Maia Otarashvili is a Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Eurasia Program. Maia also serves as the Deputy Director of Research at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). She is co-editor of FPRI’s 2017 volume Does Democracy Matter? The United States and Global Democracy Support. Her research interests include geopolitics and security of the Black […]
John Gallen will be talking about his recent trip to Spain and his pilgrimage on the Spanish Camino de Santiago. In 2018 and 2021, he walked the Camino de Santiago from France across Northern Spain to the Atlantic Ocean. On the Camino, he discovered that when one walks 15-20 miles a day for several weeks, […]
Stephenie Foster is the author of a well sourced and important workbook/toolkit, Take Action: Fighting for Women and Girls covers the basics of activism and advocacy and gives the reader specific information about four issues related to girls, women and gender equality. The power and importance of education, expanding economic opportunities, eliminating gender-based violence and […]
Laura López Calonge is a Visiting Instructor of Spanish at Albright College. Laura realized she loved languages even before finishing her Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish Philology at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, the city where she was born but left almost 10 years ago. She enhanced her education at other institutions in Spain (Universidad de […]
U.S, China rivalry has emerged as a defining feature of today’s world, with competition rising along with tension, particularly as it related to Taiwan. Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Beijing’s alignment with Moscow puts even greater stress on its relations with the United States. This talk will discuss the nature of U.S. – China […]
James Garrett is a 21 year old student at Penn State University. He will graduate in May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and minor in history. He was one of nine students to receive a Student Leadership Mission scholarship from the Embassy of the State of Qatar. He traveled with the […]
Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh is the Jewish Agency’s first Druze emissary to the United States, based in Washington D.C. Previously, she was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Blue and White party, making history as the first Druzewoman to become a Member of the Knesset. During her tenure, she chaired the Caucus for Planning, Zoning […]
COL Benjamin Ogden is the Space Operations and Education Officer at the U.S. Army War College. He attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science. After completion of the Air Defense Artillery Basic Course, COL Ogden was assigned to 1-44 ADA, 4th Infantry Division […]
Dr. des Seyran Bostancı is working as a research assistant on Democracy, Transfer and Policy Advise at the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM). She did her phd on "Education - Discrimination - Inclusion. Transformation Processes in Postmigrant Societies” at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Before she was a research assistant at the […]
Ross MacCallum will offer a history and current day perspective on VOA's role in international TV/radio/social media and his specific role in VOA's various language groups. Ross MacCallum has over 25 years experience in TV news production, news personnel management, and training. One of the most versatile people in the industry today. A "pleasantly authoritative" […]
