Dr. Theodore Bromund is our featured speaker for October; he will discuss the very timely topic of Brexit and U.S. relations with the United Kingdom. Dr. Bromund is uniquely qualified to talk on Brexit. He studies and writes on Anglo-American … Read More
We are delighted to have Ambassador Dennis Jett (ret.), currently Professor of International Affairs, Penn State University, who will discuss the current state of U.S. foreign policy. Professor Dennis Jett is a former American ambassador who joined the School of … Read More
Due to popular demand, we are very pleased to present this special summer meeting of the LCFR with a very special speaker, Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, who will discuss his book The China Mission: George Marshall’s Unfinished War, 1945-1947 (W.W. Norton, 2018). … Read More
Dr. Ora Szekely is Associate Professor of Political Science at Clark University in Worcester, MA, where she teaches courses on the comparative politics of the Middle East, the politics of ethnicity and identity, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and seminars on civil … Read More
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Terra Lawson-Remer and Susan Randolph are co-winners for the ideas set forth in their book, Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights (Oxford University Press, 2015). Their book offers a method for gauging how well nations are providing basic human … Read More
Rodger A. Payne is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville and an Associated Faculty member with the Film Studies and Production minor. During fall 2018, he was Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Canadian-U.S. relations at Carleton … Read More
Ambassador David O’Sullivan has a long and distinguished career that spans five decades. He has served in a number of senior official posts in the European public service. Prior to his appointment as EU Ambassador to the U.S., he was … Read More
Dr. Henri J. Barkey is the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen Chair in International Relations at Lehigh University and an adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. At CFR he works on the strategic future of the … Read More
Dr. Adam Garfinkle is founding editor of The American Interest. Before founding The American Interest in 2005, he served in 2003-05 as principal speechwriter to the Secretary of State (S/P, Policy Planning). Dr. Garfinkle received his Ph.D. in international relations … Read More
Ambassador Omar Samad is currently CEO of Silkroad Consulting LLC, based in Virginia, USA. He has been a lecturer on “Radicalism Within Islam, Drivers and Policy Options” with the Honors’ Program at the University of Maryland. At the request of … Read More