Trump in the World 2.0 Winter Lecture Series

The bronze W sees snow. Snow falls on the University of Washington Seattle Campus over winter break. December 2013. Photo by Katherine B. Turner

Join us for Trump in the World 2.0, a winter quarter series of talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. Guest speaker and faculty presentations will examine how different regions and global issues are affected by the policies of the Trump administration.

Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies

Lectures run on Mondays, 5-6:20 p.m. Pacific Time from January 12 to March 9, 2026.

UW students: Interested in taking this as a 2-credit/no credit course? Go to MyPlan for full details.

For the public: Free and open to all. Available via livestream only. Registration is required to receive the livestream link: RSVP here

Sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and co-sponsored by UW Global at the University of Washington.

Questions? Email jsisevents@uw.edu

LIST OF SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

Monday, Jan. 5 | Students-only session; no public livestream

Monday, Jan. 12
Title: The European Partnership in Trade and Security
Time: 5-6:20 p.m. PT
Speakers: Edward Alden, Ambassador (ret.) John Koenig, and Jacqueline Miller (moderator)

Monday, Jan. 19 | HOLIDAY – NO LECTURE

Monday, Jan. 26
Title: Past, Present, and Future of Diplomacy
Time: 5-6:20 p.m. PT
Speakers: Roberto Dondisch and Ambassador (ret.) Bonnie Jenkins

Monday, Feb. 2
Title: The US, India and the World
Time: 5-6:20 p.m. PT
Speakers: Radhika Govindrajan, Sunila Kale, and Milan Vaishnav

Monday, Feb. 9
Title: Rising Authoritarianism: Views from the Middle East
Time: 5-6:20 p.m. PT
Speakers: Reşat Kasaba and Gönül Tol

Monday, Feb. 16 | HOLIDAY – NO LECTURE

Monday, Feb. 23
Title: Foreign Aid on the Ground
Time: 5-6:20 p.m. PT
Speakers: Tsitsi Chataika, Eman I. Yarrow, and Stephen Meyers (moderator)

Monday, March 2
Title: What Was Intelligence and What Comes Next?
Time: 5-6:20 p.m. PT
Speakers: Ambassador (ret.) Jeff Hovenier, Kelly McGannon and Bill Regan

Monday, March 9
Title: The China Question(s)
Time: 5-6:20 p.m. PT
Speakers: David Bachman, Tabitha Grace Mallory and Susan H. Whiting

For general disability accommodation requests, contact us at 206-543-6450 (voice), 206-543-6452 (TTY), 206-685-7264 (fax), or dso@uw.edu.