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The Los Angeles World Affairs Council promotes greater understanding of current global issues and their impact on the people of Southern California by inviting authoritative, influential figures in world affairs to Los Angeles and providing them an open forum |
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Speeches 2004-05 All available transcripts of address presented to the Council in the 2004-05 season |
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Text versions open in adobe .pdf format |
A rough transcript is normally available online within a week after the speech is given. Final versions, fully edited, replace these by the end of the season. Speeches are edited for readability and grammar, not content. |
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| September 22 | |||
| Preventing Nuclear Terrorism |
The Honorable Graham Allison Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard |
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| September 23 | |||
| Politics and Foreign Policy: Views from the L.A. Times and the Financial Times |
Andrew Gowers Editor-in-Chief, Financial Times
John Carroll Editor, Los Angeles Times
Robert Guttman Editor-in-Chief, TransAtlantic Magazine |
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| The Mess We're In: How America's Leaders Have Failed in the Middle East |
Dr. James Zogby President, Arab American Institute |
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| October 21 | |||
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Security Issues in South Asia |
The Honorable Strobe Talbot President, The Brookings Institute
Stephen P. Cohen Senior Analyst, The Brookings Institute |
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| October 22 | |||
| Fact, Fiction and Foreign Policy |
Christopher Dickey Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor, Newsweek Author, The Sleeper |
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The U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance and the Situation on the Korean Peninsula |
His Excellency Roh Moo-Hyun President of the Republic of Korea |
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| The Motion Picture Industry in the 21st Century: A New Golden Age? |
The Honorable Dan Glickman President and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America |
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| December 6 | |||
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Film and Foreign Policy |
Michael Moore filmmaker |
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| January 19 | |||
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Reforming the United Nations and Building Cooperation Towards Peace and Security |
The Rt. Hon. Alexander Downer Minister of Foreign Affairs, Australia |
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| January 25 | |||
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Tsunami Relief Benefit Dinner |
The Honorable Consuls General from Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and the Acting Consul General from Sri Lanka |
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| February 22 | |||
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A Roadmap to Immigration Reform in California and the Nation |
The Honorable David Dreier House of representatives (R-CA) Chairman, House Rules Committee |
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| February 24 | |||
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Silent National Security Threats |
The Honorable Anthony Lake Former National Security Advisor Chairman of the Board, US Fund for UNICEF |
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An Update on the War on Terrorism
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General Richard Myers Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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| February 28 | |||
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China's Terracotta Warriors
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Zhang Zhongli Vice president, Chinese Association of Research, Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Army
Jianxin Wang Director, Archeology Society, China |
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The Future of the Middle East |
His Excellency Yossi Beilin Former Minister of Justice, Israel |
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| March 9 | |||
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Reflections on the Tsunami, Darfur and AIDS Crisis |
Nicolas de Torrente Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders, USA |
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| March 10 | |||
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The Future of Pakistan-U.S. Relations |
His Excellecny General Jehangir Karamat Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States |
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| March 15 | |||
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Space Weapons or Space Arms Control |
Major Gen. Dan Leaf Vice Commander, Air Force Space Command
Dr. Phillip Coyle Center for Defense Information |
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| April 6 | |||
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Winds of Change in the Middle East |
His Excellency Efraim Halevy Director, Center for Strategic and Policy Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Former Director, Mossad Intelligence Agency; Former Israeli National Security Advisor |
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| June 13 | |||
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The Role the Arab League Must Play in the Middle East |
His Excellency Hussein Hassouna Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the United Nations |
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| June 22 | |||
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1776: The Fight for Independence |
David McCullough Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Author |
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The Influence of International law on U.S. Domestic Law |
Kenneth W. Starr Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law, Former U.S. Independent Consul |
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Britain and the United States: Meeting the Challenges of a Rapidly Changing World |
The Rt. Hon. John Prescott Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State, United Kingdom |
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Squandered Victory |
Larry Diamond Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Author, Squandered Victory |
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Resolve, Not Retreat |
The Honorable Donald Rumsfeld United States' Secretary of Defense |
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These speeches are edited for readability not content. The views expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Council, but are solely those of the individual authors. The Los Angeles World Affairs Council in non-partisan, non-profit organization that pays neither honoraria or expenses to its speakers.
