Chautauqua-in-Chagrin: Diplomacy

Chagrin Arts welcomes foreign relations and policy expert Aaron David Miller to Chautauqua-in-Chagrin on Tuesday, August 6 for a lecture on the topic of Diplomacy.  Ambassador Heather Hodges, President of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, will also join the program, facilitating audience questions for Mr. Miller and incorporating her own experience as former U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador and Moldova.    

Diplomacy will explore the interaction between nation building, foreign aid, national security, and military power.  Aaron David Miller’s talk is entitled “Middle East Muddle: Challenges for the Obama Administration.”  Mr. Miller has had extensive experience in this field, having served as an advisor at the Department of State where he helped to formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process.  Immediately following the lectures at 8:15pm will be a free musical performance in Riverside Park by the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra.  In keeping with the international theme of the evening, the 40-piece orchestra will perform “Music from Around the World.”