A Refugee Camp on a Greek Island Opens Its Arms to Middle Eastern Asylum Seekers
February 25, 2024, 12 noon – 2pm
Challenges in Madagascar: Improving Food Security, Preserving Biodiversity, and Promoting Democracy
January 18, 2024, 12 noon – 2pm
Past Programs
Power, Money, and Ideas: the Chinese Communist Party at the Helm
October 27, 2021 John Holden In 2017 China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping said famously: “Government, the military, society and schools, north, south, east and west – the party leads them all”. In 2021, however, as it celebrates its centenary the CCP is doubling down on its efforts to reach into all aspects of Chinese life. It’s crackdowns on technology and tutoring companies, restrictions on
China in the World 2021
October 06, 2021 Ambassador William H. Itoh Marking the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping celebrated China’s decades of spectacular economic growth and China’s return as a world power. Having successfully contained the pandemic, China has emerged even stronger while others, including the United States, have struggled. Citing the many victims of Covid
The Department of State in the Biden Administration
September 29, 2021 Ambassador Mark L. Asquino In January, President Biden pledged to reverse the disastrous mismanagement of the Department of State during the Trump Administration. He nominated as his secretary of state was Antony Blinken, a highly-experienced foreign policy expert. Blinken has brought to his job years of experience as a senior Congressional staffer, senior
“Water Diplomacy” in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities for Israel, West Bank and Gaza Today
August 18, 2021 Anthony (Bud) Rock Anthony (Bud) Rock will describe recent efforts to manage scarce water resources in a region that continues to face immense political, cultural and ideological challenges. He will address the quiet diplomacy of key policy and technical officials, as well as the creative, and critically important new projects of non-governmental organizations
Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
May 19, 2021 Alex Wellerstein, author of Restricted Data, professor and Director of the Science and Technology Studies Program at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there
Reinventing the Transatlantic Relationship for the 21st Century
May 05, 2021 David O'Sullivan, former EU Ambassador to the US This Zoom meeting is in cosponsorship with the Colorado European Union Center of Excellence and the German American Chamber of Commerce in Colorado. After the difficulties of the last four years, the arrival of President Biden in the White House offers new hope for transatlantic