
The Channel City Club
now including the Committee on Foreign Relations
Santa Barbara’s Window on the World
Now approaching its 80th anniversary, the Channel City Club was founded by Louis Lancaster in 1946 to provide Santa Barbara with a local venue for leading experts on state, national and international topics through lectures and discussions.
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Recent CCC and CFR Events

Earthquake faults in California and how we use remote sensing to study them
Andrea Donnellan, Ph.D.
Manager of the Instrument Systems Section at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a JPL Senior Research Scientist

Changing Trends in Middle East Politics
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

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)
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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
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