The U.S. and the Middle East Conference – Open to the Public
Addressing Water Scarcity in an Insecure World
A conversation with:
Mrs. Rachel Cardone
- Economist, writer, policy maker, philanthropist and advisor
Evening Reception and Dinner Exchange
Tuesday December 6, 2016
The Middle East and the New President
A conversation with:
Ambassador Robert S. Ford
- Scholar – Middle East Institute
Evening Reception and Dinner Exchange
Tuesday November 29, 2016
Iran’s Future
A conversation with:
Mr. Alex Vatanka
- Senior Fellow – Middle East Institute
Evening Reception and Dinner Exchange
Wednesday September 14, 2016
Why the U.S. Can’t Deny Syrian Refuge
A conversation with:
Ms. Alaa Basatneh
- Syrian American Activist
- Human Rights Defender of the year 2014
- Social Media Coordinator for Syrian Revolution
Evening Reception and Dinner Exchange
Tuesday February 2, 2016
The New U.S.-Cuba Relation & the New Cuba
A conversation with:
Christopher P. Baker
- Travel writer and photographer,moto-journalist, and Cuba expert
Evening Reception and Dinner Exchange
Tuesday July 28, 2015
ISIS: Burning, Beheading and Mass Executions
A conversation with:
Mr. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
- Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program
- Lecturer at the Catholic University of America
Evening Reception and Dinner Exchange
Tuesday April 28, 2015
Cures for Ebola Virus: The Roadmap
A conversation with:
Dr. Erica Ollmann Saphire
- Professor of Immunology and Microbial Science; The Scripps Research Institute
- Director of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Immunotherapeutic Consortium
- Founder and Director of a global collaboration to develop antibody therapeutics
Evening Reception and Dinner Exchange
Thursday January 29, 2015
“To Drone or Not to Drone, is That Really the Question?”
A conversation with:
Ms. Charity Azadian
- Former Senior Policy Advisor, National Nuclear Security Agency; U.S. Department of Energy
- Former Policy Analyst, International Affairs; U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Former Policy Advisor; Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, State of California
Evening Reception and Dinner Exchange
Tuesday, October 21, 2014