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" […]
Michael E. O'Hanlon is a senior fellow and director of research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in U.S. defense strategy, the use of military force, and American national security policy. He directs the Center on Security, Strategy and Technology, as well as the Defense Industrial Base working group, and will […]
Dr. Newnham will discuss the broader trends that precipitated the war in Ukraine, for example, a break down in the globalist world economy, and what appears to be a resultant emerging alliance of Russia and China against the west. Dr. Newnham received his BA from Penn State University and his MA and PhD from UCLA. […]
Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, Ph.D. is the Professor of Political Science and Endowed Chair of International Studies at Elizabethtown College. She is also Director of the Honors Program and Director, International Studies Minor at Elizabethtown. Publications: Turkey-West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition and The Nexus Between Security Sector Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16: An Examination […]
Attorney Douglas S. Wortman is a ten-year veteran of U.S. Air Force Intelligence and has lived in Berks County for over 32 years since first arriving in 1990 to attend college at Kutztown University. He also studied overseas at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After earning his undergraduate degree, Doug […]
Dr. Kirwin Shaffer is Professor of Latin American Studies. He teaches courses on Latin American and Caribbean History, Latin American Studies, Global Terrorism, Tyranny and Freedom, Globalization, and Global Cinema. When not teaching, he continues research on transnational anarchism in the Americas. He has published four books on anarchist politics and culture in Latin America: […]
James Garrett, a recent graduate of Penn State University, will be joined by Tabea Kuhlmann, a student at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, to discuss the German-American relationship through the perspective of the transatlantic program Ambassadors in Sneakers. James and Tabea will use this intercultural exchange to highlight topics related to the two countries […]
Doug will be sharing his personal journey of his recent Trek through the Himalayas in Nepal. This photo presentation will recount the journey of his 14-day Trek through the vast and beautiful Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. This “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity took him from Lukla to the Everest Base Camp, then across the […]