Indianapolis Committee on Foreign Relations

2003 Speakers

• "Civil-Military Interface" by Dr. Sarah Archer, a visiting fellow at Hudson Institute, private contractor with Battle Command Training Program in Leavenworth, Kans., and visiting faculty member at the Joint Forces Staff College and others: 22 January 2003.
• "Fundamental Issues We Don't Talk About in America: Development, Terrorism, Justice, Credibility and Sustainability" by Dr. William Cyrus Reed, Assistant Provost, International Education, Ball State University, Muncie: 25 February 2003.
• "Reflections of an Iraqi American" by Dr. Zaineb Istrabadi, lecturer, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University Bloomington; associate director and outreach coordinator of the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program, coordinator of Arabic Language instruction, Indiana University Bloomington: 27 March 2003.
• "The Piratization of Russia: Is Putin the Solution?" by Prof. Marshall I. Goldman, Harvard University: 24 April 2003.
• "A Muslim Physician's Jihad Against Terrorism" by Dr. Shahid Athar: 18 September 2003.
• "A view of Iraq from an advisor to Dr. Adnan al-Pachachi, member of the Iraqi Governing Council Presidency" by Feisal Amin Istrabadi: 9 October 2003.
• "Election Time in the Caucasus: Georgia and Azerbaijan Change Horses," by Thomas Goltz, author of Chechen Diary: 12 November 2003.
• "We are engaged in a war of ideas" by Paul Bartley, chief of staff, International Broadcasting Bureau: 11 December 2003.

2002 Speakers

• "Iraqi Kurdistan as a model democracy for the future, post-Saddam Hussein Iraq," by Nijyar H. Shemdin, Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States since 1997: 16 January 2002.
• "New Global Challenges and Russia" by Lilia Shevtsova, who represents the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace at the Carnegie Moscow Center in Russia: 26 February 2002.
• "Afghanistan" by M. Nazif Shahrani, Chairman, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, where he is also a Professor of Anthropology, Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies: 5 March 2002.
• "Intelligence Ethics and the War on Terrorism" by Burton L. Gerber, retired Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer and member of the Council on Foreign Relations: 20 March 2002.
• "Indonesia: Transition to Democracy," by Joe Molyneux, vice president of security for Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Co., which operates the largest copper and gold mine in the world, and is the largest employer and taxpayer in Papua (formerly Krian Jaya) Indonesia: 23 April 2002.
• Presentation by Daniel Silke. an Independent Political Analyst specialising in current South and Southern African political and economic issues: 29 May 2002.
• "The Coming War with Iraq" by Laurie Mylroie, vice-president of Washington-based "Information for Democracy" and an internationally recognized expert on Iraq and the Middle East: 26 September 2002.
• "The United States and Europe: NATO the EU and the Future of Atlantic Relations" by Adam Garfinkle, editor of National Interest magazine: 17 October 2002.
• "Afghanistan, Terrorism and Current Foreign Policy," presentation by Phyllis E. Oakley, who retired from the U.S. Department of State in 2000 as Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research: 6 November 2002.
• "Preemption of Rogue States and Terrorists: Good Law? Good Policy?" presentation by Robert Turner: 26 November 2002.
• A presentation on Turkey by John Sitilides, executive director, Western Policy Center: 4 December 2002.

Speakers 2001 and earlier

• Lt Col Peter W. Reynolds (British Army); Chief, Public Service Section, Public Information Office, Strategic Command Europe in Mons, Belgium; and Lt Commander Nick Hammond MBE (Royal Navy), REA Survey Officer Exercise and Operations Branch, Strategic Command Atlantic in Norfolk, Va.: 18 October 2001.
• Vygaudas Usackas, Ambassador of Special Missions at the Lithuanian Ministerial Advisory Group and Director of Multi-Lateral Relations in charge of the NATO application by Lithuania: 18 September 2001.
• Brian L. Marshall, U.S. Department of State representative to Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 20 March 2001.
• Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 18 January 2001.
• Prof. John Clark, Director for Public Policy Research Institute Initiative, Hudson Institute: "Relations among U.S., China and Russia," 24 October 2000.
• Lawrence J. Goodrich, director of communications, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, 8 November 2000.
• Dr. Arthur Alexander, director, Japan Economic Institute, 13 December 2000.
• Lynn Marvin Hansen, consultant to Arms Control Intelligence Statt and Intelligence Community's Non-Proliferation Center, 9 June 1999.

Officers

• Chairman, Steven A. Tuchman
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• vice-chairman, John R. Carr Jr.
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• secretary/treasurer, Courtenay Weldon
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