Recent events in Georgia highlight the changes taking place in Putin's oil-rich Russia as it reemerges as a major world power. With former Soviet states now seeking to ally with NATO and the EEC while Russia stages joint military exercises with Venezuela, how will it affect the US? We have the experts who can brief you on the
national security,
energy, and
economic impact of these history making developments.
Mikhail Gorbachev
One of the 20th century's most pivotal leaders, Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary leadership and the democratic reforms that ended the Cold War. As a keynote speaker he continues to inspire the rest of us to lead the way towards peace, a better environment, and global democracy.
Anne-Marie Slaughter
As Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department, Anne-Marie Slaughter touched on nearly every foreign policy issue. She was named a Top 100 Global Thinker by Foreign Policy.
Alexander A. Likhotal
Having served as adviser to President Mikhail Gorbachev for many years, Likhotal now is President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Cross International. Presenting a strategic approach to managing the environmental crisis, he also works with corporations on how they can successfully combine sustainability and corporate ...
Strobe Talbott
An award-winning journalist for Time magazine for twenty-one years and President of the Brookings Institution, Talbott became Deputy Secretary of State in 1994. The author of a series of books on the U.S./Soviet arms race and the Cold War, he was also the founding director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
Gary Shteyngart
Celebrated by Publishers Weekly as an up and coming young author, and recently recognized as one of today's top fiction writers on The New Yorker's prestigious "20 Under 40" list, Russian immigrant Shteyngart penned the bestsellers The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Absurdistan, and his latest, ...
Zbigniew Brzezinski
A counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Brzezinski is not only one of the most respected international affairs experts in America, but is also the former national security advisor to President Carter.
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