Speaking in Maine

Thursday, October 3 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations. David Stoll, a Professor of Anthropology at Middlebury College, speaks about Guatemala, immigration and the United States – and possible solutions to the current situation.

Wednesday, September 18 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations. Andrew Weber speaks on past and present-day efforts at controlling and eliminating weapons of mass destruction.

Thursday, September 5 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Augusta and Governor Mill’s recent Opioid Response Summit. The speaker is Michael Botticelli, the former White House Director of National Drug Control Policy. We’ll hear his keynote address: “Turning the Tide: Maine’s Path Forward in Addressing the Opioid Crisis.”

Thursday, August 22 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations, for a talk by William Reinsch on “Globalization, Inequality and Trade Policy.”

Wednesday, August 21 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Waterville, and Colby College, for a Mid-Maine Global Forum talk by Stephen Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where he served as Academic Dean from 2002 to 2006. His talk is “The Hell of Good Intentions: American Foreign Policy and the Decline of U.S. Primacy.”

Monday, August 12 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations, for a talk by Dr. Susan Kaufman Purcell, an independent consultant on Latin America based in Miami, Florida, about the current situation in Venezuela.

Tuesday, July 30 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport, and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations, for a talk by John Shattuck, Professor of Practice in Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Tufts University. His talk is on “Viktor Orban and Donald Trump: The Rise of ‘Illiberal Democracies’ in Europe and the US” and the threat they pose to basic democratic principles. He contrasts the situation in Europe, particularly in Hungary where until recently he was the head of the

Tuesday, June 18 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport, and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations, for a talk by Anne Barnard, a New York Times journalist, who led coverage of the Syria war for six years, reporting from across the Middle East as Beirut bureau chief. Since 9/11, she has chronicled the human and strategic impact of U.S. war policies on front line areas from Iraq to Syria and Gaza.

Wednesday, May 22 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations. Professor F. Gregory Gause, III, John H. Lindsey ’44 chair of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, speaks about the internal political situation in Saudi Arabia and how it has influenced its external policies and more aggressive international actions.

Wednesday, May 15 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to the eighth annual Justice for Women Lecture at the Abromson Community Education Center in Portland. The speaker is Ms. Maria Luisa Aguilar Rodriguez, the International Advocacy Officer at Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center in Mexico City. She will be focusing on the immigration taking place through Mexico and access to justice and reparations for victims of human rights violations.