Meetings 2019-2020

The Brief History and Possible Future of Nuclear Weapons

Joseph Cirincione, Former President Ploughshares Fund

US Foreign Policy During and After the Pandemic

Richard Haass, President. Council on Foreign Relations

How Covid-19 Has Changed the World and What the Future Holds

Michael Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University if Minnesota

How Covid-19 Will Change the World

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

Israel at a Crossroads

Tzipi Livni, Former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Israel

Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence

General James Clapper, Former Director of National Intelligence

Secretary Kerry’s Observations About US Foreign Policy

John Kerry, Former Secretary of State

What the Pandemic Reveals about Dictatorships, Democracy, and Populism

Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College

“The US-Iran Confrontation: Between Maximum Pressure and Maximum Resistance”

Payam Mohseni, Director, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Is It Too Late to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change?

Daniel Schrag, Professor of Geology, Environmental Science and Engineering and Director of the Center for the Environment at Harvard University

Do Morals Matter: Presidents and Foreign Policy From FDR to Trump

Joseph Nye, Professor Emeritus, Kennedy School, Harvard University

Education of an Idealist

Samantha Power, Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

Iran and the U.S. in the Gulf

General Joseph Votel, Retired Four-Star General, U.S. Army

Destiny and Discontent: The Outlook for Hong Kong

Alejandro Reyes, Associate Professor, Hong Kong University

The US-South Korea Alliance: Linchpin Under Stress?

Amb. Kathleen Stephens, former US Ambassador to South Korea and President of the Korea Economic Institute

India’s Economic Posture in the World

Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School; Director, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute; Harvard University