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Lakewood Ranch
Lectures are held at
Cornerstone Church
14306 Covenant Way
Click on title for lecture summary, click on speaker name for biography
Wednesday 11:00 am
Thursday 5:00 pm
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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
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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
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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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