UPCOMING AND PAST PROGRAMS

2008

Thursday October 23rd: Mel Goodman, Author, Commentator, 40-year veteran of the CIA- "What the Next President Needs to Know About Intelligence" - 7:00 University Center, 3rd floor North Ballroom, UM Campus

Tuesday September 16th: Peter Marghella - CEO and President of Medical Planning Resources INC. and Former Senior Medical Planner, Office of the Secretary of Defense "The Next Pandemic: Are We Prepared?"- 7:30 University Center, 3rd floor North Ballroom, UM Campus

Wednesday May 21st: Israeli Consul General David Akov - 7:30 University Center, 3rd floor North Ballroom, UM Campus

Thursday April 17th: China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections - Co-sponsor with Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center Urey Lecture Hall, UM Campus

Thursday, Apriil 10th: Tim Wiener, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter from the New York Times - "Can the CIA Get it Right" - 7pm Urey Lecture Hall, UM Campus Co-sponsor with the School of Journalism

Wednesday February 13th: Academic WorldQuest Competition - 6:30pm, University Center, UM Campus - With Mayor John Engen as the Master of Ceremony

2007

Tuesday, December 11th: US - Syria and the New Old Middle East: Confrontation or Cooperation?  With His Excellency Dr. Imad Moustapha, Ambassador of Syria 7:30 pm University Center, UM Campus

Monday, Novermber 5th: The UK and the U.S.: What next for London and Washington? With the Honorable Julian Evans, UK Consul General, British Consulate General of San Francisco - 7pm UM Campus

Tuesday, Sept. 25th: ADVANCING GLOBAL DEMOCRACY: THE CASE OF THE MIDDLE EAST  With Tom Garrett of the International Republican Institute and Les Cambell of the National  Democratic Institute, 7pm, University Ballroom, University Center (3rd floor) UM Campus Saturday,

June 16th: 10th Commemorative Anniversary of the Montana Korean War Memorial with Ambassador LEE Tae-Sik of the Republic of Korea- Rose Park, Missoula.

Thursday, April 26: Global Media and the Power of Images with Ralph Begleiter former CNN world correspondent, host of the Foreign Policy Association's 'Great Decisions' television series, and University of Delaware's Distinguished Journalist in Residence. 7 PM University Ballroom, UC Center, UM Campus

Wednesday, March 7: Egypt: Timeless or Out of Time? Ambassador Mark Johnson, National Vice Chairman,World Affairs Councils of America. Ambassador Johnson served as a senior diplomat in Cairo and has been engaged in high level US-Egypt talks over the past two years. 7 PM, North Ballroom, University Center (3rd Floor), UM campus.

2006

Tuesday November 14: End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation with Barry Lynn, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, former Executive Editor for Global Business. 7:00 PM, Urey Underground Lecture Hall, University of Montana Campus.

Wednesday, November 1st: The Path to Peace and Security in the Middle East, 8 PM University Center Theater,UM campus The UM President's Office, the UN Association of Montana and the World Affairs Council of Montana are presenting a panel discussion on peace and security in the Middle East on Wednesday, November 1st, at 8 pm in the University Center Theater. This event is a part of the UN Foundation's" The People Speak" series.
The featured speaker will be Daniel Levy, former Israeli diplomat, advisor to former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and member of a joint Palestinian-Israeli effort to resolve the crisis with innovative proposals.
Appearing with Mr. Levy will be a distinguished panel of Professors: Mehrdad Kia, Jeffrey Gritzner, Roger Deal of UM and Barry Ferst of Carroll College. Mark Johnson of the World Affairs Council will be the moderator.

2005

February 3: Religious and Political Freedoms in China: Tibet, Falun Gong and the Internet with Dr. Deborah Schneider, U.S. State Department

April 7: Palestine and Israel After Arafat, with Philip Wilcox, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Washington, DC.

Late April: New Zealand and the United States, with The Honorable Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand (to be confirmed).

Early May: Space Weapons or Space Arms Control, with the Carnegie Corporation (Dates to be finalized)

2004

"American Foreign Policy: From Vietnam to Iraq: Differing Approaches"
Dr. Jerry Leach, National President, World Affairs Councils of America.

"International Education in a New World: The Voyage of Discovery Continues"
Senator George McGovern

"The Other War: Colombia"

"America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order"

"A Good Man in Hell: General Romeo Dallaire and the Rwanda Genocide."

"US and Europe: Partners or Rivals?"

"Dispatch from Afghanistan"

2003

"Bring Down a Dictator: Slobodan Milosevic" with Dr. Paul Lauren.

"US Foreign Policy in Latin America, and Reflections on a Recent Trip to Iraq" with Fr. Roy Bourgeois, founder of SOA Watch.

"Senator Mike Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great Statersman and Diplomat" with Don Oberdorfer.

"The Global HIV/AIDS Threat" with Nancy Carter-Foster, in conjunction with the University of Montana United Nations Program.

"Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda" with Lt. General (ret.) Romeo Dallaire.

"Saudi Arabia adn the US: What's Next? With senior Delegates from the Saudi Foreign Ministry.

"The US and Central Asia" with the US Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador Elizabeth Jones.

"Women in the Middle East" with Ambassador Nancy Ely-Raphael.

2002

"The Future of Isreal" with Dr. Raphael Danziger.

"The US and the World: Clash of Cultures? with Frank Hodsoll.

"Montana and the World: After 9/11" with Ambassador Mark Johnson.

"The Future of the United Nations" in conjunction with the US State Department and the Model UN Program at UM.