Institute Insider

Humphrey Institute alumnus Patrick Mendis will discuss his latest book, Trade for Peace: How the DNA of America, Freemasonry and Providence Created a New World Order with Nobody in Charge, on Wednesday, April 15, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Freeman Commons (205 Humphrey Center). Dr. Mendis is the vice president of the Osgood Center for International Studies and a visiting scholar in Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins University's Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. He taught seven years at the University of Minnesota before serving as an American diplomat and a military professor during the Clinton and Bush Administrations. Also an alumnus of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, Mendis teaches at Norwich University's MA in Diplomacy program. This event is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Freeman Center for International Economic Policy, Carlson School of Management, Minnesota International Center, and St.Paul–Minneapolis Committee on Foreign Relations.