Friday, September 27th at Salisbury School 7:30 PM

Moderated by Jonathan P. Costa, executive director of EdAdvance, and joined by an expert panel featuring three school-based administrators and an AI specialist, this talk will provide a brief overview of artificial intelligence. The discussion will explore the recent history, current trends, and potential future of AI, and examine its potential impact on our schools.

The panelists are Ian Strever, principal of Housatonic Valley Regional High School; Sarah Mulrooney, dean of academic life at Salisbury School; Richard Davis, dean of academic life at The Hotchkiss School; and Matt Mervis, director of AI Strategy at EdAdvance.

Joshua S. Goldstein is an award-winning scholar of international relations who has written and spoken widely on war and society, including war's effects on gender, economics, and psychological trauma, and on peace and diplomacy. His book, A Bright Future (with Staffan Qvist) is on international responses to climate change, especially Sweden's success in rapid decarbonization using nuclear power. It is the basis of the new Oliver Stone documentary, Nuclear Now!

Goldstein’s book War and Gender won the International Studies Association's "Book of the Decade" award. He is coauthor (with Jon C. Pevehouse) of the widely used textbook International Relations. Goldstein's book Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide (2011) was the Conflict Research Society's "Book of the Year" in 2013.

Goldstein has published articles in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, American Political Science Review, and Journal of Conflict Resolution, among others, and Op Ed pieces in The New York Times, Washington Post, and elsewhere.

For interesting background on current nuclear power policy and pending legislation in Congress, see this March 1 article from the NY Times.

Additional interesting background information can be found in this article from Time on December 4.

Friday, April 5th, 7:30 PM at Hotchkiss School

Dr. Richard Haass will be interviewed by Brian Ross.

Dr. Richard Haass, a veteran diplomat and respected scholar of international relations, is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also senior counselor with Centerview Partners, an international investment banking advisory firm. He previously served as CFR’s president for twenty years, in the State Department under Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, at the White House under George H.W. Bush, and at the Pentagon under Jimmy Carter. He was US envoy to the Cyprus negotiations and the Northern Ireland peace process, and after 9/11 was US coordinator for the future of Afghanistan. Dr. Haass is the author or editor of fourteen books on American foreign policy, one book on management, and one on American democracy. His latest book, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, was published by Penguin Press in January 2023 and became a New York Times best seller. He also authors a weekly newsletter, Home & Away, available on Substack. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Haass holds a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College, the masters and doctorate of philosophy degrees from Oxford University, and numerous honorary degrees. He is the recipient of the State Department's Superior Honor Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and the Tipperary International Peace Award. Dr. Haass, who was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island, lives with his wife in New York City.

For a sneak preview of Richard Haass, listen to this Ezra Klein podcast from March 1 called “The Wars in Gaza and Ukraine Have Changed. America’s Policy Hasn’t”.

Friday, March 8th, 7:30 PM at Housatonic Valley Regional High School

Thom Shanker and Andrew Hoehn interviewed by Alex Ward, former editorial director at NYTimes Books

Authors Andrew Hoehn and Thom Shanker address the major security challenges facing America--from adversarial superpowers--to emerging threats like pandemics, cybersecurity, and climate change. Weaving expert analysis with exclusive interviews, the authors argue that the U.S. must pivot from a military system focused on deterrence and global operations to life and money saving strategies that keep America safe.

Thursday, February 8th at 7:00 PM, via Zoom

Biden described his meeting with Xi at the APEC Summit as the “most constructive and productive” since he came to office. But what can the U.S. really expect? Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the German Marshall Fund’s Indo-Pacific program, will discuss the next phase in US-China relations. Her latest book on Asia-Pacific geopolitics is US-Taiwan Relations: Will China's Challenge Lead to a Crisis, (Brookings Press, April 2023).