The Program Committee attracts a wide range of knowledgeable speakers on international political, military, economic and health issues of great interest to our members. We bring to Naples experts on specific countries which affect the United States – China, Russia, Iran, Israel, Palestine and many others. With a broad range of speakers covering many differing knowledge areas and viewpoints, we attempt to help our members understand the world and its workings a little better.

The quality and size of our audience is of material help in attracting speakers of the highest caliber. We appreciate you enthusiastic attendance and the willingness to ask questions at the end of each lecture. Our speakers have indicated that speaking to you has been one of their more enjoyable speaking experiences.

We also attempt to provide you with some exclusives – news, analysis and opinions you will not readily find in the news.

Dr. Cheng Li startled us by predicting the demise of the Communist Party in China by 2015. He showed us that the Party is already split into liberal and conservative factions at odds over a wide variety of issues from religion to economics.

Brian Steidle, with dramatic pictures and language, took us inside the horrors of Darfur as if we were there ourselves. This was also our first multi-media lecture involving film, slides and speaker. More to come.

Dr. Mitchell Reiss surprised us by indicating that a fully peaceful nuclear program in Korea or Iran could be converted into bomb making in a matter of weeks.

Milton Viorst, in his brilliant 1400 year history of Arab Islam, showed how the word “Democracy" had been discredited in the Arab world by the actions of the French and British following World War I. He said Arabs believe “Democracy is a trick of the West". This made our job even harder in Iraq.

There are many more exclusives which have been brought to you by many of our past speakers. The good news is that there are many more to come your way in the future.