Speaking in Maine

Tuesday, October 3 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us to Northport and the Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations, for a talk by Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan specializing in the relationship of the West with the Muslim world. His most recent work is “The New Arabs: How the Wired and Global Youth of the Middle East Is Transforming It.”

Thursday, September 14 at 2:00 pm Yemen faces the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. 7 million people are on the verge of starvation, and a child dies every ten minutes of preventable disease. Join Will Picard, executive director of The Yemen Peace Project, for a talk on Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe and US foreign policy.

Thursday, June 22 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations. The speaker is Trita Parsi founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, and author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States. His topic: “IRAN, AGAIN”

Tuesday, May 30 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations for a talk by Chaz Freeman; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He discusses the US role in the Middle East.

Monday, May 8 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to Northport and the Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations, for a talk entitled “U.S. Nuclear Forces: Decisions for the Trump Administration” by John Harvey.

Tuesday, April 11 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to the Goldfarb Center at Colby College in Waterville, for the 2017 Cotter Debate. This year's topic is a conversation about American Democracy.

Tuesday, March 28 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us next to the University of New England, for a talk with Marketplace Morning Report host David Brancaccio, this year’s Paul. D. Merrill Business Ethics lecturer.

Tuesday, February 28 at 2:00 pm Keynote Address: Paul James: The World Is on the Move, and We Have No Idea How to Respond. More than 65 million people are now on the move, seeking food, safety, and better lives for themselves and their families. They are fleeing for a variety of reasons: wars, ethnic and religious conflicts, corruption and crime, and the devastating consequences of climate change. The post–World War II international framework—created to meet what was then an unprecedented flow

Wednesday, March 1 at 2:00 pm Gerald Knaus: Germany, Europe, and the Politics of Refugee Protection & Bruno Stagno: 2016 -- The Year the World Stopped Caring about Refugees --Central America and Beyond

Thursday, March 2 at 2:00 pm Cas Mudde: H​as the Refugee Crisis Created a Perfect Storm for the Far Right? & Maha Yahya: Refugees and the Remaking of an Arab Order Has the Refugee Crisis Created a Perfect Storm for the Far Right? Cas Mudde Associate Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, USA, Researcher, Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo, Norway, Co-editor, European Journal of Political Research.