On January 24, 2019, former US Ambassador Mark Johnson, Diplomat in Egypt, Iran, Kuwait and the Persian Gulf, gave a lecture in the Hager Auditorium at the Museum of the Rockies, entitled THE US & THE MIDDLE EAST: HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT – UNDERSTANDING THE HARD LESSONS OF 1979. Ambassador Johnson is a 4th generation Montanan. He established the Montana World Affairs Council in 2000 with the goal of providing Montanans with greater opportunities to understand the world.

To find out more about the Montana World Affairs Council, you can go to their website:

https://www.montanaworldaffairs.org/