Past Events

In 1995 the French journalist and scholar Jean Lacouture published a small book with a series of portraits of the figures who had “made” the world after World War II. Some were widely acknowledged to be monstrous for their misdeeds; others were the source of Lacouture’s personal inspiration. In a… More

It was the summer of 1988. Alec Mally, a career foreign service officer, was completing a three-year stint as economics officer at the US Embassy in Manila. A sovietologist by inclination and training, with an interest in Eastern Europe, Mally was keen to land a spot on the far side of the Iron… More

Note from the Editor: the text of the following interview first appeared on the ACT website. Ilda Zhulalia attending Michael Dukakis' inaugural address at Anatolia College in September 1999, which marked the launch of what was then known as the Dukakis Chair in Public Policy and Service. She participated in the… More

Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis has a long-standing interest in China and its standing in contemporary global affairs. He has been an advocate of talking with friends and foes alike, and of listening rather than dictating, and he has spoken at and animated numerous initiatives aimed at improving Sino-US understanding,… More

The Dukakis Center premiered -- at long last -- the documentary film “Now More Than Ever,” virtually, at the conclusion of the Third Annual Thessaloniki Think Tanks and Civil Society Forum on Monday, February 8. The project to produce a documentary on the Dukakis Center was long in coming to… More