
Baltimore Council
on Foreign Affairs

3/11/2014 Dr. John Duke Anthony
Founder and CEO of the National Council on US-Arab Relations
“The United States and the Arab World: Dynamics and Dimensions of a Relationship in Flux"
3/19/2014 His Excellency Iulian Buga
Ambassador of Romania to the United States
“Romania and the Transatlantic Partnerships: Role and Perspectives”
4/8/2014 The Honorable Robert Ford
United States Ambassador to Syria, 2010-2014
“The Conflict in Syria and What It Means for the Middle East”
4/16/14 The Honorable Steven Pifer
United States Ambassador to Ukraine, 1997-2000
“The Triangle of Ukraine, Russia and the West”
4/22/2014 Dr. Robert O. Freedman
Adjunct Professor
Johns Hopkins University
“Obama’s Middle East Policy: Breakthrough or Breakdown?”
5/1/2014 Dr. Michael O’Hanlon
Director of Research, Foreign Policy Program
The Brookings Institution
“Escaping Thucydides’ Trap: How do the U.S and China avoid Rivalry and War"
5/22/14 His Excellency Igor Munteanu
Ambassador of Moldova to the United States
“Moldova in Eastern Europe: From Crisis to Breakthrough”
5/29/14 The Honorable Daniel Russel
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
“United States Policy towards East Asia and the Pacific”
6/4/14 Her Excellency Marina Kaljurand
Ambassador of Estonia to the United States
“Estonia’s Foreign Policy and Cyber Security”
10/14/14 His Excellency Sergey I. Kislyak
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States
"Current State of Russia-U.S. Relations
11/24/14 Dr. Edward Morse
Global Head of Commodities Research
Citigroup
“How the U.S. Energy Revolution is Changing Geopolitics”
12/15/14 Dr. Frederick Kagan
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute
“ISIS and the Global Reach of Islamist Exremism”
02/04/15 Mr. William Braniff, M.A.
Executive Director
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
University of Maryland
“Al Qaeda’s Jihadism – ISIL’s Jihadism:
The Making and Remaking of a Modern Ideology”
2/12/15 Dr. Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Reginald Jones Senior Fellow
Peterson Institute for International Economics
“Trade Trifecta in 2015?”
3/11/2015 General Raymond T. Odierno
Chief of Staff
United States Army
“The Army Today and Tomorrow: Winning in a Complex World”
3/26/2015 Robert O. Freedman, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Johns Hopkins University
“Crisis in United States-Israel Relations”
4/20/2015 The Honorable Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
“Africa: Present Challenges and Future Promise”
5/7/2015 Dr. Paul J. Sullivan
Professor of Economics, National Defense University
Adjunct Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University
“Iran’s Grand Strategy for the Future”
6/4/2015 The Honorable Franklin C. Miller
Principal, The Scowcroft Group
“The New Cold War”
6/17/2015 Richard E. Feinberg, Ph.D.
Professor of International Political Economy, University of California, San Diego
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
“Cuba Today: Revolution and Reform”