Posts by Philip McFee
Episode 20: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Future of U.S.-Cuba Policy
Guest: Ambassador Charles Shapiro Obama era Cuba policy rollbacks had begun to thaw relations with the island nation when the Trump Administration reversed some but not all of the re-opening…
Read MoreEpisode 19: Six Years Later: An Exploration into the Syrian Civil War
Guest: Faysal Itani Faysal Itani, Resident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council, joined CCWA for our first Foreign Policy Forum of the Fall…
Read MoreEpisode 18: Britain, Brexit, and the U.S.
Guest: Ambassador Charles Ries The United Kingdom is grappling with its vote to leave the European Union, the world’s most powerful international economic and political union. Ambassador Charles Ries, Vice…
Read MoreEpisode 17: Gulliver’s Troubles Revisited: A Perspective on the Future of the Middle East
Guest: Aaron David Miller Aaron David Miller, Vice President for New Initiatives and Distinguished Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, is a well-known scholar on U.S. foreign…
Read MoreEpisode 16: Mexico: A Strategic Ally of the United States
Guest: Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne Ambassador Wayne joined CCWA to discussed the strategic importance of the United States’ relations with Mexico. Wayne served as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from 2011…
Read MoreEpisode 15: Spotlight on Turkey
Guest: Dr. Sinan Ciddi Sinan Ciddi is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University, serves as the Executive Director of the Institute of Turkish Studies at Georgetown and is an…
Read MoreEpisode 14: Global Impact Award 2016
Guest: Secretary James A. Baker III The 2016 Global Impact Award honored former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III for his decades of work in international relations and his dedication…
Read MoreEpisode 13: U.S. Cyber Security and Intelligence
Guest: Jennifer Sims Jennifer Sims is a consultant on intelligence and homeland security for private corporations and the U.S. government, a member of the Senior Advisory Group to the Director…
Read MoreEpisode 12: Venezuela and Colombia: Tough Realities and Continuing Challenges for U.S. Diplomacy
Guest: Ambassador John Maisto Ambassador Maisto explored the very distinct challenges facing both Venezuela and Colombia. Economic struggles and political discontent plague Venezuela and Colombia is nearing the end of…
Read MoreEpisode 11: Choices Ahead: Exploring the Future of the Iran Deal
Guests: Ambassador Frank Wisner, Gary Sick, and Professor Joshua Stacher As the U.S. prepares to elect a new president, our panel explored the status of the highly controversial Iran Deal and…
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