Education:
Master of International Affairs from Columbia University; BA in East Asian Studies and International Relations from Westmar University...
For Video replay, click HERE Ambassador Fred Hof Syria: Why it Matters, What Can Be Done Sponsored by: Diversity, Inclusion, Global Committee of the Y Frederic C. Hof has been a soldier, diplomat, CEO, author, and the Director of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. He is currently on the faculty of […]
For video replay, click HERE Ambassador Frederick ("Rick") Barton Peace Works Q&A Sponsored by Weik Capital Management AMBASSADOR RICK BARTON teaches at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, where he serves as a co-director of Princeton’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative and Ullman Fellowships. His 2018 book, Peace Works: America's Unifying Role in […]
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Sponsored Anonymously Dr. Robert Portada is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He teaches courses in comparative politics and international relations. He has expertise in a variety of political science subfields, including international relations theory, modernization theory, democratization theory, revolutionary theory, and security studies. His area of […]
Colonel (res.) Eran Lerman Ph.D. Israel: A Study in Conflict Resolution For video replay of this lecture, click HERE. For video replay of the Q&A session, click HERE Dr. Lerman is Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies. Previously, Dr. Lerman was deputy director for foreign policy and international affairs at the National […]
For video replay of the lecture, click HERE For video replay of the Q&A, click HERE Dr. Randall Newnham, Professor of Political Science, Penn State Berks At the end of March, after two years of negotiation and confusion, the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union. What will happen? Will this deadline be […]
For video replay, click HERE Sheri Berman is a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her research interests include the development of democracy and dictatorship, European politics, populism and fascism, and the history of the left. She is author of books on European social democracy and the fate of democracy during the […]
For video playback of this event, click HERE Your World Affairs Council of Greater Reading is excited and proud to have been selected by The World Affairs Councils of America as one of the top World Affairs Councils in the U.S. to take part in Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship. This comprehensive and […]
Sponsored by: Hillcrest Racquet Club John Cassara began his 26 year government career as an intelligence officer during the Cold War. He later served as a Treasury Special Agent in both the U.S. Secret Service and US Customs Service where he investigated money laundering, trade fraud and international smuggling. He was an undercover arms dealer […]
