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Speakers

Speakers

The Austin Council on Foreign Affairs hosts prominent experts on a wide array of international topics confronting decisionmakers. Past speakers have included, for instance:

Amb. Jonathan Addleton; Image source: public domain
US Ambassador Jonathan Addleton
Amb. Larry André; Image: public domain
US Ambassador Larry André. Jr.
Amb. Rudolf Bekink; Image: public domain
Ambassador of Netherlands Rudolf Simon Bekink
Photo: US Dept. of State
Dr. Seth Center
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Major General of Israel Meir Dagan
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Mr. Matthew Dowd
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Ambassador of Egypt Nabil Fahmy
Photo: D.Firestein 8-2025
Mr. David Firestein
Mr. Rob Gardner
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Dr. Russell A. Green
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Consul General of Mexico Carlos González Gutiérrez
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Ms. Karen Elliot House
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US Ambassador Robert Hutchings
Mr. Nathaniel Karp
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Dr. Andrew Kutchins
US Ambassador (Ret.) Lewis Lucke
By U.S. House Office of Photography - Biography, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=142031919
US Congressman Michael McCaul
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Mr. Robert McNally
Dr. Anna Mikulska
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US Ambassador Cameron Munter
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Dr. Shannon K. O'Neill
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Ms. Claudio Rosett
Ambassador of Azerbaijan Elin Suleymanov
Photo: Twitter profile
Mr. Reggie Thompson
Olaf Kosinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons
Dr. Yanis Varoufakis
Photo: Kenny Braun
Mr. Lawrence Wright
Amb. Muyng-Soo Ahn; Image: Korea Journal
Ambassador of Korea Myung-Soo Ahn
Dr. Schmuel Bar
Photo: Maryna Marston with Square Earth Studio, Rhodium Group
Ms. Reva Bhalla
Dean
Dean Robert Chesney
Ambassador of Ireland Ruairí de Búrca
Dr. Paul Edgar
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Ambassador of Ireland Adrian Farrell
Vice Chancellor of Germany Joschka Fischer
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US Ambassador Antonio O. Garza
Secretary of Mexico Ildefonso Guajardo
United Nations Development Programme, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Ambassador of China He Yafei
Ms. Valerie Hudson
Photo: By Gabriel Cristóver Pérez extracted Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51672741
Dr. William Charles Imboden, III
Dr. Alan Kessler
US Brigadier Tim Lai
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US Senator Dick Lugar
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Colonel Steven McCraw
Photo: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Secretary of Mexico José Antonio Meade
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Dr. Rabi Mohtar
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USAID Director Andrew Natsios
Photo: Herald Sun
Ambassador of Australia Andrew Peacock
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Ambassador of Spain Ramón Gil-Casares
Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Dr. Jeremi Suri
Javiertrevino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Congressman of Mexico Javier Treviño
US General Charles F. Wald
Mr. Mark Wynne
Amb. Craig Allen; Image: public domain
US Ambassador Craig Allen
Mr. J. Kyle Bass
Photo: Marsha Miller
Dr. H. W. Brands
US Ambassador Henry Crumpton
Mr. Enrique de la Madrid
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Minister of Spain Pedro Morenes
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Ms. Michele Ferenz
Dr. George Friedman
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Dr. Thomas Garza
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Secretary of Mexico Gloria Guevara
Minister of Japan Toshiaki Hiromitsu
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US Congressman Will Hurd
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US Admiral Bobby Inman
Mr. Hilal Khashan
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Dr. Phil Levy
US Assistant Secretary Ellen McCarthy
UN Treaty Section, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Sir Jim McLay
Mr. Luis Robles Miaja
Mr. John Edwin Mroz
USMC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
US General Robert Neller
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US Lt. General Harry D. Raduege
US Ambassador Joe Stafford & Mrs. Kathleen Stafford
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Dr. Julia Swieg
US Ambassador Chase Untermeyer
Mr. Rob Wilder
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