Welcome

USFSP Chancellor Sophia Wisniewska, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, Ambassador Douglas McElhane

8:30am

Here’s a tweet: build that wall and make them pay.

Janet Crane

Iglesias, Slattery, Grim, van Keppel

9:00am

Africa: are its states on a firm footing?

Africa: are its states on a firm footing?

Wesley Wallace

10:20am

Canada and America: are we brothers or distant cousins?

ichel Amblard

Grim, Morgan, Gallon, McIntosh

10:20am

Offshore holdings: hiding your hard-earned cash from the tax man.

George Hamilton

Fabrega, Casadonte, Princip, Wistocki

11:30am

Cyber meddling: what to do about it?

Arsenault

Casadonte, M. Smith, Davis, Rowen

11:30am

International education: who wins and who loses?

Ray Gallon

Casadonte, M. Smith, Davis, Rowen

11:30am

Student Recruiting Luncheon
Student only luncheon. Students will hear from a representative from the U.S. Peace Corps for future career opportunities.

12:30pm

The Arab Spring: is it now December?

J. Maguire

Jawad, King, Clem, Kubicek

2:00pm

Trade agreements like NAFTA work to our disadvantage.

Kevin McGuire

Limayem, Hoskinson, Princip

2:00pm

President Trump’s foreign policy: from tweets to reality.

Steve Tauber

Edmonds, Hoskinson, J. Maguire, Skinner

3:10pm

Enlighten me: how do you bring back jobs to America?

Tom Cason

Sundaram, Limayem, K. McGuire, Miniter

3:10am

After Ukraine, Georgia, and Crimea, where is Putin’s next land grab?

Edmonds

Kubicek, Slider, McCarthy, Clem

9:00am

You broke it, you buy it. Chances for progress in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Robert Schaefer

Schaefer
Hogle, Shemanski, Skinner, M. Smith

9:00am

Africa: is it finally ready for its close-up?

Wallace

Biloa, J. Maguire, D. Seligsohn, Rowen

10:20am

Spying: do you talk with real people or crack internet codes?

Ralph Clem

Shemanski, Clem, Pope, R. Neuman

10:20am

The arts: a pillar of civilization or increasingly commercialized commodity?

Brincklow

Lydecker, Cleary, Lapidus, Yanbukhtin

11:30am

Arab-Israeli peace: any bets on near-term progress?

Biloa

Jimenez-Bacardi, Menasce, Shemanski

11:30am

Syria: can we find a dog in this fight?

Sattin

Jawad, Biloa, Skinner, Miniter

2:00pm

“River to the Heart,” a film by Eddy Harris. Followed by Q&A with Mr. Harris.

Diane Seligsohn

2:00pm

NATO: your grandfather’s great idea?

Robert Schaefer

Skinner, McCarthy, Pauland, Miniter, Barclay

3:10pm

Globalization: vaccine against war or a catalyst for nationalist upheaval?

Tom Cason

Biloa, R. Neuman, King

3:10pm

Is Populism the new normal?

J. Maguire

King, Biloa, Pope, Miniter

9:00am

Why is Canada Dudley Do-Right and America GI Joe?

Diane Seligsohn

Gallon, Grim, Morgan, Skinner

9:00am

Identity Politics in a Global World

Scher

Harris, B. Smith, Acevedo, S. Neuman

10:20am

Music and Art: how their impact overpowers political borders.

Paul Wilborn

Lapidus, Manson, Suggs, Brincklow

10:20am

Brexit, Greece, refugees, Italian banks: the end of the EU dream?

Michael Amblard

Shemanski, Hamilton, Maguire, Barclay

11:30am

Getting to (re) know you: Cuba and America after 12 months of relations.

Joe McClash

Fabrega, Boardman, Hoskinson, Miniter

11:30am

Student Recruiting Luncheon
Student only luncheon. Students will hear from a representative from the U.S. Foreign Service for future career opportunities.

12:30pm

Like it or lump it, fake news is here to stay.

Leo Seligsohn

R. Neuman, Maguire, Hogle, Mantzarlis

2:00pm

Off the front page: have our Central-American neighbors turned it around?

Tony Sondhi

Wistocki, Morgan, van Keppel

2:00pm

What’s it really like being an immigrant?

Ray Gallon

Harris, Prakash, Slattery, Acevedo

3:10pm

Is Turkey (still) an ally and an aspirant to the Europe club?

Susan Neuman

Kubicek, Pope, Ozturk

3:10pm