Speakers Archive

The New Face of War, with Frank Sobchak, Naval War College

World Ahead 2027 with Tom Standage, Deputy Editor of The Economist

America’s Global Choices: Then, Now, and Next
World Affairs Councils of America, Washington, DC | November 17-20, 2026

Arctic, with Jennifer Spence, Director of the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

"Board of Peace? Gaza, the Trump Plan and US Policy on Palestine," with Khaled Elgindy, Senior Middle East Fellow, Quincy Institute

Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages with Brett McGurk

How did the War on Terror reshape America – and the world? All the Presidents’ Wars with Peter Bergen

What Happens now that the New START Treaty has Expired? with Austin Long, MIT Center for Nuclear Security Policy

Securing Poland's Future

Mistrust, with Ethan Zuckerman, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Pakistan, with Daniel S. Markey, Stimson Center

"BRICS, the US, and the Contest Over Global Leadership," with Mihaela Papa, Director of Research and Principal Research Scientist - MIT Center for International Studies

"When Voters Exit, Authoritarianism Survives," with Chipo Dendere, Africana Studies, Wellesley College

"Does the United Nations remain effective in resolving conflicts throughout the world?" with Tamiriace Fakhoury, Tufts University Fletcher School

"The Future will be Very Different: Global Population and Migration in the 21st Century," with Jack Goldstone, George Mason University

"On the Ground in Gaza: Supporting Displaced Palestinians," with Jennifer Bing, National Director of the US Palestine Activism Program, American Friends Service Committee

"Shaping Perception: How Information Fuels Public Narratives," with RADM John F. Kirby (ret.), at College of the Holy Cross, O'Callahan Society Speaker Series

Nuclear proliferation with Gideon Rose, Council on Foreign Relations and Columbia University

"How journalists cover global events since the beginning of the 21st century," with Frank Langfitt, NPR Global Democracy Correspondent

Join Senator Murphy and fellow citizens across the nation for a town hall on U.S. Foreign Policy.