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The Future of Nuclear Energy
First Presbyterian Church 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, United Stateshttps://www.nirs.org/basics-of-nuclear-power/nuclear-power-frequently-asked-questions/
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Dr. Larry Valero- Cyber Threats and the Evolution of Cyberwarfare
https://www.rand.org/topics/cyber-warfare.html
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Farah Pandith – Fighting Violent Extremism
First Presbyterian Church 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, United Stateshttps://www.belfercenter.org/publication/domestic-terrorist-plots-against-us-government-how-serious-threat
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Global Speakers Program: Peter Sparding- Germany – Post Merkel
First Presbyterian Church 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, United StatesIt's anything, but business as usual in Germany, and the EU, especially since Russia has invaded Ukraine. Where does Germany stand concerning the Ukraine Standoff? Where will Germany go...
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Ambassador Douglas Silliman- The Changing Landscape of the Middle EAst
First Presbyterian Church 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, United StatesCan the Middle East move away from its oil-centric economic base? How can countries work to soothe ethnic and religious differences? How are the leaders preparing the next generation of...
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Cyber Security Threats and Challenges- Kevin Scheid
First Presbyterian Church 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, United StatesWho is behind this most recent string of Cyberattacks? How can the U.S. Government encourage companies to protect themselves from bringing hacked? What are our leaders doing to deter future...
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The U.S. Mexican Relationship- It’s Complicated- Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne
First Presbyterian Church 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, United StatesWhat is the best approach to the Mexican migration problem? Is the weakening of Mexican Democracy a threat to the U.S.? What economic tools can Biden employ to help influence...
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Implications of China’s Rising Power
Hilton Head Library 11 Beach City Rd., Hilton Head, SC, United StatesWith more than a dozen years in the Pacific as a senior military leader, Major General Craig Weldon had a front-row seat to China’s behavior. This presentation explores what is...
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The Petroleum Industry
The global petroleum industry is central to so many facets of life and essential to the global economy, yet it is also a strategic necessity. Crude and its many refinements...
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Marie Yovanovitch- Ukraine: Can Democracy Survive?
First Presbyterian Church 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head, United StatesAmbassador (ret.) Marie L. Yovanovitch is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine for three years, from 2016 to 2019. Her memoir, Lessons from the Edge, documents how she was abruptly recalled from Ukraine by the Trump administration in April 2019 and subsequently testified in the first impeachment of President Trump in November 2019.
She previously served as Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia (2008-2011) and the Kyrgyz Republic (2005-2008). From 2012-2013, Ambassador Yovanovitch was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, where she was responsible for policy on European and global security issues. She also served as the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2004-2005. She retired from the Department of State as a Career Minister in January 2020.
Ambassador Yovanovitch served as the Dean of the Language School at the Foreign Service Institute, as well as International Advisor and Deputy Commandant at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University, where she also taught national security strategy. She began her career in Ottawa, followed by overseas assignments in Moscow, London and Mogadishu, and at the Department of State as Deputy Director of the Russian Desk.
A graduate of Princeton University with a master’s degree from the National Defense University, Ambassador Yovanovitch received numerous Presidential and State Department awards, including the Secretary’s Diplomacy in Human Rights Award.
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