Past Programs
An Obligation to Intervene?
November 16, 2009 Joyce Leader, former US ambassador to Guinea, career foreign service officer
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle and its International Implications
August 13, 2009 Ivan Oelrich, Acting President, Federation of American Scientists An informal discussion with SFWAF board members.
Counterterrorism under the Obama Administration
September 14, 2009 Shari Villarosa, Deputy Coordinator of Regional Affairs, Office of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State. Shari Villarosa is a career senior State Department Foreign Service Officer who served in this position beginning in September 2008 A view of the Obama Administration’s approach to counterterrorism from the inside. How does it
The US and Afghanistan: a View from the Field
June 29, 2009 Todd Greentree, Brigade Political Adviser and State Department Representative at Task Force Warrior, Afghanistan
Energy Technology & Energy Policy: Past Obstacles, Current Prospects
June 8, 2009 Karl Braithwaite, Head of Governmental Relations and Institutional Development, Advanced Concepts Group, Sandia National Laboratories
Promoting Democracy Abroad: A Practitioner’s View from the Field
March 30, 2009 Julia DeMichelis, democracy and conflict resolution specialist

