Recent Specific Speeches- Foreign Affairs, Politics, and National Security

National Security Strategies (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

National Security Doctrines (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

The Return of Great Power Conflict (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Clinton, Bush, and Obama:  Contrasting National Security Strategies and Finding a Way Forward (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

A National Security Strategy for the 21st Century (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

The Political, Security and Economic Difficulties of Nippon (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

U.S. Foreign Policy - the Impact on European Security (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

The History of United States Foreign Policy (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

U.S. Foreign Policy - National Security Doctrines (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

The Bush Doctrine - Changes in American Foreign Policy, International Relations, and International Security (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

United States National Security Policy After 9/11 (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

The legacy of the Bush Doctrine (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

The Bush Doctrine - Foundations and Concepts (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Global Dialogue: Security and Foreign Policy Issues Around the World (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

East Asia and U.S. Foreign Policy (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Japan - Politics, and Policy (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Roots and Causes of the Israel/Palestine Issue (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Theodore Roosevelt - The Strenuous Life and American Foreign Policy (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Franklin Roosevelt - Franklin’s War Foreign Policy (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

George Washington, A Unique President (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy and Security (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Korean–American Relations (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

U.S. Foreign Policy in East Asia (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

China - Transformation, and Change (can be paired with books/articles by the author).

Politics - The Art of Governing and the loss of Statesmanship in America (Government, Business, Educators, Groups interested in domestic politics)

Government - A Government of the People? Or a Government for Institutions?    

International Affairs and Business- Toward a Realistic Foreign Policy that Benefits the American People and the Nation (Government, Business, Educators, Groups interested in international affairs)

Culture - The State of American Civilization, East Asian Culture, Russian Culture (Government, Business, Educators, Groups interested in society and culture)

History/Politics - East Asian/American/European selected topics (Government, Business, Educators, Historians, Groups interested in international affairs, multiculturalism)

Other Sample of Past Speeches

Japan Economics, Politics, Customs, Society

China— Economics, Politics, Customs, Society

Korea— Economics, Politics, Customs, Society

Germany - Economics, Politics, Customs, Society

Former Soviet Union - Economics, Politics, Customs, Society

The state of US Foreign Policy

US Foreign Policy in East Asia

Quo Vadis - Where is America Going?

Pax Americana - America as Sole Superpower

The United States Flag

The Role of US Citizenship

Brief Bio Dr. Lamont Colucci

Dr. Lamont Colucci has experience as a diplomat with the U.S. Dept. of State and is today an Associate Professor of Politics and Government at Ripon College.  His primary area of expertise is United States national security and United States foreign policy.  At Ripon, he is the coordinator of the National Security Studies program and teaches courses on national security, foreign policy, intelligence, terrorism, and international relations.  He has published two books as the sole author entitled Crusading Realism: The Bush Doctrine and American Core Values After 9/11, and a two-volume series entitled - The National Security Doctrines of the American Presidency: How they Shape our Present and Future.  He was contributing author of two books entitled The Day That Changed Everything: Looking at the Impact of 9/11 at the End of the Decade and Homeland Security and Intelligence.  In 2012, he became the Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a doctorate in politics from the University of London, England. In 2007 he was the recipient of Ripon's Severy Excellence in Teaching Award and in 2010 the Underkofler Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2015 he received the National Significant Sig award of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Dr. Colucci is also an occasional columnist for the Washington Times, National Review, Weekly Standard, The Hill, U.S. News and World Report, and Defense News. He is a bi-monthly columnist for Newsmax. He is also Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council, Senior Advisor in National Security for Contingent Security, and is Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs, to the NATO-oriented Conference of Defence Associations Institute. Dr. Colucci also teaches in the graduate program in intelligence and security at American Military University.  He served as founding interim Director of the Center for Politics at Ripon College. In 2018 he was appointed to the National Task Force on National and Homeland Security. You can find out more at lamontcolucci.com.