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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

 

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Annual Christmas Brunch
Hilton Beachfront Hotel Reagan Room
9:30AM – 11:30AM

Montecito Union School Chorus

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Viva el Centenario
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Performers: Fiesta Spirit Georgey Taupin and Junior Spirit Aleenah Soriano

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Global Security Intelligence Studies Dept.

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