Venice Global Issues 2023

Our 52nd Year

Global Issues 2023
Venice

Lectures are held in the Venice Community Center 326 S Nokomis Ave
Lectures start at 2:30 pm on Tuesdays, at 10:00 am on Fridays

Click on speaker name for biography, click on description for program summary

	Tuesday		Friday
J A N	10	Strengthening America’s Voice in a Changing World Barbara Stephenson	13	Diplomacy in an Age of Uncertainty: How the United States Can Defend Its Interests, Promote Its Values, and Keep the Peace in the 21st Century Thomas Shannon
	17	The State of U.S. Foreign Policy After Two Years of the Biden Administration Stephen Biegun	20	Iran: Is Reconciliation With the U.S. Possible? Mohsen Milani
	24	Beyond Cryptocurrencies Lee Schneider	27	The Prosecutor’s Art from the Streets to the Suites to the Oval Office Charles Schudson
	31	Advancing Nuclear Energy Rodney Adams	3	Macron's Europe - or Putin's? Martin Walker
F E B	7	Post Brexit: What Now? Margaret Jay	10	Civil War by Other Means Jeremi Suri
	14	How Are the Great Powers Responding to Africa's Population Growth and Economic Emergence? Jimmy Kolker	17	The Sneaky War: Russia, China, the U.S. and the Emerging Strategic Paradigm Sean McFate
	21	Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: When Will We Find a Cure? Aron Troen	24	Changing World: Changing Middle East Dennis Ross
	28	Rivers of Iron: High-Speed Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia David Lampton	3	India and the World: Its Rise, Power, and Influence Manjari Chatterjee Miller
M A R	7	Civics at Work Suzanne Spaulding	10	Presidential Politics Thomas DeFrank
	14	Paying the Price for Ignoring Latin America Charles Shapiro	17	Russia: Preparing for the Post-Putin Era John Beyrle
	21	The Future of the Liberal International Order Kori Schake	24	Understanding Turkey — And Its Rise in the Great Power Game Asli Aydintasbas
	28	Putin’s War Against Ukraine and the US/NATO System Robert Barylski	31	Is the West Back? Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Future of the Atlantic Alliance Charles Kupchan