Speeches open in Adobe .pdf format and Windows Media Player 9

Season Archive

Intelligence Gathering, Torture,

and the Future of Interrogation

in Anti-Terrorist Operations

Leonard S. Rubenstein

President, Physicians for Human Rights

read watch

The Economy

and the Elections: What to Expect

Steve Forbes

President, CEO and

Editor-in-Chief,

Forbes magazine

read

Striking Balance in National defense

Admiral Mike Mullen

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

read watch

The Three Trillion Dollar War:

The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict

Professor Joseph Stiglitz

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist,

Author, The Three Million Dollar War

read watch

The CIA's Counterproliferation Efforts

Michael V. Hayden

Director, Central Intelligence Agency

read watch

Archived Transcripts and Video

by surname

A-H

I-P

Q-Z

by season/year

2008-09 (current season)
2007-08
2005-06	2006-07
2003-04	2004-05

Hit Counter

March

The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War

about the book

James Mann

Author: The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan

Thursday, March 12,

7:30 p.m. dinner

and book signing

Intercontinental Hotel

map

Members: $56

Guests of members: $66

General admission: $71

Tables of ten: $560

Event Information & Reservation form

or call LAWAC at (213) 628-2333

deadline for cancellations and refunds

Tuesday, March 10

Event Postponed

About Ambassador Kislyak

Read His Recent Comments on Arms Control

His Excellency Sergei Kislyak
Ambassador of Russia to the United States

Check Back For New Date

Wilshire Country Club

map

Members: $57

Guests of members: $67

General admission: $72

Tables of ten: $570

More Information Coming Soon

China and the Global Economic Crisis		about the book
Dr. Nicholas Lardy Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Tuesday, March 31, 7:30 p.m. dinner and book signing Intercontinental Hotel map	Members: $56 Guests of members: $66 General admission: $71 Tables of ten: $560
Event Information & Reservation Form or call (213) 628-2333 deadline for cancellations and refunds Tuesday, March 27

Just Announced! Will Terrorism Go Nuclear?		Read Jenkins' work at RAND
Brian Jenkins Senior Advisor, The RAND Corporation
Thursday, April 2, 7:30 p.m. dinner Wilshire Country Club map	Members: $57 Guests of members: $67 General admission: $72 Tables of ten: $570
Event Information and Reservation form or call (213) 628-2333 deadline for cancellations and refunds Tuesday, March 31

Click HERE For More Information

Watch addresses to the Council online whenever you want from our speech archives or from our Web Channel on LA36

Cable Broadcasts

LA36 broadcasts Council events at the regular time of 8 p.m. each Monday night and at other times as listed.

Cable broadcasts made

possible by

The Travel Program offers members the chance to learn of the world’s cultures and countries by experiencing them first-hand and hearing from guest lecturers.

The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia operates this flagship program for Councils across America.

2009 Tours includes packaged trips to Israel, Turkey, China, Saudi Arabia and Burgundy.