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Riverside, CA 92506


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About the Council

2010

February 8, 2010
THOMAS RICKS
“Iraq and Afghanistan:  Update on 'The Gamble'.   What is the best case scenario?"


March 11, 2010

World Affairs 2010 Conference - San Francisco, CA
"Innovative Leadership in the Face of Crises"


March 27, 2010

TURKEY: Bridge Between East and West
- Event Agenda
- Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching About Turkish History and Culture


April 19, 2010

THOMAS FINGAR
"The Transformed World: 2025
Anticipating and Preparing for Future Challenges
"


May 13, 2010
ROBERT MNOOKIN
“Bargaining with the Devil:
When to Negotiate, When to Fight”
 
(presented with the UCR Mosten Lecture in
Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies).


September 23, 2010
Honorable Ronald E. Neumann
Rev. Samir Selmanovic

"U.S.-Muslim Relations after 9/11:
Views on Combat Diplomacy and Respect for Religions"


October 26, 2010

RICHARD SOLOMON
"American Negotiating Behavior: Wheeler-Dealers, Legal Eagles, Bullies and Preachers"


November 10, 2010

Qubad Talabani
Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government to the United States

 

2009

January 12, 2009
BRUCE RIEDEL
"Pakistan the Most Dangerous Country In the World"


January 28, 2009
MICHAEL RAMIREZ
"Everyone Has The Right To My Opinion"


February 11, 2009

HONORABLE RONALD NEUMANN
"Diplomacy in Crisis: The Real Cost of Letting Diplomacy Decline"


February 25, 2009

THOMAS RICKS
"The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq"


April 27, 2009

AMBASSADOR MICHAEL ARMACOST
"Contemporary Challenges in Asia"


May 20, 2009

REZA ASLAN
"No god but God"


September 22, 2009

MIKE SHUSTER
"The Crisis in Iran"


October 26, 2009

MINXIN PEI
"Does the Chinese Communist Party Need Another Magic Formula to Stay in Power?"


November 17, 2009
AMBASSADOR JOHN LIMBERT

 

2008

January 25

"Ambassadors' Dialogue: Korea"
HONORABLE ALEXANDER VERSHBOW
HONORABLE LEE TAE-SIK

Co-sponsored by KAEDC Korean American Economic Development Center and in cooperation with the Korea Economic Institute (KEI)

   

March 18

"Missing In Action"
KEVIN KLOSE

   

April 24

"Islam, Iraq and the Media
BETH HILL SKINNER

   

May 14

"Never Again, Again, Again... Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Darfur"
LANE H. MONTGOMERY

Panel Discussion on Rwanda and Darfur with:
Dr. Richard H. Hart
Dr. Emmanuel Rudatsikira
Dr. Mustafa Kuko

   

September 24

"Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East"
HONORABLE DANIEL C. KURTZER
SCOTT B. LASENSKY

   

October 2

"Iraq and the Next American President"
BRIAN BENNETT

   

October 14

"Re-Engage! America and the World After Bush"
HELENA COBBAN

   

 


Upcoming Events

FEBRUARY 2, 2012
 The Future of Korea
 Panel Discussion


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