1997 – Hong Kong in Transition: The Transfer of Sovereignty to China
Paul Simon
Former U.S. Senator from Illinois
Leslie H. Gelb
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Richard Baum
Professor of Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles
Richard N. Haass
Director, Foreign Policy Studies
The Brookings Institution
1998 – Africa: The Neglected Continent
Ali A. Mazrui
Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies
Binghamton University
Peter J. Schraeder
Associate Professor of Political Science
Loyola University of Chicago
Richard N. Haass
Director, Foreign Policy Studies
The Brookings Institution
1999 – Peace, Human Progress & New Challenges for the 21st Century
Oscar Arias
Former President of Costa Rica
Recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize for Peace
2000 – America on the Verge of a New Millennium
James F. Hoge Jr.
Editor of Foreign Affairs magazine
Ryan Mathews
Futurist with FirstMatter Consulting Firm
Westport, Connecticut
2001 – Rising Sun, Looming Crisis: Japan Facing Reform and Transition in the New Millennium
Dr. William R. Farrell
Author of Crisis and Opportunity in a Changing Japan
Middleton, Connecticut
Dr. William M. Tsutsui
Acting Director of the Center for East Asian Studies
University of Kansas
Dr. Mark Tilton
Chair of the Asian Studies Program
Purdue University
2002 – India and South Asia: Conflict, Crisis, and Kashmir
Dr. Stephen P. Cohen
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program
Brookings Institution
Dr. Ayesha Jalal
MacArthur Fellow/Professor of History
Tufts University
2003 – Cuba After Castro
Dr. Alberto R. Coll
Senior Fellow, Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy
Newport, Rhode Island
Dr. Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Nebraska Omaha
2004 – After Tsars & Soviets: Russia’s Future & Why It Matters
Dr. Nina L. Khrushcheva
Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute
Dr. Robert H. Donaldson
Professor of Political Science
University of Tulsa
2005 – New Horizons in U.S.-Mexico Relations
Armand Peschard-Sverdrup
Director, Mexico Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Loretta Bondi
Former Director, Cooperative Security Program
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
2006 – France and the U.S.: Friends and Foes in Global Change
Jean-Benoît Nadeau
Journalist and Author
Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Michael Mosher
Chair, Political Science Department
University of Tulsa
2007 – China and the U.S.: Steering a Course for Collision or Convergence?
Dr. Chen Jian
Director, China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program
Cornell University
Dr. Henry Rosemont Jr.
Distinguished Visiting Professor of East Asian & Religious Studies
Brown University
2008 – Germany & the U.S.: In a Globalized World
Wolfgang Drautz
German Consulate General
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. James Sperling
Professor of Political Science
University of Akron
2009 – Enduring Boundary, Lasting Friendship, Evolving Futures: Canada-U.S. Relations
Georges Rioux
Canadian Consul General
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Mark Kasoff
Founder, Canadian Studies Program
Bowling Green State University
2010 – The Mystery of Brazil: From Amazon to Z
David Grann
Author, The Lost City of Z
Dr. James Bogan
Professor of Art History
Missouri University of Science and Technology
2011 – Charting a New Course for Egypt
Dr. John Duke Anthony
Chief Executive Officer
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Dr. Mark Long
Director of Middle East Studies
Baylor University
2012 – The Transformation of Thailand: Revival and Political Change
Dr. Charles Keyes
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and International Studies
University of Washington
Dr. Mark Mullenbach
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Central Arkansas
2013 – Roads Less Traveled: Italian Immigrants in America
Dr. Vincenza Scarpaci
Italian American Author and Historian
Eugene, Oregon
2015 – The Centennial of World War I
Dr. Christopher Capozzola
Associate Professor of History
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brian Grubbs
Director, Over There: Missouri and the Great War
2020 – Politics and the Press: Testing the Trump Playbook in 2020
Colleen McCain Nelson
National Opinion Editor, McClatchy Media Company
Editorial Page Editor, Kansas City Star
