Dr. Paula Newberg, Special Advisor on Afghanistan
Speaker, November 2007
2007-08 PROGRAMS
September 11: Robert H. Donaldson, University of Tulsa, “Putin’s Russia: Is It Again
Our Adversary?”
October 10: Gustavo Coronel, Associate Editor, PetroleumWorld.com, “Venezuela:
Strategies of an Authoritarian Petrostate”
November 14: Paula Newberg, former U.N. Special Adviser on Afghanistan,
“Pakistan’s Political Crises: What’s Ahead?”
December 3: Walter Russell Mead, Council on Foreign Relations, “God and Gold:
American Power in Perspective”
January 15: Jurek Martin, Financial Times, “America and Europe: Plus ça change…”
February 19: Joel Sokolsky, Royal Military College of Canada, “Canadian-American
Security Relations: The Military Dimension”
March 10: Douglas Brooks, International Peace Operations Association, “Inept or
Invaluable: Private Military Contractors from Baghdad to Bunia”
April 29: Jacqueline Weaver, University of Houston Law Center, “The Future of the
Traditional Petroleum-Based Economy”
May 21: John Ritchie, U.S. Department of State, “U.S.-Mexican Relationship: A
Difficult Marriage, but Divorce is Impossible”
June 16: P.R. Chari, Government of India (retired), “India’s Security Problems: Ten
Years after the Nuclear Test” 
Stephen Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker, March 2007
2006-07 PROGRAMS
September 14, 2006 Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Iranian journalist at Brookings Institution, “What Does Iran Want?”
September 29, 2006 (Luncheon) Lee Cullum, Columnist, Dallas Morning News, “American Power and the Rise of China”
November 7, 2006 Dr. Leon Sigal, Social Science Research Council, “North Korea: How Did We Get Here and What’s Next?”
December 11, 2006 Rachel Stohl, Center for Defense Information, “Weapons of Individual Destruction: Understanding the Small Arms Trade”
January 15, 2007 Tamar Jacoby, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, “Immigration Reform: Policy and Politics”
February 22, 2007 Polly Nayak, formerly with Central Intelligence Agency, “U.S.-India Relations: Past Bumps and Future Prospects”
March 26, 2007 Stephen Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations, “The Edge of Disaster: What’s Needed for Homeland Security?”
April 17, 2007 (Luncheon) Dr. Robert E. Hunter, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, “Strategic Partners: The U.S., NATO, and the EU”
May 29, 2007 Dobie Langenkamp, former Director, NELPI, University of Tulsa, “Iraq’s War without End: The Role of Oil” 
Dr. Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution,
Special Advisor in Iraq
Speaker, April 2006
2005-06 PROGRAMS
September 20, 2005 Dr. Jay C. Davis, Strategic and Scientific Consultant, ANSER,
“Nuclear Nonproliferation: Does US Policy Still Make Sense?”
October 6, 2005 (Luncheon) Rear Adm. Dr. William McDaniel, “A New Diplomacy:
Navy Hospital Ships in Humanitarian Relief Missions”
November 7, 2005 Dr. John C. Hulsman, Heritage Foundation, “Europe after the
Constitutional Debacle: Its Impact on Transatlantic Relations”
December 7, 2005 Dr. Isaac Cohen, Inverway LLC, “Hemispheric Relations after Mar
Del Plata”
January 18, 2006 Dr. Alan Zelicoff, formerly of Sandia National Labs, “Recognizing
Global Pandemics: A Collaboration Challenge to the International Community”
February 6, 2006 Dr. Satu Limaye, Institute for Defense Analyses, “India’s Passage to
Asia: Implications for the U.S.”
March 16, 2006 Steven C. Clemons, New America Foundation, “New Arc of Global
Instability: U.S. Foreign Policy and the War on Terror”
April 5, 2006 Dr. Lee W. Huebner, Northwestern University, “American Foreign Policy
And the Revolution in Global Communications”
April 25, 2006 Dr. Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution, “Can the United States Promote
Democracy in the Middle East?”
May 1, 2006 (luncheon) John Frisbie, President, U.S.-China Business Council,
“Prospects for U.S.-China Trade”
June 1, 2006 Milton Viorst, journalist and author, “Storm from the East: The Struggle
Between the Arab World and the West”
Col. Thomas X. Hammes, Counterinsurgency expert
Speaker, January 2005
2004-05 PROGRAMS
September 7, 2004 Wayne E. Merry, “America and Europe: Breaking the Cold War
Alliance to Find a True Partnership”
October 5, 2004 Herman Cohen, “Africa: Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel?”
November 10, 2004 Charles J. Skuba, “U.S. Trade Priorities in Latin America: Focus
On Central America and the Caribbean”
December 7, 2004 (luncheon) Nicholas Eberstadt, “Demographic Trends in Asia/
Eurasia: Some Strategic Implications”
January 11, 2005 Col. Thomas X. Hammes, “Fourth Generation Warfare: What It
Means in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and against the Global Insurgency”
February 17, 2005 Ruth Wedgwood, “Fighting Terrorism Within the Law”
March 16, 2005 Gen. Carl Freeman, “The Challenge of Hemispheric Security
Cooperation—Post 9/11”
April 21, 2005 R. Dobie Langenkamp, “China and the U.S.—Collision Course on
Energy?”
May 18, 2005 (luncheon) Clyde Prestowitz, “The Great Shift in Wealth to the East”
June 7, 2005 Richard Millett, “Crisis Along the Andean Ridge”
Donald Gregg, former Ambassador to Korea
Speaker, May 2004
2003-04 PROGRAMS
September 11, 2003 Rear Admiral Eric A. McVadon (Ret.) “Picking Partners in
Northeast Asia: A Changing Challenge”
October 8, 2003 Ambassador Edward Masters (Ret.), Co-Chair, U.S.-Indonesia
Society, “The War on Terrorism: Focus on Indonesia”
November 5, 2003 Geoffrey Smith, former Times of London columnist, “America and
Europe: Old and New”
December 3, 2003 Panel: Tom Buckley, Dobie Langenkamp, Phil Lauinger, Paul Rahe,
“Has American Unilateralism Killed United Nations Collective Security?”
January 22, 2004 Gerald Robbins, Foreign Policy Research Institute, “Turkey in
Transition: Implications for the U.S.”
February 19, 2004 Dr. Luis Bitencourt, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, “Changing Perspectives in Brazil”
March 23, 2004 Edward Abington, Bannerman & Associates, “The Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict: Is There a Way Out?”
April 22, 2004 Dr. Carol Saivetz, Harvard University, “The Politics and Geopolitics of
Caspian Oil”
May 5, 2004 Ambassador Donald Gregg (Ret.) “How Do We Protect our National
Interests in the Age of Global Terror?”
June 23, 2004 Dr. Robert H. Donaldson, “Putin’s Russia: Emerging Democracy or
Creeping Dictatorship?”
Hussein Haqqani, current Pakistani Ambassador
Speaker March, 2003
2002-03 PROGRAMS
September 10, 2002 Ambassador Robert Oakley, National Defense University, “War on Terrorism: Focus on Pakistan”
October 23, 2002 (lunch) Amy Meyers Jaffee, Baker Center, Rice University, “Caspian Sea Energy Issues”
November 14, 2002 Amb. Laurens Brinkhorst, EU Commission, “The EU and the US”
November 26, 2002 (lunch) Dr. Gideon Aran, Hebrew University, “Religion and Political Violence”
December 5, 2002 Amy O’Neill Richard, Department of State, “Traffic in Human Subjects”
January 16, 2003 Dr. Tom Allen, OSU Medical School, “Smallpox: An Old Threat Revisited”
February 10, 2003 Heather Hurlburt, former White House staff member, “From Falun Gong to Vietnam Veterans: Who Shapes our Foreign Policy?”
March 10, 2003 Hussain Haqqani, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “America’s New Alliance with Pakistan: Avoiding the Traps of the Past”
April 10, 200 Amb. Mark Parris, “Turkey and America: Still Strategic Partners?”
May 5, 2003 Dr. Marshall Goldman, Harvard University, “The Piratization of Russia: Is Putin the Solution?”
June 18, 2003 Dr. Jorge Dominguez, Harvard University, “Mexico and the US: Today and Tomorrow”
Adm. William Crowe, former Ambassador to UK
Speaker, November 2001
2001-2002 PROGRAMS
September 5: H.E. Rubens Antonio Barbosa, Ambassador of Brazil, "Challenges Facing Brazil"
October 23: Marina Ottaway, Carnegie Endowment on International Peace, "Promoting Democracy Abroad: Is There a Role for the Private Sector?"
November 8: Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. "Building the Alliance against Terrorism"
December 5: Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Endowment, "The New U.S.-Russian Partnership on Counterterrorism and Nuclear Security"
January 14: Joe Molyneux, Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Co., "The Nexus between Al Qaeda and Money Laundering"
February 15: David Shambaugh, The George Washington University, "China and the U.S.: 30 Years after Nixon's Journey"
March 4: Anders Aslund, Carnegie Endowment, "Building Capitalism: The Transformation of the former Soviet Bloc"
April 15: Vygaudas Usackas, Ambassador of Lithuania, "The Case for Lithuanian Membership in NATO"
May 28: Frank Calzon, Center for a Free Cuba, "Is Castro Still a Threat, or Is it Time to End the Embargo?"
June 20: Robert H. Donaldson, University of Tulsa, "Report on Russia"