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The United States, Egypt and The ‘New Middle East’

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Following the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 and the parliamentary elections this past November, Cairo’s Tahrir Square continues to draw large crowds demanding genuine change in the military-led regime. Steven Cook, author of The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, will explore Egypt’s history, why the revolution occurred and where the country might be headed next. Filmed January 30, 2012, 6-7 pm, San…

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    The United States, Egypt and The ‘New Middle East’

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    Following the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 and the parliamentary elections this past November, Cairo’s Tahrir Square continues to draw large crowds demanding genuine change in the military-led regime. Steven Cook, author of The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, will explore Egypt’s history, why the revolution occurred and where the country might be headed next. Filmed January 30, 2012, 6-7 pm, San…

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    Speaker Series: Gen. Carter F. Ham, Commander of U.S. Africa Command

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    General Carter F. Ham became commander of U.S. Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany on March 9, 2011. U.S. Africa Command is one of six unified geographic commands within the Department of Defense unified command structure. General Carter F. Ham served as an enlisted Infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division before attending John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He was commissioned in the Infantry as a Distinguished Military Graduate…

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    Jere Van Dyk at the World Affairs Council of Northern California

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    Jere Van Dyk, an author and current consultant for CBS News, joins the Council to discuss his new book, Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban. Van Dyk received a first hand look at the Taliban when he was taken captive for 45 days in western Pakistan in 2008. With over 30 years experience working in the region, Van Dyk describes in detail the mental universe of the Taliban fighters he encountered and explores a society where the prospect of…

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    Arturo Sarukhan at the World Affairs Council of Northern California

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    The grandson of refugees in Mexico, Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan is a career diplomat. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs and was posted in 1993 to the Mexican Embassy in the United States where he first served as Chief of Staff to the Ambassador, and then as head of the counternarcotics office. In 2000 he became Chief of Policy Planning at the Foreign Ministry and was appointed by the President as Mexican Consul General to…

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    Ian Bremmer at the World Affairs Council of Northern California

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    In The End of the Free Market, Ian Bremmer details the growing phenomenon of state capitalism, a system in which governments drive local economies through ownership of market-dominant companies and large pools of excess capital, using them for political gain. This trend threatens America’s competitive edge and the conduct of free markets everywhere. Bremmer follows the rise of state-owned firms in China, Russia, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf,…

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    Ambassador Eric Goosby at the World Affairs Council of Northern California

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    According to UNAIDS, 33.4 million people are living with HIV worldwide, and approximately 2.7 million new infections occurred in 2008. For every two people who start treatment, five more are infected. Undoubtedly, this global epidemic requires a comprehensive, multisectoral approach that expands access to prevention, care, and treatment.America is leading the fight against global HIV/AIDS through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief…

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    The Honorable Robert Gates: George P. Shultz Lecture Series at the World Affairs Council of Northern California

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    The World Affairs Council is pleased to co-sponsor the Marines’ Memorial Association's George P. Shultz Lecture Series event with Secretary Robert Gates. Dr. Gates was sworn in on December 18, 2006, as the 22nd Secretary of Defense. He is the only Secretary of Defense in history to be asked to remain in that office by a newly elected President. President Barack Obama is the eighth president Dr. Gates has served. Before entering his present post,…

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    Samar Minallah at the World Affairs Council of Northern California

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    Women’s voices in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan are rarely heard. Samar Minallah, one of Pakistan’s few documentary film makers, is changing that--one film at a time. An anthropologist, writer and human rights advocate, Minallah travels throughout Pakistan and Afghanistan, using her camera to give a voice to women isolated from the outside world. The founder of Ethnomedia, a Pakistan-based NGO that raises awareness about human rights violations and…

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