Recorded Events
Recorded Events
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You can listen to audio recordings of select Council programs below on VPM / WCVE Forum.
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