Below is a listing of upcoming CIR programs and events. Click on the Programs/Events tab to the left for more detail on each of the items below or for Community Events (non-CIR events).
Upcoming Programs and Events
CIR Member Potluck Picnic
When: August 14, 2010
From: 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Where: Eldorado Community Center
1 La Hacienda Loop, Eldorado
It’s time again for CIR’s annual potluck picnic! And this year we will be convening at a new location – the patio of the Eldorado Community Center (directions below).
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As usual, CIR will provide plates, forks, spoons, knives, napkins, plastic glasses and bottled water. You will pack a personal picnic for yourself, and if you’d like, bring a dish to share with others. (If you have prepared a dish to share, please bring a serving dish and utensil for it.) Alcohol is permitted. You may bring your own preferred beverages (with openers).
Fall 2010 International Lecture Series
When: August 28, 2010
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Rogues and Rogue Nations is the topic of the Fall 2010 International Lecture Series. The series of three lectures focus on individuals and nations that are perceived as having failed to abide by or deliberately flouted international standards of conduct. Two prime examples are Iran and North Korea, both of which appear determined to develop and deploy nuclear weapons as key elements in their military arsenals. The United Nations has approved a number of economic sanctions and urged its members to impose them on these “rogue” nations. Although Venezuela has so far avoided such sanctions, at least from the American point of view, it is a less than desirable hemispheric neighbor. Our speakers are experts on these three nations and on the leaders who currently cause considerable alarm not only in the United States but in many other parts of the world.
- Saturday, August 28 – Iran under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Saturday, September 18 – Venezuela under Hugo Chavez
- Thursday, October 7 – North Korea under Kim Jong-il
As with previous International Lecture Series, Members can save money by advance purchase of tickets to all three lectures. See detail in the posting below.
International Lecture Series – Iran
When: August 28, 2010
From: 03:00 PM - 05:00 AM
Subject: Iran under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Speaker: Bahman Baktiari
Location: The Forum, College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15/CIR Members
$20/Non-members & Guests
September Book Club Meeting
When: September 7, 2010
From: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Location: Estancia Primera Clubhouse
Selected Book: The Imperial Cruise by James Bradley
Bradley seeks to explore the origins of America’s bloody 20th-century history. Operating as a two-man diplomatic tag team, President Teddy Roosevelt and Secretary of War William Taft would green-light secret treaties that would negatively impact future generations and are still adversely influencing our foreign policy.
World Affairs Discussion Luncheon on Iraqi Kurdistan
When: September 8, 2010
From: 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Topic: Iraqi Kurdistan: Towards a
New Democracy and Economy
Location: Santa Fe Hilton, 100 Sandoval Street
Speaker: Mr. Qubad Talabani
Cost: $26/CIR Members
$32/Non-members & Guests
As attention shifts away from Iraq to focus further east on Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is little discussion in the U.S. media of the situation on the ground. In particular, the press and political commentators largely ignore the landmark strides toward democracy and economic development in the Iraqi Kurdistan area in the north of the country. Qubad Talabani, as Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to the United States, will describe those strides and how they will shape the future of the Iraq and Kurdistan Region.
Special Event – Talk on Global Energy
When: September 16, 2010
From: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Subject: Energizing America:
Facts for Addressing Global Energy
Speaker: Dr. Rayola Dougher
Location: The Forum, College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15/CIR Members
$20/Non-members & Guests
Rayola Dougher is a senior economic advisor in the American Petroleum Institute’s Office of the Chief Economist. She currently is one of API’s principal spokespersons. Her efforts focus on informing policymakers, the news media, and the public on energy market issues and trends. Read the rest of this entry »
International Lecture Series – Venezuela
When: September 18, 2010
From: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Subject: Venezuela under Hugo Chavez
Speaker: Brian A. Nelson
Location: The Forum, College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Cost: $15/CIR Members
$20/Non-members & Guests
International Lecture Series – North Korea
When: October 7, 2010
From: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
