Brian Mateo, associate dean of civic engagement and director of strategic partnerships in Bard College’s Globalization and International Affairs Program and security fellow at the Truman National Sec…

8:00 to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Reception 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Session One: Iran's Domestic Politics Ali Ansari, Professor and Director, Institute for Iranian Studies, University of St. Andrews Farideh F…

Panelists provide first-hand accounts of the 1986 Reykjavik Summit with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and discuss how the Cold War–era meeting shaped future U.S.-Ru…

Session One: The U.S. PerspectiveThis session will provide insight on the U.S. perspective and response to the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square twenty-five years ago.Bren…