Great Decisions Lecture Series: Past Speakers
2022 | |
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Biden’s Foreign Policy Agenda Recording not available. |
Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Senior International Policy Advisor |
Russia and the United States Recording not available. |
Ora John Reuter, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
Drug Policy in Latin America Watch the recording. (Note: The recording of this lecture is missing a part at the beginning.) |
Carrie Ryan, Associate Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
Climate Change Watch the recording. |
Elizabeth Wheat, Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Changing Demographics Watch the recording. |
Alise Coen, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Myanmar and ASEAN Watch the recording. |
Anh Sy Huy Le, Assistant Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
2021 | |
Global Supply Chains and National Security Watch the recording. |
Amulya Gurtu, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Korean Peninsula Watch the recording. |
David Fields, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Struggles Over the Melting Arctic Watch the recording. |
Rebecca McKean, Associate Professor of Geology, St. Norbert College |
The End of Globalization? Watch the recording. |
Arthur Cyr, A.W. & Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished, Professor of Political Economy & World Business, Director of the Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College |
Brexit and the European Union Watch the recording. |
Neil McGarvey, Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Strathclyde-Glasgow |
China’s Role in Africa Watch the recording. |
Allen Xiao, Geography Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
2020 | |
The Philippines and the U.S. Watch the recording. |
Joel Mann, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Honors Program, St. Norbert College |
Red Sea Security Watch the recording. |
Daniel C. Stoll, Associate Dean of Global Affairs, Center for Global Engagement, St. Norbert College |
U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle Watch the recording. |
Anju Reejhsinghani, Executive Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies, UW-Madison |
Artificial Intelligence and Data Watch the recording. |
Frederic Lemieux, Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master’s in Applied Intelligence and Cybersecurity Risk Management, Georgetown University |
2019 | |
The Middle East Regional Disorder Watch the recording. |
Robert Kramer, Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested Watch the recording. |
Thomas A. Shannon Jr., Senior International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter |
Cyber Conflict & Geopolitics Watch the recording. |
Frederic Lemieux, Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master’s in Applied Intelligence and Cybersecurity Risk Management, Georgetown University |
Refugees and Global Migration Watch the recording. |
Angel Saavedra Cisneros, Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future? Lecture recording not available. |
Andrew Kydd, Professor of Political Science, UW-Madison |
The Rise of Populism in Europe Lecture recording not available. |
David Coury, Professor, Humanities (German) and Global Studies, UW-Green Bay |
State of the State Department and Diplomacy Watch the recording. |
Daniel C. Stoll, Associate Dean of Global Affairs, Center for Global Engagement, St. Norbert College |
Decoding U.S./China Trade Watch the recording. |
Zheya Gai, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Washington and Jefferson College |
2018 | |
The Waning of Pax Americana? Watch the recording. |
Richard Avramenko, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
South Africa’s Fragile Democracy Watch the recording. |
William Munro, Professor of Political Science, Illinois Wesleyan University |
U.S. Global Engagement & the Military Watch the recording. |
Wendy Tokach, Department Chair of Military Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
Russia’s Foreign Policy Watch the recording. |
Carey Cavanaugh, Professor of Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, University of Kentucky |
Global Health: Progress & Challenges Watch the recording. |
Mark Johnson, Health/Science Reporter, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
China and America: The New Geopolitical Equation Watch the recording. |
Julia Chang Bloch, Founder and President, U.S.-China Education Trust |
Turkey: A Partner in Crisis Lecture recording not available. |
Cengiz Erisen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Yeditepe University |
Media & Foreign Policy Watch the recording. |
Nikki Usher, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University |
2017 | |
The United Nations and the Future of Europe Watch the recording. |
Jan Fischer, International Civil Servant, United Nations |
Nuclear Security Lecture recording not available. |
Xolisa Mabhongo, Representative of the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the United Nations |
Trade & Politics Watch the recording. |
Arthur Cyr, Director of Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College |
Prospects for Afghanistan & Pakistan Watch the recording. |
Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian History, James Madison University |
Preparing for a Stormy 2017 in the South China Sea Watch the recording. |
Gregory Poling, Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies |
Oil Dependence & U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Lecture recording not available. |
Ozum Yesiltas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Latin America’s Political Pendulum Lecture recording not available. |
Professor of Political Science and Graduate Program Director, Loyola University |
Saudi Arabia in Transition Watch the recording. |
Mehmet Gurses, Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University |
2016 | |
The Rise of ISIS Watch the recording. |
Robert Kramer, Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East Watch the recording. |
Brian T. Edwards, Crown Professor in Middle East Studies, Northwestern University |
The Koreas Watch the recording. |
Bruce Cumings, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History, University of Chicago |
Migration Watch the recording. |
Monami Maulik, Founder and Executive Director, DRUM – South Asian Organizing Center |
Psychology and Global Climate Change Watch the recording. |
Susan Clayton, Ph.D.Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology, College of Wooster |
The Future of Kurdistan Lecture recording not available. |
Ozum Yesiltas, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Cuba and the U.S. Watch the recording. |
Marifeli Pérez-Stable, Ph.D.Professor of Sociology, Florida International University |
The United Nations Watch the recording. |
Ramu Damodaran, Chief of United Nations Academic Impact, United Nations |
2015 | |
India Changes Course Lecture recording not available. |
Arup Varma, Professor, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University |
Syria's Refugee Crisis Lecture recording not available. |
Ozum Yesiltas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Privacy in the Digital Age Lecture recording not available. |
Kathleen Bartzen Culver, Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Journalism Ethics, University of Wisconsin- Madison |
Russia and the Near Abroad Watch the recording. |
Ted Gerber, Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Brazil's Metamorphosis Watch the recording. |
Simone Buechler, Assistant Professor of Latin American & Latino Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago |
Human Trafficking in the 21st Century Watch the recording. |
Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director, World Without Genocide |
U.S. Policy Toward Africa Watch the recording. |
Sita Ranchod-Nilsson, Director of Institute for Developing Nations, Emory University |
Sectarianism in the Middle East Lecture recording not available. |
Micheline Ishay, Distinguised Professor of Human Rights and International Studies, University of Denver |
2014 | |
Energy Independence Watch the recording. |
Michael Kraft, Emeritus Professor, Public and Environmental Affiars, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Islamic Awakening Lecture recording not available. |
Robert Kramer, St. Norbert College |
Is China’s Dream A Nightmare for America and the Rest of the World? Lecture recording not available. |
Merton Finkler, John R. Kimberly Distinguished Professor in American Economic System, Lawrence University |
Turkey’s Challenge Watch the recording. |
Sinan Ciddi, Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University |
Israel and the U.S. Lecture recording not available. |
Fred Kaplan, Author of The Insurgents, and the Edward R. Murrow press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations |
Defense Technology Watch the recording. |
Shawn Brimley, Bacevich Fellow at the Center for A New American Security |
U.S. Trade Policy Lecture recording not available. |
Art Cyr, Director of A.W. Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College |
2013 | |
Iran Watch the recording. |
Steven Dachi, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University |
Future of the Euro Watch the recording. |
Marc Schaffer, Assistant Professor of Economics, SNC |
NATO Watch the recording. |
Art Cyr, Director of A.W. Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College |
China in Africa Watch the recording. |
Lawrence Herzberg, Associate Professor of Chinese, Calvin College |
Humanitarian Intervention Watch the recording. |
Heinz Klug, Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School |
Egypt Lecture recording not available. |
Ambassador Edward Walker, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Israel and the United Arab Emirates |
Maritime East and Southeast Asia: Is Conflict with China Inevitable? Lecture recording not available. |
Ambassador Alphonse La Porta, former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia |
Threat Assessment Watch the recording. |
Joseph Tulbane |
2012 | |
Promoting Democracy Around the World | Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh, Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy, University of Kentucky |
Cybersecurity and the Threat | Mr. Jeffrey Carr, CEO and Author of “Inside Cyber Warfare” |
Mexico, the Drug Cartels and Effects on the US | Matthew Dalstrom, Rockford College |
Exit Strategies for Iraq and Afghanistan | Jason Brozek, Assistant Professor of Government, Lawrence University |
Energy Geopolitics | Mark Bockenhauer SNC Professor of Geography, and Wendy Scattergood , SNC Associate Professor of Political Science |
The State of the World’s Oceans | David Poister SNC Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science |
Indonesia | Donald Weatherbee, Senior Fellow, Walker Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina |
Unlearning Racialism: Confronting Apartheid in our Hearts | Mr. Sean Callaghan, Lead Consultant at Strategic Impact |
Middle East Realignment | Mr. Rami George Khouri, Director, Institute for Public Policy, American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
2011 | |
The Horn of Africa | Analyst Ben West from national Analytical Service STRATFOR.COM |
US National Security since 9/11 | Jeffrey Simon, Renowned national terrorism commentator |
Rebuilding Haiti | Karen Richman, Director of the Center for Migration and Border Studies, University of Notre Dame |
Sanctions and Nonproliferation | Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics |
Responding to the Financial Crisis | Michael Gapen, Barclays Capital |
Germany Ascendant | Gary Shellman, Concordia of Wisconsin |
The Caucasus | Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh, Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy, University of Kentucky |
Global Governance | Wolfgang Schmidt, Entrepreneur and Social Activist |
2010 | |
Global Financial Crisis | Mr. David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Author |
Special Envoys | Arthur Cyr, Carthage College |
Russia and Its Neighbors | Mr. Ian Kelly, Russian Specialist, U.S. State Department |
Preventing Genocide | Celestin Musekura, Founder of African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries |
U.S.- China Security Relations | Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, Ambassador in Residence, University of Maryland |
Global Crime | Mr. Robert and Mr. John Pavich, International Criminal Attorneys |
The Persian Gulf | Mr. Rami George Khori, Editor and Journalist from Lebanon |
Women in Latin American Politics | Gratzia Villaroel, Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
2009 | |
Crisis in the Global Food Supply | Mr. Raj Patel, international author and activist on world food distribution |
Energy and the Global Economy | Drs. Kevin Quinn and Marc vonder Ruhr, St. Norbert College |
Afghanistan and Pakistan: The People and the Border | Ms. Jennifer Brick, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
The Arctic Age: Economics, Int’l Politics, and Environmental Issues | Mr. Bob Reiss, International author and expert on the region |
Egypt in the 21st Century | Ghada Talhami, Professor Emertus, Lake Forest College |
Cuba After Fidel | Ambassador Peter Deshazo, Director for American Programs, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. |
Universal Human Rights | Mr. Harry Wu, Internationally known Chinese Human Rights Activist |
The US and Rising Powers | Ms Deborah Groute, Senior Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State. |
2008 | |
US Defense and Security Policy: Now and the Future | Al Stolberg, Dept. of Strategy and Defense Policy, USA War College |
US Presidential Candidates: Stands on International Issues | Wendy Scattergood, Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Latin America: Shift to the Left? | Excellency Jamil Mahuad, ex-President, Ecuador |
US-China Trade Policy | Barrett McCormick, Professor, Marquette University |
Talking with the Enemy | Hon. Stephen F. Dachi, Retired US Foreign Service |
Russia | U.S. Department of State Official |
Private Philanthropy | Art Cyr, Director of International Business Center, Carthage College |
The European Union at 50 | Mr. Anthony Smallwood, Chief, European Union Delegation to USA |
Iraq: End Game | Professor Hassan Abbas, Harvard Law School International Fellow |
2007 | |
International War Crimes | Heinz Kluge, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Attorney at the Hague World Criminal Court |
Middle East: Update | Mr. Ariem Herminath, Retired CIA Officer, Serving in the Middle East for over seven years |
Mexico’s Future: Partner or Competitor | Enrique Figueroa, Observer for OAS to the Mexican National Elections and Professor at UW - Milwaukee |
Climate Change: Science versus Politics | Drs. Jame Hodgson (Biology) and Wendy Scattergood (Political Science), St. Norbert College |
Migration | Mark Bockenhauer (Geography) St. Norbert College and Consultant to National Geographic Society |
World’s Children | Mr. David Hughes, Specialist in International Children’s Issues, Plan USA |
U.S. Policy in Central Asia | Mr. John Hillmeyer, Tadjikistan Desk Officer, U.S. State Department |
The Future of South Africa | Ambassador Edward Perkins, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and to South Africa |
2006 | |
World Energy | Ms. Antonia Juhasz, Author and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC |
Brazil: Power of South America | Bryan Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
U.S. and Iran: Future Relations | Mr. Manohar Thyagaraj, Expert in International Affairs and the Middle East, Marquette University |
U.N. Reform | Laura Zanotti, Jean Monnet Fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute |
Turkey | Deniz Balgamis, Assistant Director of the Center for Turkish Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Global Health Pandemics and Security | Nelle Temple Brown, External Relations Officer, World Health Organization |
Human Rights in the Age of Terrorism | Mr. John Pavich, Past Lawyer for the International Criminal Tribunal and CIA Counter Terrorism Authority |
China and India: Partners or Competitors | Mr. Stephen F. Dachi, Foreign Affairs Specialist and International Consultant, Washington, DC |
2005 | |
China: Challenges Ahead | Carla Freeman - China Specialist, UW-Parkside |
US Intelligence Reforms | Adm(R) Mike Ratliff- Former Director of Naval Intelligence |
Outsourcing American Jobs | Marc Von der Ruhr - St. Norbert College |
Global Poverty Gap | Mr. David Theis - Senior Analyst, World Bank |
Russia Today | Joseph Tullbane - St. Norbert College |
Middle East Roundup | Amb. Edward Peck - Former Ambassador to Iraq and Mauritania |
Global Water Issues | A Panel of national, regional, and local experts |
Sudan and Darfur | Robert Kramer - St. Norbert College |
2004 | |
Democracy in the Americas | Mark Everingham - UW-Green Bay |
Media Influence in US Foreign Policy | A Panel of regional and local TV and Print professionals |
US Relations with Europe | Mr. Pierre Shostal - National Defense University, Wash, DC |
Diversity in Islam | Barbara Stowasser - Chair, Arabic Studies, Georgetown U. |
The Philippines | Robert Boyer- St. Norbert College |
Weapons of Mass Destruction | Amb. James Goodby - Chief Negotiator, Nuclear Disarmament of USSR |
Public Diplomacy | Ernest Latham - Senior Analyst on Democratization of C. Europe, CISS, Wash DC |
Reform in the Middle East | Mr. Stephen Buck- Former Charge-d-Affairs, US Embassy, Saudi Arabia |
2003 | |
Multilateralism/Unilateralism | William Vocke- Global Affairs Institute, Milwaukee |
Saudi-US Relations | Mr. Stephen Buck- Former Charge-d-Affairs, US Embassy, Saudi Arabia |
Nigeria | Omobolade Delano- St. Norbert College |
China | Mr. David Reuther- Former National Security Council Staffer |
World Trade and Food Policy | Edward Reed- UW-Madison |
Afghanistan | Sima Wali- Member of the Afghani Royal Family |
Women’s Rights | Lynn Walter- UW-Green Bay |
European Integration | Arthur Cyr- Global Business Center, Carthage College |
2002 | |
Global Terrorism | Mr. Donald Hamilton- National Institute for Prevention of Terrorism |
Korean Security Issues | Wayne Patterson- St. Norbert College |
Middle East Peace Process | Dr A Richard Norton- Princeton University |
South Asia – India and Pakistan | Joseph Elder- UW-Madison |
Colombia and Drug Traffic | Robert Ricigliano- Former Assistant to Colombian President |
Aids in Africa | Amb. Tom Loftus- Spec Asst to Sec Gen of World Health Org |
Russian Reexamined | Hon. Mira Baratta- Under-Secretary of Defense for Russia |
Energy and Environment | A Panel of Federal, State, Business, and Academic Experts |
2001 | |
Trade and Globalization | A Panel of Federal and regional experts |
China and Taiwan | Lyushun Shen Dep- National Representative, Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office, Wash DC |
National Missile Defense | Amb. Michael Cotter- Former Dep Secretary of US State Dept |
US Relations with Iraq | Mr. David Reuther- Former National Security Council Staffer |
Mexico and NAFTA | Mr. Darin Narayana- President, Bank One Int’l, one of the drafters of NAFTA Agreement |
European Integration | Mr. Wilfred Schneider- Dep Dir of EU Delegation to Wash, DC |
Conflict Resolution in Africa | Thomas Trebon- African analyst, Dean of St. Norbert College |
Int’l Humanitarian Crisis | Ms. Ruth Messinger- Woodrow Wilson Visiting Scholar, CEO of World Jewish Charities |
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