World Affairs Council of Hilton Head
A forum on international issues and American interests in the world

2009 - 2010 Meetings

DATE TOPIC AND SPEAKER  (Suggested speakers or topics?) BACKGROUND 

10/02/2009 

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"Canada - U.S. Relationship: Hopes, Fears, Aspirations", Robert B. Mackenzie - Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner, Raleigh, NC  Biography

 10/16/2009

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"In the Shadow of the Oval Office", I.M. (Mac) Destler - Professor of Public Policy and Co-director of the National Security Project at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD  Biography

 11/06 2009

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 "The Nature of Russian Foreign Policy: The Puzzle of Perception", Hugh Ragsdale - Former Professor of History, University of Alabama, Author, Independent Scholar and specialist in Russian Foreign Policy, Charlottesville, VA
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 11/20/2009

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 "NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas: Prospects for the Future", Ralph H. Folsom - Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law and Textbook author, San Diego, CA  Biography

 12/04/2009

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 "The Global Financial Crisis: Can Humpty Dumpty Be Put Back Together Again?", Richard D. Erb, Ph.D. - Former Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Research Professor, Economics Department, University of Montana, Missoula, MT  Biography

 1/08/2010

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"Why I Miss Sadam: How to Create a Permanent State of War in the Middle East”, Judith S. Yaphe Ph.D. - Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University,Washington, DC  Biography

 1/22/2010

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"The Qualities of U.S. Universities: Harsh Realities in a Global Context", M. Peter McPherson J.D. - Chairman of Board of Dow Jones & Company, President of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges  Biography

 2/05/2010

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  "Managing Strategic Competition with China", Phllip C. Saunders Ph.D. - Interim Research Director, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies
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 2/19/2010

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 "Communicating in a Connected World", Rick Murray - President, Edelman Digital  Biography

 3/05/2010

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 "Globalizaton Facts and Myths", Vivek Wadhwa -Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; Harvard Law School

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 3/19/2010

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"Japan's Evolving Grand Strategy", Richard J. Samuels, Ph.D. - Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Sudies, MIT  Biography

 4/09/2010

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 "Afghanistan: What History Teaches About Staying the Course", Bennett Ramberg, Ph.D., J.D. - Director, UCLA Foreign Affairs Seminar  Biography

 4/23/2010

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"Current Health Policy Concerns in Europe", Richard M. Saltman,  Ph.D. - Professor of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

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 5/07/2010

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"Trouble in Tehran: Iran's Nuclear Program and Relations with the United States", Gregory Giles,  Senior Director with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)  Biography
 
   
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