Andrew Mellon, Winston Churchill, and the Morality of Debt
Andrew Mellon, Winston Churchill, and the Morality of Debt
Wed, Nov 2, 6:00 PM
The National Churchill Leadership Center (NCLC) • Washington, DC
Andrew H. Siegal Lecture By Danielle Pletka
Date and time
Location
Georgetown University
3700 O Street Northwest
(Riggs Library, Healy Hall)
Washington, DC 20057
The Center for Jewish Civilization invites you to attend the annual Andrew H. Siegal Memorial Lecture featuring Danielle Pletka.
About this event
The Bystander Effect: When Bad Things Happen in the World and No One Cares
Democracy is on the wane, anti-Semitism is on the rise, jihadis are coming back, rogue regimes feel secure, and it seems that few politicians or world leaders truly care. Is it the 1930s all over again? What should America do in this new and dangerous time?
About the Speaker
Danielle Pletka is the Andrew H. Siegal Professor at the Center for Jewish Civilization in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is also the Senior Vice President for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Before joining AEI, Ms. Pletka was a longtime senior professional staff member for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, where she specialized in the Near East and South Asia.
Ms. Pletka has authored, coauthored, and coedited a variety of studies and book chapters, including the report “Tehran Stands Atop the Syria-Iran Alliance” (Atlantic Council, 2017), and the chapter “America in Decline” in Debating the Obama Presidency (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).
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A reception with light hors d'oeuvres will take place at 2:45pm. RSVP is strongly encouraged.
Any person with an accommodation request is welcome to email us at cjcinfo@georgetown.edu. We will try to meet these accommodation requests to the best of our ability.