Past Speakers

Philip Brown

Philip Brown, Assistant Professor of Economics,
Colby College

Laurence Pope

Laurence Pope, former Political Adviser; US Central Command, Adviser to the US Mission to the UN; Senior Fellow, Armed Forces Staff College

John Heimann

John Heimann, Financial Stability Institute, Former Comptroller of the US Treasury
Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges for Colombia and the Region – a report sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action

Bowman Miller

Bowman Miller, Director, Office of Analysis for
Europe, U.S. Department of State

Robert Finn

Robert Finn, Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Visiting Professor in the Near Eastern Studies
Department at Princeton University

Selig S. Harrison

Selig S. Harrison, Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy and author of Korean
Endgame: Report from North Korea

Hadi Semati

Hadi Semati, Political Science Professor on
leave from Tehran University, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Hussain Haqqani

Hussain Haqqani, Pakistani Journalist and Diplomat, Visiting Scholar , Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Dana Priest

Dana Priest, The Washington Post (Reporter on
Military and Intelligence Issues)

Alan Cullison

Alan Cullison, Moscow Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal (Nieman Fellow)

Tom Tietenberg

Tom Tietenberg, Professor of Economics and Director Environmental Studies Program, Colby College

Upcoming Speakers

  • February 9, 2026
    Christina Bobrow
    Topic: Ice in the Mediterranean: Frozen Conflict in Cyprus
  • March 30, 2026
    George Chalos
    Topic: Anchoring Power – The Rise of the US as Global Enforcers in the Maritime Industry
  • April 13, 2026
    Dr. Isaiah (Ike) Wilson
    Topic: Why America Keeps Winning Battles—and Losing the Peace
  • May 11, 2026
    Masood Ahmed
    Topic: World Development and the US Role
  • July 13, 2026
    Dan Poneman
    Topic: Prospects for Further Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

Past Speakers