Pittsburgh KQV Global Press Conference is the Council's weekly radio show, airing on KQV News Radio AM 1410 on Saturdays at 7:00 a.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Times may vary from week to week, so please check the KQV website for updates.

The half-hour program reaches over 45,000 listeners per week. Program topics and/or times are subject to change.

H.E. Mohamed M. Tawfik, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States
May 19, 2013

A New Dawn? Egypt Post Revolution

His Excellency François Delattre, Ambassador of the French Republic to the U.S.
May 12th and 18th, 2013

The French Connection: The U.S.-France Partnership and 21st Century Foreign Policy

Dr. Urvashi Sahni, Founder and Chief Executive of Study Hall Foundation, Non-Resident Fellow at Brookings Institute and Dr. Ed Gragert, Director, Global Campaign for Education-U.S
May 5th and 11th, 2013

Equity and Opportunity: The Effort to Educate Girls Around the World

Sonali Samarasinghe, Journalist and Human Rights Activist
April 28th and May 4th, 2013

Embedded and Invested:Journalism in Conflict Areas

Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations and Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
April 27, 2013

The Asia Pivot and the U.S. Navy: Power Projection During Shifting Geopolitics

Dr. Ray Raymond, Professor, U.S. Military Academy and State University of New York
April 20th and 21st, 2013

Remembering Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady’s Legacy

Miguel Diaz, Former CIA Analyst, Member of the House Intelligence Committee, and Director of the South American Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
April 13th and 14th, 2013

Venezuela in Transition: Life After Hugo Chavez

Dr. J. Peter Pham, Director, Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic Council
April 6th and 7th, 2013

Much Ado About the Maghreb: Economic Development and the Future of North Africa

Cheryl Benton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. State Department
March 31, 2013

U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges in President Obama’s Second Term

Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
March 24th and 30th, 2013

The Next Nuclear Crisis: Iran, North Korea, and Emerging Global Threats

Harald Leibrecht, Member of Bundestag (Germany)
March 17th and 23rd, 2013

Sunshine Over Germany: Leading Europe in Alternative Energy Investment

Col Robert Humphrey (U.S. Army), Col Scott Lockwood (USAF), U.S. Army War College – Eisenhower Fellows
March 10th and 16th, 2013

The Price of Defense: Military Spending Priorities in the 21st Century

Lt Col Warren Curry (USMC), Col Robert Turk (U.S. Army), U.S. Army War College – Eisenhower Fellows
March 3rd and 9th, 2013

Cyberattacks and Narco-Networks: The Newest Threats to National Security

Dimiter Kenerov, Pulitzer Center Fellow and Freelance Journalist
Feb. 24 and March 2, 2013

Poland’s Power Play: Natural Gas and Europe’s Energy Future

Amb. Claudia Fritsche, Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United States
Feb. 17th and 23rd, 2013

Liechtenstein’s New Look: Public Diplomacy and the Future of Europe

Amb. Glyn T. Davies, Special Representative for North Korea Policy
Feb. 10th and 16th, 2013

The World According to Kim: North Korea’s Geopolitics in the 21st Century

Louis Ho, Regional Director, Americas, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Feb. 3rd & 9th, 2013

A Bridge to Asia: Hong Kong and the New Global Economy

Dr. William Farrell, Adjunct Professor at the Naval War College; Former Chairman of the National Association of Japan-America Societies
Jan. 27th and  Feb. 2,2013

The U.S., Japan, and the “Pacific Century”

Avila Kilmurray, Director of the Community Foundation of Northern Ireland
Jan. 20th & 26th, 2013

The Process of Peace: Driving Social Change in Northern Ireland

Michael Klare, Director of the Five Colleges Program in Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College; Author of The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources
Jan. 13th & 19th, 2013

America's Energy Dilemma: The Race for Natural Resources Domestically and Abroad

Oscar Morales, Creator of One Million Voices Against FARC; Counselor, One Young World
Jan. 6th and 12th, 2013

The Future of FARC: Social Media Activism Against Militancy

Amb. Steven Pifer, Senior Fellow and Director, Arms Control Initiative at Brookings Institution; Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
Jan. 5, 2013 & Dec. 30, 2012

A New Start: Opportunities for Arms Control in 2013

Ann Lee, Adjunct Professor, New York University; Author, What the U.S. Can Learn from China
Dec. 29, 2012

Lessons from the Dragon: What the U.S. Can Do to Remain a Superpower

Tal Sadeh, Head of the Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy, Tel Aviv University
Dec. 22nd, 2012

A Common Market? The Euro Crisis and Struggle Over Austerity

Homa Tavangar, Author of Raising Our Children to be Global Citizens
Dec. 9 & 15th 2012

Raising Our Children to be Global Citizens

Carmen Gentile, International Reporter for USA Today
Dec. 8, 2012

On the Ground: A Front Line View of the War in Afghanistan
 

Lois Dougan Tretiak, Senior China Advisor, The Economist Group  
Dec. 1, 2012

China: The Next Five Years

Dr. Alexander Cooley, Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University; Author, Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia
Nov. 18th & 24th, 2012

Central Asia’s New “Great Game” - The Price of Access and Influence

Timothy Wilson, Senior International Advisor and Director, Maine Seeds Program and Rory O’Neil, Fellow, PeacePlayers International
Nov. 11th & 17th, 2012

Playing for Peace: A Younger Generation’s Approach to Solving International Conflict

Scott Carpenter, Deputy Director, Google Ideas; Adjunct Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Nov. 4th & 10th, 2012

The Cloud and the Crowd: Using Technology to Map, Expose, and Disrupt Illicit Networks

Danny Lopez, British Consul General in New York
Oct. 27-28, 2012

Across the Pond: U.K. Perspectives on the Global Economy and the New Geopolitical Order

Michelle Fanzo, Project Leader World Policy Institute; Founder and President, Four Corners Consulting
Oct. 21, 201 & Nov. 3, 2012

Looking Beyond the Lady: The Realities of Reform in Myanmar

Dr. Seth Jones, Associate Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation, Washington, D.C.;  Author, Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al-Qai’da after 9/11.
October 20, 2012

The State of al-Qa’ida on the Eve of the U.S. Elections

Dr. Charles Kupchan, Professor, Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; Whitney H. Shepardson Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; Author, No One’s World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn
Oct. 13, 2012

The American Century or Retrenchment? Challenges Facing the Next President

Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration; U.S. Department of State
Sept. 30, 2012 & Oct. 6, 2012

American’s Responsibility to Refugees: In the U.S. and Around the World

William J. Dobson, Politics and Foreign Affairs Editor, Slate Magazine
Sept. 23rd and 29th, 2012

The Battle Between Democracy and Dictatorship: Are Dictator’s Getting Smarter

Thomas Sanderson, Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Transnational Threats Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Sept. 16th & 22nd, 2012

China: Concerns and Opportunities in the Middle Kingdom

James Mann, Author-in-Residence, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies
Sept. 9th & 15th, 2012

Continuity or Change? Obama’s Foreign Policy Team and the Redefinition of American Power

Ulrike Guerot, European Council on Foreign Relations
Sept. 2nd & 8th, 2012

A European Perspective on the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections

Dr. Ray Raymond, Professor, U.S. Military Academy and State University of New York
Sept. 1, 2012

Europe Restored: A Solution to European Sovereign Debt Crisis

Rear Admiral Craig S. Faller, Commander, Carrier Strike Group Three
Aug. 26, 2012

The U.S. Navy's Role in Combating Global Threats

Amb. Christopher Hill, Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and former Ambassador to Iraq
Aug. 19th and 25th, 2012

Reconsidering the “Axis of Evil”: One Decade Later

Karen Harbert,  President and Chief Executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy
Aug. 12th & 18th, 2012

Securing America’s Energy Sources

Dr. Trita Parsi, Founder and President of the National Iranian American Council
and author of A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran
Aug. 5th and 11th, 2012

Challenges and Successes in Diplomacy with Iran during the Obama Administration

Nazila Fathi, Former New York Times Journalist, Translator and Commentator on Iran
July 29 and Aug. 4, 2012

Exploring Iran’s Competing Voices

Dr. Scott Kofmehl, Chief of Staff to the U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
July 16th, 22nd and 28th, 2012

U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Reflections After a Year in Islamabad

Evan Kaufmann, Hockey Player for the German DEG Metro Stars    
July 21, 2012

Sports as a Cross-Cultural Bridge

Paul Scheffer,  Professor of European Studies at Tilburg University
July 14-15, 2012

Comparing European and American Responses to Immigration and Integration

Phillip Scanlan, Australian Consul General in New York
July 7-8, 2012

Australia’s Global Engagement in the  Indo-Pacific and Beyond

Dr. Christian Burgsmueller, Counselor at the European Union Delegation to the U.S., and Konstantin Simonov, Executive Director, National Energy Security Fund
June 30 – July 1, 2012

Shale Gas in Europe and Russia

Dr. Adolf Birkhofer, Managing Director of the Institute for Safety and Reliability in Germany
June 23-24, 2012

The Impact of Chernobyl on the Development and Future of Nuclear Power

Carolyn Miles, President and CEO, Save the Children
June 16-17, 2012

Global Malnutrition and Hunger

Col. Michael A. Marti and Lt. Col. Curtis Mason, U.S. Army War College Eisenhower Fellows
June 9-10, 2012

An Update on Iraq: Troop Withdrawal, Counterterrorism, and Regional Tensions

MS Saiko Miyamoto and Col. Michael Patton, U.S. Army War College Eisenhower Fellows
June 2-3, 2012

North Korea, Diplomacy, and Security Challenges in the Pacific Rim

Andrew Nastios, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Former Director of Global Vision and Former Special Envoy to Sudan
May 26-27, 2012

Sudan and Foreign Aid

Jen Saffron, Writer, Educator and Curator of Photographs and Lynn Johnson, Professional Photographer
May 19-20, 2012

The Koraput Survivors: Restoring Prosperity for an Indian Christian Community

L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
May 5-6, 2012

The Future of North Korea

Busso von Alvensleben, German Consul General in New York
April 28-29, 2012

Germany’s Role in Europe

William Davis, Director, UNDP Washington D.C. Representation Office
April 21-22, 2012

The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century 

Amb. Beth Jones, Deputy Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, U.S. Department of State
April 14-15, 2012

Can Afghanistan Prevent the Return of Al-Qaeda?

Ambassador Francois Barras, Consul General of Switzerland in New York
April 7-8, 2012

Swiss Sovereignty in the Face of a Changing Europe

Davor Babic, Visiting Professor of Law
March 31- April 1, 2012  

Croatian Accession to the European Union

Jakob Ritter von Wagner, Cultural Attaché, German Consulate
March 24-25, 2012

Alternative Forms of Diplomacy: Science and Culture

Andrew Konitzer, Associate Director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh
March 17-18, 2012

Recent Elections and Protests in Russia

Dr. Serguey Braguinsky, Heinz College CMU
March 10-11, 2012

Japan One Year After the Quake

Ambassador Cynthia Scheider, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy
Georgetown University
March 3-4, 2012

The United States and the Arab Spring: Balancing Hard and Soft Power

Amb. Renee Jones-Bos, Ambassador of the Netherlands
Feb. 25-26, 2012

The Netherlands, the EU, and the United States: Strategic Partners for Economic Growth

Daisy Khan, Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement
Feb. 17-19, 2012

Islam in America and Interfaith Dialogue

Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Public Service Professor and Director, Center for International Policy and Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University and former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
Feb. 10-12, 2012

Voter Rights and Accessibility in Africa

Daniel Byman, Professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Research Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution
Feb. 3-5, 2012

Israeli Security and the Arab Spring

Dale Eisler, Assistant Deputy Minister, Task Force on Energy, Security, Prosperity, and Sustainability, Natural Resources Canada
Jan. 27-29, 2012

U.S./Canada Energy Cooperation

Richard Herman, Co-Author of Immigrant, Inc. – Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy
Jan. 20-22, 2012

Immigration and Entrepreneurship

Commander Michael S. Matis and Colonel Nestor A. Sadler, U.S. Army War College Eisenhower Fellows
Jan. 13-15, 2012

Instability in the Horn of Africa: Piracy, Conflict, and Famine

Mike Kulma, Executive Director of Global Leadership Initiatives, Asia Society
Jan. 6-8, 2012

U.S.-China Relations

Brian Till, New America Foundation
July 8-10, 2011

Leadership in the 21st Century

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Parag Khanna, Director of the Global Governance Initiative, New America Foundation
Dec 23-25, 2011

“New Diplomacy” and the Diminishing Role of Nation States in Foreign Affairs

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Dan Ben-David, Executive Director, Taub Center for Social Policy, Israel
Dec 16-19, 2011

The Threat from Within: Social Policy and Stability in Israel

Steven Noerper, Senior Vice President, Korea Society
Dec 9-11, 2011

U.S. Asia Policy after the Hawaii APEC Meeting

Dr. Jack Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Professor and Director of the Center for Global Policy, George Mason University School of Public Policy
Dec. 2-4, 2011

The 2011 Arab Revolts: A Victory for Democracy

John R. Schmidt, Professional Lecturer on Pakistan and South Asia at Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University, Author of The Unraveling: Pakistan in the Age of Jihad
Nov. 25-27, 2011

Pakistan on the Brink

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Matthias Kurth, President of the German Federal Network Agency  for Electricity, Gas, Telecomm., Post and Railway (Bundesnetzagentur)
Nov. 18-20, 2011

A Carbon-Free Future Without Nuclear Energy: Is it Possible?

Misha Glenny, Bestselling Author of McMafia and Award-Winning Journalist
Nov. 11-13, 2011

Crime and CyberCrime

Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities, U.S. Department of State
Nov. 4- 6, 2011

Engaging Muslim Communities Around the World

Fritz Zurbruegg, General Director, Federal Finance Administration, Swiss Federal Ministry of Finance
October 28-30, 2011

Global Challenges in Fiscal and Monetary Policy: A Swiss Perspective

Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Ambassador of Vietnam to the U.S.
October 21-23, 2011

The Current State of U.S.-Vietnamese Relations

Tony Hall, Former U.S. Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies on Food and Agriculture
October 14-16, 2011

Food Security at Home and Around the World

Warner Sonne, Senior German Journalist
October 7-9, 2011

Germany's Role in the World: from WWII to Europe's Powerhouse

Brandon Blache-Cohen, Director, Amizade
Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2011

International Education through Service-Based Learning and Cultural Exchange

Gerry Robbins, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
September 23-25, 2011

Politics and Society in Post-Election Turkey

Brian Michael Jenkins, Terrorism Expert, Senior Advisor, RAND Corporation
September 16-18, 2011

Ten Years Later: The Legacy of the U.S. Response to 9/11

Thomas M. Sanderson, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Transnational Threats Project
September 9-11, 2011

The Future of Al Qaeda Ten Years after 9/11

Senator John Warner, Policy Advisor, PEW Project on National Security, Energy, and Climate and Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, President, American Council on Renewable Energy
September 2-4, 2011

Energy Independence, Climate Change, and National Security

Shea Gopaul, Consultant, Former Special Assistant to the Director General at the World Health Organization
August 26-28, 2011

Challenges in International Organizations

Marek Belka, Former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland
August 19-21, 2011

Economics and Politics in Poland and the EU

Dr. Edwin H. Gragert, Executive Director of iEARN-USA
August 12-14, 2011

U.S. Education and Global Competitiveness

Anne Nemer, Assistant Dean for Executive Programs and John Camillus, Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management
August 5-7, 2011

The India Opportunity: Globalization, Innovation, and Shared Values

Trisha Craig, Executive Director, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
July 29-July 31, 2011

Challenges Facing the EU: Immigration, Enlargement, and the Debt Crisis

Dr. Ray Raymond, Former British Diplomat, Professor at State University New York
July 22-July 24, 2011

American Power in the 21st Century and Transatlantic Relations

Ambassador Mark Green, Former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, Former U.S. Representative
July 15- 17 , 2011

Global Leadership, Public Diplomacy, and the International Affairs Budget

Brian Till, New America Foundation
July 8-10, 2011

Leadership in the 21st Century

Admiral Thad Allen, RAND Corporation
July 1- 3, 2011

Maritime Security in the 21st Century

Natalie Branosky, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
June 24-26, 2011

Poverty, Labor, Work, and Education in the U.S. and UK

Tina Rosenberg, Journalist, Author
June 17-19, 2011

Democratic Revolutions Across the World and Throughout History

Dr. Lawrence Korb, Center for American Progress, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense
June 10-12, 2011

Defense Spending and National Security in an Era of Budget Deficits

Ralf Fuecks, President, Heinrich Boell Foundation
June 3-5, 2011

Recovery Through the Green Economy

Qamar-ul Huda, Senior Program Officer, Religion and Peacemaking Center of Innovation, United States Institute for Peace
May 27-29, 2011

Religion and Peace-making

Parag Khanna, Director of the Global Governance Initiative, New America Foundation
May 20-22, 2011

“New Diplomacy” and the Diminishing Role of Nation States in Foreign Affairs

Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution
May 13-15, 2011

Urban Development and Economic Growth: Lessons from Abroad

Jayson Myers, President and CEO, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
May 6-8, 2011

North American Trade: Remaining Competitive in the Global Economy

Meera Shankar, Ambassador of India  
April 29- May 1, 2011

U.S. India Relations in the 21st Century

Oliver Schnakenberg, Deputy Consul-General of Germany, Dr. Sebastian Harnisch, Professor, University of Heidelberg
April 22-24, 2011

Germany Ascendant

John Prendergast, Co-Founder, Enough Project
April 15-17, 2011

Responding to Humanitarian Disasters

COL Kristin Baker &
Lt Col Shane Conrad, U.S. Army War College
April 8-10, 2011

National Security Challenges Ahead: China and the Pacific

Anne Richards, Vice President, Government Relations & Advocacy, International Rescue Committee
April 1-3, 2011

When Disaster Strikes: Providing Relief for the World’s Most Vulnerable

Nick McInnes, Director, UKTI USA & Deputy Consul-General
March 25-27, 2011

The Economic Policies of Britain’s New Coalition Government

David Holdridge, President, Bridging the Divide
March 11-13, 2011

Women, Youth and New Technologies in the Middle East 

Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President, Korea Society
March 4-6, 2011

Korea and the United States: A Strategic Alliance

David Rohde, New York Times Reporter, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Author
Feb. 25-27, 2011

The Greatest Threat: Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Tribal Regions

Sarah Holewinski, Executive Director, Campaign for Innocent Feb. 18-20, 2011

Victims in Conflict - Caught in the Middle: Civilian Victims of Conflict

Josh Knauer, President and CEO, Rhiza Labs.
Feb. 18-20, 2011

Data Mining and the Global Information Commons

Dr. Safei Hamed, Chatham University
Feb. 4-6, 2011

The Developing Situation in Egypt

Clyde Prestowitz, Economic Strategy Institute
Jan. 28-30, 2011

Global Competitiveness and the Decline of U.S. Economic Might

Dr. Dana Allin, IISS, and Steven Simon, Council on Foreign Relations
Jan. 21-23, 2011

Obama’s Middle East Challenges

Michael Goering, CEO of the ZEIT Foundation and Nina Smidt, President, American Friends of Bucerius
Jan. 14-16, 2011

Foundations, Philanthropy, and Education

Michael Werz, Center For American Progress
Jan. 7-9, 2011

Turkey’s Future in Europe

Kathleen Hower, CEO, Co-Founder, Global Links
Dec. 31, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011

Medical Aid in Latin America

David Murdoch, Chairman of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Dec. 24-26, 2010

Global Travel Scholar's Welcome Home Roundtable

Brett Harvey, President, Chairman and CEO, CONSOL Energy
Dec. 17-19, 2010

Global Energy Demand

Dan Simpson, Former U.S Ambassador and Associate Editor
Dec. 10-12, 2010

Wikileaks and Diplomacy

Philip Longman, Scwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
Dec. 3-5, 2010

Global Demographics and the Graying of the Planet

Carolyn Miles, Chief Operating Officer, Save the Children
Nov. 26-28, 2010

Development, Aid and Disaster Relief in Haiti

Robert M. Kimmitt, Former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury for President George W. Bush
Nov. 19-21, 2010

The Role of Foreign Investment in the Global Economy

Ann Korin, Co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
Nov. 12-14, 2010

Oil and National Security

Mathias Sonn, Minister of Economic Affairs, Embassy of Germany
Nov. 5-7, 2010

German Perspectives on the Transatlantic Relationship

John Perkins, Economist, Author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Oct. 29-31, 2010

Are Corporations Bringing Down the Global Economy?

Rear Admiral Scott E. Sanders, Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, United States Navy
Oct. 22-24, 2010

Risky Waters: Pirates off the Coast of Somalia

Jaanus Kirikmae, Consul General, Estonia
Oct. 15-17, 2010

Emerging Estonia, Looking East and Looking West

Cari Guittard, Executive Director, Business for Diplomatic Action
Oct. 8-10, 2010

The Role of Business in Public Diplomacy

Kim Zetter, Wired News
Oct. 1-3, 2010

Privacy and Security in the Digital Age

Ambassador Philip Lader, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.K.
Sept 24-26, 2010

The United States and the United Kingdom: The "Special
Relationship" in a Globalized World

Michele Wucker, Executive Director, World Policy Institute
Sept. 10-12, 2010

The Challenge of Immigration – At Home and Abroad

Jim Wolf, Vice Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank (retired)
Sept. 2010

Focus on the Region

Barbara Barnes, Associate Vice Chancellor for Continuing Education and Industry Relationships and Associate Dean for CME at the University of Pittsburgh
Sept. 2010

Focus on the Region

Dr. Steven Sokol, President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Sept. 2010

Focus on the Region

Stephan Liozu, President & CEO, Ardex America Inc.
Sept. 2010

Focus on the Region

Joyce Davis, International Journalist and Author
Aug. 27-29, 2010

Transnational Security (Global Terrorism)

Colonel Aaron Webster, U.S. Army, Eisenhower Series College Program, U.S. Army War College
Aug. 20-22, 2010

Transnational Security (Cyberspace)

Tom Sanderson, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Transnational Security Threats, CSIS
Aug. 13-15, 2010

Transnational Security

Michelle Fanzo, President and Founder, Four Corners Consulting
Aug. 6-8, 2010

Afghanistan and the Challenges for International Development Aid

Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, former U.S. Ambassador to the EU; Advisory Board Member, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI)
July 30- Aug. 1, 2010

Iran and Its Nuclear Ambitions

His Excellency Batu Kutelia, Georgian Ambassador to U.S., Canada, and Mexico
July 23-25, 2010

The Republic of Georgia and its Relations with the United States, Europe, and its Neighbors

Niels Annen, Former German Parliamentarian
July 16-18, 2010

U.S.-German Relations

Ambassador Le Cong Phung, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
June 25-27, 2010

U.S.-Vietnamese Relations

Steven Schwager, Chief Executive Officer, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
June 4-6, 2010

Humanitarian Relief Efforts

Sherry Muller, President, National Council for International Visitors
May 28-30, 2010

Citizen Diplomacy

Andrew Nagorski, Vice President and Director of Public Policy at the EastWest Institute
May 21-23, 2010

Update on Poland

Todd Palcic, Entrepreneur
May 14-16, 2010

Doing Business Internationally

Dr. Arnulfo Valdivia Machuca, Chief of International Affairs of the State of Mexico
May 7-9, 2010

Mexico, Meeting the Challenges of Economic Recovery and Expanded Organized Crime

CDR Timothy E Riegle & COL James R Macklin, USAWC Fellows    National Security- U.S.
April 30 - May 2, 2010

National Security- U.S. Army War College

Dalia Dassa Kaye, Associate Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy, RAND Corporation
April 23-25, 2010

Update on the Middle East

Christoph Eichhorn, Head of the Political Section at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.
April 16-18, 2010

Perspectives Political Section at the German Embassy

Geoff Watts, Vice President of Coffee and Green Coffee Buyer for Intelligentsia Coffee
April 9-11, 2010

The Global Coffee Trade

Anand Pathak, Pathak & Associates Law Offices
April 2-4, 2010

India-Foreign Investment

Fikile Magubane, Consul General of South Africa, New York
March 26-28, 2010

South Africa

Steven Schwager, Chief Executive Officer, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
March 19-21, 2010

Humanitarian Relief Efforts

Arman Galledari (Dubai) & Barbara Mok (Hong Kong) Partners at Jones Day
March 12-14, 2010

Asia-Pacific and the Middle East- Foreign Investment

Dr. Horst Freitag, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York
Feb. 26-28, 2010

The U.S. and the EU: From Pittsburgh to the G-20 Summits in 2010

John Schmidt, Lecturer at George Washington University, Former Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan
Feb. 19-21, 2010

Pakistan

Dana Gold, Program Director, Infinite Family
Feb. 5-7, 2010

Infinite Family: Connecting with Africa’s Youth

Susan Rauscher, Executive Director, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
Jan. 22-24, 2010

From Haiti to Pittsburgh

Schuyler Foerster, past president, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Jan. 8-10, 2010

Reflection I, II and III

Dominic Meikeljohn, UK Deputy Consul General, New York
Jan. 1-3, 2010

UK Outlook

George Packer, Writer for the The New Yorker, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq  
Dec. 18-20, 2009

U.S. Challenge in Afghanistan - Lessons from Iraq?

Chris Michelmore, Chatham University
Dec. 11-13, 2009

Middle East – An Update

Alberta Sbragia, Jean Monnet Professor ad personam; Mark A. Nordenberg University Chair; Director, European Union Center of Excellence, European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh
Dec. 4-5, 2009

The EU After Lisbon

Simon Serfaty, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, Senior Adviser, Europe Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Nov. 27-29, 2009

Europe at a Crossroads

Robert E. Frye, President & Executive Producer, Bolthead Communications Group, Former Producer for ABC News
Nov. 20-22, 2009

Transatlantic Relations Today - The Impact of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Service Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Nov. 13-15, 2009

Africa as an Ally - The Future of U.S.-Africa Relations

David Iwinski, President, Acusis
Aug. 14-16, 2009

Pittsburgh in the Global Economy Series (Part III)

Audrey Russo, President, Pittsburgh Technology Council
Aug. 7-9, 2009  

Pittsburgh in the Global Economy Series (Part II)

Dr. Don Smith, President, RIDC
July 31 - Aug 2, 2009

Pittsburgh in the Global Economy Series Part I

Reginald Dale, Senior Fellow, Europe Program; Director, Transatlantic Media Network, Center for Strategic and International Studies
July 24-26, 2009

The European Union: An Evolving Institution

Dr. D.A. Henderson, Distinguished Scholar at the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC and Former Director of the World Health Organization’s Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign
June 26-28, 2009

BioSecurity and Preparedness

Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director
June 5-7, 2009

From Vienna to Pittsburgh: A Conversation with Manfred Honeck

Ambassador Marc Grossman, Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group;  former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
May 29-31, 2009

American Diplomacy in the 21st Century

Roger Cranville, OBE, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance  

Kent McElhattan, Chairman & CEO, Industrial Scientific Corp.
May 22-24, 2009

Opportunity Pittsburgh: Flight to Paris

Hermann Beck, President, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry (United Kingdom)
May 15-17, 2009

Economic Challenges and Business Recovery Initiatives: United Kingdom

Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the U.S.
May 8-10, 2009

Update on Ireland

Jerry Fowler, President, Save Darfur Coalition
March 20-22, 2009

Update on Darfur

Wess Mitchell, Co-Founder and Director of Research at Center for European Policy Analysis & John Hulsman, Alfred von Oppenheim Scholar, German Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin)
March 13-15, 2009

Approaches to Diplomacy: The Godfather Doctrine

Ambassador Ndilowe, Ambassador of Malawi to the U.S.
March 6-8, 2009

A Look at Africa

Dick Hoey, Chief Economist, BNY Mellon
Feb. 6-8, 2009

The State of Our Economy

Dr. Arnulfo Valdivia Machuca, Chief of International Affairs of the State of Mexico
Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2009

The Global Economy - A Look at Mexico City

Jared Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University
Jan. 9-11, 2009

Impressions on a Visit to Iran

Dr. Horst Freitag, Consul General for the Federal Republic of Germany
Jan. 2-4, 2009

Expectations of the Next Administration

Ambassador Vasil Sikharulidze, Amb. of Georgia to the U.S.
Dec. 19-21, 2008

Spotlight on Georgia: Conflict and International Relations

Congressman Altmire (PA-4)
Dec. 12-14, 2008

Looking Ahead: Opportunities and Challenges in the Next Administration

Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18)
Dec. 5-7, 2008

Looking Ahead: Opportunities and Challenges in the Next Administration

Steve Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation and Publisher, TheWashingtonNote
Nov. 14-16, 2008

The New Administration: Foreign Policy Challenges Part I

Ernst von Weizsaecker, Dean, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Univ. of California Santa Barbara
Nov. 7-9, 2008

Redirecting Technological Progress: Greener, Profitable, Sustainable

Ambassador Antonio Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the U.S.
Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, 2008

Brazil- U.S. Relations

Hans-Ulrich Klose, Chairman, German-American Parliamentary Group
Oct. 24-25, 2008

Foreign Policy Challenges: Afghanistan, Iran, and Russia

Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command
Oct. 17-19, 2008

Your Navy and the Maritime Strategy

John Zogby, President & CEO of Zogby International & Renowned Pollster
Sept. 19-21, 2008

Pittsburgh and the Middle East Gulf States: Forging Lasting Ties

Daniel Brutto, President, UPS International
Sept. 12-14, 2008

Staying Competitive in a Globalized World

David Iwinski, Chief Executive Officer and President, Acusis
Aug. 8-10, 2008

Pittsburgh in the Global Economy Series, Part II

Sue Suleski, Technology Investment Specialist, DCED
July 11-13, 2008

Connecting to the World, Technology, Development in Western PA

Ambassador Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Head of U.S. Delegation to the Six-Party Talks
May 18-20, 2007

Six-Party Talks on North Korean Nuclear Program

Larry Wilkerson, Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell

Focus on the Future, Iraq

Anne Garrels, Senior Foreign Correspondent, Foreign Desk, National Public Radio

Ayub Nuri, Iraqi Freelance Journalist
April 13-15, 2007

Covering Baghdad

Senator Arlen Specter, U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania
March 9-11, 2007

The Middle East and National Policy

Congressman Jason Altmire, 4th Congressional District, PA
March 2-4, 2007

Congressional Perspectives

John D. Hofmeister, President, Shell Oil Company
Feb. 16-18, 2007

The U.S., Energy, and the Future

Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Dec. 15-17, 2006

The State of Affairs

Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Nov. 17-19, 2006

Development, Democracy and Peace

Condoleezza Rice,
U.S. Secretary of State
Oct. 23-24, 2004

U.S. Strategy and Global War on Terror