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Events for 2017
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Hayley Smith | Founder of Lifting Hands International | Refugee Crisis: A Discussion of Global Importance | Feb. 21st-24th |
| WorldQuest 2017 | WorldQuest 2017 | Academic WorldQuest | March 1st and 2nd |
| Global Gauntlet | Global Gauntlet | Global Gauntlet 2017 | April 22nd |
| Senator Jon Tester; Nada Bakos; Anthony Johnstone | Montana State Senator; Former CIA Analyst; Law Professor | Outside Influences in US Elections | July 7th |
Events for 2016
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Dr. Udo Fluck | Leader in Multicultural & Diversity Education | Council in the Classroom – The Humanitarian Crisis in Europe: A Two Part Series | Jan. 6th and 13th |
| Global Gauntlet | Global Gauntlet | Global Gauntlet 2016 | Jan. 23rd |
| WorldQuest 2016 | WorldQuest 2016 | Academic WorldQuest | Feb. 23rd |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | America’s Diplomats Screen Filming | April 12th |
| N/A | Representatives from China, Brazil, and Montana Blackfeet Indian Reservation | Council in the Classroom – A Life Abroad: Living and Studying in a Foreign Country | May 3rd |
| Dr. Reza Samar | Professor of Linguistics at the University of Montana | Council in the Classroom – Language and Its Relation With Culture | May 4th |
| Mr. Ashok Mirpuri | Singapore’s Ambassador | Business Luncheon – Ashok Mirpuri, Singapore’s Ambassador to the US | June 28th |
| Andrew Whittaker | Her Majesties British Consul General | Distinguished Speaker’s Program- EU in the US | Sept. 7th and 8th |
| Sinan Ciddi | Director of the Institute for Turkish Studies at Georgetown University | Distinguished Speaker’s Program – Turkey, ISIS, and the Syrian Civil War | Oct. 22nd-24th |
| Corrina Grace | Founder of SERES | Distinguished Speaker’s Program – Unleashing Youth Leadership For A Sustainable Future | Nov. 15th-18th |
| John Limbert | Career Diplomat and Iranian hostage | Distinguished Speaker’s Program – US and Iran: Endless Enemies? | Dec. 12th-15th |
Events for 2015
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Global Connections International Education Day | Feb. 23rd |
| WorldQuest 2015 | WorldQuest 2015 | Academic WorldQuest Competiton 2015 | Feb. 24th |
| James Meyer | MSU Professor | Discovering Turkey | March 15th |
| Mark Johnson/ WorldQuest | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Global Connections International Education Day featuring the Academic WorldQuest Competition | March 26th |
| James Pond
Pralhad Dhakal |
CEO/Founder of Transitions Global
Nepal County Director of ISIS Foundation |
Fight for Hope and Freedom: Human Trafficking, Montana, and the World | April 17th |
| Madame Li Hong | Minister Counselor of Culture Affairs, PRC | Business Luncheon Series | April 29th |
| Dr. Andy David | Israeli Consul General | Business Luncheon Series – Dr. Andy David, Israeli Consul General | August 4th |
| Karolo Aparicio | Executive Director of non-profit organization, EcoViva | Business Luncheon Series – Rural Development Solutions in Central America Policies and Practices | Sept. 10th |
| Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | The Cordoba Initiative, Chairman | Distinguished Speakers Program – The Evolving American Muslim Identity | Oct. 20th-21st |
| Abdulla Alsaboosi | Consul General, United Arab Emirates | Business Luncheon Series – Consul General Abdulla Alsaboosi of the United Arab Emirates | Nov. 11th |
| Dr. James Person | Director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy | Council in the Classroom – Understanding Korea: Past, Present, and Future | Nov. 17th |
| Vicki Huddleston | Former Ambassador to Cuba | US and Cuba: The Best of Enemies | Dec. 7th-8th |
Events for 2014
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| WorldQuest 2014 | WorldQuest 2014 | Academic WorldQuest Competition 2014 | Feb. 25th |
| James Meyer | MSU Professor | Discover Turkey | March 15th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Global Connections International Education Day featuring the
Academic WorldQuest Competition |
March 26th |
| Gregory Feifer | Author of Russians: The People Behind the Power | Russians: The People Behind the Power | May 29th |
| Prof. Steven I. Levine | Research Faculty Associate, Department of History: University of Montana | China Confronts Asia: Implications for the United States | Sept. 9th |
| John Dau | President of the John Dau Foundation, One of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” | Documentary Film Screening: “DUK County: Peace is in Sight” | Oct. 8th |
| Global Gauntlet 2014 | Global Gauntlet 2014 | Global Gauntlet 2014 | Nov. 15th |
Events for 2013
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Council in the Classroom | Jan. 14th |
| Bob Seidenschwarz | Council President | Council in the Classroom | Feb. 7th |
| WorldQuest 2013 | WorldQuest 2013 | Academic WorldQuest Competition 2013 | Feb. 26th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Global Connections International Education Day | Feb. 28th |
| Sondra Hines;
James Meyer |
Curator of Education;
Associate Professor at MSU
|
Discover Turkey | April 6th |
| Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad (ret.) | Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S, 2003-2010 | Council in the Classroom | April 25th |
| Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad (ret.) | Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S, 2003-2010 |
The Future of Afghanistan: 2014 and the Road Ahead |
April 25th |
| Dr. Andy David | Israeli Consul General | Business Luncheon | July 31st |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Conflict in the Middle East: An Update on Current Events | August 27th |
| Mr. Brandon Busteed | Executive Director, Gallup Education | Educating the Next Generation of Global Citizens; Featuring the Montana Global Educator of the Year Award | Sept. 9th |
| Global Gauntlet 2013 | Global Gauntlet 2013 | Global Gauntlet 2013 | Nov. 2nd |
Events for 2012
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| WorldQuest 2012 | WorldQuest 2012 | Academic WorldQuest Competition 2012 | Jan. 28th |
| WorldQuest 2012 | WorldQuest 2012 | Global Connections International Education Day featuring Academic WorldQuest 2012 | Feb. 28th |
| Sondra Hines ;
Sedar Poyraz ; Secil Poyraz |
>Curator of Education; >Visiting professor from The University of Montana, Department of History;
>History and Culture of the Middle East Educator |
Discover Turkey | March 24th |
| Dr. Haleh Esfandiari | Director of the Middle East Program at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Author of “My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran” | Iran: Fractured Leadership, Fractured Foreign Policy | April 12th |
| Robert Thelen | Regional Director for the Aga Khan Foundation in Bamyan, Afghanistan | “An Alternative View of Afghanistan from an International Aid Perspective” | June 12th |
| Don Harp | President of the Americas of Conoco Phillips | The North American Energy Renaissance | Oct. 4th |
| Bruce Jentleson | Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University | U.S. Foreign Policy in an Age of Less | Oct. 17th |
| Ken Patterson and Genevieve Chabot | RESULTS’s Global Grassroots Manager (Patterson) and Iqra Fund Co-Founder (Chabot) | Harnessing the Power of Education: RESULTS in Action | Oct. 30th |
| Fact and Fiction | Fundraising | Fact & Fiction: Books for All Ages | Dec. 2nd |
| Andy David | Consul General of Israel | Israel | Dec. 6th |
Events for 2011
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Carolyn Miles | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Save the Children | Women and Children at Risk: Haiti and the Developing World | Jan. 26th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Egypt: Timeless Or Out of Time? Reflections on the Current Crisis | Feb. 2nd |
| Mr. Hussein Ibish | Executive Director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership | A Real Plan to Build a Palestinian State | Feb. 16th |
| Ardi Kia, Robert Seidenschwarz, Samir Bitar, Jeffrey Renz, and Mehrdad Kia | Central and Southeast Asian Program | United States and Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa | Feb. 22nd |
| WorldQuest 2011 | WorldQuest 2011 | Academic WorldQuest Competition 2011 | March 10th |
| Akiva Tor | Deputy Consul General of Israel | Dilemmas in a Shifting Middle East: Threats and Opportunities | March 14th |
| Fareed Zakaria, James Zogby, David Sanger, and Stephen Hadley | World Affairs Council of San Francisco Webcast | Challenges to American Power | March 18th-19th |
| WAC | WACMT volunteers | International Culture and Food Festival | March 27th |
| Mr. Werner Fornos | Global Population Education | Council on the Radio | March 29th |
| Bob Seidenschwarz | Council Board President | Council on the Radio | April 15th |
| WAC | Teacher Workshop | 2011 Discover Turkey Teachers Workshop | April 23rd |
| WAC | WAC | 10 Year Anniversary Celebration | April 30th |
| Faculty from U of M | Central and Southwest Asian Studies Center at U of M | Death of Osama Bin Laden and its Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Islamic World | May 4th |
| Hussein Ibish | Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute | Council on the Radio | May 11th |
| Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox (ret.) | President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace | Reexamining Terrorism in the Middle East: The View from Washington | Sept. 11th
|
| Dr. Paul Laren | Regents Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Mansfield Fellow | 9/11 Ten Years Later: What Have We Learned? | Sept. 12th |
| Landon VanDyke | US Greening and Sustainability Diplomacy Coordinator, DOS | Council on the Radio | Sept. 15th |
| Brian Michael Till | Research fellow at the New America Foundation and a correspondent for The Atlantic | Conversations with Power | Oct. 20th |
| Brian Michael Till | Research fellow at the New America Foundation and a correspondent for The Atlantic | Transitions in Leadership Luncheon | Oct. 21st |
| Ambassador João Vale de Almeida | European Union Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to the U.S. | Europe at a Crossroads: Crisis or Opportunity? | Nov. 9th |
Events for 2010
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| WorldQuest 2010 | WorldQuest 2010 | Academic WorldQuest Competition 2010 | March 3rd |
|
Fahima Vorgetts |
Women for Afghan’s Fund | Women in Today’s Afghanistan | March 24th |
|
Curtis Sandberg |
Vice President for the Arts, Meridian International Center, and Curator of Jam Session | Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors , Embrace the World | April 14th |
|
Hakan Tekkin |
Turkish Consul General | From East to West: Recent Trends in Turkish Foreign Policy | Sept. 22nd |
| Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. | U.S. Ambassador to China | China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections | Oct. 18th |
|
Peter Tertzakian |
Chief Energy Economist and Managing Director of ARC Financial Corporation | 1000 Barrels a Second | Nov. 16th |
| Dimon Liu | Acclaimed Activist | Human Rights Activism and Policy | Nov. 5th |
|
Dr. Schuyler Foerster |
Brent Scowcroft Professor of National Security Studies at the U.S. Airforce Academy | Nuclear Tipping Point: Film Screening and Discussion | Dec. 13th |
Events for 2009
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| WAC | Photo Exhibit | A New View of Africa: Portraits in Progress | Jan. 29th-30th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | WACA National Conference, The Global Economy, A World of Change, A World of Challenge | Feb. 18th |
|
Tom Byrne |
Senior Vice President of Moody’s Investor Service | Fall Out Northeast Asia: Consequences of the Global Economic Crisis and Nuclear Stalemate on the Korean Peninsula | Feb. 24th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Mansfield Center Keynote Address | March 1st |
| Dr. John Duke Anthony | Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations | New Avenues for U.S. Middle East Policy Conference | March 4th-6th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | “The US and Egypt” World Affairs Council of Western Michigan, Great Decisions Foreign Policy Lecture Series | March 9th |
| Her Excellency, Ambassador Ndilowe of Malawi,
Joan Wadelton, Tim McCoy
|
Senior Advisor on Africa, US Dept of State,
VP Member Services, Corporate Council on Africa |
Southern Africa: Portraits of Progress | May 7th |
| Dr. Richard Erb | Former Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund | Global Economy Business Luncheon | May 19th |
| Michael Maibach | CEO and President of the European-American Business Council | Transatlantic Megatrends- U.S. and Europe: Future Megatrends | Sept. 10th |
| University of Montana: Central and Southwest Asia Program | Central and Southwest Asia Program | Durability of Authoritarian Regimes and the Challenges of Islamist Movements in the Middle East | Sept. 30th – Oct. 1st |
| James Clad
(MWAC with The Mansfield Center and Continuing Education) |
National Defense University, Former `Dep. Assistant Secretary of Defense for South Asia | Out of the Imbroglio: A Regional Solution to the Afghan Problem | Oct. 19th |
| Dalia Mogahed | Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies | Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think | Oct. 27th |
| George David Banks;
Murali Kanakasabai; Keegan Eisenstadt
|
Former Senior Adviser – International Affairs and Climate Change for the White House Council on Environmental Quality;
Vice President and Senior Economist of the Chicago Climate Exchange; President and CEO f Clearsky Climate Solutions
|
Climate Countdown: A Discussion of Cap and Trade | Nov. 17th |
| Dr. Terry Weidner, Dr. Steven Levine, and Dr. Kurt M. Campbell | Professor of Chinese Politics | CHINA Town Hall: “Issues in US – China Relations” and “Is China a Threat to the US?” | Dec. 8th |
| Donald Tong | Hong Kong Commissioner of Economic and Trade Affairs | Turning Economic Doldrums Into Opportunities | Dec. 10th |
| Mark Johnson;
Sally Cummins |
Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.);
Professor in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews
|
First Night Activity: ”Being Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Inside Today’s Iran” | Dec. 31st |
Events for 2008
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | WAC of Palm Beach, Presentation on Egypt | Jan. 24th |
| WACA, Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | US Foreign Policy and the Next Presidency, WACA National Conference | Feb. 7th |
| WorldQuest | WorldQuest | Academic WorldQuest Competition | Feb. 13th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Philadelphia Delegation to Egypt, “Inside Egypt” | March 27th |
| Tim Wiener | Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter from the New York Times | Can the CIA Get It Right? | April 10th |
| WAC (Cosponsored with the Maureen & Mike Mansfield Center) | WAC (Cosponsored with the Maureen & Mike Mansfield Center) | China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections | April 17th |
| WAC: Teacher Workshop | WAC: Teacher Workshop | Discovering Turkey | April 26th |
| David Akov | Israeli Consulate General, San Francisco | Israel and Recent Developments in the Middle East | May 21st |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Great Falls Central Catholic High School Commencement Address | May 25th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Australian International Institute 75th Anniversary | Aug. 3rd |
| 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? | Sept. 16th |
| Mel Goodman | Author, Commentator, and 40-year veteran of the CIA | What the Next President Needs to Know About Intelligence | Oct. 23rd |
| John Prendergast | Co-chair of ENOUGH | Stop Genocide | Oct. 29th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Egypt’s Troubled Road to Democracy | Nov. 13th |
| Richard Erb | Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and former Senior Official, White House, US Treasury Department | The Global Financial Crisis: Can Humpty Dumpty be put back together? | Nov. 18th |
| His Excellency Dr. Imad Moustapha | Ambassador of Syria | US-Syria and the New Old Middle East: Confrontation of Cooperation | Dec. 11th |
Events for 2007
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | National Convergence, Bridging the Desert: The Middle East in the Coming Decade | Jan. 31st |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Stevensville Lodge 28 Church, Discussion on World Events | Feb. 15th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Egypt: Timeless or Out of Time? | March 7th |
| 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. | Global Media and the Power of Images | April 26th |
| Ambassador LEE Tae-Sik | Ambassador of the Republic of Korea | 10th Commemorative Anniversary of the Montana Korean War Memorial | June 16th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | WAC of America: Board Meeting, Dallas | July 19th |
| Tom Garrett;
Les Cambell |
International Republican Institute;
National Democratic Institute |
Advancing Global Democracy: The Case of the Middle East | Sept. 25th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Genesis of Islamic Terrorism in the Middle East: Wilmington WAC | Sept. 27th |
| Honorable Julian Evans | UK Consul General, British Consulate General of San Francisco | The UK and the U.S.: What next for London and Washington? | Nov. 5th |
| His Excellency Dr. Imad Moustapha | Ambassador of Syria | US – Syria and the New Old Middle East: Confrontation or Cooperation? | Dec. 11th |
Events for 2006
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| WorldQuest | WorldQuest | Montana Academic WorldQuest Competition | Feb. 1st |
| WorldQuest | WorldQuest | National Academic WorldQuest Competition (Hellgate High School) | March 29th |
| Jeffrey Collins | Director of Exploration and Production Cambridge Energy Research Associates | The Global Energy Crisis New Solutions? | April 25th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | National Teacher’s Workshop on Africa | June 22nd |
| John Tester, Conrad Burns | Senates | Senate Debate: John Tester and Conrad Burns | Aug. 28th |
| Dr. Bates Gill | Freeman Chair in Chinese Studies | China: The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know About the Emerging Superpower, The Global War on Terror: Five Years Later, What Have We Learned | Sept. 11th |
| Gwen Florio | Great Falls Tribune, retired CBS White House Correspondent | “Community of Perspectives” – Terrorism and The Truth: Security and News in a New Era | Oct. 9th |
| Daniel Levy | Former Israeli diplomat, advisor to former Prime Minister Ehud Barak | The Path to Peace and Security in the Middle East | Nov. 1st |
| Barry Lynn | Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, former Executive Editor for Global Business | End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation | Nov. 14th |
Events for 2005
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| WACA National Conference | WACA National Conference | WACA National Conference: Religious and Political Freedoms | Jan. 26th |
| Dr. Deborah Schneider | From U.S. State Department | Religious and Political Freedoms in China: Tibet, Falun Gong and the Internet | Feb. 3rd |
| Dr. Taoufik Ahmed Agoumy | Fulbright Visiting Scholar | What Montanans Need to Know About Islam | March 6th |
| Philip Wilcox | President, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Washington, DC | The Middle East Conflict: Palestine and Israel After Arafat | April 7th |
| Desaix Anderson | First American Envoy to Hanoi, 35-year Veteran of the Foreign Service, Mansfield Foundation Board Member | An American in Hanoi: America’s Reconciliation With Vietnam | April 14th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Hellgate Commencement Address – “One Person Can Make a Difference” | June 5th |
| His Excellency, Said Tayeb Jawad | Ambassador of Afghanistan | The US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership | June 7th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, Ambassador (ret.) | The U.S. and the Middle East: Reflections of a 30-year veteran of the US Foreign Service | July 20th |
| Lieutenant Generak Daniel P. Leaf | Vice Commander, U.S Air Force Space Command | Space Support to the Joint Warfighter | Sept. 6th |
| Senator George McGovern | South Dakota Senator | Understanding the World Through International Education | Oct. 6th |
| Nancy Ely Raphel | US Ambassador to Slovenia | Trafficking in Persons: Crimes Against Women and Children | Oct. 26th |
| Ambassador Barbara Bodine | US Ambassador (US Embassy) | Middle Eastern Heritage Night | Nov. 13th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Model United Nations Keynote | Nov. 21st |
| WorldQuest | WorldQuest | Academic WorldQuest | (Began in 2005) |
Events for 2004
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| General Romeo Dallaire
|
Author of “Shake Hands with the Devil” and “A Good Man in Hell” | A Good Man in Hell: General Romeo Dallaire and the Rwanda Genocide | Feb. 10th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: The US and Europe | Feb. 24th |
| Sir Eldon Griffiths | Former National Chairman, Former Member of British Parliament | America and Europe: Rivals or
Partners? |
March 2nd |
| Col. Joel Cusker | Montana National Guard | Dispatch From Afghanistan: An Inside View | March 25th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Trip to Washington D.C: Oil, Democracy, and Militant | March 26th |
| John Fox | Director, Office of Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs: US State Department | Oil, Democracy and Islam: Central Asia and the Caucasus | April 29th |
| Bathsheba Crocker | Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C. | Iraq: On the Precipice of Failure? | June 1st |
| Bathsheba Crocker | Center for Strategic and International Studies: Washington, DC | Iraq: On the Precipice of Failure? | June 7th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council | MCPS Teacher Presentation | Aug. 27th |
| His Excellency, Ambassador Khamrohon Zaripov | Tajikistan Ambassador to the United States | Tajikistan at the Crossroads: The Struggles of an Ancient Nation and People | Sept. 14th |
| Dr. Jerry Leach | President of World Affairs Councils of America | American Foreign Policy From Vietnam to Iraq: Shifting Approaches | Sept. 23rd |
| Rhonda Johnson;
Stuart Chemtob |
Director of Caribbean Programs | The U.S.- Japan Relationship | Sept. 27th |
| Senator George McGovern | 2004 Regional Conference | International Education in a New World: The Voyage of Discovery Continues | October 13th-16th |
| Mr. Daniel Erikson | Director of Caribbean Programs, Inter-American Dialogue | Latin America and the War on Terror: A Look at Colombia, Cuba, and the Continent | Oct. 26th |
| NHC | National Humanities Conference | National Humanities Conference: International Education Week | Nov. 11th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | International Education Week – Montana State University | Nov. 18th |
| Mel Goodman;
Stanley Kober |
Center for International Policy, Washington, D.C;
The Cato Institute, Washington, D.C |
America: More or Less Secure After 9/11 | Nov. 22nd |
Events for 2003
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | The Far Horizon: MT and the World Reflections on American Foreign Policy (St. Patrick Hospital) | Jan. 22nd |
| Iago Gocheleishvili | Languages professor at University of Montana | Georgia at the Crossroads, The Struggles of a New Nation and an Ancient People | Feb. 20th |
| Dr. Manouchehr Ganji | Former Minister of Education under the Shah and United Nations Human Rights Commission Rapporteur | Human Rights in Iran: Defying the Revolution | Feb. 24th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | Americans’ Role in the World | March 7th |
| Ms. Manal Radwan | Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Research Director and Senior Congressional Liaison | Saudi Arabia and the US: What’s Next? | March 19th |
| Board Members, Mark Johnson | Board Members, Mark Johnson | Board Meeting | March 31st |
| Joanna Shelton; Richard Erb | Former Deputy Secretary General Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;
Former Deputy Managing Director International Monetary Fund |
Global Economic Integration: How International Economic Institutions Work | April 15th |
| Shahla Arsala | Cofounder of the Afghan Women’s Association International | Women in Postwar Afghanistan | April 24th |
| Joanna Shelton | Former Deputy Secretary General Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | Global Information and Communication Technologies | May 21st |
| Rachel Schneller | Vice Consul US Embassy Skopje, Macedonia | Inside the Balkans: The View From Kosovo and Macedonia | Aug. 13th |
| Dr. Paul Lauren | Regents Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Mansfield Fellow | Bringing Down a Dictator-Non Violent Student Overthrow of Yugoslavia’s Slobodan Milosevic | Sept. 16th |
| Fr. Roy Bourgeois | American activist, a laicized Roman Catholic priest, and the founder of the human rights group School of the Americas Watch | US Foreign Policy in Latin America and Reflections on a Recent Trip to Iraq | Oct. 7th
|
| Thomas Goltz | Livingston Resident, journalist, former war correspondent | Chechnya Diary Talk | Oct. 22nd |
| Don Oberdorfer | Former Diplomatic Correspondent, Washington Post, Mansfield Biographer | “Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat” A Community Discussion | Nov. 11th-12th
|
| Nancy Carter-Foster | Director of International Health Affairs, U.S. State Department | Global HIV/AIDS Crisis, The Silent Catastrophe | Nov. 24th |
| Mark Johnson (Panel Discussion Moderator):
Paul Lauren, Sally Cummins, Richard Drake, Mehrdad Kia, Daniel Kemmis |
Founder of Council, US Ambassador (ret.) | The National Security Strategy Policy of the US Preemptive War as Strategy: A Community Discussion | Dec. 3rd |
| General Romeo Dallaire | Author of “Shake Hands with the Devil” | Failures of Peacekeeping in Rwanda | Dec. 4th |
Events for 2002
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Dr. Mehrdad Kia/ Mark Johnson/ Ray Risho | Professor of History and Director of the University of Montana’s Central and Southwest Asian Studies Center/ Founder of Council, Ambassador (ret.)/ Founder of the celebrated Perugia Restaurant | Reporting Islam: A Media Workshop | Feb. 16th |
| (Same as Above) | (Same as Above) | Understanding Islam | Feb. 20th |
| Don Oberdorfer | Former Diplomatic Correspondent, Washington Post, Mansfield Biographer | Remembering Mike Mansfield: His International Legacy | March 12th-13th |
| Dr. Robert Sutter/ Dr. Robert Suettinger | Former National Intelligence Officer of East Asia/ Former Director of Asia, National Security Council | The Future of China | April 7th |
| Marc Dievers | US State Department, Deputy Director office of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan | Crisis in the Middle East: War or Peace? | April 10th |
| Amb. Elizabeth Jones | US Asst. Sec. of State for European and Eurasian Affairs | Oil, Democracy and Militant Islam in Central Asia | April 10th |
| Dr. Donald Shriver | President Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary | An Ethics for Enemies | April 30th |
| Michael Tarazi | Legal Advisor to the Palestine Liberation Organization | The Middle East: Future of Palestine | May 9th |
| Cherie Brown | Founder of the National Coalition Building Institute International (NCBI) and Vice President of Brit Tzedek V’Shalom | Peace in the Middle East: How Can We Make A Difference? | May 28th |
| Rachnel Schneller | Vice Consul US Embassy: Skopje, Macedonia | Inside the Balkans: The View from Kosovo and Macedonia | Aug. 13th |
| ? | From American Legion | Remembering 9/11 & Honoring the Memory of Ranger Kristofor T. Stonesifer | Sept. 11th |
| Dr. Rafael Danziger | National Director of Research AIPAC, Washington, D.C | The Future of Israel: The Crisis in the Middle East and Iraq | Sept. 25th |
| Mark Johnson | Founder of Council, Ambassador (ret.) | Talk on World Issues | Sept. 29th |
| Frank Hodsoll | Former Chairman National Endowment of the Arts | America and the World Clash of Cultures | Oct. 3rd |
| Amb. Ted McNamara | US Special Coordinator for Homeland Security Matters | Global Terrorism: The World After 9/11 | Nov. 25th |
Events for 2001
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Dennis Rehberg | Congressman | The Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series: President Bush’s Foreign Policy Challenges | Feb. 22nd |
| Ambassador Hadi Nejad Hosseinian | Permanent Rep to the United Nations for the Islamic Republic of Iran | An Iranian Film by Majid Majidi: “Iranian-American Relations” | March 18th |
| Ambassador Hadi Nejad Hosseinian | Permanent Rep. to the United Nations for the Islamic Republic of Iran | “Iranian-American Relations: Time for a Change” | March 20th |
| Rajendra Madhukar Abyankar/ Wang Yunxiang | Indian Consul General/ Chinese Consul General | “India and the US: Shall the Twain Ever Meet?”/ U.S-China Relations and WTO | April 8th-9th |
| Yossi Amrani; Ambassador Hussein Hassouna; and Ambassador Roscoe Suddarth | Consul General of Israel; the permanent representative to the United Nations for the League of Arab States; president of the Middle East Institute | International Panel Discussion – Peace in the Middle East: Three Perspectives | April 11th |
| Dr. Phil Lauren | Expert on human rights and Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana | International Human Rights: The Case of Chile and Augusto Pinochet (Commentary on film: “A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-violent Conflict”) | April 26th |
| Ambassador Yang Sung Chul | Ambassador of Korea to the U.S | Korea: North and South Reunited? | July 18th |
| Dr. Peng Ming-Min | Senior Advisor to the President of Taiwan | “Future of Taiwan” | Sept. 17th |
| Christine Todd Whitman | Admin of the US Environmental Protection Agency. (High level Reps. From China, South Korea, Japan) | 5th Annual Mansfield Pacific Retreat – Theme:
“Melting Mountains: Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region” |
Sept. 21st |
| Lt. Col. James Clegg/ Sally J. Cummins/ Dr. Richard Drake/ Brigadier Gen/ Mark Johnson/ | Chair of Dept. of Military Science at U Montana/ Attorney-Advisor in office of Legal Advisor for the US Dept. of State/ Prof. of Dept. of History at U Montana/ Deputy Commanding Gen of Joint Special Op Command/ Founder of Council, Ambassador (ret.) | Terrorism in America: What’s Next? | Sept. 26th |
| Yossi Amrani | Consul General of Israel (ret.) | “Israel’s Future: Challenges in Light of International Instability” | Oct. 16th |
| Darrell Holzer/ Dave McClure/ Bryony Schwan/ Joanna Shelton | Montana AFL-CIO/ Montana Farm Bureau/ Women’s Voices for the Earth/ Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | Globalization: Friend or Foe? | Nov. 7th |
| James Bullock | Professor of Physics & Astronomy University of California, Irvine | “Understanding Islam: Reflections of a US Diplomat” | Nov. 19th |
| Marc Grossman | Undersecretary of State, Ambassador | Live from the US State Dept. – A National Town Hall Video Conference: The War on Terrorism | Dec. 5th |
Events for 2000
| Speaker Name | Speaker Title | Event Title | Date |
| Dr. Tunde Adeleke | A native of Nigeria who is presently Professor of History and Director of the African American Studies Program at Iowa State University | Community Foreign Policy Dialogue – A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict | Oct. 2nd |
| Gov. Marc Racicot | Republican Party | Montana Foreign Policy Forum: “The 2000 National Election, Foreign Policy and Montana” | Oct. 3rd |
| Dr. Alexander V. Pantsov | Associate Professor of History Capital University, Moscow State University | What’s happening to Russia? : A Look into Russia’s Transformation Since the Cold War and its Current Challenges | Oct. 19th |
| Wilfried Schneider | Deputy Spokesman of the European Delegation in Washington, D.C. | Europe and the United States: Partners or Rivals? | Oct. 30th |
| William Harrop | Former Ambassador, Director of the American Academy of Diplomacy | Whatever Happened to American Diplomacy? | Nov. 20th |
| Philip Wilcox | Ambassador, Pres. Of the Foundations for Middle East Peace/ Former U.S Negotiator in the Middle East Peace Process | The Middle East: Is Peace Possible? | Dec. 7th |
