Recorded Events
Recorded Events
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You can listen to audio or video recordings of most of our programs below.
Online Q&A | Britain & EU: The ‘new normal’ after Brexit
Digital teaser for an event to be held in October
Understanding Pakistan: Politics, Extremism, and Foreign Policy
Program on March 5, 2020 with Dr. Madiha Afzal
Venezuela after Chávez
Program on January 30, 2020 with David Smolansky and Michael Shifter
What Can We Learn From Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy?
Program on November 19, 2019 with Edward P. Joseph
U.S. Iran Relations: What’s Next?
Program on October 23, 2019 with Ambassador Thomas Pickering
You can listen to audio recordings of select Council programs below on VPM / WCVE Forum.
What Can We Learn From Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy?
Tuesday, November, 2019
Presented by:
Edward P. Joseph
Foreign Policy Professional
Kashmir: History and Politics
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Presented by:
Dr. Chitralekha Zutshi
Professor of History at the The College of William & Mary
PEACE WORKS – U.S. Peacebuilding Initiatives
Monday, June 17, 2019
Q&A with:
Ambassador Frederick Barton
Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, and co-director of Princeton’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative and Ullman Fellowships
PUSHBACK – The Hardening U.S. Policy Against China’s Challenges: Status, Outlook and Implications
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Presented by:
Dr. Robert Sutter
Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University
Ukraine, Russia and World Order
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Presented by:
Ambassador William Taylor
Executive Vice President at the U.S. Institute of Peace
America’s Changing Foreign Policy Debate and Syria
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Presented by:
Brian Katulis
Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
The North Korea Dilemma
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Presented by:
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary
Dr. Todd Sechser
Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, Professor of Public Policy at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
US-Iran Relations
Tuesday, April 19, 2018
Presented by:
Dr. Trita Parsi
Founder and President of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC)
U.S. Relations in the Middle East
Monday, January 30, 2017
Presented by:
Ambassador Thomas Pickering
Retired United States Ambassador and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Why did Britain vote for the Brexit?
Tuesday, August 8, 2016
Presented by:
Dr. Chris Bischof
Assistant Professor of History at the University of Richmond (NIAC)
Syria – An Analysis
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Presented by:
Ribal al-Assad
Founder and Director of the Organisation for Democracy and Freedom in Syria
First cousin to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
The Rise, Rule, and Future of the Islamic State
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Presented by:
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
The Iran Nuclear Deal: Boon or Bane?
A Panel Discussion
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Presented by:
Sheila Carapico
Professor at the University of Richmond
Specialty: Politics and Diplomacy in the Middle East
Scott Harrop
Former Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia
Specialty: Iran
Todd Sechser
Professor at the University of Virginia
Specialty: International Security, Strategic Effects of Nuclear Weapons
Lawrence Wilkerson
Distinguished Adjunct Professor at the College of William & Mary
Specialty: Government, Public Policy
Moderated by:
Peter Smallwood
Professor at the University of Richmond
Specialty: Science Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa