North America Lectures - BYU Kennedy Center

Immigration, Refugee Protection, and other U.S. Global Policy Issues at Home

Jen Smyers, associate for Immigration and Refugee Policy, Church World Service, Friday

U.S. Approach to Development

Larry H. Brady, USAID director, El Salvador

Translating the Old Greek Bible (The Septuagint): An Inconvenient Witness to Biblical History

Melvin K.H. Peters, professor of Hebrew Bible and Septuagint, Duke University

Can Diplomacy Tame Iran?

Michael Rubin, resident scholar, AEI

The Invisible Crowd: Lobbying the Media at International Summits

Etienne Ollion, visiting lecturer of sociology, University of Chicago

Can We Know the Truth about CIA History?

Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA staff historian

The Challenge of Obama in the New World

Joseph Kahn, deputy foreign editor, NYT

Kipling's Ghost: Decolonization, Public Diplomacy, and the Invention of the Third World

Jason C. Parker, assistant professor of history, Texas A&M University

Running from Liberty Plaza and Running in Baghdad

David Simpson, professor of English, University of California—Davis

Limiting the Risk of Intelligence Failure

Loch Johnson, author and professor of political science, University of Georgia

Making of ‘Global Car': The Director's Perspective

Dodge Billingsley, documentary film producer/director, Combat Films & Research

Four faculty perspectives on the ideas presented by William Easterly in the White Man's Burden

Randy S. Lewis, professor of chemical engineering; Daniel L. Nielson, associate professor of political science; Frank L. McIntyre, assistant professor of economics; Joseph Price, assistant professor of economics

Dispatches from the Red Zone—National Public Radio's Baghdad Bureau Chief on covering the Iraq War

Dianna Douglas, national desk producer, NPR

Afghanistan, Iraq, and Counterinsurgency: Similarities, Differences, and the Way Forward

Adam Fife, director of unconventional solutions, U.S. Government contractor

U.S. Foreign Assistance: Why We Do It; Why It Matters; New Approaches

Aaron H. Sherinian, managing director, Public Affairs, Department of Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Is the United States a Declining Superpower?

Earl H. Fry, political science professor and Canadian studies coordinator, BYU

The Rule of Law in a Time of Terror

David Nevin, adjunct professor of trial practice, University of Idaho College of Law

Sports and Culture in Europe and America—A Mirror of Modern Life

Andrei S. Markovits, Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan—Ann Arbor

Please Don't Tell this Story: LDS Humanitarian Work and the Media

Sharon Eubank Manager, LDS Humanitarian

Insider View of the Foreign Service

John “Dink” Dinkelman, consul, U.S. Consulate, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

What's Next? Post-Election Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy

Darren G. Hawkins, chair, political science, BYU; Valerie M. Hudson, professor of political science, BYU; Andrew L. Johns, assistant professor of history; and Kennedy Fellow Stan A. Taylor, emeritus professor of political science, BYU.

Inside the 'Real' NCIS

R. Daniel Smith, Naval Criminal Investigative Service

A 'Low-Carb' Diet for the Planet

Matthew L. Wald, NYT reporter

Health Care Crisis: What Canada and the U.S. Can Learn from One Another in Providing Effective Health Care

Antonia Maioni, director, Institute for the Study of Canada, McGill University

From Retreat to Re-engagement: American Policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa Before and After 9/11

Robert G. Patman, professor of international relations, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Powers to Lead

Joseph Nye, dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

National Security and the 2008 Presidential Election

Loch K. Johnson, author and professor of political science, University of Georgia

A Global Perspective on Press Freedom Issues

Kyu Ho Youm, Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair, University of Oregon

EU–U.S. Relations

His Excellency John Bruton, EU ambassador to the U.S.

An Economic View on Immigration: The Merchandizing of Desert Crossing

John “Dink” Dinkelman, consul, U.S. Consulate, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

Inside the White House: What Happened to the Bush Plan to Change the World?

David E. Sanger, chief Washington correspondent, New York Times

Australia–U.S. Relations

His Excellency Dennis Richardson, Australian ambassador to the U.S.

America's Global Battle for Hearts and Minds: The Early Cold War Reconsidered

Kenneth A. Osgood, associate professor of history, Florida Atlantic University

Trafficking in Persons: A Modern-Day Form of Slavery

Rebecca E. Billings, G/TIP programs coordinator, Asia and Pacific Region, U.S. Department of State

Traveling with the Secretary of State

Rebecca E. Billings, G/TIP programs coordinator, Asia and Pacific Region, U.S. Department of State

The Outlook for Energy in Canada and the United States: Challenges and Opportunities

Honorable Greg Melchin, Minister of Seniors and Community Supports, and Former Minister of Energy, in the Government of Alberta

The U.S. Intelligence-Policy Dynamic

Matthew Berrett, director, Office of Iraq Analysis, CIA

The Disposable American: Layoffs and their Consequences

Louis Uchitelle, economics writer, New York Times

The New York Times and the First Amendment

George Freeman, assistant general counsel, New York Times

U.S. Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation: Dispelling the Myths

Kerry M. Kartchner, foreign affairs advisor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Advanced Systems and Concepts Office

Intelligence Community Briefing

Bradford J. Bruton, open source analyst/collection manager, Central Intelligence Agency

Transformational Diplomacy: The New Face of America Abroad

John Dinkelman, deputy director, Orientation Division, Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Department of State

Turning the Telescope Around: The CIA Looks at its History

Nicholas Dujmovic, CIA historian

Is Democracy Contagious?

Zachary S. Elkins, assistant professor of political science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Imbalance of Powers: Congress, the President and the Constitution after 9/11

Gordon Silverstein, assistant professor of political science, UC—Berkeley

On Common Ground: The Dynamics of the Canadian–U.S. Relationship

His Excellency Michael Wilson, Canadian ambassador to the U.S.

The U.S. Immigration Debate: Local Issues and Global Implications

Rachel Swarns, New York Times correspondent

The Info War: A Battle of Words and Images

Dodge Billingsley, Documentary film producer and director, Combat Films and Research

Foreign Service Greenie: Career Adventures on Diplomat's First Tour

David Marshall Duerden, Immigrant visa chief, U.S. Embassy, Amman

Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Crucible of Stategic Culture

Kerry M. Kartcher, Foreign affairs advisor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Advanced Systems and Concepts Office

Latin America and the Left: U.S. Policy toward Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, and Venezuela

Elizabeth Whitaker, deputy assistant secretary for Canada, Mexico and Public Diplomacy

Surprise, Security, and the American Experience

John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of History, Yale University

Surprise, Security, and the American Experience

Book of the Semester Panel Discussion: Panel: Earl H. Fry, professor of political science, BYU; Valerie M. Hudson, professor of political science, BYU; Mark I. Choate, assistant professor of history, BYU; Andrew Johns, assistant professor of history, BYU; Alan F. Keele, assistant professor of Germanic literature, BYU

The Role of Analysis in the U.S. Foreign Policy Process

Bradford J. Bruton, open source analyst/collection manager, Central Intelligence Agency

Utah's Growing Ethnic Diversity: Ethnic Challenges and Opportunities

Yvette Donosso Diaz, executive director of Community and the Arts, Utah Governor's office.

Haiti and its Foreign Policy

Hárard Abraham, foreign minister, Republic of Haiti.

America the Vulnerable: Can the Homeland be Secured?

Stephen Flynn, commander, U.S. Coast Guard (retired), and Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations.

Nuclear Weapons and the Future of U.S. National Security: The Emerging Debate

Kerry M. Kartchner, foreign affairs advisor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Advanced Systems and Concepts Office.

Troubled Partnership: Canadian Reflections on the North American Community

Roger Gibbins, president and CEO, Canada West Foundation.

U.S. Foreign Service

Stephen A. Guice, U.S. Embassy, Kazakhstan.

Utah's Cultural and Ethnic Diversities

Phillip Notarianni, Utah Historical Society director.

Utah, Latinos, Catholics, and Mormons: Situating Utah within Latino Studies Parameters

Ignacio García, associate professor of history, BYU

Poetry Presentation - 'La hora de los mameyes'

Recited by Annalee Brown

Utah, Latinos, Catholics, and Mormons: Situating Utah within Latino Studies Parameters

Armando Solorzano, associate professor of family and consumer studies, U of U

Community Law Help for Immigrants

Matt Brown

Community Law Help for Immigrants

Bill Cataruzman

Poetry Presentation - 'Imagina los angeles de pan'

Recited by Ruth Flores Orozco

Migrations of a Latino Artist

Jose Riveros, Chilean artist

Migrations of a Latino Artist

George Handley, associate professor of humanities, BYU

Poetry Presentation - 'Y no se lo trage la tierra'

Recited by Sonia Quiroga Thomas

Roundtable discussion

A Remote Corner of Aztlan: Mexican Americans and other Latinos in Utah, 1900-2000

Jorge Iber, associate professor of history, Texas Tech

Poetry Presentation - 'Aztecs in the US'

Recited by Jonathan Wade

The Universidad Hispana: Educating Hispanics in Utah

Arturo De Hoyos, president, Universidad Hispana

Facing Challenges and Navigating in the American Financial System

Gladys Gonzalez, founder and current publisher and editor, Mundo Hispano

Latinos and the Law

Laina Arras, associate editor of BYU Education and Law Journal, BYU

Defending Latino Culture

Leticia Medina, Utah Office of Hispanic Affairs

The Burden of American Power and Responsibility

Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics in the Divinity School, the Department of Political Science, and the Committee on International Relations, at the University of Chicago.

Missile Defense and the Bush Administration's Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction

Kerry M. Kartchner, U.S. Department of State.

American Power: A Critique

Farooq Hassan, visiting scholar and international law expert

The U.S. Response to Trafficking in Humans: Is it Enough?

Jini Roby, assistant professor of social work, BYU

Canada and the U.S. After September 11th

David Taras, professor and associate dean of General Studies, University of Calgary

Canada—U.S. Relations

His Excellency Michael F. Kergin, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.

Perspectives on Community Aid

Jan Van Orman, assistant international vice president, BYU

Cuba: Understanding the Opportunities

Peter M. Steimle, Kennedy Center alumnus

The Herculaneum Papyri and Brigham Young University

Gianluca del Mastro, associate of the Centro Internazionale per lo Studio dei Papiri Ercolanesi, University of Naples, Italy

The Koran in Muslim Everyday Life

Abdullahi A. Gallab, assistant professor of communications, Hiram College, Ohio

International Commercialization of University Intellectual Property

Leon Przybyla, associate director of technology transfer, BYU

European Union-U.S. Relations

His Excellency Guenter Burghardt, European Union Ambassador to the U.S.

What's So Great About America?

Dinesh D'Souza, political analyst, author, and Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Can Democracy Win the War on Terrorism?

Michael C. Desch, associate director and associate professor, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky

The Caribbean and Darek Walcott's Poetry

George B. Handley, Latin American studies coordinator, David M. Kennedy Center, and associate professor of humanities, BYU

Gentle Cuba

Thomas E. "Ted" Lyon, professor of Spanish, BYU

The U.S. Debt Crisis

Sidney L. Jones, associate faculty, Center for Public Policy Education, Brookings Institution

Canada and the North American Free Trade Agreement

Earl H. Fry, professor of political science, BYU

The Politics of International Trade Negotiations

Lew Cramer, Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Is America in Decline?

Robert Keohane, Professor of Political Science, Harvard