• 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.

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.

Talabani, son of Jalal Talabani, President of the Republic of Iraq, served as Senior Foreign Relations officer for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (one of the leading Kurdish political parties in Iraq), He worked closely with the U.S-led Coalition Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), and was PUK’s top liaison to the Coalition after it became the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and to US forces in Iraq. He was also a key negotiator in drafting the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL), Iraq’s first post-Saddam constitution.

During the period 2001 – 2003, Mr. Talabani served first as a Special Assistant to the then PUK Representative in Washington and then later he served as the Deputy PUK Representative in Washington D.C.

Through CIR’s Student Outreach Support program, interested students and teachers are invited to attend World Affairs Discussion events for free.  You can donate to this fund by selecting Student Outreach Support at the bottom of the Shopping Cart. 

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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.

As a senior economic advisor, Dougher analyses information, manages projects and develops briefing materials on energy markets and oil industry policy issues. She authors and co-authors economic research studies covering a diverse range of topics including crude oil and petroleum product markets, gasoline taxes, energy conservation, and competition in retail markets. In addition to testifying before federal and state legislators, she has participated in numerous newspaper, radio and television interviews on a wide range of issues affecting the oil industry, including crude oil and gasoline prices, industry taxes and earnings, exploration and production, and refining and marketing topics.

Prior to joining API, Dougher worked at the Institute for Energy Analysis where her research focused on carbon dioxide related issues and international energy demand and supply forecasts.

Dougher holds a master’s degree in economic development and East Asian studies from American University and a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from the State University of New York at Brockport.

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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).

RESERVATIONS:  This is a free event, but we still need to know who is coming and how many so we can provide nametags, adequate table service, etc.  So, please let the CIR office know if you are planning to attend by calling  982-4931 or email:  sfcir@newmexico.com.

DIRECTIONS:  The Eldorado Community Center is 15 minutes from downtown Santa Fe.  From I-25, take the Hwy 285 Exit #290 going South towards Clines Corners.  Immediately after exiting the freeway, turn right at the first light onto Avenida Amistad.  Follow Avenida Amistad until you arrive at La Hacienda Loop on your right.  Parking is in front of the Community Center, the picnic will be on the patio at the back of the building.

Speaker:  Bruce Cumings

Location:  The Forum, College of Santa Fe
                 1600 St. Michael’s Drive

Cost: $15/CIR Members 
          $20/Non-members & Guests

Bruce Cumings is a Professor of History and Department Chair at The University of Chicago.  He earned his doctorate at Columbia University and is a recognized expert on Korean history.  He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999, and is the recipient of fellowships from the Ford Foundation, NEH, the MacArthur Foundation, the Center for Advanced Study at Stanford, and the Abe Fellowship Program of the Social Science Research Council. He has published several books and numerous articles on various aspects of Korea. His most recent book is Dominion From Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power (Yale University Press, forthcoming.)

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