NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE

Former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry and Ploughshares Fund Policy Director Tom Collina “The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power” Watch Now

Ambassador Ryan Crocker, U.S. Career Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon 

• “Lessons from a Long War: The U.S. in the Middle East”Watch Now
• “Middle East Meltdown: Causes & Consequences” Watch Now

Anna Fifield, Beijing Bureau Chief at The Washington Post “The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un” Watch Now

John Brennan, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), “U.S. National Security Challenges and Opportunities” Watch Now

GLOBAL ECONOMY

Philip Coggan, Bartleby Columnist at The Economist and author of “A History of the World Economy from the Iron Age to the Information Age, “The Hard Work of Strangers” Watch Now

Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America Corporation, “A Conversation with Brian Moynihan” Watch Now

Nadia Theodore, Consul General of Canada to the U.S., “USMCA: What the New Trade Deal Means for Canada & NC”

FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

H.E. Dirk Wouters, Ambassador of Belgium to the United States “Belgium, Europe, and the U.S. During COVID-19” Watch Now

David Rennie, Beijing Bureau Chief for The Economist “How COVID-19 Could Reshape the World Order” Watch Now

Dr. Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard University, former Assistant Secretary Defense under President Clinton, and Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense under President Reagan

• “COVID-19 and the China Challenge: Could the U.S. and China be Rivalry Partners” –Watch Now
• “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?” Watch Now

Ambassador Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan, and the United Nations and Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Founder and Publisher of Bourse & Bazaar “Oil, Sanctions, and COVID-19” Watch Now

H.E. Emily Haber, Ambassador of Germany to the United States, “German-American Relations after the Midterm Elections” Watch Now

H.E. Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the United States, “French Policy in an Unstable World” Watch Now

Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica to the United States, “Costa Rica’s Collaborative Spirit in the Global Economy” Watch Now

Charlotte: Navigating a Pandemic

Dr. Derek Raghavan, President of Atrium Health’s Levine Cancer Institute, “Cancer, COVID-19, and Confusion” Watch Now  

Dr. David Callaway, Medical Director, Atrium Health CMC- Main, Chief Medical Officer at Team Rubicon, and WACC Board Member, “The Frontlines of Charlotte’s Pandemic Response” Watch Now

Dena Diorio, Mecklenburg County Manager, “County Response to COVID-19” Watch Now

Brent Cagle, Aviation Director for the City of Charlotte, “Flying the Pandemic Skies” Watch Now

EDUCATION

Earnest Winston, Superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, “Building Charlotte’s Next Generation of Global Leaders” Watch Now

Dr. Carol Quillen, President of Davidson College “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education” Watch Now

CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSERVATION, AND SUSTAINABILITY

General Rick Devereaux, USAF (Ret.), American Security Project, “Pandemics and Climate Change: National Security Implications” Watch Now

Shannon Binns, Founder and Executive Director, Sustain Charlotte, “Charlotte’s Role in Global Sustainability” Watch Now

The Honorable Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy, “Research and Innovation at the U.S. Department of Energy” Watch Now

Lynn Good, CEO of Duke Energy, “Creating a New Energy Future” Watch Now

CAREER READINESS: GLOBAL CAREERS

Kathryn Crockart, Mid-Atlantic Diplomat in Residence with the U.S. State Department “So You Want to Be a Diplomat?” Watch Now

International Career Panel in partnership with UNC Charlotte (Office of International Program): Listen Now

Travel

Rick Steves, travel expert, TV personality, and host of popular public television series Rick Steves’ Europe, “Global Citizenship Through Travel” Watch Now