by Gordon Perlmutter | Apr 25, 2024
Brief biography: Ronald J. Granieri is a 2024 Templeton Fellow and the Director of the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He also hosts People, Politics, and Prose, a monthly event series at FPRI. Dr. Granieri is...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Apr 24, 2024
Carol Jenkins is the CEO of World Learning Inc., which encompasses three distinct branches: The Experiment in International Living; School for International Training, which includes SIT Study Abroad and SIT Graduate Institute; and the nonprofit global development and...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Apr 23, 2024
Bret Schafer is a senior fellow and head of the Alliance for Securing Democracy’s information manipulation team. Bret is the creator and manager of Hamilton 2.0, an online open-source dashboard tracking the outputs of Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Apr 10, 2024
Ambassador William B. Taylor is vice president, Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring, he oversaw U.S....
by Gordon Perlmutter | Apr 10, 2024
Natan Sachs is the director of the Center for Middle East Policy and a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings. He has taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Department of Government and its Security Studies Program. Prior to...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Mar 18, 2024
VIRTUAL EVENT 12:00 NOON APRIL 10TH Mr. Witman will review the 4,000 year history of the region, expanding upon the well-received presentation he made as part of the panel discussion on the current Palestinian and Israeli conflict hosted by the World Affairs Council...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Mar 14, 2024
Kimani Nehusi (PhD) is a progressive African historian born in Guyana. Dr. Nehusi is an academic who lectured at the University of Guyana, the University of London and the University of East London and currently lectures at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Feb 29, 2024
Facing Inhumanity: A Look at International Humanitarian Law Following a brief summary of the major landmarks and personalities involved in the development of international humanitarian law, this virtual presentation will review the major texts defining genocide, war...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Feb 24, 2024
The Tennessee World Affairs Council in collaboration with the World Affairs Council of Greater Reading is offering An International Careers Panel via Zoom at 12:30 – 2:00 Eastern Time on Wednesday April 3, 2024. Do you wonder what jobs and careers there are in...
by WAC Reading | Dec 21, 2023
The World Affairs Council of Greater Reading will hold a moderated panel discussion Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the McGlinn Conference Center, Alvernia University, 460 Saint Bernadine Street, Reading, PA. Educator Tod D. Witman will review the long...
