Great Debates Series

General Meeting

Islam and Human Rights

Presider: Juju Chang, Correspondent, 20/20 ABC News
Speaker: Shirin Ebadi, Winner, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2003
June 7, 2004

**This meeting is on-the-record**

General Meeting

Colombia: Is the United States in Too Deep?

Presider: Robert Anthony Snow, Host, Fox News Sunday
Speakers: Paul D. Wellstone, Member, U.S. Senate, (D-Minn)
Christopher J. Dodd, Member, U.S. Senate (D-Conn)
June 6, 2001

This meeting will be on the record.

General Meeting

Future U.S. Defense Policy and Military Spending

Presider: June V. Cross, Senior Producer, Blackside
Speakers: Richard L. Armitage, President, Armitage Associates
Gordon M. Adams, Visiting Professor of International Affairs and Director, Security Policy Studies Program, George Washington University
Jon Kyl, Member, U.S. Senate (R-Ariz.)
Carl M. Levin, Member, U.S. Senate (D-Mich.)
September 25, 2000

Cohosted by: Georgetown University and Howard University

Cosponsored by: AUSA and BENS

General Meeting

Can or Should the United States Help Russia?

Presider: Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: William E. Odom, Lieutenant General, USA (Ret.); Director, National Security Studies, Hudson Institute, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Michael A. McFaul, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Associate
October 28, 1998

Russia continues to sink economically and politically. Nonetheless, given Russia's strategic importance, should the United States still try to help by offering major economic aid?

General Meeting

Sanctions Against Rogue States: Do They Work?

Presider: Leslie H. Gelb
Speakers: Robert G. Torricelli, U.S. Senate (D-N.J.), Institute for International Economics
C. Fred Bergsten, Director
April 20, 1998

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