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Quick Takes Videos

During the Covid crisis of the past couple of years, the World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area suspended in-person luncheons in accordance with California regulations. Instead, we produced a series of “Quick Takes” video lectures by leading international affairs experts in the Monterey region. As of February 2022, we have resumed our regular monthly luncheon lectures and suspended production of Quick Takes. The complete collection of Quick Takes videos is still available online. Click the “show” link below to see the list or go to our YouTube channel to view directly.

Chronicle of a Crisis Foretold: Lebanon's Economic Collapse – November 15, 2021 – Anne Marie Baylouny, Naval Postgraduate School
China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy – October 15, 2021 – Peter Martin, Bloomberg News in conversation with Boyd Haight, World Affairs Council of Monterey Bay
Crisis in Afghanistan: why military victories alone cannot create stable governments – September 15, 2021 – Thomas Barfield, Boston University
Russia – The United States – Ukraine: Where Do We Go From Here? – August 15, 2021 – William Taylor, US Institute of Peace
Lessons for Americans? A Comparative Analysis of Health Systems Abroad – July 30, 2021 – Victor G. Rodwin, New York University
After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed – July 15, 2021 – Andrew Bacevich, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News – June 30, 2021 – Clinton Watts, Foreign Policy Research Institute
US – Israeli Relations at the Crossroads? – June 15, 2021 – James Russell, Naval Postgraduate School
Accelerationism: The International Apocalyptic Doctrine That's Unifying the Far Right – May 30, 2021 – Alex Newhouse, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Understanding Dark Networks – May 15, 2021 – Sean Everton, Naval Postgraduate School
How Democracy Has Failed in Russia – April 30, 2021 – Mikhail Tsypkin, Naval Postgraduate School
Brexit and Beyond – April 15, 2021 – Isebill Gruhn, University of California, Santa Cruz (Emerita)
China's Development Model: Is It Sustainable? – March 30, 2021 – Frank Hawke, Former China Director, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Does China Have a Grand Strategy? – March 15, 2021 – Thomas Fingar, Stanford University
From Trump to Biden: Navigating Isolationist and Internationalist Traditions in U.S. Statecraft – February 28, 2021 – Charles Kupchan, Council on Foreign Relations & Georgetown University
The Long Crisis of Order – February 15, 2021- Bruce Jones, The Brookings Institution
Security Issues in the Persian Gulf 2021 – January 30, 2021 – Gregory Gause, Texas A&M University
The Role of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic – January 15, 2021 – Kent Glenzer, MIIS
Connecting the Dots to a Sustainable Future – December 15, 2020 – J. Morris Hicks, engineer, business executive, and author
Muslims and Islam in China: Focus on the Uyghurs – November 30, 2020 – Jonathan Lipman, Mt. Holyoke College
Asia's New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific – November 15, 2020 – Michael Auslin, Stanford University
Populism and the Erosion of Democracy in Hungary and Poland – October 30, 2020 – Anna Grzymala-Busse, Stanford University
Reflections on the Ethics of Warfare and Changing Technology – October 15, 2020 – Bradley Strawser, NPS
Globalization, Governance, and Change – September 30, 2020 – Jonathan Czarnecki, NWC at NPS
Modi's Agenda in the Era of the Pandemic – September 15, 2020 – Anshu Chatterjee, NPS
National Security Affairs in the Age of Covid-19 – August 30, 2020 – Robert Tomlinson, NWC at NPS
Oil and Gas Disputes: One Less Thing to Worry About – August 15, 2020 – Emily Meierding, NPS
Helping People Help Themselves: How Prepared Were Governments to Meet Covid-19 Related Expectations of their Constituents? – July 30, 2020 – Philipp Bleek, MIIS
The Impact of Covid-19 on Climate Change – July 15, 2020 – Mike Clancy, Citizens Climate Lobby
The ISIS Reader – June 30, 2020 – Craig Whiteside, Naval War College at NPS
Global Jihad – June 15, 2020 – Glenn E. Robinson, NPS

Past Speakers and Topics

Below is a list of the speakers who have presented at previous WACMB Luncheon Lectures and Quick Takes.

DATE SPEAKER AFFILIATION TOPIC
2024-06-28 STENT, James Bank of Asia Thailand's Polarized Politics: Entrenched Elite & Implications for U.S. Policy
2024-04-26 ZUNGUZE, Jeremias Associate Professor of Ethnic & Gender Studies – California State University, Monterey Bay Understanding Military Coups in Africa: A Question Concerning Democracy
2024-03-28 PANETTA, Leon E. Former United States Secretary of Defense The Challenge of World Leadership in the 21st Century
2024-02-27 NIETO-GOMEZ, Rodrigo Department of National Security Affairs & Center for Homeland DefenseNaval Postgraduate School Why Mexico's Forthcoming Elections Are Important
2024-01-26 ORDWAY, John U.S. Department of State Kazakhstan in the Soviet and Post-Soviet World
2023-12-18 RUSSELL, James Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School Politics of the War in Gaza?
2023-11-20 EICHENGREEN, Barry University of California, Berkeley Whither the Dollar: Exorbitant Privilege No More?
2023-10-25 LAMPTON, David Michael Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Foreign Policy Institute U.S.-China Relations: Handle with Care
2023-09-26 TAYLOR, William B. U.S. Institute of Peace and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Russia's War on Ukraine: An Update
2023-08-23 IPSON, Michael International Banking Consultant China Then and China Now: The Transition from the Deng Xiaping Reform Era to the Xi Jinping Era
2023-07-19 CHATTERJEE, Anshu N. Naval Postgraduate School, Department of National Security Affairs India, Russia and the United States: The War in Ukraine & Changing Alliance
2023-06-26 RUSSELL, James Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School Looming Confrontation in the Indo-Pacific?
2023-05-24 NUSSBAUM, Daniel Energy Academic Group, Naval Postgraduate School Geopolitics of Energy
2023-04-28 KILNER, Scott Retired Foreign Service Officer and former U.S. Consul General, Istanbul Update on Turkey: Between Earthquakes and Elections
2023-03-29 DAHL, Erik J. Department of National Security Affairs Naval Postgraduate School The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure: Why Warning Was Not Enough
2023-02-14 FRANK, Peter Colonel, German Army Germany's Response to the Challenges Posed by the War in Ukraine
2023-01-16 WRIGHT, Dustin California State University, Monterey Bay Japan's Shifting Defense Policy and the United States
2022-12-19 SWEENEY, Bruce U.S. Army (Retired) Ethiopia: Understanding the Conflict and the Prospects for Peace
2022-11-14 FUKUYAMA, Francis Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University Liberalism and Its Discontents: A Conversation with Francis Fukuyama
2022-10-26 LIANG,Wei Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey China's Belt and Road Initiative: How China's Economic Policies are Changing the World
2022-09-21 TAYLOR, William US Institute for Peace, former Ambassador to Ukraine Russia's War on Ukraine
2022-08-30 ROGOWSKY, Robert Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and Georgetown University The Global Economic Impact of the Invasion of Ukraine
2022-07-27 ROBINSON, Glenn Naval Postgraduate School (retired), Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley Global Jihad's Fourth Wave: How the Internet Has Changed Everything
2022-06-23 MOLTZ, Clay Naval Postgraduate School Crowded Orbits: International Challenges in Space
2022-05-26 HALLADAY, Carolyn Naval Postgraduate School The Changing World of German Politics
2022-04-29 PIFER, Steven US Ambassador to Ukraine, 1998 – 2000; Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies,Stanford University Russia and Its War Against Ukraine
2022-03-28 TWOMEY, Christopher Naval Postgraduate School Cross Strait Relations: How the China-Taiwan Conflict Could Intensify US-China Competition
2022-02-25 JOHNSON, Thomas H. Naval Postgraduate School A Postmortem on US Involvement in Afghanistan
2021-11-15 BAYLOUNY, Anne Marie Naval Postgraduate School Chronicle of a Crisis Foretold: Lebanon's Economic Collapse
2021-10-15 MARTIN, Peter
HAIGHT, Boyd		 Bloomberg News
WACMB		 China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
2021-09-15 BARFIELD, Thomas Boston University Crisis in Afghanistan: why military victories alone cannot create stable governments
2021-08-15 TAYLOR, William US Institute of Peace Russia – The United States – Ukraine: Where Do We Go From Here?
2021-07-30 RODWIN, Victor G. New York University Lessons for Americans? A Comparative Analysis of Health Systems Abroad
2021-07-15 BACEVICH, Andrew Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed
2021-06-30 WATTS, Clinton Foreign Policy Research Institute Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News
2021-06-15 RUSSELL, James Naval Postgraduate School US – Israeli Relations at the Crossroads?
2021-05-30 NEWHOUSE, Alex Middlebury Institute of International Studies Accelerationism: The International Apocalyptic Doctrine That's Unifying the Far Right
2021-05-15 EVERTON, Sean Naval Postgraduate School Understanding Dark Networks
2021-04-30 TSYPKIN, Mikhail Naval Postgraduate School How Democracy Has Failed in Russia
2021-04-15 GRUHN, Isebill University of California, Santa Cruz (Emerita) Brexit and Beyond
2021-03-30 HAWKE, Frank Former China Director, Stanford University Graduate School of Business China's Development Model: Is It Sustainable?
2021-03-15 FINGAR, Thomas Stanford University Does China Have a Grand Strategy?
2021-02-28 KUPCHAN, Charles Council on Foreign Relations & Georgetown University From Trump to Biden: Navigating Isolationist and Internationalist Traditions in U.S. Statecraft
2021-02-15 JONES, Bruce The Brookings Institution The Long Crisis of Order
2021-01-30 GAUSE, Gregory Texas A&M University Security Issues in the Persian Gulf 2021
2021-01-15 GLENZER, Kent Middlebury Institute of International Studies The Role of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic
2020-12-15 HICKS, J. Morris Engineer, Business Executive, Author Connecting the Dots to a Sustainable Future
2020-11-30 LIPMAN, Jonathan Mount Holyoke College Muslims and Islam in China: Focus on the Uyghurs
2020-11-15 AUSLIN, Michael Robert Stanford University, The Hoover Institution Asia's New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific

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