Thursday, July 12
A Dialogue on National Security and Civil Liberties: Detention, Interrogation, and More
Perspectives from Stuart Taylor, National Journal columnist, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, and a contributing editor at Newsweek, and David Cole, professor at Georgetown University Law Center and commentator on PBS

Thursday, July 19
The United States and the Middle East after Iraq: Taking Stock of Iran and the Shia Revival
Vali Nasr, author of "The Shia Revival," professor of Middle East and South Asia politics at the Naval Postgraduate School and fellow of the Dubai Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Thursday, July 26
The Deceptive Nature of Intelligence Reform
Fred Hitz, former Inspector General of the CIA and professor at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, who writes and teaches on espionage

Thursday, August 9
Critical Issues Facing U. S. Health Care: Access, Availability, and Cost
Steven Schroeder, professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and former president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation