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Guest Speakers
​2020/2021 Season

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Robin Fields — October 25, 2020
"Surviving in an Age of Disinformation"
Robin Fields, managing editor of ProPublica, provided a blockbuster kickoff for the new season, addressing the powerful geopolitical risks and forces reshaping the global order - precisely what we wanted to frame the presentations that follow.

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Michael Pillsbury — January 17, 2021
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"​China's Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower"
Hong Kong suppression, Belt and Road, and threats to Taiwan are only the beginning.

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Ted Nordhaus — January 28, 2021
"​The Election's Over. What Now for Global Warming?"
Extreme views dominate the headlines, but practical, incremental steps can lead the way.

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Adam Davidson — February 21, 2021
​"The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century"
The brilliant creator of NPR's Planet Money podcast and award winning New Yorker staff writer explains our current economy.


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James Boutilier — March 14, 2021
​"Rising Peril in the Arctic: Russia and China Make Their Moves"
Military expansion in the Arctic Ocean usher in a new era of U.S. economic and security threats.


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David Rohde — April 18, 2021
​"The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about America's 'Deep State'"
What is it? Who controls it? And who needs it? David Rohde gave us the answers.


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