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    2007-2010

    10/4/2007         Mr. Gordon England

    Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Defense

    “A Perspective on the Current Situation in Iraq, Security Challenges to the United States”

     

    10/17/2007       Ambassador David M. Satterfield

    Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State on Iraq, State Department Coordinator for Iraq

    “The Way Ahead in Iraq”

     

    11/1/2007         Mr. John Duke Anthony

    Founding President and CEO, National Council on US-Arab Relations

    “American and the GCC, Iraq, and Iran: Analyses and Assessments”

     

    11/8/2007         Mr. Mark Matthews

    Former Diplomatic Correspondent, Baltimore Sun

    “Missed Opportunities in the Middle East”

     

    12/17/2007       Mr. Daniel S. Sullivan

    Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs

    “American Economic Leadership and Strageties in an Era of Changing Dynamics”

     

    02/6/2008         Mr. David Wood

    Defense Correspondent, Baltimore Sun

    “The Next President and the War on Terrorism”

     

    02/20/2008       Ambassador John Bruton

    Head of Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, Former Prime Minister of Ireland

    “Why the European Union Matters to Baltimore”

     

    03/5/2008         Dr. Todd J. Moss

    Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs

    “Africa, an Emerging Strategic Partner”

     

    03/19/2008       Panel Discussion

    “A New Maritime Strategy for the Nation”

    Vice Admiral John Morgan, Jr.

    Brigadier General Lawrence Nicholson

    Rear Admiral Brian Salerno

    Commodore K.E. Williams

     

    04/8/2008        R. James Woolsey

    Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

    “Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st Century”

     

    05/15/2008       Muhammad Aslam Khan

    Deputy Chief of Mission and Acting Ambassador, Embassy of Pakistan

    “United States-Pakistan Relations”

     

    06/10/2008       Ambassador Christopher R. Hill

                              Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

    “United States Relations in Asia: The Six-Party Talks and Other Essential Regional Issues”

     

    06/19/2008       Oleg Danilovich Kalugin

    Major General, KGB, 1958-1990; Chief of Foreign Counterintelligence 1973-1980

                             “Russia: Today and Tomorrow”

                       

    06/30/2008      Richard W. Murphy

                             Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

                             “Listening to Iraqis on Iraq’s Crisis”

                     

    10/02/08          Dr. Robert O. Freeman

                              Professor Emeritus, Baltimore Hebrew University; Visiting Professor, the

    Johns Hopkins University

    “The Russian Invasion of Georgia: Implications for the Middle East, NATO and Russian-American Relations”

                  

    10/16/08          Ambassador John D. Negroponte

                             Deputy Secretary of State

                             “An Overview of Foreign Policy Priorities”

                            

    11/06/08          Ambassador Dell L. Dailey

    Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. State Department

    “ Challenges and Progress in the War on Terrorism”

                                           

    11/17/08          His Excellency Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat

                             Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia

                             “Bilateral Relations Between Indonesia and the United States”        

     

    12/03/08          His Excellency Sallai Meridor

                             Ambassador of Israel

                             “Challenges Facing the United States and Israel”

                            

     

    12/16/08          Dr. Richard N. Cooper

                             Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University

                             “Prospects for the World Economy”

     

    02/04/09          Minister Xie Feng

                             Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in

    the United States

    “China’s Development and China-U.S. Relations”                       

     

    03/03/09          His Excellency Sergey I. Kislyak

                             Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States

                             “The Agenda for United States –Russia Relations”

                                        

    03/10/2009      Dr. Martin Murphy, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary

    Assessments

    Captain Samuel M. Neill, U.S. Coast Guard

                             Captain Gordan Van Hook, U.S. Navy, (Ret.)

                             “Piracy Panel”

     

    04/07/2009      The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin

                             U.S. Senator, State of Maryland; Member, Foreign Relations Committee

                             “The Obama Foreign Policy: Meeting Extraordinary Challenges”

     

    04/30/2009      Mr. Thomas Donnelly

                             Defense and Security Policy Analyst and Resident Fellow, The American

            Enterprise Institute

                             “Obama’s Defense Plans and the Future of American Power”                       

     

    05/14/2009      His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota

                            Ambassador of Brazil to the United States

                            “United States-Brazil Relations under Presidents Obama and Lula”

     

    06/09/09           Ambassador Hector E. Morales

                               United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American

    States

    A discussion of the outcomes of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, held

    April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago, and the 2009 Meeting of the O. A. S.

    General Assembly to be held June 2-3 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

     

    09/22/09           His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan Casamitjana

                              Ambassador of Mexico to the United States

                              “United States-Mexico Relations: Distant Neighbors or Strategic Partners?”

     

    10/22/09           Professor Robert O. Freedman

    Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Professor Emeritus, Baltimore Hebrew University; Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University

    “Obama’s Changing Policy towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict”

     

    11/10/09          Mr. Steve Forbes

                              Chairman of the Board and CEO, Forbes Media; Editor-in-Chief Forbes Magazine

                              “Whither the Economy—and the Idea of Entrepreneurial Capitalism?”

     

    11/24/09          His Excellency Pierre Nicolas Vimont

                              Ambassador of France to the United States

                              “The Challenges of the Global Economy: A French Point of View”

     

    12/10/09           Professor David M. Lampton

                               Dean of faculty, The George and Sadie Hymen Professor of China

    Studies, director of the C hina Studies Program, the Johns Hopkins School

    of Advanced International Studies

    “United States-China Relations in the Obama Era”

     

    1/27/10              John Duke Anthony, Ph. D.

                               President and CEO, National Council on U. S.-Arab Relations

                               “U. S.-Arab/Islamic Relations: Going Where?”

                            

    2/8/10               Michael O’Hanlon, Ph. D.

                               Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy; Director of

    Research, 21st Century Defense Initiative; Sydney Stein Jr. Chair, The

    Brookings Institution

    “Toughing It Out in Afghanistan”

     

    2/22/10             His Excellency Peter N. R. O. Ogego

                               Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the United States

                              “United States-Kenya Relations”

                  

    2/24/10             His Excellency Boguslaw Winid

                               Permanent Representative of Poland to NATO and the European Union

                               “Contribution of Poland to Stabilization in Afghanistan”

                  

    4/8/10                Kurt M. Campbell, Ph. D.

                               Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

                               “United States Policy towards Asia”

                            

    5/10/10             Ambassador Linton F. Brooks

                               Former Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator

    of the National Nuclear Security Administration

                               “The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review: An Overview and Observations”

                            

    5/26/10              Jonathan Lawley, Ph. D.

                               Former director, Royal African Society and Africa director, British

    Executive Service Overseas

                               “Helping Africa to Become a Fully Functioning Part of the World: A New Approach”

     

    6/1/10                Anthony Cordesman, Ph. D.

                               Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies

                              “The Current Situation in Afghanistan”

     

    6/15/10             Mr. Dominick Chilcott

                               Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy in Washington, DC

                              “How the New British Government Sees Transatlantic Relations”

     

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