Judd Devermont is the director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, he served as the national intelligence officer for Africa from 2015 to 2018. In this position, he led … Read More
We invite you to the September virtual Zoom meeting of the Louisville Committee with Dr. Bruce W. Jentleson, William Preston Few Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at Duke University, where he previously served as Director of … Read More
We invite you to the second Virtual (Zoom) Meeting of the LCFR, with Dr. Aparna Pande, Research Fellow and Director of the Hudson Institute’s Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia. Dr. Pande is well-qualified to speak on … Read More
We invite you to the first Virtual (Zoom) Meeting of the LCFR, with Dr. David Dollar, a senior fellow in the China Center at the Brookings Institution and host of the Dollar & Sense podcast on international trade. He is … Read More
Ms. Lindsey Sheppard is a Fellow with the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., where she focuses on emerging technologies and security applications. Her research areas include artificial intelligence, machine learning, … Read More
Norm Szydlowski served as CEO for energy companies in Atlanta and Tulsa. He now works as a director on various company boards in the US and Europe, including businesses in natural gas, solar panels, pipelines and methane detection technology. During … Read More
Mr. Mark Simakovsky is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and serves as vice president at Beacon Global Strategies, LLC. Throughout his career, Mr. Simakovsky has worked on a wide variety of national security issues, including … Read More
Mr. Michael Cohen is a columnist for the Boston Globe, writing on national politics and foreign affairs. He has also been a Fellow at The Century Foundation, a non-partisan think-tank, and a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and … Read More
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