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Ambassador Dave & Kay Phillips Family International Lecture Series

The Ambassador Dave and Kay Phillips Family International Lecture series was endowed for the purpose of bringing prominent figures in international security, foreign policy and diplomacy to Duke University in order to engage with students, faculty and the larger Duke community about issues of international importance.

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Phillips Family International Lectures

2022 – 2023

Ambassador Katherine Tai | November 9, 2022

2021-2022

Michael McFaul | March 1, 2022
General Mark A. Milley | November 12, 2021

2020-2021

Susan Rice | August 27, 2020
GEN H.R. McMaster | October 14, 2020 Michael McFaul Susan Rice milley 2 Gen. HR McMaster

2019-2020

Samantha Power | December 3, 2019
John Bolton | February 17, 2020 Samantha Power John Bolton

2018-2019

GEN Joseph Dunford | Nov. 5, 2018
GEN John Kelly| March 6, 2019 Gen. Joseph Dunford Gen. John Kelly 2017-2018 Expand

2017-2018

John Podesta | November 2017
Reince Priebus | December 2017 2016-2017 Expand

2016-2017

Karl Rove & Jim Messina | October 2016
ADM James Stavridis | November 2016
GEN Keith Alexander | November 2016
Jared Cohen | March 2017
Joe Nye | April 2017 2015-2016 Expand

2015-2016

Tom Donilon | November 2015
Wendy Sherman | February 2016
GEN Martin Dempsey | February 2016
Estonian PM Event | March 2016
GEN Martin Dempsey & Denis McDonough | April 2016 2014-2015 Expand

2014-2015

Steve Hadley | December 2014
Mitt Romney | April 2015 2013-2014 Expand

2013-2014

David Petraeus | September 2013
Karl Eikenberry | March 2014