1980
Kenton W. Keith, Country Affairs Officer for Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq
Senator John C. Danforth, U.S. Senator from Missouri
Topic: The problem of world hunger and possible solutions
Dr. Desmond Morton, historian from Erindale College, University of Toronto
Topic: The State of the Union: Canada
Charles W. Freeman, Jr., Director of the Office of People’s Republic of China and Mongolian Affairs in the State Department
Topic: Current U.S.-China Relations
Christopher Van Hollen, Sr., Associate of the Carnegie Endowment
Topic: The Persian Gulf: Will the Carter Doctrine Work?
1981
Senator John C. Danforth, U.S. Senator from Missouri
James C. Humes, author of Churchill, Speaker of the Century
James W. Symington, former member of Congress and former Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Marliesse Dobberthien, Head of Women’s Department of Baden-Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Emilio Gasparini, economic expert in the Soviet Affairs Section of NATO’s Economic Directorate
Stephen E. Eisenbraun, Country Officer for India
Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, U.S. Senator from Kansas
1982
General Lew Allen, Jr., U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff
Topic: Balance of nuclear power
Ernesto Rivas-Gallont, Embassy of El Salvador, Washington, D.C.
Donald C. Tice, Executive Secretary, U.S. Delegation to the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)
Topic: SALT negotiations
Jacques-Yvan Morin, Deputy Prime Minister of Quebec
Topic: Quebec: A Modest Hinge Between Two Worlds
Mark Tessler, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; lived in and did research of Tunisia, Israel, and Morocco
H.E. J.H. Lubbers, Ambassador of the Netherlands to U.S.
Topic: Tariff barriers
1983
Mrs. Inga Thorsson, Undersecretary of State for Disarmament in the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Topic: The U.S. and the Soviet Union
Hiroshi Wagatsuma, Japanese scholar
Topic: Japanese and U.S. cultural differences
John H. Kelly, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Public Affairs Bureau
Walter Eytan, Chairman of Israel Council of International Relations, Chairman of Israel-France Association
Topic: Middle East peace proposal
Morton Pomeranz, attorney specializing in international trade and investment, former President’s Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
Topic: World trade and global balance
Klaus C. Engelen, international correspondent for Handelsblatt
Topic: Worldwide implications of U.S. domestic policy
Robert L. Payton, President of Exxon Education Foundation
Topic: Foreign Aid: What Role for Private Philanthropy?
Richard D. Robinson, Professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT, International Business expert
Dr. Benjamin Spock, world’s most famous baby doctor
Topic: Today’s Child
Colonel Otis F. Bryan, Jr., Deputy Director of the Air Force Issues Team, The Pentagon
Sir Oliver Wright, British Ambassador to U.S.
Topic: World Trade Week
Lt. General Robert C. Kingston, Commander of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Emory C. Swank, retired foreign official and president of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs
Michihiko Kunihiro, Economic Minister, Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.
1984
Harold Saunders, former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, U.S. Senator from Missouri
Topic: The Road After Lebanon
Brigadier General Duane H. Erickson, Director of the International Staff, Inter-American Board, Washington, D.C.
David Winder, Roving Third World Correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor
Stephen W. Bosworth, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Planning Council at the State Department
Topic: The U.S.S.R. Under Cherneko: Hard Choices for Moscow and Washington
Morris Draper, former Special Presidential Emissary to the Middle East
Topic: Negotiating the Middle East
Robert H. Gayner, Consul General of Canada at Chicago, former ambassador to Iraq
Topic: Saudia Arabia and Jordan: Kingdoms at the Crossroads
H.E. Bernard Vernier-Palliez, French Ambassador to the U.S., former president of French car manufacturer Renault
Topic: The American-French Connection in the 1980s
Surendra Nihal Singh, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Topic: The U.S., Pakistan, and India
Robert Cuddihy, Senior Journalist, Scottish Television
Topic: Britain and European Defense
Dr. Harry H. Kitano, Professor of Sociology & Social Welfare, UCLA
Topic: Lessons from the Relocation: Japanese-Americans During World War II
Ambassador Edward L. Rowny, Chairman, U.S. Delegation Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
Topic: Arms Control Today: Hopes and Realities
William G. Hyland, Editor, Foreign Affairs, former Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Topic: Post-Election Foreign Policy