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04.24.2015
Bill Browder - Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Hermitage Capital Management
04.16.2015
International Educator of the Year Award Luncheon - Malcolm Gladwell - David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants
Author of five New York Times bestsellers
03.18.2015
A Conversation with Secretary Leon Panetta - Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
Secretary of Defense (2011-2013); Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011)
03.17.2015
George Friedman - Flash Points: The Emerging Crisis in Europe
Chairman and Founder, Stratfor
03.04.2015
Steve LeVine - The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World
Washington Correspondent, Quartz
02.26.2015
David Axelrod - Believer: My Forty Years in Politics
Senior Advisor to President Obama (2009-2011); Institute Director, The University of Chicago Institute of Politics
11.17.2014
Ambassador Christopher Robert Hill - Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir
Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver; Former Ambassador to Iraq, Poland, Republic of Macedonia and Special Envoy to Kosovo
11.15.2014
A Conversation with Senator Ted Cruz
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10.23.2014
His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States
10.14.2014
Ben Blink - Freedom and Power in the Digital Age
Senior Policy Analyst, Google
10.02.2014
Contributors' Circle - John Seigenthaler, News Anchor, Al Jazeera America
Introduced by Ambassador James K. Glassman, former executive director, George W. Bush Institute
09.16.2014
Major General James Williams - A Conversation on Iraq, Afghanistan, the Islamic State and Beyond
USMC (retired)
08.12.2014
Erin Meyer - The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
Professor and Program Director, INSEAD
06.18.2014
Louisa Lim - The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited - Addison
Beijing Correspondent, National Public Radio
05.30.2014
His Excellency Sergey Kislyak
Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States
05.15.2014
Helene Gayle - Pathways to Empowerment: Helping Women Create Real Change
President and CEO, CARE
04.24.2014
Russell Gold - The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
Senior Energy Writer, The Wall Street Journal
04.16.2014
Public Opinion & White House Decision Making
Mark Penn, Pollster for President Bill Clinton; Jan van Lohuizen, Pollster for President George W. Bush; Moderated by Mark Kennedy, Director, George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management
04.15.2014
Bill White - America’s Fiscal Constitution: Its Triumph and Collapse
White, a lawyer and chairman of the financial management firm Lazard Houston, describes himself as a fiscal conservative. He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy from 1993 to 1995 in the Clinton Administration and is a member of the...
04.11.2014
Michael O’Hanlon - Strategic Reassurance and Strategic Resolve in the U.S.-China Relationship
Senior Fellow, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Brookings Institution
04.09.2014
NAFTA After Twenty Years
Pia Orrenius, Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Antonio Ortiz-Mena, Head of Section, Economic Affairs, Mexican Embassy, Washington, D.C.
02.18.2014
Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming
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02.13.2014
Shibley Telhami - The World Through Arab Eyes
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02.10.2014
Clement Leung - Hong Kong: Your Access to China and Asia
Hong Kong Commissioner to the United States, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
12.18.2013
James Tobin - The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a man who understood the “New Deal” on a personal basis. He had faced a “new deal.” In its description of James Tobin's biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the publishing house Simon & Schuster describes FDR's...
10.04.2013
A. Scott Berg - Wilson
The challenge of illuminating the life and emotions of this president was taken on by a biographer with solid credentials. Berg is a consistent New York Times best-seller and winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for...
07.16.2013
Learning from Iraq
Could the creation of a single post-war office solve diplomatic and practical issues before they happen in war-torn nations? Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen believes such an office is the answer to many nation re-building problems.
07.08.2013
Kip Tindell - Organization with Heart
Kip Tindell is the CEO and Chairman of The Container Store as well as a proponent in the Conscious Capitalism movement. Tindell received the National Retail Federation’s 2010 Gold Medal Award, which honors key industry leaders for distinction in service...
06.17.2013
Rajiv Chanderasekaran - Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan
Just as the United States and NATO combat forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan – due out in 2014 -- there comes a boots-on-the-ground examination of the effects and costs of the “surge” that put them there in the first place.
06.13.2013
Ambassador of Indonesia to the U.S.
He’s called “The Twitter Ambassador” because he gracefully embraced social media as an effective communication method – with more than 110,000 followers (@dinopattidjalal) from Washington to Jakarta. You also can find him well-represented on YouTube, discussing strategy, ambition and economic...
06.05.2013
Stealing Secrets--Inside the CIA With the Author of Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow is a novel. But how much of it is fiction? Therein lies the tale. Only author Jason Matthews knows. He spent 33 years as a covert operative with the CIA’s National Clandestine Service before creating this debut novel....
05.20.2013
Timothy Beardson - Stumbling Giant: The Threat to China’s Future
Timothy Beardson is the Chairman of the China Oxford Scholarship Fund and is actively involved in the Chinese education system. He frequently speaks with governments, universities, boards and central banks on economic and strategic issues.
04.30.2013
Erica Grieder - Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas
Texas Monthly Senior Writer Erica Grieder to the Council with a newly published book whose title promises a different perspective: Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas.
04.18.2013
Rex Tillerson - From Scarcity to Abundance: How Industry Innovation Is Creating a New Era in Energy
Mr. Tillerson is a member of the executive committee and is a former chairman of the American Petroleum Institute. He is also a trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
04.02.2013
International Educator of the Year Award - Creating Innovators
Tony Wagner has worked for more than thirty-five years in the field of school improvement. He recently accepted a position as the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard. He was the founder and co-director...
03.15.2013
Dr. Henry Kissinger
A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Medal of Liberty, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger needs no introduction.
02.19.2013
Conscious Capitalism
Co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market John Mackey is also the co-founder of the Conscious Capitalism Movement. The four key pillars of this movement are higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership and conscious culture and management.
12.11.2012
Global I.Q. with Jim Falk: The World in 2013
The World in… provides readers with a unique global perspective on the upcoming year, across the spheres of business, finance and economics, technology, sport, media, arts, culture and more.
11.02.2012
Global I.Q. with Jim Falk: Mexican Elections and the Transition of Power
The president-elect seems eager to strengthen international ties leaving behind the more insular policies of the past administration. He spent the past few months visiting neighbors, like economic powerhouses Brazil and Argentina, and has reached out to Spain, offering support...
10.24.2012
The U.S. Political Economy
In the midst of another election season, the economy is on every American’s mind. Social security reform, universal healthcare, unemployment and the budget deficit are at the forefront of both national and kitchen table discourse.
09.24.2012
Global I.Q. with The Economist - Ambassador Djerejian talks Syria
Are the Syrian rebels strong enough to take down the Assad regime without foreign assistance? Will Secretary Clinton be successful in swaying China’s stance on the war? When the dust finally settles, will lines be redrawn creating a new map...
06.18.2012
Global I.Q. with The Economist - Deception: The Untold Story of East-West Espionage Today
Edward Lucas uncovers the real story of Chapman and her colleagues in Britain and America, unveiling their clandestine missions and the spy-hunt that led to their downfall. It reveals unknown triumphs and disasters of Western intelligence in the Cold War,...
06.07.2012
The Art of Intelligence: Lessons From a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service
The Art of Intelligence draws from the full arc of Crumpton’s espionage and covert action exploits to explain what America’s spies do and why their service is more valuable than ever. From his early years in Africa, where he recruited...
06.04.2012
Voices of Afghanistan from Jim Falk
Voices of Afghanistan Jim Falk’s Insight and Interviews from Afghanistan
05.30.2012
Energy Realities and Opportunities
Join the Council to hear Harbert discuss our own energy reality and what we are and are not doing to face it and more importantly, what opportunities lie before us to change our energy future, create jobs and generate investment...
05.29.2012
Morocco's Path through the Arab Spring: Evolution with Stability
Ambassador Rachad Bouhlal was appointed as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States in 2011. He previously served as Ambassador to Germany, the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg...
05.29.2012
IPS - State Department Budget Cutbacks: What Is the Effect on U.S. Foreign Policy?
With the past economic downturn, the federal government is making cutbacks to all departments. Efforts to rein in federal spending means the State Department is reducing plans to grow its Foreign Service staff...
05.29.2012
Stephen Hadley - International Educator of the Year Award Luncheon
The World Affairs Council is pleased to welcome former National Security Advisor, Stephen Hadley, as speaker for its annual International Educator of the Year Award Luncheon..
04.16.2012
Breakfast with His Excellency Sameh Shoukry
..a second-generation diplomat, has been ambassador to the U.S. since 2008. He joined the Egyptian diplomatic corps in 1976. Ambassador Shoukry has served his country in many diplomatic postings, such as permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva and...
04.16.2012
Jeremi Suri - American Nation-Building: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Jeremi Suri has spent his life researching the complex events and power dynamics that have regularly restructured our world—for example, wars, migrations, and major societal shifts. From this background, he brings us his newest book, Liberty’s Surest Guardian...

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World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth episodes:

Bill Browder - Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

International Educator of the Year Award Luncheon - Malcolm Gladwell - David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants

A Conversation with Secretary Leon Panetta - Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace

George Friedman - Flash Points: The Emerging Crisis in Europe

Steve LeVine - The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World

David Axelrod - Believer: My Forty Years in Politics

Ambassador Christopher Robert Hill - Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir

A Conversation with Senator Ted Cruz

His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba

Ben Blink - Freedom and Power in the Digital Age

Contributors' Circle - John Seigenthaler, News Anchor, Al Jazeera America

Major General James Williams - A Conversation on Iraq, Afghanistan, the Islamic State and Beyond

Erin Meyer - The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

Louisa Lim - The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited - Addison

His Excellency Sergey Kislyak

Helene Gayle - Pathways to Empowerment: Helping Women Create Real Change

Russell Gold - The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

Public Opinion & White House Decision Making

Bill White - America’s Fiscal Constitution: Its Triumph and Collapse

Michael O’Hanlon - Strategic Reassurance and Strategic Resolve in the U.S.-China Relationship

NAFTA After Twenty Years

Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming

Shibley Telhami - The World Through Arab Eyes

Clement Leung - Hong Kong: Your Access to China and Asia

James Tobin - The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency

A. Scott Berg - Wilson

Learning from Iraq

Kip Tindell - Organization with Heart

Rajiv Chanderasekaran - Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan

Ambassador of Indonesia to the U.S.

Stealing Secrets--Inside the CIA With the Author of Red Sparrow

Timothy Beardson - Stumbling Giant: The Threat to China’s Future

Erica Grieder - Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas

Rex Tillerson - From Scarcity to Abundance: How Industry Innovation Is Creating a New Era in Energy

International Educator of the Year Award - Creating Innovators

Dr. Henry Kissinger

Conscious Capitalism

Global I.Q. with Jim Falk: The World in 2013

Global I.Q. with Jim Falk: Mexican Elections and the Transition of Power

The U.S. Political Economy

Global I.Q. with The Economist - Ambassador Djerejian talks Syria

Global I.Q. with The Economist - Deception: The Untold Story of East-West Espionage Today

The Art of Intelligence: Lessons From a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service

Voices of Afghanistan from Jim Falk

Energy Realities and Opportunities

Morocco's Path through the Arab Spring: Evolution with Stability

IPS - State Department Budget Cutbacks: What Is the Effect on U.S. Foreign Policy?

Stephen Hadley - International Educator of the Year Award Luncheon

Breakfast with His Excellency Sameh Shoukry

Jeremi Suri - American Nation-Building: Past, Present, and Future