2014 Schedule

Welcoming Remarks

Sophia T. Wisniewska, Chancellor, USF St. Petersburg • Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg • Douglas L. McElhaney, Ambassador (ret.)

4:00pm

Religion and Politics are Like Oil and Water

Wald, Hambley, Asayesh, Mantilla

4:30pm

Africa: A New Success Story or China’s Backyard?

Ofori-Dankwa, Felice, McGuire, Conteh-Morgan

5:50pm

Getting Out of the Mideast and Asserting US Power in Asia

Milani, Andrusyszyn, Wald, Delong

9:00am

The US Should Build Democracies in Countries Less Fortunate

Carlin, Ofori-Dankwa, Reppert, Hozic

9:00am

Cyber-Terrorism is a Greater Threat Than Nuclear Weapons

Andruscyn, Campbell, Milani, Clem

10:20am

Europe and America Can Go Their Separate Ways

Olivieri, Heimann, Hozic, Lewis

10:20am

Sustaining Earth’s Resources is a Left-Wing Plot

Noun, Alcock, Gardner, Rubiello

11:30am

Dealing with New Powers (Brazil, Russia, India, China…)

Hozic, Yanbukhtin, Reppert, Verghese

11:30am

U.S. Military Intervention is the Only Alternative if Diplomacy Fails

Felice, Heimann, Delong, Clem

2:00pm

Global Warming Will Give Us More Time on the Beach

Hambley, Rubiello, Alcock, Noun

2:00pm

American Human Rights Policy Should Stress LGBT Issues

Nadine Smith, Michael Smith, Tilley, Bejtovic

3:10pm

What Happened to That Economic Recovery We Thought Was Upon Us?

Hamilton, McGuire, Olivieri, Shank

3:10pm

Snowden and Manning – Traitors?

Campbell, Carlin, Tilley, Clem, Cohen

9:00am

Let’s Get Rid of It, or Build a More Useful United Nations

Michael Smith, Gardner, Thomas Smith

10:10am

America is an ‘Exceptional’ Country

Ofori-Dankwa, Jett, Yanbukhtin, Arsenault

11:20am

Foreign Service Careers

Students interested in pursuing a career in the U.S. Foreign Service are cordially invited to attend this discussion with Edward Loo, a Foreign Service Officer and current Diplomat in Residence at Florida International University. Former US diplomats will also be in attendance to add their perspectives.

12:40pm