Legacy of Ghengis Khan in the 21st Century" (AR)

April 16

April 25

April 30

Senator George Mitchell, Former US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, "Turmoil in the Middle East & Its Effect on American Policy" (SE)

Dr. Helen Benedict, Columbia University School of Journalism and Major Katie E. Matthew, Instructor, US Military Academy, "Women in Global Conflict" (WAF)

Leslie Palti-Guzman, Analyst, Eurasia Group, "Energy Geopolitics" (GD)

May 2012

May 16                Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal,
                           Ambassador of Indonesia to
                           the US, "Indonesia: South
                           Asian Superpower" (AR)

June 2012

June 7	Wilbur Miller Annual Meeting, Dinner & Speaker Dr. Andrew R. Wilson, Professor of Strategy & Policy, US Naval War College, "The Rise of the Chinese Military and the State of the Chinese Economy" (SE)