With the end of the Cold War and the expansion of NATO and the EU to virtually all Central and Eastern Europe, as well as other countries around the world joining the rules-based global trading system, liberal democracy seemed dominant as never before in history. However, a backlash to the financial crisis, growing inequality, and increased levels of immigration and migration have exposed many vulnerabilities of liberal democracy and revealed the social and cultural issues that encompass demographic anxiety.
DATE | PRESENTER | RECORDING | TITLE |
10/5/2018 | Larry Diamond | Listen (mp3) | The Liberal Democratic Order in Crisis |
10/26/2018 | Bruce Hoffman |
Listen (mp3) | Inside Terrorism Today |
11/2/2018* | Amb. Pierre Vimont |
Listen (mp3) | President Macron’s France: On Its Way to New Leadership? |
11/16/2018 | Dr. Jennifer Keene |
Listen (mp3) | World War I and the Dawning of the American Century |
12/7/2018 | Michael Auslin |
Listen (mp3) | Asia and America in the Age of Trump: War, Retreat or Recommit? |
1/11/2019 | Josh Michaud |
Listen (mp3) | Global Health |
1/25/2019 | Trita Parsi |
Listen (mp3) | Iran’s Strategy in the Middle East |
2/1/2019 | Dr. Soner Cagaptay |
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The New Sultan and Turkey’s Foreign Policy |
2/15/2019 | Chris Alexander | Listen (mp3) | Canadian and U.S. Relations |
3/1/2019 | Robert Mallett | Listen (mp3) | Africa: Familiar Challenges, Rewarding Opportunities |
3/15/2019 | Amb. Roman Popadiuk |
Listen (mp3) | The Ukraine-Russian Crisis |
4/5/2019* | Amb. Jerzy Pomianowski* |
Listen (mp3) |
Supporting Democracy in Eastern Europe in a Time of Uncertainty |
5/3/2019 | Alyssa Ayres |
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5/17/2019 | John Gilbert |
North Korea and the Nuclear Threat |
*Global Speaker Program
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