2019
2/28/19 A Fireside Chat with Anita DeFrantz and Corine Taylor
In collaboration with the National Association of Corporate Directors, Southern California Chapter, and California State University Channel Islands
The Olympics
3/11/19 Macroeconomic Forecast: Recognizing and Addressing Opportunities and Risks
In collaboration with the National Association of Corporate Directors, Southern California Chapter and Loyola Marymount University
Economic Forecast Presentation:
Sung Won Sohn, PH.D., Professor of Business at Loyola-Marymount University
Followed by a Panel of Corporate Directors and Q&A with:
Dr. Karen Bogart
Kim Hunter
Susan Stevens
April 24 – 26, 2019
For CFR Members:
American Committees on Foreign Relations
24th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
US Interests in Latin America
6/5/19
In collaboration with the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
The 75th Anniversary of D-Day at Normandy
The memory lives on!
7/17/19
Visit to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
Presentation of The World of da Vinci
7/23/19
For CFR Members:
Tacos and Conversation
9/10/19
Visit to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch
9/19/19 Michael Kimmage
U.S. - Russian Relations: the Anatomy of a Crisis
10/15/19
Committee on Foreign Relations ‘Off the Record’ Reception
National Security Expert Fred Fleitz
10/30/19 Steve Elkins
The Lost City of the Monkey God:
Legends, Discoveries, and Consequences
12/9/19 Annual Holiday Event
Speaker: Thomas Spoehr
Countering the Rising Challenge of China: An Appraisal of U.S. Capabilities and Approaches
2018
1/22/18 Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador Ret.
Middle East Meltdown: Causes and Consequences
2/8/18 General William J. Begert, USAF Ret.
Reality of North Korea
3/6/18 Sung Won Sohn, Ph.D.
Karen Bogart, Ph.D.
Mr. Raymond Link
Ms. Susan Main
CCC/CFR in collaboration with the National Association of Corporate Directors, Southern California Chapter, and California State University Channel Islands: Dealing with Uncertainty as a Director, Manager, Investor, and Citizen
4/9/18 Commander Richard J. Witt
In Partnership with the Santa Barbara Navy League
How Special Operations Forces Defeated ISIS in Iraq and Syria
5/14/18 Rex and Keiko Ziak
Founders: The Obon Society
Writing the Final Chapter of World War ll
The Return of Japanese Flags to Japanese Families
6/28/18 Ambassador Anthony Wayne
Why NAFTA and US-Mexico Relations Are Important to You
7/26/18 Heidi August
CIA Senior Intelligence Service Officer, ret.
8/10/18 Committee on Foreign Relations: Coffee and Conversation
Christine Dal Bello
Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate General in Dubai
Sita Raiter
Consular Officer, Dubai, Department of State
9/20/18 Special Event for Members of the Santa Barbara Committee on Foreign Relations
Presentation by John Blankenship, Founder, Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
Knights of the Sky: Legends of the Fighter Pilot Aces of WWll
10/9/18 Twelfth Annual CHINA Town Hall
National Web Cast speaker: Condoleezza Rice
On-site speaker: Henry Levine
The Economic Reality of U.S./China Relations
10/24/19 William H. Hill, Ph.D.
Author, No Place for Russia: European Security Institutions Since 1989
12/3/18 Annual Holiday Event
Speaker: Julian Nott
World renown scientific balloon designer & experimental test pilot
Topic: Intellectual Courage 2.0
Continuing Adventure, Exploration and Discovery
2017
1/11/17 Sally Pipes
After Obamacare: The Path Forward on Health Care Reform
2/2/17 Craig Groves
Global Challenges, Global Solutions – Charting a Sustainable Future for the Planet
2/22/17 José R. Cárdenas
What will the Trump Presidency Mean for Latin America?
3/9/17 Glenn Frankel
Author, High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the making of an American Classic
3/28/17 Dr. Sung Won Sohn
Dr. Karen Bogart
Mr. Raymond Link
Ms. Susan Stevens
CCC/CFR in collaboration with the National Association of Corporate Directors, Southern California Chapter, and California State University Channel Islands: Post Election and Its Economic Implications
4/12/17
In Partnership with Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
Over There - The Great War 100 Years on
4/19/17 Sally Bedell Smith
Author, Prince Charles - The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life
5/16/17 Ambassador Omar Samad
America’s Longest War: Lessons learned and the Way Forward in Afghanistan
6/12/17 Anton Barbashin & Olga Irisova
Decrypting Russia Three Years after Crimea
6/26/17 Special Preview
“Old Spanish Days Fiesta 2017”
7/25/17 Rachel Stohl
Drones and Conventional Weapons and the Trump Administration
8/23/17
Special exhibit at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
Titanic at the Reagan Library
10/2/17 Jeff Greenfield
What if? Turning Points in American Politics
10/24/17 11th Annual CHINA Town Hall
National Webcast Speaker: Ambassador Susan E. Rice
Local Speaker: Christopher Twomey, Ph.D.
Managing the China Challenge in the Asia Pacific.
11/13/17 James Ketterer, Ph.D.
Jazz Diplomacy: Representing the Opportunities and Challenges of American Democracy
12/6/17 Annual Holiday Event
Speaker: Lori Marino, Ph.D.
Dolphins and Whales: Brainiacs of the Sea
2016
1/25/16 Marilyn Brant Chandler DeYoung
Author, Remarkable Women of California
2/1/16 Excursion Tour to Ronald Reagan Library
Robert Gates, Author
A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service
3/1/16 General William J. Begert
Rebuilding Today’s US Air Force
3/31/16 Russ Haft
The Case of the Disappearing Digital Legacy
4/11/16 Ambassador Jeffrey D. Levine (ret.)
Thoughts on Foreign Affairs
4/26/16 Christos Nicola
Author, The Secret of Priest's Grotto
5/9/16
In Partnership with Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
The Forgotten War, Korea 66 Years On...
5/31/16
In partnership with the Martin V. Smith School of Business and Economics, CSU,Channel Islands and the National Association of Corporate Directors, Southern California Chapter and CCC/CFR
The Global Economy and Corporate Governance Implications
6/8/16 Sebastian Junger
Author, TRIBE, On Homecoming and Belonging
6/23/16 Peter Doran
Author, Breaking Rockefeller: The Inside Story of the Ambitious Rivals who Toppled an Oil Empire
7/22/16 Rachel Stohl
Grading Progress on US Drone Policy
9/22/16 Peggy (Margaret) Sands Orchowski Ph.D.
How Terrorism and the Migration/Refugee Crisis Have Changed the Immigration Reform Debate
10/18/16 10th Annual China Town Hall
National webcast featuring The Honorable Henry Kissinger
On-site commentary with: Amy Celico
What are the prospects for U.S.-China relations amidst political change in Washington D.C.?
11/14/16 Craig Nelson
Author, Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness
12/08/16 Annual Holiday Event
Speaker: Meg Lowman, Ph.D.
Saving the Forests of Ethiopia, One Church at a Time and Other Adventures of an Arbornaut
2015
1/1/15 Excursion Tour 126th Rose Parade, themed “Inspiring Stories”
Pasadena, California
1/14/15 Rear Admiral Herman A. Shelanski
War of 1812 and Today’s Navy
2/2/15 Robert F. Hemphill
Author, Dust Tea, Dingoes and Dragons: Adventures in culture, cuisine and commerce from a globe-trekking executive
2/16/15 Dante Di Loreto
Interviewed by John Palminteri.
2/26/15 Fourth Annual WWII Symposium
In Partnership with Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
70 YEARS ON: Boots on the Sands of Iwo Jima
3/12/15 John M. Owen IV
Author, Confronting Political Islam: Six Lessons from the West’s Past
4/15/15 Jan C. Harzan
The Truth About UFO’s
5/6/15 Blaine Harden
Author, The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot
5/27/15 Colonel Christopher Starling, USMC (Ret.)
" Defeating Islamic Jihadists: Islamic Tribal Alliances and the Way Forward
6/15/15 Charlotte Ponticelli
The Situation of Women in Afghanistan: Priorities, Challenges and Possibilities
7/16/15 Dirk Rosen
The Magnificent Ocean Wilderness of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
8/19/15 Lori Jensen Nelson
Identity Theft
9/9/15
Event in collaboration with Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
Vietnam: The War and Its Veterans 50 years On
10/5/15 9th Annual China Town Hall
National webcast: Robert Rubin, Mayor Sheldon Day and Mr. Daniel Rosen
Topic: Chinese Investment in the United States
On-site commentary with: Ira Kasoff
Topic: China at a Crossroads?
10/26/15 Steven Lee Myers
Author, The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin
11/17/15 Steven P. Bucci, Ph.D.
A National Security Tour de Force: Threats, Strategic Environment & US Capabilities?
12/8/15 Annual Holiday Luncheon Program
Speaker: Sam Tyler
West of the West - Tales from California’s Channel Islands
2014
1/15/14 Christian Whiton
Author, Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War
2/3/14 Bonnie Erbé
Birth Tourism in Southern California
2/19/14 Peter Grossman, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Innovations in Burn Care: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
3/10/14 Sung Won Sohn, Ph.D.
What is right with the American Economy
3/31/14 Dave Foreman
Author, Man Swarm - Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century
4/14/14 Les Campbell & Scott Mastic
Is Democracy Sustainable in the Middle East? A Post-Arab Spring Status Report and Discussion of Future Prospects
4/30/14 Husain Haqqani
Author, MAGNIFICENT DELUSIONS: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding
5/8/14 Third Annual WWII Symposium
In Partnership with Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
70th Anniversary of D-Day at Normandy
5/20/14 Fred Fleitz
U.S. National Security After the Snowden Leak
5/31/14 Captain Christopher Bolt, Commanding Officer, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
In Partnership with the Santa Barbara Navy League
7/15/14 Rachel Stohl
A Drone by any Other Name: Developing a Sensible US UAV Policy (unmanned aerial vehicle)
9/15/14 James C. Clad
The World Politics of a Changing Energy Landscape
9/29/14 Lucinda Franks
Author, Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me
10/10/14
With Hughes Aircraft Retiree Association & The Ratkovich Company Excursion Tour:
The Hercules Campus Formerly The Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California
10/16/14 8th Annual U.S. - China Town Hall
Live Webcast Featuring President Jimmy Carter
On-site commentary with Anthony J. Spires
11/03/14 Sandy Webster
The Amazing World of Equine Assisted Therapy
12/10/14 Annual Holiday Luncheon Program
Speaker: Kristin Larson, Adventurer, Scientist and Attorney
2013
1/11/13 Richard K. Davis
Sustaining Momentum: Delivering Consistent, Predictable and Repeatable Performance
1/23/13 Blaine C. Harden
Author, Escape from Camp 14: Beyond the Electric Fence: One Man’s Odyssey from North Korea to the West
2/11/13 Ambassador Vicki Huddleston (ret.)
The Growing Al-Qaeda Threat in Africa: From Mali to Djibouti
2/25/13 Max Boot
Author, Invisible Armies: The Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
3/06/13 Alex Hitz
Author, My Beverly Hills Kitchen: Classic Southern Cooking with A French Twist
3/21/13 Philip French
Implications of Post-Chavez Venezuela
4/19/13 WWII Symposium
70 Years on…….Celebrating the “Bomber Boys” of WWII
5/13/13 Shashank Bengali
Covering U.S. national security from Kabul to Capital Hill
6/25/13 The Honorable Michael H. Corbin, United States Ambassador to the UAE
UAE: global crossroads in a changing Middlle East
7/23/13 Chuck McFadden
Jerry Brown: Our Enigma
9/30/13 Stuart Taylor, Jr.
How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended to Help - and Some Proposals for Reform
10/28/13 7th U.S. - China Town Hall
Live Webcast: The Honorable Madeleine Albright
Local speaker: C. Cindy Fan, PhD.
11/13/13 Victoria Schofield
Why Kashmir is Important
12/11/13 Annual Holiday Luncheon Program
Speaker: Julian Nott
2012
1/30/12 Sally Bedell Smith
Author, Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
2/13/12 Philip Taubman
Nuclear Hotspots, Nuclear Abolition
2/24/12 Daniel Ellsberg, Ph.D.
Myths of Nuclear Deterrence
3/22/12 Samuel Tadros
Understanding Egyptian Politics Today
4/04/12 Mark K. Updegrove
Author, Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency
4/19/12 WWII SymposiumA Tribute to Fighter Pilots
5/02/12 Margaret Sands Orchowski, Ph.D.
The New Immigration Battleground: Educated Migrants
5/18/12 Benjamin Cohen, Ph.D.
The World Economy Today: Would Louis Lancaster be Surprised?
6/07/12 C. Michael Smith, Ph.D.
Transitions in Afghanistan and the American University of Afghanistan
6/19/12 Edward Handler and Laura Dugan, M.D.
The Bronx Project, Finding Effective Treatments for Critical Central Nervous System Diseases (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Schizophrenia, and ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease)
7/13/12 Shamim Jawad
Founder and President Ayenda Foundation
8/28/12 Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D. and Kathryn Bowers
Authors, Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
9/13/12 D. Kenneth Richardson
Hughes After Howard – The Story of Hughes Aircraft Company
9/20/12 Excursion to Special Disney ExhibitReagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley
(Special Event for CCC & CFR members)
10/10/12 Joe Louis Barrow, Jr.
The First Tee's Impact on Today's Youth
10/19/12 Pamela Constable
Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself (Special CFR Event)
10/23/12 Rear Admiral Mark L. Tidd, Chief of Navy Chaplains
Navy Chaplain Corps: Inspiring Hope and Resiliency
10/29/12 6th US-China Town Hall
Webcast featuring US Amb. Gary Locke
Local speaker Daniel Lynch
11/09/12 Elizabeth Overton Colton, Ph.D.
Global Foreign Policy Challenges Confronting the Next Administration
12/11/12 Annual Holiday Luncheon
Speaker: Jim Newton
Editor-at-large, Los Angeles Times
12/14/12 An American Christmas"Excursion: An exhibit at Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley
2011
1/18/11 Douglas Johnson
California's next experiment: independent, public redistricting
2/04/11 Robert D. Langenkamp
Ten Things You Know About Energy that are Wrong - and Dangerous
2/15/11 James Robbins
Author, This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive
3/01/11 Hon. Christian Prosl
Austria, Europe, the United States and Beyond...
3/21/11 Nathan Springer, Major, U. S. Army
Beyond the Basics: Translating U.S. National Strategy to Tactical Success in Afghanistan
3/28/11 Professor George Luchiri Wajackoya
Candidate for President, Kenya
5/19/11 Duke Blackwood
An overview of the newly renovated Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
5/26/11 Amb Pierre-Richard Prosper
The International Criminal Court and Sudan and Libya: Help or Hindrance?
6/06/11 Sebastian Junger
Author, War
6/21/11 Lt. General Susan Helms
A Commander's Perspective
6/28/11 Scott Frisch and Sean Kelly
Author, CHEESE FACTORIES ON THE MOON: Why Earmarks are Good for American Democracy
7/26/11 Thomas Sanders
Author, The Last Good War - The Faces & Voices of World War II
8/29/11 Special Invitation to:The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, Simi Valley, CA
9/09/11 Jeff Greenfield
Twists of Fate - How a very different American history almost happened, based on his recent book THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED
9/27/11 Hon. John F. Maisto, U.S. Ambassador, ret.
Transitions to Democracy and U.S. Policy - Never Easy!
10/10/11 Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D.
Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It
10/28/11 Barry A. Sanders
Author, American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination
11/16/11 U.S.- China Town Hall
A national day of programming on China involving 50 cities throughout the United States
11/30/11 Rod Smolla
Freedom of Speech in Modern America
12/08/11 Annual Holiday Luncheon Program
Speaker: Fred Kavli
2010
1/06/10 Kenneth S. Kosik, MD
Staying Cognitively Fit
1/29/10 Ann Louise Bardach
Conversing with Sander Vanocur on the subject of her latest best selling book Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington
2/25/10 Ambassador Max M. Kampelman
Ronald Reagan's Dream of a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
2/27/10 Michael Corbin
Iraq: the run-up to next month's national elections and the changing nature of U.S. presence
3/31/10 Jerry Roberts
How California Became Ungovernable
4/15/10 Paul Marshall
Tension Between Islam and the West
4/22/10 Pat Cadell
Political strategist and pollster
5/13/10 Mike Tollefson
Providing For Yosemite's Future
5/21/10 June Fisher
Author, When Money Was in Fashion: Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs, and the Founding of Wall Street
6/16/10 Annette Ridenour
Transforming the Health Care Experience
6/24/10 James Prevor
The Globalization of Food: The Upside and the Downside
6/29/10 Amb. Kenneth S. Yalowitz
Climate Change and Security Challenges in the Arctic and Pacific Regions
7/8/10 Bruce Herschensohn
Author, An American Amnesia: The Vietnam Stigma and the Current Obama Foreign Policy
8/23/10 Damon Dunn
Mad as Hell
8/31/10 Deborah Lauter
Religious Freedom-Cyberbullying-Hate Speech-Immigration-Extremism
9/8/10 Steve Whitaker, Ph.D.
The politics of forwards and backwards: the final months of the 111th Congress
9/30/10 Mike Marshall
Executive Director, Restore Hetch Hetchy
10/6/10 CCC Social Welcoming new members at the SB Maritime Museum
10/18/10 Paul Haenle
Issues in U.S.-China Relations
10/27/10 Gil Garcetti
Author, From D.A to Photographer: OJ Simpson to Women, Water, and Wells in West Africa
11/4/10 Suzanne Baer, Ph.D.
Creative Longevity: The Art of Aging
11/15/10 Rex Ziak
The Rise and Fall of John Jacob Astor's Pacific Empire Dream
12/1/10 Amb. Marc Ginsberg
The Battle for Hearts & Minds in the Arab World
12/8/10 Annual Holiday Program
Speaker: Robert L. Forbes
Publisher of ForbesLife, Author, LET'S HAVE A BITE! A Banquet of Beastly Feasts Illustrated by Ronald Searle
2009
1/27/09 Mr. Tamim Khallaf
Iran's Nuclear Standoff: Motivations, Implications, and Possible Future Scenarios
2/11/09 Jim Maddy
Association of Zoos & Aquariums Throughout North America
2/19/09 Melvin Goodman
The U.S. Intelligence Structure - Prospects for Reform under the Obama Administration
3/2/09 John C. Hulsman, Ph.D. and A. Wess Mitchell
The Godfather Doctrine: What America's Favorite Movie Can Teach Us About Foreign Policy
3/30/09 Thomas C. Reed
A Political History of Nuclear Weapons, 1938-2008
4/21/09 Vladimir Kvint, Ph.D.
Global Emerging Markets and the Formation of new Global Order
4/30/09 Edward Humes
Eco Barons - The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet
4/20/09 Lynn Scarlett
Changing Climate, Changing World
6/3/09 John Walters
Mexico's Drug Problem and Ours
6/17/09 Martin Anderson & Annelise Anderson
Reagan's Secret War - The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World From Nuclear Disaster
7/8/09 Michael Cutler
Amnesty and the Nexus between Immigration and National Security
8/20/09 Cdr. Fred Kacher
Life Onboard the Navy's Newest Destroyer - Its Mission, Its People, and Its Namesake
9/14/09 Sung Won Sohn, Ph.D.
Is the Economic Crisis Over
9/19/09 Venoco Seep Tour
Venoco provides tours giving us a close up view of the "World's Most Spectacular Seeps"
9/29/09 Laurie Firestone
An Insider's View of White House Entertaining
10/8/09 Rich Slater, Ph.D.
Three underwater adventures featuring a Tragedy, a Treasure, and Living Under the Sea
10/22/09 Robert Haffa, Jr. Ph.D.
Space Defense and Satellite Warfare
10/30/09 M. Nadir Atash, Ph.D.
Turbulence - The Tumultuous Journey of One Man's Quest for Change In Afghanistan
11/6/09
Keynote Speaker: George ShultzA Program to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall will be presented at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, CA
11/12/09 Fred Gluck
What Would Real Health Care Reform Look Like?
12/9/09 Holiday Luncheon
Speaker: Joseph Sohm
Visions of America: Photographing Democracy
2008
1/10/08 Michael Corbin
Syria, The U.S. and the Arab World
2/11/08 Stuart Taylor, Jr.
The Duke Lacrosse Rape Fraud: Law Enforcement Crimes, Media Bias, Academic Rot
2/26/08 Amb. Vicki Huddleston (ret.)
Memories of Fidel - U.S. Policy in Post-Fidel Cuba
3/10/08 Kenneth Jacobson
Challenges Facing the Middle East
3/25/08 Heather Ewing
The Lost World of James Smithson
4/3/08 Lynn Scarborough
Talk Like Jesus
4/14/08 Bianca Jagger
Our World at the Tipping Point
5/6/08 Marshall Goldman
Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia
6/4/08 Amb. Donald K. Bandler
Building Bridges Across US and International Divides
6/18/08 CSUCIA visit the Cal State University Channel Islands Campus
6/28/08
Venoco Seep TourAn opportunity to learn more about the natural oil and gas seeps near Coal Oil Point aboard the Condor Express
7/28/08 Charles Wolf, Jr.
Looking Backward and Forward: Policy Issues in the Twenty-First Century
9/11/08 Gayle Beebe, Ph.D.
The Essence of Effective Leadership: Eight Key Principles I Learned from Peter Drucker
9/22/08 William A. Chatfield
The Selective Service and Patriotism
9/29/08 Michael Hais & Morley Winograd
Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube & The Future of American Politics
10/9/08 Margaret Sands Orchowski
Immigration and the American Dream: Battling the Political Hype and Hysteria
10/24/08 Kenneth Khachigian
McCain vs Obama: The Outlook with 11 Days Remaining
11/6/08 S. James Nelson, Jr.
Oil Seeps & Sustainable Infrastructure, An Energy Industry Executive Tackles Oil Seep Solutions
11/18/08 Elie D. Krakowski
The War on Terror: Are we really at war? The role of perception
12/1/08 Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
Author, Dangers Hour: The story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze pilot who Crippled Her
12/9/08 Holiday Program
Speaker: Judy Pochini
Italian Christmas in San Francisco
2007
1/25/2007 Pauline Baker, Ph.D.
Weak & Failing States: What are they? How do we recognize them? What do they signify? How should we respond?
2/7/2007 Karna Bodman
Behind the scenes view of Ronald Reagan's years as President
2/21/2007 Isaac Cohen, PhD.
Are We Losing Latin America, Or Was it Ours to Lose?
2/28/2007 Myra McPherson
Author, All Governments Lie! The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I.F. Stone
3/16/2007 Stedman Graham
Diversity: Leaders Not Labels
3/22/2007 Amb. Edward Masters
Can Indonesia's New Democracy Defeat Radical Islam?
3/29/2007 Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gordon Cucullu
Deadly Connections: The Array of Threats Against America
4/17/2007 Phillip C. Saunders, Ph.D.
China's Global Activism: Strategy, Drivers, and Tools
4/30/2007 Colleen Graffy
How America is Changing its Image Abroad
5/23/2007 Gordon G. Chang
North Korea (plus China) Take on the World
6/21/2007 Hans van den Dool
The Netherlands and the United States 225 years of Diplomatic Relations
7/18/2007 Tony Raphael
The Mexican Mafia
8/29/2007 Tanya Biank
Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriages
9/12/2007 Lisa See
Author, Peony in Love
9/19/2007 U.S. Marine Col. James D. McGinley
Is the War in Iraq winnable? Why are we there? Is it worth the fight?
10/4/07 Mike German
Thinking Like a Terrorist - Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent
10/15/2007 Pat Clark Doerner
Author, The Judge: William P. Clark, Ronald Reagan's Top Hand
10/30/07 Rachel Stohl
Weapons of Individual Destruction: Understanding the Small Arms Trade
11/7/07 Jerome Corsi, Ph.D.
The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada
11/16/07 Mary Catherine Swanson
AVID: Advancement Via Individual Determination
11/27/07 Prof. Benjamin Jerry Cohen
America's Looming Foreign Debt
12/6/2007 Annual Holiday Luncheon
Speaker: Art Linkletter
2006
1/11/2006 Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, (Ret'd)
War Crimes in the 21st Century - Promoting the Rule of Law
1/24/2006 Rex Ziak
Author, The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
2/7/2006 Ambassador Jack F. Matlock, Jr. (Ret'd)
From the Cold War to the War on Terrorism: What Has Changed?
2/22/2006 Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert
The Alito Hearing: A Witness Gives His View
3/1/2006 Walter Kohn, Ph.D.
The Power of the Sun
3/23/2006 James P. Owen
Cowboy Ethics: It's Not About the Hat and Boots
4/22/2006 General Tony Zinni (USMC Ret.)
The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose
5/11/2006 Lynn Scarlett, Ph.D.
Beyond Conflict: Managing America's Public Lands
5/18/2006 Noah Pickus, Ph.D.
Immigration Reform and the Politics of Citizenship
6/6/2006 Gary Winuk
Homeland Security for California
6/15/2006 Frederick W. Gluck
Providing Affordable Health Care
6/28/2006 Channel City Club's 60th Anniversary Kick-Off
7/12/2006 Arthur Cyr, Ph.D.
U.S. Foreign Policy: In Trouble?
7/20/2006 USN Rear Admiral Len Hering, Sr.
Important Local Environmental Issues and the Future Direction of our Maritime Nation and Current Navy Policy
8/22/2006 Otis L. Graham, Jr., Ph.D.
Mass Immigration: Taking America Where It Doesn't Want to Go
9/7/2006 Jeff Henley
The New Rules: How Innovation and Globalization are changing the Game for Corporate America
9/28/2006 Alan Zelicoff, M.D.
Recognizing Global Pandemics - a Collaborative Challenge for the International Community
10/5/2006 Douglas Brinkley, Ph.D.
American Presidents as Commander and Chief: George Washington to George W. Bush
10/17/2006 Dan Taylor
The Parent Care Solution
10/23/2006 Barry C. Lynn
End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation
11/2/2006 Admiral John B. Nathman, USN
Today's Navy: Ready and Relevant
11/29/2006 Henry D. Sokolski
Three Things We Should Do to Hedge against A Nuclear-Ready Iran
12/12/2006 Annual Holiday Program
Speaker: Alessandra G. Ranghiasci