Upcoming Events

  • Cuba at a Crossroads/Jennifer Lambe

    • Thursday, June 12, 2025
    • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • The Hope Club
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    Our Next Speaker/Dinner Event

    Thursday, June 12, 2025

    6:00PM

    At the Hope Club

    Six Benevolent Street, Providence, RI

    Cuba at a Crossroads

    Dr. Jennifer Lambe presenting


    Read Jennifer's Bio here

    Members and their Guests $56.00 per person

    Non-members $66.00

    Cocktails at 6:00 (cash bar)

    Sit down dinner at 6:45

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  • Sugata Bose/India

    • Thursday, September 18, 2025
    • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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  • Elizabeth Prodromou/Russia

    • Thursday, October 16, 2025
    • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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  • General Consul General Takahashi/Japan

    • Thursday, November 20, 2025
    • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Past Events

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 The Canada-Rhode Island Relationship
Thursday, April 24, 2025 Democracy Between the Lines: Uneven Local Accountability in Latin America/Ashlea Rundlett
Thursday, March 20, 2025 The Ambassador of Romania to the United States/H.E. Dan-Andrei Muraru
Thursday, February 20, 2025 The Politics of Gender in the Middle East/Nadje Al-Ali
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 The Future of the Global Nuclear Order/ Nina Tannenwald
Thursday, November 21, 2024 Postponed/ U.S.-China Foriegn Policy/ Dr.Ping Xu speaking
Thursday, November 07, 2024 Suddenly Everything Changed: A Refugee's Journey from Afghanistan to Germany
Thursday, October 24, 2024 Resilience and Relevance: NATO Past, Present and Future. Dr. Ray Raymond
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Global Leaders in Refugee Rights/Dr. Brendan Skip Mark-Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies
Sunday, September 08, 2024 Member's Salon with Playwright Samuel Harps
Sunday, August 04, 2024 Members' Salon with memoirist Alizah Holstein
Thursday, June 13, 2024 The Gun Trade from the US to Mexico: Ieva Jusionyte
Thursday, April 18, 2024 The State of the African Continent: John Fobanjong
Thursday, March 21, 2024 The Conflict in Gaza and the Future of Israeli-Palestinian Relations/Peter Krause
Thursday, February 15, 2024 Thinking Caribbean Futures in a Time of Global Uncertainty/Brian Meeks
Sunday, January 28, 2024 Member's Salon with author Katherine Vaz
Thursday, January 18, 2024 North Korea, Kim Jong-un, and East Asian Security: Terence Roehrig
Thursday, December 14, 2023 "Marking Time in the Holidays" with Dr. Richard Lobban
Thursday, November 16, 2023 Armenia at the Crossroads: East or West?
Sunday, November 05, 2023 Calamity, Carnage, and Protracted Conflict in the Middle East: Israel, Palestine, and the War in Gaza
Thursday, October 19, 2023 The War in Sudan
Thursday, October 12, 2023 The Ukraine We Know
Thursday, September 21, 2023 Joint event with The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Immigration and the Arts/The Music of the 1920's
Thursday, May 18, 2023 Cancelled Countering the Global Problem of Extremism with Media Literacy/Renee Hobbs
Thursday, April 20, 2023 Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders/Reimagining PK-12 Schools for the 4th Industrial Revolution: A New Design DNA for Schools
Thursday, March 16, 2023 President of the U.S. Naval War College Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield. (Registration is closed for the in-person event. Zoom still available.)
Sunday, February 19, 2023 Literary Salon with Author Evan Fallenberg/Member's Only
Thursday, February 16, 2023 The Crisis in China and Taiwan with Dr. Lyle Goldstien from the Watson Intitute at Brown
Thursday, January 19, 2023 The New World Disorder: The Battle for Values, Identity, and Engagement
Thursday, December 15, 2022 Our Holiday Event at The Hope Club with Becky Bass
Thursday, November 17, 2022 “Caring for the Future: Drawdown Climate Solutions.”
Thursday, October 20, 2022 Critical Race Theory: What It Is And What It Is Not
Thursday, September 29, 2022 Roe Overturned: A model for the World?
Thursday, June 23, 2022 Are Bees Fish?
Thursday, May 12, 2022 The Roots of the False Russian Claim of the need to "Denazify" Ukraine/Professor Omer Bartov
Thursday, April 28, 2022 Tragedy, Truth, and Reconciliation:
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Putin’s Ukrainian Onslaught: Geopolitical Implications, Humanitarian Crises, and Prospects for Conflict Resolution
Thursday, March 24, 2022 "The Suffragette Movement in Britain and Ireland: Lessons for Today." Hilary McCollum Presenting
Saturday, March 05, 2022 Members-Only “Salon” & Brunch with Afghan/Syrian Evacuees and Refugees
Thursday, February 24, 2022 Black Lives Matter: A Trans-Atlantic Dialogue
Thursday, February 10, 2022 The Rhode Island Black Battalion, 1775-1783
Thursday, January 20, 2022 "The Capitol Insurrection: Global Roots of Fascism" by Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 Holiday Cooking Webinar with Yveline "Eve" Bontemp of Providence's Garden of Eve.
Thursday, November 18, 2021 The Haitian Political Crisis
Thursday, October 21, 2021 Rwanda: Intergenerational Health Impacts of Genocide. Dr. Glorieuse Uwizeye presenting
Thursday, September 30, 2021 Afghanistan: Beyond the Headlines with Anthropologist Thomas Barfield
Thursday, June 17, 2021 The Role of Venice in Creating Major Modern Inventions–Meredith F. Small
Sunday, June 13, 2021 Salon/Cooking Webinar: Venetian Chef Anna Santini
Thursday, May 20, 2021 U.S.–Mexico Relations: Trade, Culture, Immigration, and Border Security. Ambassador (former) Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández presenting.
Thursday, April 22, 2021 Climate Change and Corporate Law: An Unexpected Opportunity?
Thursday, March 25, 2021 Member's Salon: A Celebration of Women's History Month: Women Leaders and Women's Leadership/Locally and Globally–Presented by Dr. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Thursday, March 18, 2021 Kitty Block, President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States and CEO of Humane Society International will present "Global Animal Conservation Efforts and Big Game Hunting"
Thursday, February 25, 2021 Member's Salon: In Recognition of Black History Month–Mapping the Slave Trade: A Cartographic History of Slavery–Presented by Dr. Richard Lobban
Thursday, February 18, 2021 "The 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials: Assessing the Global Path Between Vengeance and Forgiveness." –Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary Professor, Harvard Law School
Thursday, January 21, 2021 What Makes a Great Healthcare System: Assessing Healthcare in Other Democratic Countries–With Dr. Michael Fine MD
Thursday, December 17, 2020 Holiday Webinar: An interactive cooking demonstration with Chef Brian of Los Andes
Thursday, November 19, 2020 The NATO Alliance & America's Transatlantic Relationships.
Thursday, October 22, 2020 U.S. Relations with Pakistan and the South Asia Region with Dr. Asad Majeed Khan –Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United States
Thursday, September 17, 2020 The Art of Communication in Domestic and Global Affairs with Dr. Winifred Brownell.
Thursday, August 06, 2020 Covid-19 in Africa
Thursday, June 18, 2020 A Caribbean Evening (Postponed)
Sunday, May 31, 2020 Literary Salon with Katherine Vaz (Postponed)
Thursday, May 21, 2020 NATO Panel (Cancelled)
Thursday, April 23, 2020 The Art of Communication in Domestic and Global Affairs with Dr. Winifred Brownell.
Thursday, March 19, 2020 Women Making History
Thursday, February 20, 2020 A Celebration of Black History Month with Marcus P. Nevius
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Understanding Asia: Taiwan, China, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Thursday, December 12, 2019 Emerging Global Issues Affecting the Honey Bee Population
Thursday, November 14, 2019 Developments in the political economics of Cuba
Thursday, October 24, 2019 Refugees and the Global Immigration Crisis
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Stephen Kinzer "Poisoner in Chief"
Sunday, June 23, 2019 Member Literary Salon with Global Writer Xu Xi
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Cyberspace and International Relations
Thursday, May 16, 2019 Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey
Thursday, April 11, 2019 The Rise of China and the South China Sea
Thursday, March 14, 2019 WACRI Celebrates Women's History Month
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Flash Discussion - "Trump's National Emergency"
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 The Tragedy of the Ukraine
Thursday, January 17, 2019 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Trump Era
Thursday, December 13, 2018 The Hidden Famines - Combating Global Malnutrition
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 The Decline of U.S. Global Dominance
Thursday, November 01, 2018 Election Flash Discussions at Red Stripe
Thursday, October 18, 2018 Digital World War
Friday, October 05, 2018 Uzbekistan Visitors Member Lunch and Learn
Thursday, September 20, 2018 “Fact-Checking in an Era of Fake News: Perspectives from a Professional Fact-checker"
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 "Foreign Policy in Transition" With Christopher Curran
Thursday, June 14, 2018 The Trump Administration and Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, May 20, 2018 Poetry Reading Salon with Dr. Jarita Davis
Thursday, May 17, 2018 In Search of An African Foreign Policy
Thursday, April 19, 2018 "How Global Conspiracies Are Born" with Author Phil Shenon
Thursday, March 15, 2018 2018 Middle East Forum
Thursday, January 18, 2018 Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Privacy and our Democracy
Thursday, December 07, 2017 WaterFire Across the Globe with Barnaby Evans
Thursday, November 09, 2017 Europe: America's Problem or America's Partner Constanze Stelzenmueller, The Brookings Institution
Saturday, November 04, 2017 Special film Salon: Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Thursday, October 19, 2017 Robotic Warfare
Thursday, September 28, 2017 An Evening with Peter Kornbluh: Cuba, Trump, and Secret Negotiations
Saturday, August 26, 2017 Special Salon: Is ISIS On the Way Out?
Thursday, June 15, 2017 Peace Through Entrepreneurship
Thursday, May 11, 2017 War By Other Means: Geo-Economics and Statecraft in US/China Relations
Thursday, April 20, 2017 American Wars in an Age of Unwinnable Conflicts
Thursday, March 09, 2017 Should Americans Try to Shape the World?
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Global Efforts to Cool a Warming Earth
Thursday, January 12, 2017 North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions and US Policy
Thursday, December 08, 2016 The Pope and Mussolini: An Evening with Pulitzer Prize Winning Author David Kertzer
Thursday, November 03, 2016 Forum on Nigerian Security and Stability
Thursday, October 20, 2016 Foreign Policy Forum on Issues Facing a Trump or Clinton Administration
Thursday, September 22, 2016 Human Trafficking
Saturday, September 10, 2016 New Year Member Reception
Thursday, June 02, 2016 FISA Courts and Their Role in Ensuring National Security
Thursday, May 05, 2016 Women, Peace and Security
Thursday, April 07, 2016 "Seeking Refuge, Immigration: The Political and Personal"
Thursday, March 03, 2016 The Future of US - Cuba Relations: One Perspective
Thursday, February 18, 2016 "A Forum on Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the Diaspora in Rhode Island"
Thursday, January 14, 2016 Global Energy in the 21st Century
Thursday, December 03, 2015 The World After Paris, Beirut, and Bamako: The Rise of ISIS and the Situation in Iraq and Syria
Thursday, November 12, 2015 The Middle East in 10 Years
Thursday, October 08, 2015 Future of World Energy - Producers and Alternatives
Tuesday, October 06, 2015 Pell Center Event -State Department Director Policy Planning David McKean
Saturday, September 19, 2015 Fall "Welcome Back" Member/Guest Reception!
Thursday, September 10, 2015 U.S. and Russia: Competitors, Collaborators, or Enemies?
Thursday, June 04, 2015 Special Dinner Event "Building a Nation of Makers"
Thursday, May 07, 2015 Australia's Place In An Unstable World


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