Special Event Speaker Lynne Olson To Be Interviewed on the Santa Fe Radio Cafe

Mary-Charlotte Domandi, the host of Santa Fe Radio Cafe on public radio KSFR 101.1, will interview Lynne Olson on Thursday, March 11th.  The show airs from 8:00 am to 9:00 am and can also be heard live on the web.  A podcast will be available after the show airs. Also, listen to Lynne Olson’s February 3rd interview on NPR.  She is scheduled for an interview on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Wednesday evening, March 3rd.

Wine and Dine for Diplomacy

Dine Out This Spring and Participating Restaurants Will Support CIR Programs

Beginning March 16 and running through June 23, CIR will be the beneficiary of once a month donations from local restaurants.  But the final donation is based on the number of diners who attend, so we need your participation.  Gather your friends, whether CIR members or not, and enjoy dinner, drinks or just light hors d’oeuvres on one of the dates shown below.  You’re certain to greet CIR friends doing the same in a social setting that will help support CIR’s mission.  Eat your way to promoting Engagement in World Affairs!  Reservations highly recommended. 

Tuesday, March 16
Osteria d’Assisi
986-5858
58 South Federal Place
Downtown Santa Fe across from the Federal Building
Dinner from 5:00 pm

Tuesday, April 20
Capitol Grill
471-6800
3462 Zafarano Drive
In the San Isidro Plaza directly across from the Regal Santa Fe Stadium 14 movie theatres
Dinner from 5:00 to 9:00 pm

May – date and location to be determined

Wednesday, June 23
Vanessie
982-9966
434 W. San Francisco St.
Four blocks from the plaza and 1 block west of the Hilton Hotel; parking in lot or on Water Street
Dinner from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Special Event – Lynne Olson Talk

Location:  St. John’s College, Great Hall

Talk:  A Special Time in the Special Relationship—The United States and Great Britain

By:  Lynne Olson, freelance writer and former correspondent

Cost:  $15 for CIR Members/$20 for non-members
Co-sponsored by Santa Fe Council on International Relations and St. John’s College

Following her presentation, Olson will join in a panel discussion with Stanley Cloud and Mike Peters of St. John’s College, moderated by John Andrews.  The panel will entertain questions from the floor. Read the rest of this entry »

International Lecture Series (3) – INDIA: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

Location:  Santa Fe Preparatory School

Speaker: Dr. Stanley Wolpert

Professor Wolpert will analyze India’s remarkable economic development, the opportunities created by the youthful majority of its population, and the challenges posed by the lagging rural sector. He will also discuss India’s strategic partnership with the United State and the terrorist threats the country faces, paying special attention to India-Pakistan relations and the long-standing conflict over Kashmir. Wolpert will consider both the nightmare scenario of nuclear conflict between these two countries as well as suicide bombings, and the prospects for peace and progress. Read the rest of this entry »

Reception and Briefing on Middle East Issues for Prospective Members

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Response Requested: CIR Potluck Dinners

The CIR Membership Committee is planning to put together a series of potluck dinners for members, if there is enough interest.

The plan for these dinners would be that they would take place once a month at members’ homes. Members would provide their homes for groups of 7-8 people on a revolving basis. The make-up of the dinner groups would keep changing so that CIR members would get to break bread with a widening group of people.

There would be no cost involved for these dinners but participants would be asked to bring their fair share of food and drink.

Let us know if you are  interested in  these dinners.  Please email Steve Kutay, Membership Committee Chairman by March 26.

Turkish Cultural Foundation Teacher Seminar

CIR will host a seminar/ workshop for invited humanities teachers, funded by a grant from the Turkish Cultural Foundation and administered by the World Affairs Council of America.
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Special Event – Mel Goodman Talk

Location:  Temple Beth Shalom, 205 East Barcelona Rd.

Obama and the Intelligence Community

Speaker:  Mel Goodman

$15 General Admission 
Cosponsored by CIR and Temple Beth Shalom 

He presented a popular talk in November 2008 about issues in Russia, Iran and the Middle East facing the new Obama administration.  This talk may be viewed as a follow up to that presentation. Read the rest of this entry »

World Affairs Discussion Luncheon with Speaker: Alexa Schirtzinger

Location: Santa Fe Hilton, 100 Sandoval St.

Topic: Spheres of Influence: The United States, Latin America and the Policy

Speaker: Alexa Schirtzinger

Cost: $26/CIR Members 
         $32/Non-members & Guests

Alexa Schirtzinger is a staff writer with the Santa Fe Reporter. She has lived and worked in Spain, Uruguay, Honduras and El Salvador, where she spent two years as an agroforestry volunteer with the Peace Corps (2003-05). She has a B.A. in Environmental Geology and Spanish from Dartmouth College and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University. Read the rest of this entry »

International Lecture Series (4) – RUSSIA: RISING AMBITIONS, GROWING CHALLENGES

Location:  Santa Fe Preparatory School

Speaker: Dr. Allen C. Lynch

Professor Lynch’s talk will reflect on the growing gap between Russia’s rising ambitions and assertiveness in the international arena, the country’s economic growth, and oil and gas wealth on the one side, and shrinking human and natural resources on the other. He will answer the broader question of whether Russia has the social and economic foundation she needs to maintain her status as a great power in the international arena. Read the rest of this entry »