Sarasota

Sarasota Lectures

Global Issues 2013

Overview - Global Issues Tuesday Series Wednesday Series Thursday Series Venice Lectures Seminars General Information

Lectures are held at Players Theatre, 838 N. Tamiami Trail and start at 10:30 am

Click on title for lecture summary, click on speaker name for biography.

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8 Israelis and Palestinians: Sunset on the "Two-State Solution?"
Mark Rosenblum
9 America and the Muddle East
Mark Rosenblum
10 Resetting Foreign Policy: The Path Forward after January 20th
Dr. Jerry Pubantz
15 China's Leadership Transition: Implications for Change
Amb. Stapleton Roy
16 Comparing Asian Economic Powerhouses: India, China and Japan
Amb. Stapleton Roy
17 Markets, Monsters, & Black Swans: The European Union and the Euro
Dr. Irene Finel-Honigman
22 The Future National Security Threat Environment: The End of Power and Innocence
Harvey Rishikof
23 Cyber - The Last Fontier
Harvey Rishikof
24 Fighting Poverty and Increasing Economic Opportunity
Dr. Ron Haskins
29 U.S. Policy Options for the Korean Peninsula in January 2013
Amb Donald Gregg
30 The Dangers of Demonization
Amb. Donald Gregg
31 The United States and China: The Wary Partnership
Dr Jonathan Pollack
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5 Islam and Islamism in the 21st Century: The Stakes for the West
Hassan Mneimneh
6 Islam and Islamism in the 21st Century: Global Case Studies
Hassan Mneimneh
7 Thinking and Responding Strategically to National Security Challenges
Dr. John Williams
12 Putin, Medvedev, and Russian Domestic Realities
Dr. Robert Barylski
13 Putin’s Worldview
Dr. Robert Barylski
14 Has U.S. Foreign Policy Become Irrelevant in the Americas?
Dr. Jorge Dominguez
19 Germany: Europe's Powerhouse?
Dr Daniel Hamilton
20 Europe: Still Relevant?
Dr. Daniel Hamilton
21 Why We Are Not Doomed
Martin Walker
26 The Impact of Defense Strategy and Budgets in an Age of Austerity
Dr. Lawrence Korb
27 The Role of Congress, the Executive and the Private Sector in Formulating National Policy
Dr. Lawrence Korb
28 Politics of Petroleum: Hot New Development in the Energy World
Amb. Molly Williamson
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5 Will Turkey Ever Get Into Europe?
Dr. Soner Cagaptay
6 Turkish/U.S. Relations after the Arab Spring
Dr. Soner Cagaptay
7 It's Even Worse Than It Looks: Coping with our Political Dysfunction
Dr. Norman Ornstein
12 US Immigration Policy: Prospects for Change after the 2012 Elections
Muzaffar Chishti
13 The Power to Regulate: States vs. Federal Roles in Immigration Policy
Muzaffar Chishti
14 Iran and the U.S. - Between War and Diplomacy
Dr. Trita Parsi
19 The Iran Crisis and Nuclear Security
Dr. Steven Miller
20 Nuclear Energy and the Future
Dr. Steven Miller
21 The Middle East in Crisis: Israel, the Arab Uprising and the U.S.
Amb. Philip Wilcox
26 Afghanistan and Pakistan: Why They Demand America’s Involvement
Dr. Tom Gouttierre
27 Afghanistan and Pakistan: Two Sides of a Similar Conundrum
Dr. Tom Gouttierre
28 Afghanistan’s Peace, What & How?
Dr. Thomas Barfield

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