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The Boston Committee on Foreign Relations is a member organization established in 1946 in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and currently affiliated with the American Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. Its purpose is to encourage enlightened discussion of international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. It takes no policy positions and is open to members of all political views. The BCFR’s membership is drawn from the leadership ranks of the region’s business, financial, academic, and legal communities and from the local diplomatic corps.

 

 

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 lunch meeting at the Union Club of Boston

Ali Banuazizi

Research Professor of Political Science, Boston College; Research Fellow, Center for International Studies, M.I.T.

Iran and the New Geopolitics of the Middle East

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Monday, February 24, 2025 lunch meeting at the Union Club of Boston

Dmytro Kuleba

Former Foreign Minister, Ukraine

How the War Ends: Consequences for Ukraine, the US, and the World 

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025 dinner meeting at the Union Club of Boston

Youssef Chahed

Former Prime Minister, Tunisia 

Building Democracy in Syria and Around the Arab World: An Insider’s Perspective

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Friday, March 14, 2025 lunch meeting at the Union Club of Boston

Peter Hall

Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies and a Faculty Associate of the Weatherhead Center and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University and Co-Director of the Successful Societies Program for the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Explaining Rising Support for Right Populist Parties in Europe

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025 lunch meeting at the Union Club of Boston

Rochelle Walensky

Former Director, CDC 

International Aspects of Public Health