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NOTE: Beginning Fall, 2007 our sessions are now held at the Midtown Executive Club at the Club Quarters Hotel, 40 West 45th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues (the former Chemists Club)
Luncheon Speakers for 2007-2008:
September 18 Mr. William D. Cohan
Author and Former Journalist and Investment Banker, “The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co.”
October 18th Walter Russell Mead
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, “Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World.”
November 14th H.E. Vanu Gopala Menon, Singapore
December 17th Judith Miller
Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning Reporter ”Civil Liberties in the Post-9/11 Era”
Thursday, February 7 Professor Richard K. Betts
Director, International Security Program at
Columbia University. “The Enemies of Accurate Intelligence”
Wednesday, March 12 Charles Gasparino
“Stories of Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange” On-air Editor for CNBC. Author of King of the Club: Richard Grasso and the Survival of the New York Stock Exchange
Tuesday, April 15 Nicholas Wapshott
Former New York bureau chief of the Times of London, and now national news editor of The New York Sun. He is author of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage.
Monday, May 19 Stanley Renshon
"The Character Race in Presidential Politics 2008" Professor Stanley A. Renshon is Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Program in the Psychology of Social and Political Behavior at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
Luncheon Speakers for 2006-2007:
September 11 Hon. Mindaugas Butkus
Consul General of Lithuania in New York City, “The Baltic States in the Aftermath of Soviet Domination.”
October 12 Hon. Zsolt Nemeth
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Hungarian National Assembly, “Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution.”
November 16 Professor Fred Siegel
Political Analyst and Professor, The Cooper Union, “The Meaning of the 2006 Mid-term Elections.”
December 11 Mr. Denis A. Maslov
Europe and Eurasia Analyst, The Eurasia Group, “Putin’s Russia Enters Its Elections Season.”
February 12 Gordon G. Chang
International Lawyer, Author, and Commentator, “Is China Rising or Falling? And What it Means to Us.”
March 15 H. E. Joao Manuel Guerra Salgueiro
Portugal’s Representative at the United Nations, “Portugal’s Role in UN Peacekeeping Operations.”
April 19 Jack Devine
President, The Arkin Group, and Retired CIA Operations Officer, “The Nexus Between Intelligence and the Private Sector.”
May 15 Mr. David Rothkopf
President and CEO, Garten,Rothkopf LLC, Washington, and Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “The Global Elites Who Run The World.”
Luncheon Speakers for 2005-2006:
Arch Puddington
Vice President for Research,Freedom House, “Labor’s International Problems.”
John Dauth
Australia’s Representative to the United Nations, “Australia’s Role in World Affairs.”
Mary Anastasia O'Grady
Columnist and Member of Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal, “What’s Going On With Our Southern Neighbors?”.
Jan Friederich
Senior Editor and Economist, Economist Intelligence Unit, “The New Challenges Facing The EU.”
Claudia Rossett
Reporter and Member, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, “What Happened At The United Nations?”
Paul Berman
Author and Professor, New York University, “The Idealists Face The Realities of Power.”
Hon. Pamela Wallin
Consul General of Canada in New York City, “New Expectations in Canada-U.S. Relations.”
Hon. Dr. Hans-Juergen Heimsoeth
Consul General of Germany in New York City, “German-American Relations in the Age of Merkel.”
Luncheon Speakers for 2004-2005:
September 15 Jack Matlock
October 19 Robert L. Gallucci
November 11 Frank Gaffney
December 16 Marcus W. Brauchli
January 13 David King
February 16 Janet Wallach
March 17 Stephen E. Flynn
April 21 Ronald Tiersky
May 19 Mark Lowenthal
Luncheon Speakers for 2003-2004:
September 11 Lionel Barber
October 7 Michael Oppenheimer
November 13 Ralph Buultjens
December 17 Michael Sheehan
February 17 Eric Findley
March 24 Arturo Sarukhan
April 21 Gerard Depayre
May 17 Honoring Patrick Moynihan
May 27 Zanny Minton Beddoes
Luncheon Speakers for 2002-2003:
September 26 Martin Mayer
October 16 Stephen Sestanovich
November 14 Richard Gardner
December 17 Susan Kaufman Purcell
January 16 Len Edwards
February 6 Gary Sick
March 19 Tamar Jacoby
April 30 Terence Taylor
May 29 Carl Weisbrod
June 12 Special luncheon program at Consulate General of
Finland on Finland's emerging role in Europe and globally
with distinguished
professor of political science Raimo Väyrynen (Director
of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies)
Panel Programs for 2002-2003:
December 2 Trans-Atlantic Tensions:
Is There a Way Out?
April 25 EU Expansion: Impact on the Atlantic Relationships
Members of the Panel
Bosguslaw
W. Winid, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Poland
Michael von Ungern-Sternberg, Minister Plenipotentiary, Head
of the Political Department of the German UN-Mission
George Cunningham, Director Press & Public Affairs, Delegation
of the European Commission
Glenda Rosenthal, Professor of International Relations, Columbia University
Luncheon Speakers in 2001-2002:
· Dr. Konji Sebate, Pfizer, on AIDs and the Global Pharmaceutical Industry
· Herb Levin, America-China Society, on China Behind the Headlines
· Ben Heppner, Canadian Opera Star, on the Business of Global Culture
· Dr. Jean Herskovits, SUNY/Purchase, on Africa Today
· Giandomenico Picco, GDP Associates, The New Middle East
· Clark Anderson, Goldman Sachs, Risks and Opportunities in the Global Economy, 2002
· Dr. Stephen Blank, Pace University, The Emerging North American Community
· Ambassador John Richardson, Head of Delegation, European
Commission to the UN, The State of the European Union 2002
Luncheon Speakers in 2000-2001:
· Brantley Womack, Prof of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia
· Thomas Niles, President, US Council for International Business
· Robert P. DeVecchi, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Refugees and the Displaced, Council on Foreign Relations
· Jorge Pinto, Consul General of Mexico
· Edward L. Morse. Executive Advisor, Hess Trading Company
· Steven Handleman, TIME Magazine
· George Cunningham, Delegation of the European Commission
· Hugo Paemen, Senior Advisor, Hogan & Hartson
· John B Richardson, Head of Delegation, European Commission to the UN
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