Past Events Archives
Meridian YP
Grant Thornton Member Open House
His Excellency Daniel Mulhall
Ambassador of Ireland to the U.S.
The Road to the Civil War
Joanne Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University
Leaders: Myth and Reality
General Stanley McChrystal, Founder, McChrystal Group
Democracy, Rebellion and Revolution
Ben Fountain, Winner of a PEN/Hemingway Award
Clinton Impeachment: The Independent Counsel's Memoir
Ken Starr, Former United States Solicitor General
America's Place in the World
Suzy Hansen, Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine & Author, Notes on a Foreign Country
America's Role as Enforcer of Peace and Order
Robert Kagan, Stephen & Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Waiting for Eden: A Novel
Elliot Ackerman, Finalist for the National Book Award
Politics and the Press
Sean Spicer, Twenty-eighth White House Press Secretary and White House Communications Director (2017)
Presidents of War
Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian and Bestselling Author
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
James Forman, Jr., Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Finding Theo: A Father's True Story of Loss, Courage, and Discovery
Tim Krause, Author
War in the Cyber Age
David Sanger, National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
Mohammed Al Samawi, Peace Activist & Author of The Fox Hunt
Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, World-renowned presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author
Every Day is Extra
The Honorable John Kerry, 68th United States Secretary of State
H.E. Sardar Masood Khan
President of Azad Jammu Kashmir
Music and The Omani Arts Economy
Dr. Anne Rasmussen (Free Program) Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology, William M. and Annie B. Bickers Professor of Middle Eastern Studies; Director, The William and Mary Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
WorldQuest – Japan "Festival at Mount Fuji"
Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas's 32nd congressional district
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Sahm Venter, Senior Researcher at the Nelson Mandela Foundation & Journalist Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, Nelson Mandela's Granddaughter & Entrepreneur
A New Agenda & Bipartisanship for the Americas & the U.S.
Christopher Sabatini, Lecturer, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Founder and Executive Director, Global Americans; Editor, www.theglobalamericans.org
Ambassador Marc Grossman, Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group; Ambassador to Turkey (1994-1997), U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (2011-2012)
The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans
Adm. Jim Stavridis, USN (Ret.), NATO's 16th Supreme Allied Commander Europe and 15th Commander of the U.S. European Command (2009-2013), Head of U.S. Southern Command (2006-2009), Former Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Chief International Security Analyst for NBC News; Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group
Homelands: The Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration
Alfredo Corchado, Border-Mexico Correspondent, The Dallas Morning News
Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison
Permanent Representative of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A Memoir of the Obama White House
Ben Rhodes, Former Deputy National Security Advisor
American National Security in an Age of Lies
General Michael V. Hayden, Principal, The Chertoff Group; Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2006 - 2009); Director, National Security Agency (1999 - 2005)
Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence
James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence (2010-2017)
Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire
Bret Baier, Chief Political Anchor, Fox News Channel; Anchor and Executive Editor, Special Report with Bret Baier
Negotiating the Nonnegotiable and Conflict Resolution
Dr. Daniel L. Shapiro, Founder and Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program
The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence
Amir Husain, Entrepreneur and computer scientist; Founder and CEO of SparkCognition, Inc.
The Changing Future of America's Global Role: A Debate
Jasen Castillo, Associate Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
Loren DeJonge Schulman, Deputy Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security
Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy at Brookings
Anna Simmons, Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
Gregory Hellman, Defense Reporter, POLITICO (moderator)
The Soul of America: Battle for Our Better Angels
Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of American Lion, Franklin and Winston and Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director, International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations
Pakistan-U.S. Bilateral Relations
His Excellency Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the U.S.
The Final Year: Screening and Discussion
Greg Barker - Director and Producer, The Final Year;
Ned Price - Former Special Assistant to the President, Spokesperson; Senior Director, National Security Council, The White House
Taming the Sun
Varun Sivaram, Philip D. Reed fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relation
Dueling Views of the Cold War's End
Jeffrey Engel, Director, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
William Taubman, Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Amherst College
Moderators: Svetlana Savranskaya and Thomas Blanton, principals with George Washington University's National Security Archive
American Influence: The Cost of American Nationalism
James Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg chair at the Council on Foreign Relations
The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant Today
Jorge Ramos, Writer and Journalist and winner of eight Emmy awards
Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States
Hacking, Fake News, Cyber Security: Their Impact on American Elections
Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
The Art of the Deal: Our Foreign Policy One Year Later
Casimir Yost, Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
South Korea: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers
Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations
His Excellency Armando Varricchio
Ambassador of Italy to the U.S.
Our Time Has Come: India's Place in the World
Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations
2018 International Educator of the Year Luncheon
President Vicente Fox, President of Mexico (2000-2006)
The Line Becomes a River
Francisco Cantu, Agent, United States Border Patrol (2008-2012); former Fulbright fellow; recipient of a Pushcart Prize and a 2017 Whiting Award
His Excellency Madjid Bouguerra
His Excellency Madjid Bouguerra, Ambassador of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria to the United States
A Humpty Dumpty Europe
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Executive Director, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School
The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Destined for War? The Future of the American and Chinese Relationship
Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Meeting the Tech Tide with Work that Wows and Jobs that Last
Tom Peters, co-author, In Search of Excellence
A Conversation with Ambassador Ryan Crocker
Tuesday, November 27 2018
Global Forum F-35 Tour
Breakfast with David Sanger
National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
DMA Reception & Guided Tour
The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana
Reception and Private Tour of the Perot Legacy Hall
Lawrence Wright
Pulitzer Prize-winning Author; Screenwriter, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Fellow, Center for Law and Security, New York University School of Law
Cooking Class at Souk Mediterranean Bistro & Bar
Bryan Garner
President, LawProse Inc.
Meridian: Holiday Reception at the Meadows Museum
Thursday, November 29, 2018Featuring a Tour of the "Dali: Poetics of the Small" Exhibit
Meridian Service Project: Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls
The Beautiful Game: A Night with FC Dallas
The GAIA Story with Paula Minnis
International Cocktails with a Twist
Steve Coll Meet and Greet
The Great Debate: A History of U.S. Immigration Waves, Policies
Private Tour of the Statler