US Foreign policy and relations with the Asian-Pacific Countries
Amb. Christopher Hill, Richard Mueller and Suisheng Zhao
Monday March 18 2019
10:30am—12:00pm
University of Denver
SIE Complex—1st Floor, Room 1020
2201 S. Gaylord St., Denver, CO 80208

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill is the Chief Advisor to the Chancellor on Global Engagement at DU and author of Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir. He is a former career diplomat,  four-time ambassador (Iraq, the Republic of Korea, Poland and the Republic of Macedonia), and served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Richard Mueller was a 32-year career U.S. diplomat.  He served at senior levels under Secretary George Schultz and Secretary Baker.  Earlier he worked for Secretary Kissinger. He specialized in Asian and Chinese affairs, with postings in Canberra, Saigon, Taiwan, and Beijing in the 1970's and serving as American Consul General in Hong Kong, 1993-1996.

Suisheng Zhao is Professor and Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and the founder and editor of the Journal of
Contemporary China. Professor Zhao’ has published widely on US-China relations, Chinese foreign policy and domestic politics as well as Asian regional issues.

This event is part of a program hosted by WorldDenver for the US Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program for International visitors from Australia, Cambodia, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Tuvalu.

This event is free and open to the public.
Please register by Friday March 15th:

Last Days of the Mighty Mekong 

Brian Eyler
Tuesday April 16th, 2019
12:00pm—1:30pm
SIE Complex—5th Floor—Maglione Hall
University of Denver
2201 S. Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80208

Brian Eyler is the director of the Stimson Center's Southeast Asia Program in Washington, DC. Previously, he directed study abroad centres in Beijing and Kunming, China for IES Abroad and led numerous study tours throughout the Mekong region.
In Last Days of the Mighty Mekong, Brian Eyler travels from the river's headwaters in China to its delta in southern Vietnam to explore its modern evolution. Along the way he meets the region’s diverse peoples, from villagers to community leaders, politicians to policy makers. Through conversations with them he reveals the
urgent struggle to save the Mekong and its unique ecosystem.

Brian Eyler’s book Last Days of the Mighty Mekong will be available for purchase at this event.

This event is free and open to the public. Lunch Provided.
Please register by Monday April 15th:

Dr. Larry Diamond
Wednesday April 17th, 2019
12:00pm-2pm
SIE Complex—5th Floor—Maglione Hall
University of Denver
2201 S. Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80208

Dr. Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. For more than six years, he directed FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, where he now leads its Program on Arab Reform and Democracy and its Global Digital Policy Incubator. He is the founding co-editor of the Journal of Democracy and also serves as Senior Consultant at the International Forum for Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy. His research focuses on democratic trends and conditions around in the world, and on policies and reforms to defend and advance democracy.

The 2019 Sabel and Lee-Stahlgren Award Dinner
Tuesday April 30, 2019
5:30-9:00pm
at the Josef Korbel School of International Relations
SIE Complex—5th Floor—Maglione Hall– Room 5025
University of Denver
2201 S. Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80208

Please purchase tickets and tables at: http://dughost.imodules.com/CCUSC2019

For Additional information about tables and sponsorship please see this Sponsorship Menu PDF