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    Archived 2019-2020 Programs

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    MR. JOHN CHRIS INGLIS

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    FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

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    "Security in the Age of Cyber ... and ... Great Power Competition"

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    September 24, 2019

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    ROBERT O. FREEDMAN, Ph.D.

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    VISITING PROFESSOR, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

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    "U.S.-Israeli Relations After the U.S. Withdrawal from Syria"

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    November 21, 2019

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    Mr. Marc Polymeropoulos

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    Former Head of Clandestine Operations in Europe & Eurasia,
    Central Intelligence Agency 

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    "Life as an Intelligence Officer: from Flip Phone to the Age of Twitter"

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    December 12, 2019

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    Jung H. Pak, Ph.D.

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    Senior Fellow & SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies;
    Center for East Asia Policy Studies, 
    The Brookings Institution 

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    "What to Expect in US-North Korea Relations in 2020"

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    January 23, 2020

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    JOHN DUKE ANTHONY, PH.D.​

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    FOUNDING PRESIDENT & CEO

    NATIONAL COUNCIL ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS  

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    "Certainties and Uncertainties Regarding Iran, the Arab Region, and the United States: What are the Implications?"

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    February 6, 2020

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    BILL O'GRADY AND PATRICK FEARON-HERNANDEZ

     

    CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

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    U.S. HEGEMONY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

     

    June 11, 2020

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    DR. TARA O'TOOLE

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    SENIOR FELLOW AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,

    IN-Q-TEL 

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    "The Future of Synthetic Biology, Pandemics, and their Impact on Economies and National Security"


    July 15, 2020

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    DR. MIKE CHENG

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    SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

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    "The U.S., China, and What's Next"


    September 24, 2020

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    AMBASSADOR (RET.) JOSEPH DETHOMAS​

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    PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE, PENN STATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

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    "North Korea and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation"


    October 7, 2020​

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    RICHARD N. HAASS, PH.D.

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    PRESIDENT, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

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    "THE WORLD: A Brief Introduction"

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    November 2, 2020

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    JOHN J. MEARSHEIMER, PH.D.

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    THE R. WENDELL HARRISON DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,

    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

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    "Liberalism, Realism, Nationalism, and the U.S.'s Role in the World"

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    November 12, 2020

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    MR. PAUL GOBLE

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    FORMER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY

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    FORMER DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS, AZERBAIJAN DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY

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    FORMER PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF TARTU (ESTONIA)

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    FORMER ADVISOR ON SOVIET NATIONALITY ISSUES AND BALTIC AFFAIRS TO SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES BAKER

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    "Russia, What Drives it, and its Modi Operandi"

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    December 9, 2020

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    MR. MEAD TREADWELL

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    FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, STATE OF ALASKA

    FORMER CHAIR, U.S. ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION

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    "The Battle for the Arctic"

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    January 13, 2021

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    MR. ANDREW NATSIOS

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    FORMER HEAD, U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVEOPMENT

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    PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR,

    THE SCOWCROFT INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS,

    TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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    "Foreign Aid in the Era of Great Power Competition"

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    February 3, 2021

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