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Past Speakers
Jeffrey Eggers
Heroes, Risk and Adaptability in the Fourth Industrial Age
David Milliband
Decade of Disorder: Can Humanitarian Action Make a Difference?
Amb. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
Reflections on Brazil: A Dynamic Actor on the Global Stage
Helen Clark
Striving for a Better Future: How Can the Post-2015 Global Development Agenda Help?
Michael Hodin
Global Security in an Aging World: The Impact of Demographics on Economic and Political Systems
Ian Bremmer
Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World
Dr. Robert Kagan
Can America Outwit Decline?
Charles Murray
What the New Upper Class Means for America's Future
Dan Senor
Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
Senator Timothy Wirth
Philanthropic Advocacy: What We Do
Dr. George Packard
Blundering in Asia: Can the U.S. and Japan Ever Learn?
Michael Mandelbaum
The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era
Jeremy Greenstock
Globalization and Polarization: Where is the World Heading?
Amb. Charles L. Pritchard
U.S. Policy Toward North Korea: Prospects for Success
Robert D. Hormats
Sea of Changes in the Global Economy
Dr. Thomas L. Friedman
The World is Flat
Dr. Anthony Lake
Silent National Security Threats
Dr. Minxin Pei
China's Fragile Balance: Economic Dynamism and Political Stagnation
William J. McDonough
A View From the Federal Reserve Bank
Daniel Yergin
The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
Amb. Charlene Barshefsky
From the Cold War to the Networked World: Trade Policy and the Era of Transition
Joseph B. Nye
Globalization and its Discontents
Garrick Utley
The American Empire: Commerce, Culture and Technology
Dr. Albert Fishlow
Brazil: What is Going to Happen
William J. McDouough
A View from the Federal Reserve
Henry Kaufman
The Global Economy