Posts – Louisville Committee on Foreign Relations

Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh, Professor, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky

by lcfradmin on September 27, 2022 with No Comments

Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh came to the Patterson School following a Foreign Service career centered on conflict resolution, political-military affairs, and humanitarian issues. In addition to Washington assignments in the State Department, Pentagon, and on Capitol Hill, he served in Berlin, … Read More

Ambassador Richard LeBaron, Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council

by lcfradmin on July 20, 2022 with No Comments

Ambassador Richard LeBaron is currently a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Global Ties, the umbrella organization that supports the work of local international visitor councils. Ambassador … Read More

Mr. William Drozdiak, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

by lcfradmin on April 25, 2022 with No Comments

For more than four decades, William Drozdiak has been regarded as one of the most knowledgeable American observers of European affairs. During his tenure as foreign editor of the Washington Post, the newspaper won Pulitzer Prizes for its international reporting … Read More

Dr. Mona Lena Krook, Professor of Political Science, Chair of the Women and Politics PhD at Rutgers University, and winner of the 2022 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order

by lcfradmin on March 28, 2022 with No Comments

We are delighted to have Dr. Mona Lena Krook, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers and winner of the Grawemeyer World Order Award, as our April speaker. Dr. Krook will speak on the topic of her award-winning book, Violence Against … Read More

Mr. Lucian Kim, Fellow, The Kennan Institute, and Moscow Bureau Chief, National Public Radio

by lcfradmin on March 9, 2022 with No Comments

We are delighted to have Mr. Lucian Kim in-person to speak on Russia and the war in Ukraine. For the past 25 years, Lucian Kim has been based as a correspondent for leading U.S. news organizations in Berlin and Moscow. … Read More

Mr. Blaise Misztal, Vice President for Policy at JINSA

by lcfradmin on February 9, 2022 with No Comments

Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. His research interests include Iran and its nuclear program, U.S.-Turkey relations, countering extremism, and strategic competition. JINSA, the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, is a Washington, D.C. based … Read More

Dr. Fiona Hill: Russia, Ukraine and U.S. Foreign Policy

by lcfradmin on January 4, 2022 with No Comments

The World Affairs Council and Louisville Committee on Foreign Relations are partnering to bring you a special, in-person luncheon meeting with Dr. Fiona Hill at Vincenzo’s restaurant, 12:00 noon Monday January 24. Dr. Hill will speak on the topic of … Read More

Ambassador Dennis Jett (ret.), Professor of International Affairs, Penn State University

by lcfradmin on January 4, 2022 with No Comments

We are delighted to have Ambassador Dennis Jett (ret.), currently Professor of International Affairs, Penn State University, back for an encore presentation. Ambassador Jett will discuss American ambassadors and U.S. diplomacy based on the second edition of his book, American … Read More

Mr. Ryan Hass, Senior Fellow—Foreign Policy, Center for East Asian Studies and Michael H. Armacost Chair, Brookings Institution

by lcfradmin on November 17, 2021 with No Comments

Ryan Hass is a senior fellow and the Michael H. Armacost Chair in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, where he holds a joint appointment to the John L. Thornton China Center and the Center for East Asia Policy Studies. … Read More

Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne, Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, American University’s School of International Service

by lcfradmin on October 11, 2021 with No Comments

Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne is a Distinguished Diplomat in Residence teaching at American University’s School of International Service. He is also a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Co-Chair of its Mexico Institute Advisory … Read More