Wednesday 11:00 am Thursday 5:00 pm J A N 7 China's Reordered World Order Elizabeth Economy 8 Polarization and Democracy: Latin America in a Turbulent World Order Kenneth Roberts 14 Russia, America and Ukraine in 2026: Where Do We Go From Here? Eric Rubin 15 The Atomic Fault Line: U.S.–Iran Rivalry and the Nuclear Puzzle in the Middle East Mohsen Milani 21 Understanding Nutrition in the Brain: B12 and Other Nutrients Role in Neurological Function Ari Green 22 America and China: In a Cold War? David Lampton 28 The Death of Expertise and the Danger to Democracy Tom Nichols 29 Can Europe Cope with Challenges from East AND West? Martin Walker F E B 4 U.S.-Canada Relations: Friends? Partners? Allies? Laura Dawson 5 From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Ukraine: What Happened to the "End of History"? Jeremi Suri 11 The Future of Health: What's Technology got to do with it? Chris Gibbons 12 Putin's Russia - The Man, The People, The War Jill Dougherty 18 Artificial Intelligence: A Cognitive Revolution Is Upon Us Anatoly Temkin 19 Upending Decades-long U.S. Policies in Middle East Dennis Ross 25 This Means War! Mike Plehn 26 Our Struggle for an Honest History: The Deep Roots of White Christian Nationalism Robert Jones M A R 4 U.S.-Mexico Relations In Turbulent Times Barcena Coqui 5 The Promise and Peril of Trump's America First Charles Kupchan 11 Understanding Artificial Intelligence John Blevins 12 Understanding the Arctic: Beyond the Headlines Jennifer Spence 18 AI in Healthcare: What Patients Need to Know Brooke McSwain 19 New Tariff Policies Upend Decades of the U.S. Approach: How's That Working Out? Christine McDaniel 25 Will the Levant Finally See Calm? Robert Ford 26 The Rise and Fall of the Mainstream Media: Reflections of a Recovering Journalist Charles Lane

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