Luncheon Discussion Groups

A special subscription series inaugurated in 1946 involving eight off-the-record presentations each year by policy-level experts. Membership is maintained at a level that maximizes discussion between the guest speaker and the audience.

Special Luncheons

Major luncheon events featuring well-known, policy-level speakers from time to time throughout the year.  The Council hosted Dr. Condoleezza Rice during a 2004 Special Luncheon. To view her comments, please use the link below. Or to hear the Pittsburgh Global Press Conference featuring Dr. Condoleezza Rice, please go to the KQV Global Press Conference page.

Council Speaker Testifies Before Congress on German Foreign Policy

Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Washington Bureau Chief of Die Zeit and our October Luncheon Discussion Group speaker, recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations regarding prospects for German foreign policy in the fragile coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel.