
January 2021
Israeli Politics, the State of U.S. – Israeli Relations and the Recent Peace Accords with Dr. Lee Lukoff
This event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Reading In 2019, Lee Lukoff graduated from the University of Georgia with a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Affairs. He holds Master's degrees from Boston College (Political Science) and George Mason University (Public Policy). In 2008, his research interests include subjects in the areas of American Foreign Policy, Intelligence Studies, US-Israel Relations, Middle East Politics, and Political Psychology. He has taught fifteen courses as an Instructor of Record on topics such as International Conflict,…
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The Future of Energy with John Walsh
Mr. Walsh is a Director and President (since 2005) and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013) of UGI Corporation. In addition, Mr. Walsh serves as a Director (since 2005) and Chairman of the Board of AmeriGas Propane, Inc. (since 2016) where he had served as a director and vice chairman since 2005. He also serves as a Director and Vice Chairman of UGI Utilities, Inc. (since 2005). Both AmeriGas Propane, Inc. and UGI Utilities, Inc. are subsidiaries of UGI Corporation. Mr.…
Find out more »Trade Issues Confronting the Biden Administration with Adam Wilczewski
Adam S. Wilczewski brings two decades of experience in business, government, politics,fundraising, and law, with a special focus on assisting clients in their domestic andinternational business development and fund-raising needs. He is known for his ability to turn around and grow organizations, build and motivate high-performing teams, increase organizational capacity, and enhance accountability. Adam serves various clients with strategic global positioning, sales, marketing, and non-profit management. Currently Adam works with Lennar International, a division of Lennar Corp (NYSE: LEN),America’s largest homebuilder. As their…
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Role of U.S. Diplomates with Nick Kralev
Nicholas Kralev is an author, journalist and entrepreneur specializing in diplomacy and international affairs, whose work of more than 20 years has taken him to almost 100 countries. He is the executive director of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy, an independent organization that provides practical professional training in diplomacy and international affairs. A former Financial Times and Washington Times correspondent, he witnessed firsthand the conduct of American diplomacy while accompanying U.S. Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell…
Find out more »Does Africa Matter to the United States with Ambassador Charles Ray
Ambassador Ray is member of the Board of Trustees at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of Zimbabwe. In addition, he was the first U.S. Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, opening the Consulate General there in 1998. Prior to this, Ray joined the United States Army. in 1962 and retired 20 years later with the rank of major. During his time with the Army, he…
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Russia with William Pomeranz
William Pomeranz is the Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute, a part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars located in Washington, D.C. He also has taught Russian law at the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES), Georgetown University. He hold a B.A. from Haverford College, a M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh, a J.D. cum laude from American University, and a Ph.D. in Russian History from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University…
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Arab/Israel Relations with Joseph Braude
Joseph Braude, founder and president of the Center for Peace Communications, studied Near Eastern Languages at Yale and Arabic and Islamic history at Princeton. He is fluent in Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian. Over the past 20 years, he has lived and worked in North Africa, the Levant, the Gulf states, and Iran. His most recent book is Reclamation: A Cultural Policy for Arab-Israeli Partnership (Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2019). In the United States, his articles have appeared in The New York Times,…
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