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The following is a list of all speeches available online presented in 2000 arranged chronologically starting in January.

Date: 1/19/2000
Speaker: Nina Khrushcheva
Title: Granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev
Speech: The Mysteries of Political Strategy
Category: Europe

Date: 1/27/2000
Speaker: Jehangir Karamat
Title: Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan
Speech:
Category: Asia

Date: 2/7/2000
Speaker: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Title: Former President, Republic of France
Speech: How to Understand Today's Europe
Category: Europe

Date: 2/15/2000
Speaker: Robin Wright
Title: Los Angeles Times Correspondent
Speech: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran
Category: Middle East

Date: 2/28/2000
Speaker: Arman Kirakossian
Title: Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States
Speech: Armenia Panel
Category: Europe

Date: 2/28/2000
Speaker: Michael C. Lemmon
Title: Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Armenia
Speech: Armenia Panel
Category: Europe

Date: 3/9/2000
Speaker: Zalmay Khalilzad
Title: Director of Strategy and Doctrine Program, Project Air Force
Speech:
Category: Foreign Policy

Date: 3/20/2000
Speaker: Amre Moussa
Title: Foreign Minister, Arab Republic of Egypt
Speech:
Category: Middle East

Date: 3/29/2000
Speaker: Cyber Technology Panel
Title:
Speech: From Cyber-Technology to Cyber-Crime
Category: Technology

Date: 3/31/2000
Speaker: Ephraim Sneh
Title: Deputy Minister of Defense, Israel
Speech:
Category: Middle East

Date: 4/6/2000
Speaker: The Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Title: Secretary General of NATO
Speech: Kosovo: The Real Story
Category: Balkans

Date: 4/10/2000
Speaker: Marwan Muasher
Title: Ambassador to the United States Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Speech: Jordan's Political and Economic Challenges For the New Millenium
Category: Middle East

Date: 4/12/2000
Speaker: Jan Kavan
Title: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Speech:
Category: Europe

Date: 5/8/2000
Speaker: Ali I. Al-Naimi
Title: Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Speech: Looking Ahead: The Oil Market and Its Future
Category: Middle East

Date: 6/5/2000
Speaker: His Majesty King Abdullah II
Title: King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Speech:
Category: Middle East

Date: 6/13/2000
Speaker: Bob Greene
Title: Columnist, Chicago Tribune and Life Magazine
Speech: Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War
Category:

Date: 6/16/2000
Speaker: The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungan
e
Title: Archbishop Of Cape Town
Speech: A New Humanity For A New Age: Moral And Ethical Interpretation In A Globalizing World.

Date: 8/03/2000
Speaker: The Los Angeles Times:  Imaging LA
Title: Photographs of a 20th Century City
Speech: 

Date: 9/07/2000              
Speaker: Peter Stoyanov
Title: President of the Republic of Bulgaria
Speech: Development in Bulgaria and Southeastern Europe
TAPE RECORDING ONLY

Date: 9/14/2000
Speaker: The Los Angeles Times Panel
Title: 
Speech: Election 2000 and Beyond

Date: 9/20/2000
Speaker: Steve Forbes
Title: President and CEO, Forbes Inc.
Speech: America's Agenda in the New Millennium

Date: 9/25/2000
Speaker: Charlene Barshefsky
Title: United States Trade Representative
Speech: Trade Policy 1992-2000: The Clinton Record and the Road Ahead

Date: 10/16/2000
Speaker: Elaine Sciolino
Title: New York Times Correspondent and Author, Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran
Speech: 

Date: 11/02/2000
Speaker: HRH The Duke of York, (The Prince Andrew)
Speech: Britain: Open for Business

Date: 11/06/2000
Speaker: Ambassador Dennis Ross
Title: Special Middle East Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
Speech: 

Date: 11/09/2000
Speaker: Dr. David Baltimore
Title: President, California Institute of Technology
Speech: Why Don't We Have an AIDS Vaccine?

Date: 11/28/2000
Speaker: His Excellency Hung-mao Tien
Title: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Speech: Taiwan's Politics and Security in the Taiwan Strait

Date: 12/05/2000
Speaker: Thomas Homer-Dixon
Title: Director, Peace and Conflict Studies Program, University of Toronto
Speech: The Ingenuity Gap