2005-2006: Contemporary world leaders

April 1, 2006 - Focus on the Middle East and South Asia

Featured Speakers:

• Hassan Abbas, The Fletcher School: "Leadership in South Asia Today: A Comparison of Leaders in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh"
• Ronnie Olesker, The Fletcher School: "Transforming the Bulldozer: The Mutually Beneficial Relationship between Ariel Sharon and the ‘New Emerging Center’ in Israel"
  • Ariel Sharon: Israel's new Prime Minister - a biography
  • A farewell to Sharon
  • Sharon's big secret, our big lie
  • The Life of Ariel Sharon
• Gregory Drake, U.N. Association of Greater Boston; Peter Halvorson, Burlington HS;Timothy Hoey, Malden Catholic HS: "Conflict between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir Territory"

February 4, 2006 - Focus on Africa

Featured Speakers:

• Michael Lake, The Fletcher School: "Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa – time-expired ex-revolutionary or tragic hero?"
• Deborah Smith Johnson, Lexington High School: "African Leaders and Their Response to Human Rights"
• William C. Martel, The Fletcher School: "Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat: Profile in Leadership"
• Vernon Domingo, Bridgewater State College: "A Geopolitical Perspective of Sub-Saharan Africa"

November 5, 2005 - Focus on Europe

Featured Speakers:

• Michael Lake, The Fletcher School: "Blair in His Twilight Years?"
• Dimitris Keridis, The Fletcher School: "Recep Erdogan and the Long Road to Europe"
  • Reading on "Islam, Modernity, and Democracy in Contemporary Turkey"
• Kenneth Strauss, Winchester HS: "Putin's Russia: Democracy, the Former Soviet Republics, and the U.S. Response"
• James Kirkcaldy, Hingham HS: "Europe in Transition: A Geopolitical Perspective"