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
The next Book Club of the LCFR will be Tuesday , April 9th from 7 – 9 pm at the home of Mike McLaughlin, 9906 Kenmont Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40241. We will be reading Kai-Fu Lee, Ai Superpowers: China, Silicon … Read More
Scott A. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Mr. Snyder is the author of South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an … Read More
Ambassador Wouters’ career has included both multilateral and bilateral assignments and has been primarily focused on European affairs. Dirk Wouters joined the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980. His career started in the consular and disarmament departments, and he … Read More
The next LCFR Book Club meeting is Tuesday, August 21, 7:00-9:00 pm, at the home of Jan Scholtz, 6106 Deep Creek Dr., Prospect, KY. The book is entitled, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World- -and Why Things Are … Read More
Scott Straus is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Political Science and International Studies at UW-Madison, where he also serves as Associate Chair/Director of Graduate Studies of Political Science. Scott specializes in the study of genocide, political violence, human rights, and … Read More
The next Book Club of the LCFR will be Tuesday March 13 at the home of Dennis Neyman, 10523 Buckeye Trace, Goshen, KY, 40026 at 7:00 pm. We will be reading Bill Browder, Red Notice: A True Story of High … Read More
David B. Woolner is Senior Fellow and Resident Historian of the Roosevelt Institute, Professor of History at Marist College, and Senior Fellow of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College. He is the author of The Last 100 Days: … Read More
David Buckley is Assistant Professor of Political Science, and Paul Weber Endowed Chair in Politics, Science & Religion at the University of Louisville. David recently concluded a term as a Senior Advisor in the State Department’s Secretary’s Office of Religion … Read More
The Louisville Committee on Foreign Relations is pleased to announce our first speaker for 2018, Mr. Juan Gonzalez, Associate Vice President, The Cohen Group, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America and the Caribbean in the U.S. … Read More