On October 7, 2019, James Madison College at Michigan State University, a JMC partner program, will host the Honorable Roza Otunbayeva for a discussion of democracy-building in foreign countries.

On April 24, 2019, Tamara Cofman Wittes will be speaking at the University of Puget Sound on Middle Eastern democracy and how the U.S. should manage its relations with autocratic regimes.

On April 26, 2019, the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program, will host Daniel Immerwahr for a lecture on the United States' role as a global empire.

On February 22, 2019, the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program, will host Allen Hertzke for a lecture on America's global role in upholding religious liberty.

On February 7, Bruce Jentleson of Duke University will examine the history of American foreign policy and how it can be applied to current key issues in a lecture at the University of Puget Sound.

The Kinder Institute has an upcoming conference on American political and transnational history.

Kevin Cooney will discuss the strategic significance of the South China Sea in a talk at George Fox's John Dickinson Forum.