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The following is a list of all speeches available online arranged alphabetically by surnames.

 

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Vitaly Ignatenko
Director General, ITAR-TASS Russian News Agency

02/05/2002

 

04/30/2004

Russia on the Move; President Putin's Priorities for a Second term
 

 

His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza

Secretary General of the Organization of American States

Oct 31, 2007

The OAS and the Advance of Democracy     

 

 

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Jesse L. Jackson
President and CEO, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
2/17/1998

Changing Times: Changeless Values; Continuing Challenges
 

 

S. Jayakumar
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Singapore
11/18/1997

ASEAN at Thirty: Accomplishments and Challenges


Haynes Johnson
Author, The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years
10/10/2001

 

The Honorable Richard H. Jones

U.S. Ambassador to Israel

10/11/2006

U.S. Middle East Ambassador's Panel   

 

July 15, 2008

The Progress of the Annapolis Peace Process 

 

 

Vladislav Jovanovic
Ambassador to the United Nations, Federal Republic of
6/2/1999

Crisis in Kosovo: Prospects for a Peaceful Settlement
 

 

 

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Dr. David Kang
Author
Faultines in China's Economic Terrain
Date: 11/17/2003

 

 

Jehangir Karamat
Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan
1/27/2000

 

Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States

The Future of U.S. Pakistan Relations

03/10/2005

 

His Excellency Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri

Foreign Minister of Pakistan

7/13/2006

Pakistan: Responding to Regional Challanges and opportunities

 

 

Jan Kavan
President of the 57th General Assembly of the United Nations
5/1/2003

 

 

Takatoshi Kato
Former Vice Minister of Finance for International Relations, Japan
9/29/1999

Changing Fortunes in the U.S.-Japan Relations


Moshe Katsav
President of the State of Israel
06/06/2001

 

 

Jan Kavan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
4/12/2000

 

 

Jack Kemp
Co-Director, Empower America
2/23/1998

Why America Must Lead
 

 

Zalmay Khalilzad
Director of Strategy and Doctrine Program, Project Air Force,
3/9/2000

 

United States Ambassador to the United Nations,

Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq

December 6, 2007

The United States and the UN   

 

 

 

Nina Khrushcheva
Granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev
1/19/2000

The Mysteries of Political Strategy
 

 

Arman Kirakossian
Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States
2/28/2000

Armenia Panel
 

 

Henry Kissinger
Former U.S. Secretary of State
4/20/1999

U.S. Foreign Policy Through the Decades
 

 

Vaclav Klaus
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
11/14/1997

The Czech Republic, NATO and European Union Enlargement

 

04/25/2006

The Czech Republic's Role in the New Europe    
 

 

Kevin Klose

President, National Public Radio

04/17/2007

The Demise of International Reporting   

 

 

Robert Kocharian
President, Republic of Armenia
9/28/1998

Armenia's Role in the International Community
 

 

The Honorable Handriyo Kusumo-Priyo
Consul General of Indonesia in Los Angeles

Tsunami Benefit Dinner

 

 

Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States

03/07/2001

 

 

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The Right Honorable Ricardo Lagos Escobar
President of Chile
10/14/2001

 

 

The Honorable Anthony Lake
Former National Security Advisor;

Professor, Georgetown University

02/24/2005
Silent National Security Threats

 

 

The Honorable Rita Lau, JP

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development,

Hong Kong

November 17, 2008

Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Why Hong Kong Should be Part of Your International Business Strategy  

 

 

Los Angeles Times Senior Editorial Staff
Los Angeles Times
2/19/1998


4/26/1999

Assessing the Past, Predicting the Future

9/14/2000

Election 2000 and Beyond
 

1/23/2003
Global Security Since 9/11

 

09/11/2006

Remembering 9/11       
 

 

Emily Lau
Hong Kong Activist and Founder of the Frontier Party
9/11/1997

 

 

His Excellency Sergei V. Lavrov

Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation

09/25/2006

Russia and the United States:

Between the Past and the Future   

 

 

Carla Lazzareschi, Stacey R. Strickler
Photographs of a 20th Century City
8/03/2000

 

 

Lt. Gen. Dan Leaf
Vice Commander, Air Force Space Command

02/15/2005
Space Weapons or Space Arms Control

 

 

The Honorable Richard LeBaron

U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait

10/11/2006

U.S. Middle East Ambassador's Panel   

 

 

Lee Hoi-Chang
Former Prime Minister, Republic of Korea
9/10/1999

Korea in the New Millennium: A Strategy for Peace and Prosperity
 

 

Martin Lee
Chairman, Democratic Party, Hong Kong
3/25/1997

The Future of Hong Kong after Midnight, June 30, 1997
 

 

Michael C. Lemmon
Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Armenia
2/28/2000

Armenia Panel

 

 

Joseph I. Lieberman
United States Senator
1/14/1997

The U.S. Role in the Middle East Peace Process
 

 

Robert J. Lifton
Author, Destroying the World to Save It
11/4/1999

Destroying the World to Save It
 

 

James R. Lilley
Former United States Ambassador to China

05/06/2004

Recent Developments in China

 

 

Her Excellency Tzipi Livni

Vice Prime Minister,Foreign Minister, Israel

November 13, 2004

Challenges Facing Israel and the World  

 

 

Daniel Lubetsky
Founder, President, OneVoice
09/24/2003

Empowering Palestinian and Israeli Moderates

 

 

Justin Logan

Associate Director of Foreign Policy, Cato Institute

December 3, 2007

Iran: The Grand Bargain     


 

 

 

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His Excellency Ma, Ying-Jeou

Mayor of Taipei, Taiwan

03/27/2006

Peace and Stability in East Asia: Taiwan's Role 

 

 

His Excellency Kishore Mahbubani

Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

February 20, 2008

Democracy in Southeast Asia   

 

 

His Excellency Clovis Maksoud
Director, Center for the Global South, American University,
Former Arab League Ambassador to the United Nations

September 20, 2007

The Future of Arab-U.S. Relations: Problems and Prospects   

 

His Excellency

Alexandros Mallias

Mayor of Rome

The Role of Greece in Southeastern Europe and Beyond     

 

James Mann
Foreign Affairs Columnist, Los Angeles Times
2/4/1999

America's Curious Relationship with China

 

3/6/2007

The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders

Explain Away Chinese Repression               


 

Sir David Manning, KPMG
British Ambassador to the United States
10/11/2005

Building a Stronger E.U-U.S. Relationship

 

 

The Honorable Michael W. Marine

Ambassador of the United States to Vietnam

10/28/2005

A Decade of Progress: The U.S.-Vietnam Relationship 

 

 

Mary McAleese
President of Ireland
9/16/1999

Ireland - A Transformation in Progress
 

 

The Honorable John McCain

United States Senator from Arizona,

Candidate for the Republican Party Nomination for President

March 26, 2008

U.S. Foreign Policy: Where We Go From Here     

 

 

David McCullough
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

Author, 1776
6/22/2005

1776: The Fight for Independence

 

 

Vladimir Meciar
Former Prime Minister of Slovakia,
Chairman, Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
03/25/2002

Slovakia as an Integrated Part of Europe
 

Stanley Meisler

Author, Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace

in a World of War

Former Foreign Reporter, Los Angeles Times

Kofi Annan and the Future of the United Nations      

 

 

Aziz Mekouar
Ambassador of Morocco to the United States
4/13/2004

Islam, Democracy and Economic Reform in Morocco: Escaping the Shadow of Terrorism

 

 

Sir Christopher Meyer
British Ambassador to the United States
1/21/1998

The U.K.-U.S. Global Partnership
 

 

Aaron David Miller
Foreign Policy Fellow

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,

Author, The Much Too Promised Land
04/07/2008

Why Peace is Possible and Why America Should Care   

 

 

His Excellency Leszek Miller
Prime Minister of Poland
02/06/2003

Poland: Revisiting the Transatlantic Partnership
 

 

The Honorable George Mitchell
Chairman, International Commission on Disarmament in Northern
4/16/1999

Ireland's Road to Peace

 

 

Former Senate Majority Leader,

Former U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland

May 29, 2008

The United States' Role in the World   

 


His Excellency Roh Moo-Hyun
President of the Republic of Korea
The U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance and the Situation on the Korean Peninsula

 

 

Michael Moore
Filmmaker
Film and Foreign Policy

 

The Rt. Hon. Rhodri Morgan, AM
First Minister of the National Assembly of Wales
09/04/2001

 

 

Amre Moussa
Foreign Minister, Arab Republic of Egypt
3/20/2000

 

 

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned

First Lady of Qatar

5/15/2007

War on Cynicism: Winning Young Minds    

 

 

Marwan Muasher
Ambassador to the United States Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
4/10/2000

Jordan's Political and Economic Challenges For the New

 

July 10, 2008

Peace Between Arabs and Israelis: Wanted and Possible   
 

 

Admiral Mike Mullen

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

September 22, 2008

Striking Balance in National Defense    

 

 

His Excellency Pervez Musharraf
President of Pakistan
7/27/2003

Pakistan: U.S. Ally at the Crossroads of Central, South and South West Asia
 

 

The Rt. Hon. Paul Murphy
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
03/19/2004

Northern Ireland: The Price of Peace
 

 

Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Group
2/7/2001

“Transcending Middle East Hostilities:  A Code of Ethics for Dialogue"

 

 

General Richard Myers
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

02/25/2005
An Update on the War on Terrorism


 

 

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The Honorable John Negroponte
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
02/19/2002

 

 

Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
11/17/1997

Israel: Going Into the Twenty-First Century
 

 

Newsweek Magazine's Senior Staff
Countdown to the Millennium: Some Predictions for the Future
12/7/1999

 

 

Njongonkulu Ndungane
Archbishop Of Cape Town
6/16/2000

A New Humanity For A New Age: Moral And Ethical Interpretation In A Globalizing World.
 

 

The Honorable Zulkephli Mohd Noor
Consul General of Malaysia in Los Angeles

Tsunami Benefit Dinner

 

 

Joseph P. Nye
Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

4/8/2004

Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics
 

 

 

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Keizo Obuchi
Prime Minister of Japan
4/29/1999

Japan: America's Partner in Asia
 

 

 

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H.M. Reza Pahlavi of Iran
11/15/2001

The Future of Iran and its Relations with the West
 

 

The Honorable Rod Paige
United States Secretary of Education
02/13/2002

Educating a New Generation

 

 

Milan Panic
Former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, CEO of ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
03/21/2001

"Peace and Prosperity in the Balkans" 
 

 

Sir Emry Jones Parry

Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United Nations

02/18/2004

Why We Need the United Nations

 

05/6/2006

The United Nations:

An Essential Tool to Confront Today's Global Challenges   
 


Christopher F. Patten
Commissioner of the European Commission, 
Former Governor of Hong Kong
07/23/2001

 

 

Edward Peck
Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq

10/2/2003

After Iraq What? A Candid Assessment of Recent Developments
 

 

Jan Petersen
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway

04/152004

Global Security Challenges: A Norwegian Perspective
 

 

Gamini Pemasiri
Acting Consul General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles

Tsunami Benefit Dinner

 

 

Kevin Phillips
Commentator and Author of The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics
1/14/1999

Politics, Civil Warfare and the Rise of Anglo-America to World
 

 

T. Boone Pickens

Chairman and CEO BP Capital

August 5, 2008

An Energy Plan to End America's Dependence on Foreign Oil     

 

 

Amanda Pike
Reporter/Producer PBS' FRONTLINE/World
2/19/1999

Pol Pot's Shadow
 

 

The Rt. Hon. John Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State, United Kingdom

7/25/2005

Britain and the United States: Meeting the Challenges of a Rapidly Changing World

 

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