Great Decisions Lecture Series: Past Speakers
2024 | |
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NATO’s Future Watch the recording. |
Daniel C. Stoll, Interim Deputy Provost, University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
U.S.-China Trade Rivalry Watch the recording. |
Joe Dennis, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Science Across Borders Watch the recording. |
Anindo Choudhury, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, St. Norbert College Adam Brandt, Associate Dean of Natural and Social Sciences, St. Norbert College Michael L. Draney, Professor of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Mideast Realignment Watch the recording. |
Robert S. Kramer, Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
Pandemic Preparedness Watch the recording. |
Jamie Lynch, Dean of Natural and Social Sciences, St. Norbert College Christine Vandenhouten, Professor and Director of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Anna Nick, Public Health Officer, Brown County, Wis. |
Climate Technology and Competition Watch the recording. |
Nicholas Mauro, Associate Professor of Physics, St. Norbert College |
2023 | |
Energy Geopolitics Watch the recording. |
Patricia Terry, Professor of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Iran at a Crossroads Watch the recording. |
Shirin Saeidi, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arkansas |
Politics in Latin America - The Rise of Left Wing Governments Watch the recording. |
Gratzia Villarroel, Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Climate Migration - The Human Impact of Climate Change Watch the recording. |
Mark Bockenhauer, Professor of Geography, St. Norbert College |
The New Era in China-U.S. Relations: Economics and Military Security Watch the recording. |
Shale Horowitz, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
Global Famine - Lack of Food Worldwide Recording not available. |
Shaza Moghraby, Head of Communications and Spokesperson, United Nations World Food Programme |
2022 | |
Biden’s Foreign Policy Agenda Recording not available. |
Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Senior International Policy Advisor |
Russia and the United States Recording not available. |
Ora John Reuter, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
Drug Policy in Latin America Watch the recording. (Note: The recording of this lecture is missing a part at the beginning.) |
Carrie Ryan, Associate Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
Climate Change Watch the recording. |
Elizabeth Wheat, Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Changing Demographics Watch the recording. |
Alise Coen, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Myanmar and ASEAN Watch the recording. |
Anh Sy Huy Le, Assistant Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
2021 | |
Global Supply Chains and National Security Watch the recording. |
Amulya Gurtu, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Korean Peninsula Watch the recording. |
David Fields, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Struggles Over the Melting Arctic Watch the recording. |
Rebecca McKean, Associate Professor of Geology, St. Norbert College |
The End of Globalization? Watch the recording. |
Arthur Cyr, A.W. & Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished, Professor of Political Economy & World Business, Director of the Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College |
Brexit and the European Union Watch the recording. |
Neil McGarvey, Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Strathclyde-Glasgow |
China’s Role in Africa Watch the recording. |
Allen Xiao, Geography Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
2020 | |
The Philippines and the U.S. Watch the recording. |
Joel Mann, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Honors Program, St. Norbert College |
Red Sea Security Watch the recording. |
Daniel C. Stoll, Associate Dean of Global Affairs, Center for Global Engagement, St. Norbert College |
U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle Watch the recording. |
Anju Reejhsinghani, Executive Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies, UW-Madison |
Artificial Intelligence and Data Watch the recording. |
Frederic Lemieux, Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master’s in Applied Intelligence and Cybersecurity Risk Management, Georgetown University |
2019 | |
The Middle East Regional Disorder Watch the recording. |
Robert Kramer, Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested Watch the recording. |
Thomas A. Shannon Jr., Senior International Policy Advisor, Arnold & Porter |
Cyber Conflict & Geopolitics Watch the recording. |
Frederic Lemieux, Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master’s in Applied Intelligence and Cybersecurity Risk Management, Georgetown University |
Refugees and Global Migration Watch the recording. |
Angel Saavedra Cisneros, Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Nuclear Negotiations: Back to the Future? Lecture recording not available. |
Andrew Kydd, Professor of Political Science, UW-Madison |
The Rise of Populism in Europe Lecture recording not available. |
David Coury, Professor, Humanities (German) and Global Studies, UW-Green Bay |
State of the State Department and Diplomacy Watch the recording. |
Daniel C. Stoll, Associate Dean of Global Affairs, Center for Global Engagement, St. Norbert College |
Decoding U.S./China Trade Watch the recording. |
Zheya Gai, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Washington and Jefferson College |
2018 | |
The Waning of Pax Americana? Watch the recording. |
Richard Avramenko, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
South Africa’s Fragile Democracy Watch the recording. |
William Munro, Professor of Political Science, Illinois Wesleyan University |
U.S. Global Engagement & the Military Watch the recording. |
Wendy Tokach, Department Chair of Military Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
Russia’s Foreign Policy Watch the recording. |
Carey Cavanaugh, Professor of Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, University of Kentucky |
Global Health: Progress & Challenges Watch the recording. |
Mark Johnson, Health/Science Reporter, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
China and America: The New Geopolitical Equation Watch the recording. |
Julia Chang Bloch, Founder and President, U.S.-China Education Trust |
Turkey: A Partner in Crisis Lecture recording not available. |
Cengiz Erisen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Yeditepe University |
Media & Foreign Policy Watch the recording. |
Nikki Usher, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University |
2017 | |
The United Nations and the Future of Europe Watch the recording. |
Jan Fischer, International Civil Servant, United Nations |
Nuclear Security Lecture recording not available. |
Xolisa Mabhongo, Representative of the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the United Nations |
Trade & Politics Watch the recording. |
Arthur Cyr, Director of Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College |
Prospects for Afghanistan & Pakistan Watch the recording. |
Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian History, James Madison University |
Preparing for a Stormy 2017 in the South China Sea Watch the recording. |
Gregory Poling, Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies |
Oil Dependence & U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Lecture recording not available. |
Ozum Yesiltas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Latin America’s Political Pendulum Lecture recording not available. |
Professor of Political Science and Graduate Program Director, Loyola University |
Saudi Arabia in Transition Watch the recording. |
Mehmet Gurses, Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University |
2016 | |
The Rise of ISIS Watch the recording. |
Robert Kramer, Professor of History, St. Norbert College |
The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East Watch the recording. |
Brian T. Edwards, Crown Professor in Middle East Studies, Northwestern University |
The Koreas Watch the recording. |
Bruce Cumings, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History, University of Chicago |
Migration Watch the recording. |
Monami Maulik, Founder and Executive Director, DRUM – South Asian Organizing Center |
Psychology and Global Climate Change Watch the recording. |
Susan Clayton, Ph.D.Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology, College of Wooster |
The Future of Kurdistan Lecture recording not available. |
Ozum Yesiltas, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Cuba and the U.S. Watch the recording. |
Marifeli Pérez-Stable, Ph.D.Professor of Sociology, Florida International University |
The United Nations Watch the recording. |
Ramu Damodaran, Chief of United Nations Academic Impact, United Nations |
2015 | |
India Changes Course Lecture recording not available. |
Arup Varma, Professor, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University |
Syria's Refugee Crisis Lecture recording not available. |
Ozum Yesiltas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Privacy in the Digital Age Lecture recording not available. |
Kathleen Bartzen Culver, Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Journalism Ethics, University of Wisconsin- Madison |
Russia and the Near Abroad Watch the recording. |
Ted Gerber, Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Brazil's Metamorphosis Watch the recording. |
Simone Buechler, Assistant Professor of Latin American & Latino Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago |
Human Trafficking in the 21st Century Watch the recording. |
Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director, World Without Genocide |
U.S. Policy Toward Africa Watch the recording. |
Sita Ranchod-Nilsson, Director of Institute for Developing Nations, Emory University |
Sectarianism in the Middle East Lecture recording not available. |
Micheline Ishay, Distinguised Professor of Human Rights and International Studies, University of Denver |
2014 | |
Energy Independence Watch the recording. |
Michael Kraft, Emeritus Professor, Public and Environmental Affiars, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Islamic Awakening Lecture recording not available. |
Robert Kramer, St. Norbert College |
Is China’s Dream A Nightmare for America and the Rest of the World? Lecture recording not available. |
Merton Finkler, John R. Kimberly Distinguished Professor in American Economic System, Lawrence University |
Turkey’s Challenge Watch the recording. |
Sinan Ciddi, Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University |
Israel and the U.S. Lecture recording not available. |
Fred Kaplan, Author of The Insurgents, and the Edward R. Murrow press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations |
Defense Technology Watch the recording. |
Shawn Brimley, Bacevich Fellow at the Center for A New American Security |
U.S. Trade Policy Lecture recording not available. |
Art Cyr, Director of A.W. Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College |
2013 | |
Iran Watch the recording. |
Steven Dachi, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University |
Future of the Euro Watch the recording. |
Marc Schaffer, Assistant Professor of Economics, SNC |
NATO Watch the recording. |
Art Cyr, Director of A.W. Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College |
China in Africa Watch the recording. |
Lawrence Herzberg, Associate Professor of Chinese, Calvin College |
Humanitarian Intervention Watch the recording. |
Heinz Klug, Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School |
Egypt Lecture recording not available. |
Ambassador Edward Walker, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Israel and the United Arab Emirates |
Maritime East and Southeast Asia: Is Conflict with China Inevitable? Lecture recording not available. |
Ambassador Alphonse La Porta, former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia |
Threat Assessment Watch the recording. |
Joseph Tulbane |
2012 | |
Promoting Democracy Around the World | Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh, Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy, University of Kentucky |
Cybersecurity and the Threat | Mr. Jeffrey Carr, CEO and Author of “Inside Cyber Warfare” |
Mexico, the Drug Cartels and Effects on the US | Matthew Dalstrom, Rockford College |
Exit Strategies for Iraq and Afghanistan | Jason Brozek, Assistant Professor of Government, Lawrence University |
Energy Geopolitics | Mark Bockenhauer SNC Professor of Geography, and Wendy Scattergood , SNC Associate Professor of Political Science |
The State of the World’s Oceans | David Poister SNC Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science |
Indonesia | Donald Weatherbee, Senior Fellow, Walker Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina |
Unlearning Racialism: Confronting Apartheid in our Hearts | Mr. Sean Callaghan, Lead Consultant at Strategic Impact |
Middle East Realignment | Mr. Rami George Khouri, Director, Institute for Public Policy, American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
2011 | |
The Horn of Africa | Analyst Ben West from national Analytical Service STRATFOR.COM |
US National Security since 9/11 | Jeffrey Simon, Renowned national terrorism commentator |
Rebuilding Haiti | Karen Richman, Director of the Center for Migration and Border Studies, University of Notre Dame |
Sanctions and Nonproliferation | Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics |
Responding to the Financial Crisis | Michael Gapen, Barclays Capital |
Germany Ascendant | Gary Shellman, Concordia of Wisconsin |
The Caucasus | Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh, Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy, University of Kentucky |
Global Governance | Wolfgang Schmidt, Entrepreneur and Social Activist |
2010 | |
Global Financial Crisis | Mr. David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Author |
Special Envoys | Arthur Cyr, Carthage College |
Russia and Its Neighbors | Mr. Ian Kelly, Russian Specialist, U.S. State Department |
Preventing Genocide | Celestin Musekura, Founder of African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries |
U.S.- China Security Relations | Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, Ambassador in Residence, University of Maryland |
Global Crime | Mr. Robert and Mr. John Pavich, International Criminal Attorneys |
The Persian Gulf | Mr. Rami George Khori, Editor and Journalist from Lebanon |
Women in Latin American Politics | Gratzia Villaroel, Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College |
2009 | |
Crisis in the Global Food Supply | Mr. Raj Patel, international author and activist on world food distribution |
Energy and the Global Economy | Drs. Kevin Quinn and Marc vonder Ruhr, St. Norbert College |
Afghanistan and Pakistan: The People and the Border | Ms. Jennifer Brick, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
The Arctic Age: Economics, Int’l Politics, and Environmental Issues | Mr. Bob Reiss, International author and expert on the region |
Egypt in the 21st Century | Ghada Talhami, Professor Emertus, Lake Forest College |
Cuba After Fidel | Ambassador Peter Deshazo, Director for American Programs, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. |
Universal Human Rights | Mr. Harry Wu, Internationally known Chinese Human Rights Activist |
The US and Rising Powers | Ms Deborah Groute, Senior Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State. |
2008 | |
US Defense and Security Policy: Now and the Future | Al Stolberg, Dept. of Strategy and Defense Policy, USA War College |
US Presidential Candidates: Stands on International Issues | Wendy Scattergood, Political Science, St. Norbert College |
Latin America: Shift to the Left? | Excellency Jamil Mahuad, ex-President, Ecuador |
US-China Trade Policy | Barrett McCormick, Professor, Marquette University |
Talking with the Enemy | Hon. Stephen F. Dachi, Retired US Foreign Service |
Russia | U.S. Department of State Official |
Private Philanthropy | Art Cyr, Director of International Business Center, Carthage College |
The European Union at 50 | Mr. Anthony Smallwood, Chief, European Union Delegation to USA |
Iraq: End Game | Professor Hassan Abbas, Harvard Law School International Fellow |
2007 | |
International War Crimes | Heinz Kluge, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Attorney at the Hague World Criminal Court |
Middle East: Update | Mr. Ariem Herminath, Retired CIA Officer, Serving in the Middle East for over seven years |
Mexico’s Future: Partner or Competitor | Enrique Figueroa, Observer for OAS to the Mexican National Elections and Professor at UW - Milwaukee |
Climate Change: Science versus Politics | Drs. Jame Hodgson (Biology) and Wendy Scattergood (Political Science), St. Norbert College |
Migration | Mark Bockenhauer (Geography) St. Norbert College and Consultant to National Geographic Society |
World’s Children | Mr. David Hughes, Specialist in International Children’s Issues, Plan USA |
U.S. Policy in Central Asia | Mr. John Hillmeyer, Tadjikistan Desk Officer, U.S. State Department |
The Future of South Africa | Ambassador Edward Perkins, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and to South Africa |
2006 | |
World Energy | Ms. Antonia Juhasz, Author and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC |
Brazil: Power of South America | Bryan Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
U.S. and Iran: Future Relations | Mr. Manohar Thyagaraj, Expert in International Affairs and the Middle East, Marquette University |
U.N. Reform | Laura Zanotti, Jean Monnet Fellow, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute |
Turkey | Deniz Balgamis, Assistant Director of the Center for Turkish Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Global Health Pandemics and Security | Nelle Temple Brown, External Relations Officer, World Health Organization |
Human Rights in the Age of Terrorism | Mr. John Pavich, Past Lawyer for the International Criminal Tribunal and CIA Counter Terrorism Authority |
China and India: Partners or Competitors | Mr. Stephen F. Dachi, Foreign Affairs Specialist and International Consultant, Washington, DC |
2005 | |
China: Challenges Ahead | Carla Freeman - China Specialist, UW-Parkside |
US Intelligence Reforms | Adm(R) Mike Ratliff- Former Director of Naval Intelligence |
Outsourcing American Jobs | Marc Von der Ruhr - St. Norbert College |
Global Poverty Gap | Mr. David Theis - Senior Analyst, World Bank |
Russia Today | Joseph Tullbane - St. Norbert College |
Middle East Roundup | Amb. Edward Peck - Former Ambassador to Iraq and Mauritania |
Global Water Issues | A Panel of national, regional, and local experts |
Sudan and Darfur | Robert Kramer - St. Norbert College |
2004 | |
Democracy in the Americas | Mark Everingham - UW-Green Bay |
Media Influence in US Foreign Policy | A Panel of regional and local TV and Print professionals |
US Relations with Europe | Mr. Pierre Shostal - National Defense University, Wash, DC |
Diversity in Islam | Barbara Stowasser - Chair, Arabic Studies, Georgetown U. |
The Philippines | Robert Boyer- St. Norbert College |
Weapons of Mass Destruction | Amb. James Goodby - Chief Negotiator, Nuclear Disarmament of USSR |
Public Diplomacy | Ernest Latham - Senior Analyst on Democratization of C. Europe, CISS, Wash DC |
Reform in the Middle East | Mr. Stephen Buck- Former Charge-d-Affairs, US Embassy, Saudi Arabia |
2003 | |
Multilateralism/Unilateralism | William Vocke- Global Affairs Institute, Milwaukee |
Saudi-US Relations | Mr. Stephen Buck- Former Charge-d-Affairs, US Embassy, Saudi Arabia |
Nigeria | Omobolade Delano- St. Norbert College |
China | Mr. David Reuther- Former National Security Council Staffer |
World Trade and Food Policy | Edward Reed- UW-Madison |
Afghanistan | Sima Wali- Member of the Afghani Royal Family |
Women’s Rights | Lynn Walter- UW-Green Bay |
European Integration | Arthur Cyr- Global Business Center, Carthage College |
2002 | |
Global Terrorism | Mr. Donald Hamilton- National Institute for Prevention of Terrorism |
Korean Security Issues | Wayne Patterson- St. Norbert College |
Middle East Peace Process | Dr A Richard Norton- Princeton University |
South Asia – India and Pakistan | Joseph Elder- UW-Madison |
Colombia and Drug Traffic | Robert Ricigliano- Former Assistant to Colombian President |
Aids in Africa | Amb. Tom Loftus- Spec Asst to Sec Gen of World Health Org |
Russian Reexamined | Hon. Mira Baratta- Under-Secretary of Defense for Russia |
Energy and Environment | A Panel of Federal, State, Business, and Academic Experts |
2001 | |
Trade and Globalization | A Panel of Federal and regional experts |
China and Taiwan | Lyushun Shen Dep- National Representative, Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office, Wash DC |
National Missile Defense | Amb. Michael Cotter- Former Dep Secretary of US State Dept |
US Relations with Iraq | Mr. David Reuther- Former National Security Council Staffer |
Mexico and NAFTA | Mr. Darin Narayana- President, Bank One Int’l, one of the drafters of NAFTA Agreement |
European Integration | Mr. Wilfred Schneider- Dep Dir of EU Delegation to Wash, DC |
Conflict Resolution in Africa | Thomas Trebon- African analyst, Dean of St. Norbert College |
Int’l Humanitarian Crisis | Ms. Ruth Messinger- Woodrow Wilson Visiting Scholar, CEO of World Jewish Charities |
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