December 2017
2017 Grant Thornton Member Open House
December 7, 2017
The Bear Necessities: How to Protect Yourself From the Next Global Market Crisis
December 5, 2017
Ken Moraif, Host, Money Matters with Ken Moraif
November 2017
The Quantum Spy
November 15, 2017
David Ignatius; Best-selling author, Body of Lies and The Increment; columnist, Washington Post
Leonardo da Vinci
November 15, 2017
Walter Isaacson; President & CEO, Aspen Institute
Discover Morocco
November 15, 2017
Her Highness Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui; Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the U.S.
Listen>>
The Gourmands’ Way: Six Americans in Paris and the Birth of a New Gastronomy
November 9, 2017
Justin Spring, Author
Analyzing the 2017 U.S.- China Relationship
November 8
Robert Daly, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S., Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Listen>>
Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News
November 7, 2017
Bob Schieffer, CBS News Political Contributor
Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in WW II
November 6, 2017
Meredith Hindley, Historian & Senior Writer, Humanities
October 2017
Hue 1968 – A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
October 25, 2017
Mark Bowden, author; journalist writing for The Atlantic, Vanity Fair and others
When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics
October 23, 2017
Milan Vaishnav, Senior Fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Future of War: A History
October 19, 2017
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London
Listen>>
His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo
October 18, 2017
His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria (1999–2007)
Listen>>
Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel
October 17, 2017
Francine Klagsbrun, author; columnist, The Jewish Week
Preparing for the New Global Battlefield
October 9, 2017
Dr. Robert Latiff
, (ret.) Major General, U.S. Air Force; Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Notre Dame; Director of Intelligence Community Programs, George Mason University’s School of Engineering
One Long Night: The Global History of Concentration Camps
October 2, 2017
Andrea Pitzer, Author and Journalist
September 2017
The Impossible Presidency
September 28 and 29, 2017
Jeremi Suri, Professor; Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Listen>>
Doomed: Why Regional Efforts Fail to Solve Venezuela’s Crisis
September 13, 2017
Christopher Sabatini, Lecturer of International and Public Policy, Columbia University; Editor, www.LatinAmericaGoesGlobal.org; Executive Director, Global Americans
Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power
September 8, 2017
Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Listen>>
August 2017
The War in Afghanistan & the Karzai Family
August 28, 2017
Joshua Partlow, Bureau Chief in Mexico and Former Bureau Chief in Kabul, The Washington Post
Listen>>
Adult WorldQuest - One Night in Bollywood
August 10, 2017
July 2017
The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author; Screenwriter, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Fellow, Center for Law and Security, New York University School of Law
Political and Economic Developments in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific Region
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
His Excellency Ashok Mirpuri, Ambassador of Singapore to the U.S.
June 2017
Summer Member Social
June 29, 2017
Artificial Intelligence: Fact & Fiction
June 26, 2017
Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Author
Listen>>
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening
June 20, 2017
Manal al-Sharif, Women’s Rights Activist
NAFTA, Borders, and Security
June 19, 2017
Presented by the Bipartisan Policy Center, George W. Bush Institute, John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU, Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center, and the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth
The Creation of the U.S. Army - McKinney
June 15, 2017
William Hogeland, Author
The Creation of the U.S. Army - Dallas
June 14, 2017
William Hogeland, Author
Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to the Community That Made Me
June 7, 2017
AT&T Performing Arts Center and the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth Present Chief David O. Brown (ret.)
Is the New Middle East an Old Scene?
June 5, 2017
Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Fourth Annual Addison Economic Development Luncheon
June 2, 2017
Fireside Chat with Robert Kaplan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Moderated by Jim Falk, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth
May 2017
The Government's Doomsday Plans
May 31, 2017
Garrett Graff, Journalist and Historian
The Five G’s that Define the World: Generations, Gender, Geography, Global Cities, and Graduation
May 23, 2017
Robert Moran, Partner, Brunswick Group
Navigating Democracy and Open for Business
May 17, 2017
Ambassador H.E. Fayçal Gouia, Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to the U.S.
Listen>>
The Importance of Cultural and Religious Literacy: The Case of Islam
May 11, 2017
Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard University
In-Country Business Insights: the Arabian Peninsula, Reflections from Business, Government and Legal Perspectives
May 9, 2017
The Relentless Invention of Modern India - Frisco
May 3, 2017
Adam Roberts, European Business and Finance Correspondent and former South Asia Correspondent, The Economist
The Relentless Invention of Modern India
May 2, 2017
Adam Roberts, European Business and Finance Correspondent and former South Asia Correspondent, The Economist
April 2017
The American Dream in the Age of Trump: 100 Days In
April 29, 2017
Cal Jillson, Professor of Political Science, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, SMU
Listen>>
IPS: Cuba-U.S. Relations - What Are They Now?
April 28, 2017
Carla Anne Robbins, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Listen>>
The Next Four Years: The Role of the US in the World - Frisco
April 26, 2017
George Friedman, Geopolitical Forecaster; Best-selling Author
What ISIS Really Wants
April 25, 2017
Graeme Wood, National Correspondent, The Atlantic
Listen>>
How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days and the Future of Egypt Now
April 20, 2017
Eric Trager, Esther K. Wagner Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Listen>>
The Home That was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria
April 18, 2017
Alia Malek, Journalist and Civil Rights Lawyer
In the White House with George H.W. Bush
April 12, 2017
Ambassador Chase Untermeyer, Chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission; U.S. Ambassador to Qatar (2004 – 2007)
Listen>>
Helene Cooper: A Reporter's Global View
April 10, 2017
Pentagon Correspondent of The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize-winner for Ebola Coverage, Best-selling Author
Listen>>
IPS: Power Without Borders - What is the Influence of Non-State Actors?
April 4, 2017
Harold Trinkunas, Senior Fellow, Latin America Initiative in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution
Listen>>
DIFF - Forever Pure
April 3, 2017
Western Political Constructs and Middle Eastern Realities
April 3, 2017
Dr. Roby C. Barrett Scholar, Public Policy Center, Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C.
DIFF - Forever Pure
April 2, 2017
DIFF - City of Ghosts
April 1, 2017
Technology in 2050
April 1, 2017
Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor, The Economist; Editor, The Economist’s annual publication The World In...
March 2017
DIFF - City of Ghosts
March 31, 2017
Security Challenge: Sweden, U.S. Team in Baltic Region
March 31, 2017
General Hans Ilis-Alm, Senior National Representative, US CENTCOM; Brigadier General, Swedish Armed Forces
Listen>>
The Role of U.S. Territories and Outposts - McKinney
March 28, 2017
Doug Mack, Author, Europe on Five Wrong Turns a Day; Writer, Travel + Leisure & National Geographic Traveler
Listen>>
The Role of U.S. Territories and Outposts - Dallas
March 28, 2017
Doug Mack, Author, Europe on Five Wrong Turns a Day; Writer, Travel + Leisure & National Geographic Traveler
Sandeep Das and the HUM Ensemble
March 11, 2017
The History of Allen Dulles and the German Resistance in World War II
March 9, 2017
Scott Miller, Author and Former Foreign Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Listen>>
The Journey Within
March 5, 2017
DFW South Asian Film Festival – Film and Discussion
A Billion Colour Story
March 3, 2017
DFW South Asian Film Festival – Film and Discussion
IPS: U.S. Military Sales - Are We Getting Our Money’s Worth?
March 3, 2017
Stephen Biddle, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations
Listen>>
February 2017
Syria: Dark at the Crossing - Dallas
February 24, 2017
Elliot Ackerman, Author and Journalist
Listen>>
Syria: Dark at the Crossing - McKinney
February 24, 2017
Elliot Ackerman, Author and Journalist
Rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni Divide
February 21, 2017
Geneive Abdo, Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council
Listen>>
Japan Update Symposium
February 17, 2017
Joseph M. Young, Director for Japanese Affairs, East Asia/Pacific Affairs Bureau, U.S. Department of State and Dr. Haruo Iguchi, Professor of International Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University
A World in Disarray
February 16, 2017
Richard Haass, American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
Listen>>
Learning to Lead in the New Washington and International Educator of the Year Luncheon
February 14, 2017
Robert Gates, 22nd Secretary of Defense
Listen>>
IPS - Charles Kupchan: President Trump & Foreign Policy
February 2, 2017
What Are The Challenges?
Listen>>
Investing Under Uncertainty - Frisco
February 1, 2017
Abdulaziz A. Alnaim, CFA, Managing Partner and Founder, Mayar Capital Group
Listen>>
January 2017
Investing Under Uncertainty
January 31, 2017
Abdulaziz A. Alnaim, CFA, Managing Partner and Founder, Mayar Capital Group
Listen>>
The Federal Reserve in the Trump Era: Lessons From the Life of Alan Greenspan
January 30, 2017
Sebastian Mallaby, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
Listen>>
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
January 25, 2017
T.J. Stiles, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Nonfiction
A Journey to the Heart of the Quran
January 23, 2017
Carla Power, Journalist, 2016 Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Non-Fiction
Arts & Letters Live: Levison Wood - Walking the Nile
January 22, 2017
Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society; International Fellow of the Explorers Club
The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone
January 19, 2017
David Smick, Chairman & CEO, Johnson Smick International; Publisher, International Economy
The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone - Frisco
January 18, 2017
David Smick, Chairman & CEO, Johnson Smick International; Publisher, International Economy