Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia and one of America’s leading voices on diplomacy and democracy, will deliver the 2025 Maverick Lecture. The event will occur on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Stieren Theater. McFaul will present “Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.”

The Maverick Lecture is generously underwritten by the William and Salomé Scanlan Foundation, ensuring that Maury Maverick’s legacy of championing civil rights and justice lives on.

“A poet, a journalist, and a lawyer walked into a bar … and the result was the Maverick Lecture Series at Trinity University,” said William “Bill” Scanlan Jr., son of William and Salomé. “I’m grateful for that meeting with writers Naomi Shihab Nye and Jan Jarboe Russell for sharing their

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