The Channel City Club
now including the Committee on Foreign Relations
Santa Barbara’s Window on the World
CCC
The Channel City Club was founded in 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, to provide the community with a local venue for outstanding experts on state, national, and international issues.
CFR
The Committee on Foreign Relations promotes foreign relations dialogue through
lecture-discussions.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
University Club of Santa Barbara 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Speaker: Jerrold D. Green, Ph.D.
Immediate Past President & CEO of the Pacific Council on International Policy
Global Advisor to Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles
Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations
Topic: Changing Trends in Middle East Politics
Dr. Jerrold D. Green is the Global Advisor to Cedars-Sinai, a Los Angeles based healthcare organization, and a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. Prior to this he was President and CEO of the Pacific Council on International Policy and a Research Professor of Communication, Business, and International Relations at USC. Dr. Green was a Partner at Best Associates in Dallas, Texas. He also occupied senior management positions at the RAND Corporation.
Dr. Green's work on Middle East policy and politics including research in Iran during the period of the Iranian Revolution as a fellow at the Tehran-based Iran Communications and Development Institute has appeared in Comparative Politics, The Harvard Journal of World Affairs, The Huffington Post, the Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Politique Étrangère, the RAND Review, Survival, World Politics.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Green graduated with a B.A. in politics from University of Massachusetts at Boston. He has an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in Middle East politics. In 1982 Dr. Green was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Cairo University.
Schedule:
3:00pm Check-in
3:15pm Welcome & Introductions, Professor Colleen Graffy, M.C.
3:30pm Changing Trends in Middle East Politics Presentation & Q&A
4:30pm Patio Reception with light refreshments and hosted wine in the Club’s Living Room
5:30pm Program Concludes
SAVE THE DATE!
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Annual Christmas Brunch
Hilton Beachfront Hotel Reagan Room
9:30AM – 11:30AM
Montecito Union School Chorus
Recent CCC and CFR Events
The Impact of Russia's War in Ukraine on the Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
Jennifer S. Wistrand, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute
Viva el Centenario
Fiesta 1924 - 2024
Channel City Club Member Co-hosts:
Former La Presidenta Stephanie Petlow & former El Presidente W. Scott Burns
Performers: Fiesta Spirit Georgey Taupin and Junior Spirit Aleenah Soriano
Euroshock*
How the Largest Debt Restructuring in History Helped Save Greece and Preserve the Eurozone
Charles H. Dallara, Ph.D.
Author*
Britain and the US post-Brexit
David Ruffley
Former Member of Parliament (18 years)
Great Power Competition in Space
Maj Kenneth Bell, USAF
Faculty, National Intelligence University
Global Security Intelligence Studies Dept.
An Invitation to Attend Next Program
Please join us for your first CCC/CFR program.
Please contact us for more information.
Click Here for Membership
Information
From left: Hiroko Benko, Event Sponsor; Dr. James Bailey, Retired Commander U.S. Navy; Jennifer Wistrand PhD, Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute and program speaker, Colleen Graffy, Law professor at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law in Malibu. Photo credit: Robert Ayers
Photo Credit Andrew Walker
In Partnership with Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
From left: Hiroko Benko, Event Sponsor; Dr. James Bailey, Retired Commander U.S. Navy; Jennifer Wistrand PhD, Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute and program speaker, Colleen Graffy, Law professor at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law in Malibu. Photo credit: Robert Ayers
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2247
Santa Barbara, CA 93120