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Our 2024-25 Season Kicks Off Oct. 17th
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​Oct. 17, 2024 - Safeguarding the Information Environment for the 2024 Elections
Dr. Valerie Wirtschafter, Foreign Policy and Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative, The Brookings Institution
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Nov. 19, 2024 - How U.S. Diplomacy Lost its Way and How to Fix It
Mr. Nicholas Kralev, Executive Director of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy
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Dec. 12, 2024 - U.S. Latin American Relations: A Strategic Omission in A Changing World
Dr. Tony Payan, Director, Center for the United States, Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
Jan. 9, 2025 - The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World
Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
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Feb. 20, 2025 - Threat Multiplier: Climate Change, the Military and Global Security
Ms. Sherri Goodman, Senior Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center’s Polar Institute and Environmental Change and Security Program
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March 25, 2025 - Avoiding a Collision Course in U.S.-China Relations
Dr. Jennifer Staats, Director, East Asia and Pacific Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace
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