Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations

Past Speakers

2010

• Murhaf Jouejati, PhD
  March 2010
  Topic: Syria and the Middle East
• Peter Maass, BA University of California
  February 2010
  Topic: oil and foreign policy
• Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, PhD, University of Washington
  January 2010
  Topic: "Two state, one state -- any possibility for peace in the Middle East?''

2009

• Katharine Babson, A graduate of Williams College, she earned her Masters in Divinity from Virginia Seminary and her Doctorate in Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C
  December 2009
  Topic: Myanmar: Merchants, Military, and Missionaries:Origins of Struggle and Contemporary Power
• Andrew Zolotov, Jr
  November 2009
  Topic: Is the Russia-U.S. "Reset" Working? Forging a relationship in a world of Iran, China and Eastern Europe.
• Tom Andrews, President New Economy Communications
  November 2009
  Topic: Looking forward in Iraq and Afghanistan: A Progressive Critique
• Nancy Soderberg, Ambassador
  October 2009
  Topic: Reviewing the Obama Administration's foreign policy Initiatives
• Donald P. Gregg, Former U.S. Ambassador to Korea
  September 2009
  Topic: Where do we go from here on the Korean peninsula
• Dr. R. Drew Smith, B,S,MDiv,MA,PhD Political Science, Yale University
  August 2009
  Topic: The Faith Sector and U.S. Foreign Assistance to Least Developed Nations
• Ambassador Teresita C. Schaffer, Retired US Ambassador, Director for S. Asia, CSIS
  July 2009
  Topic: "The U.S. and India: Partners in a Globalizing World."
• Gary Brewer, PhD Yale University, 1970 MS San Diego State University, 1966 AB University of California at Berkeley, 1963
  June 2009
  Topic: "Solving the Wrong Problem: Nuclear Waste and Risk Perception"
• Dominique Moïsi
  May 2009
  Topic: "A European view of Obama's America".
• Alfredo Corchado
  April 2009
  Topic: Covering the Border Without Being Hijacked, Kidnapped or Killed - Mexico through the eyes of a Foreign Correspondent
• Trita Parsi, Dr. PhD, President and Founder National Iranian American Council
  March 2009
  Topic: Treacherous Alliances: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States
• S. Fred Starr, Chairman Central-Asia Caucasus Institute
  February 2009
  Topic: Russia Central Asia
• Ambassador Tom Graham, US ambassador
  January 2009
  Topic: " Zero Nuclear Weapons and the International Nonproliferation Regime"

2008

• Thomas MacAdams Deford, Mac Deford is President of the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations
  December 2008
  Topic: Key Foreign Policy Issues for the next President
• Michael Klare
  November 2008
  Topic: "The New Geopolitics of Energy
• Shmuel Rosner, Former Ha'aretz Washington Bureau Chief
  October 2008
  Topic: "Will the American election will change American policy in the Middle East?"
• William Stebbins, Al-Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief
  September 2008
  Topic: “The opinion, and the Other Opinion.”
• Isobel Coleman, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and director
  July 2008
  Topic: Paradise Beneath Her Feet: Women and Reform in the Middle East
• Philip Wheaton, Episcopal priest, Latin American historian &
  June 2008
  Topic: U.S. Immigration Policy: Consequences on Both Sides of the Border
• Imad Moustapha, Ambassador of Syria to the US, PhD
  April 2008
  Topic: The Middle East Crisis
• Thomas Powers
  March 2008
  Topic: Geo.W. Bush and The Long War: What to expect in the First Thirty Years
• Shaheryar Azhar, Pakistani investment banker
  February 2008
  Topic: "Pakistan: What Next?"
• Fred Hill, Journalist and state department official
  January 2008
  Topic: The Missing Piece in America's Foreign Policy Puzzle?

2007

• Nancy Sanchez, Colby College Oak Fellow
  December 2007
  Topic: Human Rights in Colombia As Well As on the Effects of Narco-trafficking on the Colombian Economy
• Andrew Meldrum, Nieman Fellow
  November 2007
  Topic: Recent Events in Southern Africa
• Amb. Thomas Boyatt,, US ambassador to Colombia and Burkina Faso
  September 2007
  Topic: America’s 100 Years War in the 20th Century
• Corine Lesnes, Washington Bureau Chief for Le Monde leading French daily newspaper
  September 2007
  Topic: Sarkozy and the World
• Amb. Clark Randt,, US Ambassador to Peoples' Republic of China
  August 2007
  Topic: Current Affairs and Changes in China
• Chris Hall,, former Dem. State Senator from Lincoln County, ME and one of the founders of American University in Bosnia
  July 2007
  Topic: Current Situation in the Balkans
• Milton Bearden,, CIA Station Chief in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  July 2007
  Topic: Where Is Afghanistan Going? What Is the Future of Pakistan
• Philip Giraldi, former CIA officer, is a partner in Cannistraro Associates, an international security consultancy
  June 2007
  Topic: Slanting of Intelligence by the White House and George Tenet
• Nieman Weekend
  May 2007
  Topic: Journalists from Namibia, China, Costa Rica, The Gambia, Morocco, Colombia, Malawi, Finland, Germany, UK, Vietnam, South Korea
• Paul Mayewski, PhD, Professor of Geological Science and Quarternary Studies and Cooperating Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
  April 2007
  Topic: Climate Change and Its Impact on US Foreign Policy
• Amb. Peter Galbraith, first American ambassador to Croatia, Senior Diplomatic Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and non-proliferation. Author of The End of Iraq
  March 2007
  Topic: American Strategy and the Iraq Civil War
• Rick McDowell and Mary Trotochaud, Rick McDowell and Mary Trotochaud, Senior Fellows For Iraq at Friends Committee on National Legislation
  January 2007
  Topic: What is happening to Iraqi Civil Society

2006

• Yossi Alpher
  December 2006
  Topic: The Middle East: One Man’s View
• Ivan Eland
  November 2006
  Topic: The Emperor Has No Clothes: US Foreign Policy Exposed
• Larry Birns
  October 2006
  Topic: The Rise of the Left in Latin America
• Phil Bobbitt
  September 2006
  Topic: Does a War on Terror Make Sense? : Some Lessons from Lebanon
• Sherif Fam
  August 2006
  Topic: Palestine in the Crosshairs: Oslo to Hamas
• Christopher Hall
  July 2006
  Topic: Future Prospects for Kosovo: Remaining Hot Spot in the Balkans
• John Buell
  June 2006
  Topic: Daydreams and Nightmares: Remaking Modern Transportation
• Nieman Weekend
  May 2006
  Topic: Journalists from Brazil, South Africa, Palestine, Colombia, China, Australia, Japan, Albania, Pakistan, Canada, Cameroon
• Charles Waterman
  April 2006
  Topic: Jefferson Waterman International
• Maj. Scott Ritter
  March 2006
  Topic: Iraq: How We Got There and Where We’re Going
• Brook Larmer
  February 2006
  Topic: Big League Sports And China: A Story of How China Mixes Communism And Capitalism
• John MacGaffin
  January 2006
  Topic: How to improve US Intelligence Capability

2005

• Frances Lovemore
  December 2005
  Topic: Human Rights and the Situation in Zimbabwe
• Jeb Sharp
  November 2005
  Topic: Unintended Consequences: The West’s Encounter with the Middle East
• Ambassador Joseph Wilson
  October 2005
  Topic: The Second Gulf War: The Lies That Took Us There, the Way Ahead and the Price of Dissent Within Our Own Democracy
• Matthew Simmons
  September 2005
  Topic: Twilight in the Desert: The Depletion of Saudi Oil
• Michael Swaine
  August 2005
  Topic: Is China a Threat to the U.S?
• Hodding Carter III
  July 2005
  Topic: The People Are the Point
• Stephen Schlesinger
  June 2005
  Topic: The Sixtieth Anniversary of the United Nations: Can It Survive?
• Nieman Fellows Weekend
  May 2005
  Topic: Journalists from Pakistan, France, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, South Korea, Germany, England, Georgia Thailand
• Admiral Gregory G. Johnson
  April 2005
  Topic: 21st Century Security Challenges
• Ambassador Charles W. Freeman, Jr.
  March 2005
  Topic: Saudi Arabia: What Lies Ahead?
• Lillian Guerra
  February 2005
  Topic: Double Standards and Double Talk: Cuban Socialism and U.S. Policy Today
• Harold C. Pachios
  January 2005
  Topic: Influencing Global Public Opinion

2004

• Philip Brown
  December 2004
  Topic: The Chinese Economy: Domestic Challenges and Global Implications
• Laurence Pope
  November 2004
  Topic: Iraq: What Next?
• John Heimann
  October 2004
  Topic: Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges for Colombia and the Region
• Bowman Miller
  September 2004
  Topic: US and Europe: Iraq’s Impact and Aftermath
• Robert Finn
  August 2004
  Topic: Afghanistan: Moving Toward Elections
• Selig S. Harrison
  July 2004
  Topic: Korean Endgame: Report from North Korea
• Hadi Semati
  June 2004
  Topic: Iran in Transition: Forward or Backward?
• Nieman Fellows Weekend
  May 2004
  Topic: Journalists from Indonesia, Tanzania, Russia, China, Colombia, South Africa, Scotland, Finland, Uruguay, Nigeria, Canada
• Hussain Haqqani
  April 2004
  Topic: Dealing With Pakistan: America’s Difficult Ally
• Dana Priest
  March 2004
  Topic: The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace With America’s Military
• Alan Cullison
  February 2004
  Topic: Putin’s Russia
• Tom Tietenberg
  January 2004
  Topic: World Without End: Managing the Transition to Sustainable Development

2003

• Thomas MacAdams Deford
  December 2003
  Topic: The Forum and the Middle East: 20 Years Later
• Amy Hawthorne
  November 2003
  Topic: Democracy by US Fiat: Will It Work in the Middle East?
• Geoffrey Bindman
  October 2003
  Topic: Enforcing Human Rights in the Modern Context
• Omar Sheikhmous
  October 2003
  Topic: Where Is Iraq Heading?
• Murhaf Jouejati
  September 2003
  Topic: Syria and Its Role in the Middle East
• Matthew Kahane
  August 2003
  Topic: Post Soviet Developments in Central Asia
• John Buell
  July 2003
  Topic: Terror, Evil, and the New Cold War
• Kwangchool Lee
  June 2003
  Topic: A View of the Korean Peninsula from a South Korean Perspective
• Nieman Fellows Weekend
  May 2003
  Topic: Journalists from Bulgaria, China, Israel, Guatemala, Canada, Rwanda, Mexico, Denmark, Zimbabwe, Korea, South Africa, Sri Lanka
• Derk Kinnane-Roelofsma
  April 2003
  Topic: The Kurdish Component in a Changing Middle East
• Francesco Duina
  March 2003
  Topic: From Economic Union to Political Giant? An Enlarged Europe in the 21^st Century
• Patrice Franko
  February 2003
  Topic: The Argentine and Brazilian Crises: Cracks in the International Financial Architecture?
• Frank Langfitt
  January 2003
  Topic: China: The World’s Next Superpower or its Next Calamity?

2002

• James Richter
  December 2002
  Topic: Putin and the United States
• Andrew Finkel
  November 2002
  Topic: The Challenges Turkey Confronts and Confronting Turkey as a Challenge
• Beth Jones
  September 2002
  Topic: US-European Relations: Where Are We Heading?
• John Ruggie
  August 2002
  Topic: Global Governance: A Tale of Two Worlds
• Joe Sills
  July 2002
  Topic: Power and Sovereignty: A Broader View
• Ayesha Jalal
  June 2002
  Topic: Pakistan
• Nieman Fellows Weekend
  May 2002
  Topic: Journalists from Pakistan, Thailand, China, Israel, Yugoslavia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Jordan, Burundi, South Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica
• Moorehead Kennedy
  April 2002
  Topic: Understanding Terrorism
• Samuel Wyman
  March 2002
  Topic: Saudi Arabia: Time to Think Outside the Sandbox?
• Lily Alavi
  February 2002
  Topic: A Woman’s View of Iran and Islam
• Mahmoud A. Faksh
  January 2002
  Topic: Islam and the West : Challenges in the 21st Century