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SUMMARY:The Saudi Arabian Vision and the Future of Saudi/U.S. Relations with Fahad Nazer
DESCRIPTION:Fahad Nazer is the official spokesperson for the Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States. He was\nappointed to this role on January 18\, 2019. Prior to this appointment\, Nazer was a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and served as an International Fellow at the National Council on U.S. Arab Relations. Additionally. He was also a columnist for the daily newspaper Arab News. His publications have appeared in Foreign Affairs\, The New York Times\, CNN\, Foreign Policy\, YaleGlobal Online\, The National Interest\, and Newsweek. Nazer earned his BA in political science from New York University and an M.A in political science from Saint John’s University in New York City. He has also completed the credit and examination requirements of the PhD program in political science at the Catholic University of America in Washington. \nClick here to register for this webinar now \n  \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-saudi-arabian-vision-and-the-future-of-saudi-u-s-relations-with-fahad-nazer/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Russia-Ukraine: Negotiated Settlement of Continued War with Ambassador Steven Pifer
DESCRIPTION:Steven Karl Pifer (born 1953) is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe as well as the director of Brookings’ Arms Control Initiative. He was formerly senior adviser with the Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington\, D.C.\, and the third United States Ambassador to Ukraine from 1998 to 2000. \nHe served at the United States Embassies in Warsaw\, London and Moscow\, and as advisor on the U.S. delegation to the negotiations on intermediate-range nuclear forces in Geneva. \nFrom 1978 to 2004 he was a foreign service officer with the US Dept. of State. From 1996 to 1997\, he served special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia\, Ukraine and Eurasia on the National Security Council. From 1998 to 2000\, he served as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine. From 2001 to 2004\, he served as deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs\, with responsibility for Russia and Ukraine. \nThis webinar event will he held on zoom. \nClick here to register for this webinar now
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/ukraine-with-ambassador-steven-pifer/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Is the Midddle East at an Inflection Point? with Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Kurtzer is 45th annual Leo Camp Memorial Lecturer.\nKurtzer joined the United States Department of State and was serving as a junior officer at the American Embassy in Cairo when Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981. He served in Israel between the years of 1982 and 1986\, then became Deputy Director of the State Department’s Egypt desk in Washington\, D.C. He later served on the Policy Planning Staff\, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs\, and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. When asked why he was drawn to the Middle East\, he later replied: “The work never seems to be finished in this region. It is not a place where tuxedos and cocktail parties characterize diplomacy.”\nKurtzer joined the staff of Secretary of State James Baker. He helped write Baker’s noteworthy speech to American Israel Public Affairs Committee in May 1989. The speech was originally drafted by Harvey Sicherman\, who used uncontroversial pro-Israel language in his text. Kurtzer’s revisions included an attention-getting line that encouraged Israel and its supporters to abandon the Greater Israel idea. According to Aaron David Miller\, he and Kurtzer wrote short memos for Baker on issues at hand\, rather than longer\, strategic papers.\nKurtzer was also part of the Clinton administration’s team of advisers on the Arab–Israeli peace process. According to Miller\, Kurtzer left in 1994 because he “felt shut out by” the Special Middle East Envoy\, Dennis Ross.\nIn 2006\, he retired from the State Department and the U.S. Foreign Service with the rank of Career-Minister and assumed a chair in Middle East policy studies at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He co-chaired\, with Scott Lasensky\, the Study Group on Arab-Israeli Peacemaking\, a project supported by the United States Institute of Peace. They published their recommendations in a 2008 book. \nKurtzer is the co-author of Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East; co-author of The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab Israeli Peace\, 1989–2011; and editor of Pathways to Peace: America and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. He is also a frequent contributor of academic articles and opinion pieces. \nThis is a free event and open to the public.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/is-the-midddle-east-at-an-inflection-point-with-ambassador-daniel-kurtzer/
LOCATION:Albright College\, McMillan Student Center South Lounge\, 13th and Bern Streets\, Reading\, PA\, 19612\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Promise and Peril of Trump's America First Statecraft - with Charles Kupchan
DESCRIPTION:Charles Kupchan is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government.\nFrom 2014 to 2017\, Kupchan served as special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) in the Barack Obama administration. He was also director for European affairs on the NSC during the first Bill Clinton administration.  Before joining the Clinton NSC\, he worked in the U.S. Department of State on the policy planning staff.  Previously\, he was an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University.\nKupchan is the author of Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself From the World (2020)\, No One’s World: The West\, the Rising Rest\, and the Coming Global Turn (2012)\, How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace (2010)\, The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century (2002)\, Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order (2001)\, Civic Engagement in the Atlantic Community (1999)\, Atlantic Security: Contending Visions (1998)\, Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe (1995)\, The Vulnerability of Empire (1994)\, The Persian Gulf and the West (1987)\, and numerous articles on international and strategic affairs.\nKupchan has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs\, Columbia University’s Institute for War and Peace Studies\, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London\, the Centre d’Étude et de Recherches Internationales in Paris\, and the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo. From 2006 to 2007\, he was the Henry A. Kissinger scholar at the Library of Congress and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. From 2013 to 2014\, he was a senior fellow at the Transatlantic Academy.\nKupchan received his BA from Harvard University and MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University \nClick here to register for this webinar now
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-promise-and-peril-of-trumps-america-first-statecraft-with-charles-kupchan/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Is There a New AmericaS First Policy? with Dr. Ryan Berg
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ryan C. Berg\, has focused broadly on U.S. – Latin American relations. He contends that the new administration will move from “An America First” foreign policy to an “AmericaS First”\, focusing more and more on Latin America\, due to the fact that its agenda intersects with the region so much. Dr. Berg will focus on these oft ignored regions of Latin America and the reasons for this enhanced US interest. More importantly\, he will attempt to share how this revived interest will be interpreted by our friends to the south. \nDr. Berg obtained a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in political science and an M.Sc. in global governance and diplomacy from the University of Oxford\, where he was a Senior Hulme fellow. Earlier\, he obtained a B.A. in government and theology from Georgetown University. He is the director of the Americans Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He also serves as a professor at Catholic University of America and a course coordinator at the US Foreign Service Institute. Dr. Berg was a Fulbright scholar in Brazil and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed academic and policy-oriented journals. He routinely testifies before the Senate Foreign relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. \nTHIS EVENT IS BEING HELD VIRTUALLY \nClick here to register for this webinar now
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/is-there-a-new-americas-first-policy-with-dr-ryan-berg/
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SUMMARY:Sudan Nightmares: An Update with Dr. Randall Fegley
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Randall Fegley\, Associate Professor of History at Penn State Berks\, was named Executive Director of the Sudan Studies Association (SSA) during the organization?s 32nd Annual Conference on May 24\, 2013\, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. This followed his completion of a two-year term as SSA President. In this role\, Fegley will oversee the organization?s transition to a new generation of officers and board members. \nThe Sudan Studies Association (SSA) is an independent professional society founded in the United States in 1981. Membership is open to scholars\, teachers\, students\, and others with interest in the Sudan. The Association exists primarily to promote Sudanese studies and scholarship. \nTHIS EVENT WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. \nClick here to register for this webinar
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/sudan-nightmares-an-update-with-dr-randall-fegley/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Academic World Quest 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Greater Reading World Affairs Council’s local AWQ competition is scheduled for\nMarch 11th\, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Schmidt Training and Technology Center at Reading Area Community College.\n\nTen Berks County school districts (Antietam\, Boyertown\, Conrad Weiser\, Governor Mifflin\, Exeter\, Muhlenberg\, Schuylkill Valley\, Twin Valley\, Wilson\, Wyomissing) ten advisors and eighty-nine students will compete for a chance to advance to the National level\, with hotel and dining expenses covered by individual\, college and corporate sponsors.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/academic-world-quest-2025/
LOCATION:Reading Area Community College\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impacts of Economic Warfare with Dr. Narges Bajoghli
DESCRIPTION:Narges Bajoghli (pronounced: Nar-guess Baa-jogh-lee) is a scholar\, public intellectual\, and award-winning author whose work explores the intersections of media\, power\, and resistance in global politics. She serves as the Faculty Lead of  Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and is the co-director of the Rethinking Iran Initiative. Narges is also the co-Editor-in-Chief of Visual Anthropology Review\, where she helps shape the conversation around innovative approaches to visual storytelling in anthropology. \nHer first book\, Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic (Stanford University Press)\, received widespread acclaim and multiple awards for its groundbreaking ethnographic approach. Her second book\, How Sanctions Work in Iran\, offers an in-depth analysis of the impact of sanctions on Iranian society. Narges’s forthcoming book\, Workshop of War\, examines the legacy of chemical warfare in the Middle East and its broader implications for global military experimentation and violence. \nNarges’s research and writing have been featured in prominent outlets\, including Foreign Affairs\, The New York Times\, and The Atlantic. She is a frequent commentator on issues such as sanctions\, resistance movements\, and the role of media in shaping political ideologies. Her graphic novella\, Sanctioned Lives\, visually captures the everyday realities of life under sanctions and is part of a broader transmedia project bringing critical discussions of sanctions to new audiences. \nAs an educator\, Narges has received multiple teaching awards for her innovative courses on ethnography\, media\, and the politics of resistance. She is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of global leaders and thinkers\, fostering intellectual curiosity\, and bridging the gap between academia and public discourse. \nBeyond academia\, Narges leads The Big Invisible Initiative\, a film series amplifying stories excluded from mainstream discourse\, and Feminist Futures\, a multimedia platform for cutting-edge essays and art. She is passionate about creating accessible spaces for dialogue on complex global issues and inspiring others to envision a more just and equitable future. \nClick here to register for this webinar now
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/how-sanctions-work-iran-and-the-impacts-of-economic-warfare-with-dr-narges-bajoghli/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:North Korea under Kim Jong Un-A Security Challenge with a Few Good Options - with Dr. Terrence Roehrig
DESCRIPTION:This will be a virtual event. \nProfessor of national security affairs\, Terrence Roehrig has been a research fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard University in the International Security Program and the Project on Managing the Atom. He is a non-resident expert at the Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia University. He has published numerous books\, articles and book chapters on Korean and East Asian security issues\, North Korea’s nuclear weapons program\, the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance\, Korean maritime issues\, human rights and transitional justice. He has given presentations to U.S. Forces Korea\, the U.S. Embassy Seoul and the ROK JCS J-5. He has been a past president of the Association of Korean Political Studies. \nClick here to register for this webinar now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/north-korea-under-kim-jong-un-a-security-challenge-with-a-few-good-options-with-dr-terrence-roehrig/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine in 2025 and Beyond-Tell Me How This Ends with Michael O'Hanlon
DESCRIPTION:Michael E. O’Hanlon is a senior fellow and director of research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution\, where he specializes in U.S. defense strategy\, the use of military force\, and American national security policy. He directs the Strobe Talbott Center on Security\, Strategy and Technology\, as well as the Defense Industrial Base working group\, and is the inaugural holder of the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy. He co-directs the Africa Security Initiative as well. He is an adjunct professor at Columbia\, Georgetown\, and George Washington universities\, and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He also serves as a member of the Defense Policy Board at the U.S. Department of Defense. O’Hanlon was a member of the external advisory board at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2011-12. O’Hanlon’s latest book\, “Military History for the Modern Strategist: America’s Major Wars Since 1861” (Brookings and Rowman & Littlefield\, 2023) was published in January 2023. \nO’Hanlon’s other books include “The Art of War in an Age of Peace: U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute Restraint” (Yale\, 2021); “Defense 101: Understanding the Military of Today and Tomorrow” (Cornell\, 2021); “The Senkaku Paradox: Risking Great Power War over Limited Stakes” (Brookings\, 2019); “Beyond NATO: A New Security Architecture for Eastern Europe” (Brookings\, 2017); “The Future of Land Warfare” (Brookings\, 2015); and “Strategic Reassurance and Resolve: U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century” (with Jim Steinberg\, Princeton University Press\, 2014).  He edited “Brookings Big Ideas for America” (Brookings\, 2017). Previously\, he wrote “Crisis on the Korean Peninsula” (with Mike Mochizuki\, McGraw-Hill\, 2003); “Winning Ugly: NATO’s War to Save Kosovo” (with Ivo Daalder\, Brookings\, 2000); and about a dozen other books. \nO’Hanlon has written several hundred op-eds in major domestic and international newspapers. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs\, The National Interest\, Survival\, Washington Quarterly\, Joint Forces Quarterly\, and International Security\, among other publications. O’Hanlon has appeared on television or spoken on the radio more than 4\,000 times since September 11\, 2001. \nO’Hanlon was an analyst at the Congressional Budget Office from 1989-1994\, where he won the Director’s Award in 1992. He also worked previously at the Institute for Defense Analyses. His doctorate from Princeton is in public and international affairs\, where he was awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship. His bachelor’s and master’s degrees\, also from Princeton\, are in the physical sciences. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1982-84\, where he taught college and high school physics in French. Earlier\, he worked on a dairy farm in Upstate New York\, where he grew up\, and attempted (unsuccessfully) with a team of Princeton experimental physicists in the “Gravity Group” to disprove Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. \nAffiliations:\nColumbia University\, adjunct professor\nGeorge Washington University\, Elliott School of International Affairs\, professional lecturer\nGeorgetown University\, Center for Security Studies\, adjunct professor\nU.S. Department of Defense\, Defense Policy Board\, member \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-war-in-ukraine-in-2025-and-beyond-tell-me-how-this-ends-with-michael-ohanlon/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in E. Timor with Jaymi Smith
DESCRIPTION:This is a zoom presentation \nJaymi Smith graduated from Penn State Berks with a degree in Global Studies in Spring 2023. Currently\, she is serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Timor-Leste\, a small island in Southeast Asia. \nIn her presentation\, she will share her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer\, including what it’s like to live and work in a completely different culture\, the challenges and rewards of living in a less developed country\, and the important lessons she has learned about herself along the way. She will also introduce you to the rich culture and history of Timor-Leste\, a place many may not yet be familiar with. \nIf you have ever considered becoming a volunteer or are simply interested in the process and experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer\, we invite you to join Jaymi for this presentation.  She looks forward to sharing her journey. \nThis is a virtual presentation co-sponsored with Penn State Berks. \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/experience-as-a-peace-corps-volunteer-in-e-timor-with-jamie-smith/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:The Palestinian and Israeli Conflict: An Historical Perspective with Tod Witman
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL EVENT 12:00 NOON APRIL 10TH \nMr. 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 of Greater Reading January 17\, 2024 at the McGlinn Conference and Spirituality Center\, Alvernia University. \nTod Witman is a 32 year veteran educator in Berks County’s public schools\, with the last 21 served at Schuylkill Valley High School.  He is a longtime teacher of Advanced Placement World History and World Cultures courses and has taught almost every Social Studies course offered at SVHS.  He has participated in multiple highly selective institutes designed for high school history teachers\, including several from the Foreign Policy Association in New York City and the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.  These range in topics from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Iran’s interactions with the West to Russia’s foreign policy aspirations since the collapse of The Soviet Union.  In addition to teaching high school history\, he is a scoring leader for the College Board’s annual AP World History Reading.  He has also served as an AP World History consultant for the College Board and the National Math and Science Initiative via a program that delivers Advanced Placement content to traditionally underserved student populations in New York City.  He founded the World Affairs Club and Model UN Team at Schuylkill Valley High School and has worked closely with the World Affairs Council of Greater Reading to bring international learning opportunities to students across Berks County. \nThis event will be held VIRTUALLY at 12:00 Noon April 10th.\nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-palestinian-and-israeli-conflict-an-historical-perspective-with-tod-witman/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:International Careers Panel for College Students sponsored by WAC of Tennessee and WAC of Greater Reading
DESCRIPTION: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. \nDo you wonder what jobs and careers there are in International affairs? There is more than you think. Every Fall and Spring\, the World Affairs Council of TN assembles diplomats\, business peoples\, NGO officials\, returned Peace Corp volunteers  and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel. Topics for discussion include opportunities for internships\, the transition between school and work\, advise for career paths\, and hard and soft skills needed for current and future careers. \nThis Program is free for students. Click here or go to www.tnwac.org web site to register. \nPlease note that Tennessee is in the Central Time Zone and we are in the Eastern Time Zone. Tennessee’s start time for this program is 11:30 AM. Start time for WAC Reading is 12:30 PM Eastern Time.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/international-careers-panel-for-college-students-sponsored-by-wac-of-tennessee-and-wac-of-greater-reading/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240214T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240214T133000
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SUMMARY:The Chesapeake Bay Estuary with Brian Gish
DESCRIPTION:  \nSince 2018\, Brian has developed innovative watershed management plans for streams in the Susquehanna Valley\, as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Pennsylvania Science Team. He specializes in integrating advanced modeling\, remote sensing\, and geospatial techniques into community-driven environmental planning. Prior to joining CBF\, Brian has done related work in Pennsylvania\, California\, Massachusetts\, and Germany\, with professional experience in both the public and private sectors. He holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Geography from Johns Hopkins University and a graduate degree in Environmental Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. A twelfth generation Lancastrian\, in his spare time\, Brian enjoys making furniture\, hiking\, and pursuing wild trout in the Commonwealth’s many rivers and streams. \nThis event will be held at 12:00 noon on February 14th at the McGlinn Conference Center\nClick here to register for this event now.\nDEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS FEBRUARY 7TH
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-chesapeake-bay-estuary/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T173000
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Current Palestinian and Israeli Conflict
DESCRIPTION: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 4\,000 year history of the area followed in succeeding order by Brian Chartock\, Chief Executive Officer\, the Jewish Federation of Reading and Rubina Tareen\, Outreach Coordinator\, the Islamic Center of Reading. The three panelist each will have 8-10 minutes to present followed by question and answer with the audience. \nThis event will be held at 4:30pm on January 17th at the McGlinn Conference Center and simulcast via Zoom Webinar\nRegister to attend live at the McGlinn Conference Center\n– OR –\nAttend the Zoom Webinar Virtually \nThere is no charge to attend.\nThere will be a free-will offering at the event for those who wish to contribute.\nRegistration is strongly encouraged.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/understanding-the-current-palestinian-and-israeli-conflict/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T162336
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SUMMARY:43rd Annual Leo Camp Memorial Lecture at Albright College
DESCRIPTION:Will the environment survive a renewed Middle East peace process? A blueprint for progress. \nPresented by Alon Tal
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/43rd-annual-leo-camp-memorial-lecture-at-albright-college/
LOCATION:Albright College\, McMillan Student Center South Lounge\, 13th and Bern Streets\, Reading\, PA\, 19612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T133000
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SUMMARY:India and what its Democracy means to the US and the World with Dr. Daniel Markey
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Daniel Markey is a senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace. He is also a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Foreign Policy Institute. \nFrom 2015-2021\, Dr. Markey was a senior research professor in international relations at SAIS\, where he launched and led the Master of Arts in Global Policy degree program and taught courses in international politics and policy. From 2007-2015\, Dr. Markey was a senior fellow for India\, Pakistan\, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2003 to 2007\, Dr. Markey was a member of the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff. His work focused on U.S. strategy in South Asia\, especially Pakistan and India. Prior to government service\, he taught in the Department of Politics at Princeton University and served as executive director of Princeton’s Research Program in International Security. Earlier\, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Olin Institute for Strategic Studies. \nDr. Markey has two decades of academic\, think tank\, and government experience focused on international relations and U.S. policy in Asia\, with a particular focus on South Asia and China’s evolving role in the region. Dr. Markey earned his bachelor’s in international relations from Johns Hopkins and his doctorate in politics from Princeton. \nDr. Markey is the author of China’s Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia (Oxford University Press\, 2020). The book assesses the evolving political\, economic\, and security links between China and its western neighbors\, including Pakistan\, India\, Kazakhstan\, Russia\, Saudi Arabia\, and Iran. He is also the author of No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad (Cambridge University Press\, 2013) as well as numerous reports\, articles\, book chapters\, and opinion pieces. His commentary has been featured widely in U.S. and international media. \nThis event will be held virtually on September 21 at 12:00 noon. \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/india-and-what-its-democracy-means-to-the-us-and-the-world-with-dr-danial-markey/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T090000
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SUMMARY:275th Anniversary Celebration of Reading's Founding - Breakfast Event
DESCRIPTION:Delegations from Reading’s two sister cities\, Reading\, England and Reutlingen\, Germany are coming to Reading March 12-17 to join in the celebration of the 275thanniversary of Reading’s founding.  The World Affairs Council of Greater Reading is pleased to hold a breakfast program as  part of the week long set events  planned  for the visits. \nThe program  will be Thursday\, March 16 at the DoubleTree by Hilton.  Registration and breakfast\, 7:15-8:00 a.m. Program: 8-9 a.m. \nThe program with be in the form of a moderated panel discussion with a representative from each delegation discussing the value each perceives in the sister city partnership and a  representative of Reading discussing the significance of the 275th anniversary and the importance of the sister city relationships.  Question and Answer with the audience will follow with everything concluding sharply at 9 a.m. \nThe DoubleTree has heavily discounted the cost for the breakfast as part of its contribution to the 275th anniversary celebration. Cost for the breakfast is $15 per person with payment at the door.   Registration deadline is Monday\, March 13\, 2023. \nThe program promises to be an interesting exchange of perspective and culture.  We look forward to your participation. \nREGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR THIS EVENT IS MARCH 9TH. \nClick here to register for this event now. \nPlease note\, PARKING IS FREE. Do not pay to park.  Simply bring your license plate number with you to WAC registration.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/275th-anniversary-celebration-of-readings-founding-breakfast-event/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton\, 701 Penn St.\, Reading\, 10601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T113000
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SUMMARY:Where are the Winds of Inflation Blowing Us? with Philip Orlando
DESCRIPTION:Philip Orlando is senior Vice President and Chief Equity Market Strategist of Federated Hermes. He is also Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager with 32 years of industry experience and is responsible for formulating and articulating Federated’s opinions about the equity market as well was positioning strategies for the firm’s products. He serves as chairman of both the Macro Economic Policy and the Prism Assets Committees\, and additionally as head of the Balanced/Macro Team within Federated’s Equity Group. He is Senior Portfolio Manager of Federated’s  AssetmAllocation Fund. \nPrevious associations include CIO & Sr. Portfolio Manager for Value Line and CIO & Portfolio Manager for First Capital Advisors. He received B.A. and MBA degrees from New York University. \nThis event is being held virtually at 11:30 AM on January 26\, 2023. \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/where-are-the-winds-of-inflation-blowing-us-with-philip-orlando/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200819T110000
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SUMMARY:Clash of Cultures: China's Expansion and the Steppe  People of Central Asia with Nicholas Millward
DESCRIPTION:Nick Millward is the president of the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies. In his talk\, Nick will draw on his research\, his travel experiences in the area and his work to improve the conditions for the people living there. \nNick graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. While living in Japan\, Nick joined the executive committee of Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS)\, a non-governmental organization that promotes the study of strategic\, diplomatic and legal issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region. Nick has conducted extensive research on the subversion of ethnic minority groups in Central Asia and looks forward to authoring works in this field of study. \nWhen discussing Central Asian cultural subversion\, Nick is speaking in his private capacity only\, not as a representative of the United States Marine Corps. \nThis event starts at 10:00 AM on Wednesday\, August 19th. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4277410692300514 \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-asia-pacific-with-nick-millard/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200708T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200708T133000
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SUMMARY:Recent Developments in the China/Hong Kong Relationship with Dr. Victoria Tin-bor Hui
DESCRIPTION:Faculty Fellow\, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies\nFaculty Fellow\, The Kellogg Institute for International Studies\nFaculty Fellow\, The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies\nFaculty Affiliate\, Center for Civil and Human Rights \nVictoria Tin-bor Hui received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University and her B.SSc. in Journalism from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. \nHui’s core research examines the centrality of war in the formation and transformation of “China” in the long span of history. She is the author of War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe (Cambridge University Press\, 2005). She has also published “Toward a Dynamic Theory of International Politics” in International Organization\, “Testing Balance of Power Theory in World History” in the European Journal of International Relations\, “The Emergence and Demise of Nascent Constitutional Rights” in The Journal of Political Philosophy\, “Building Castles in the Sand” in the Chinese Journal of International Politics\, “History and Thought in China’s Traditions” in the Journal of Chinese Political Science\, and book chapters “How Tilly’s Warfare Paradigm Is Revolutionizing the Study of Chinese State-Making\,” “Cultural Diversity and Coercive Cultural Homogenization in Chinese History\,” “The China Dream: Revival of What Historical Greatness?”\, “Confucian Pacifism or Confucian Confusion?”\, “The Triumph of Domination in the Ancient Chinese System” and “Problematizing Sovereignty.” \nHui also studies contentious politics. As a native from Hong Kong\, she has written “Will China Crush the Protests in Hong Kong? Why Beijing Doesn’t Need to Send in the Troops” in Foreign Affairs and “Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: The Protest and Beyond” in the Journal of Democracy. She also maintains a blog on Hong Kong https://victoriatbhui.wordpress.com. She has extensively commented on Hong Kong politics in the media including the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage\, ChinaFile\, ABC\, the BBC\, the New York Times\, the Guardian\, Bloomberg\, Sky News\, NPR\, Vox\, and the Christian Science Monitor. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, July 8th. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4089635131078072 \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/recent-developments-in-the-china-hong-kong-relationship-with-dr-victoria-tin-bor-hui/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200624T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200624T133000
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SUMMARY:Russia and the 2020 Elections-what is Putin's game plan? with Christopher Miller
DESCRIPTION:Chris Miller is assistant professor of international history at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and co-director of the school’s Russia and Eurasia Program. He is author of  Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia (2018) and The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy (2016).  \nHe has previously served as the associate director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale\, a lecturer at the New Economic School in Moscow\, a visiting researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Center\, a research associate at the Brookings Institution\, and as a fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Academy. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Yale University and his B.A. in history from Harvard University. \nARTICLES\n“The Bureaucratic Bourgeoisie: How the Soviet Union Lost Faith in State-led Economic Development\,” History of Political Economy (2019)\n“Georgii Mirskii and Soviet Theories of Authoritarian Modernization\,” International History Review (2017)\n“Economic Take-Off or Great Leap Forward: Soviet Assessments of Chinese Economic Reforms during Perestroika\,” Soviet and Post-Soviet Review (2016)\n“Gorbachev’s Agricultural Reforms and the Politics of Perestroika\,” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History (2016) \nBOOKS\n“Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia\,” The University of North Carolina Press\, 2018.\n“The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy: Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR\,” The University of North Carolina Press\, 2016 \n\nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, June 24th. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nJoin via www.wacreading.org/live \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4025445150830404 \nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/putins-russia-with-christopher-miller/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T133000
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence and Data with Abdullah Konak
DESCRIPTION:Abdullah Konak is a Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University\, Berks.  Dr. Konak received his degrees in Industrial Engineering\, B.S. from Yildiz Technical University\, Turkey\, M.S. from Bradley University\, and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to his current position\, he taught at Auburn University.  Dr. Konak also held visiting positions at Lehigh University\, Cornell University\, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. \n  \nDr. Konak’s primary research interest is in the modeling\, analysis\, and optimization of complex systems using computational intelligence combined with techniques from probability and statistics and from Operations Research.  He has studied a broad range of topics including network design\, reliable system design\, cybersecurity\, facilities design\, green logistics\, production management\, and data sciences.  Dr. Konak has published papers in leading journals such as Operations Research Letters\, Informs Journal on Computing\, Europan Journal of Operations Research\, Computers and Operations Research\, IIE Transactions\, IEEE Transactions on Reliability\, International Journal of Production Research\, and Production Economics.  He has been a principal investigator in sponsored projects from the National Science Foundation\, the National Security Agency\, the US Department of Labor\, and Venture Well. \nDr. Konak currently teaches courses on Database Management Systems\, Cybersecurity\, Agent Based Modelling\, and Entrepreneurship. He is a member of INFORMS and IEEE. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, June 17th. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nJoin via www.wacreading.org/live \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3997391866969066 \nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything!
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/artificial-intelligence-and-data-with-abdullah-konak/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T203000
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SUMMARY:Red Sea Security with Dr. Randall Fegley
DESCRIPTION:A political historian at Penn State Berks College\, Randall Fegley teaches courses in African\, European and Middle Eastern history\, ethnic conflict in Africa and international law. Joining the Penn State system in 1988\, he specializes in the study of mass trauma\, especially long-term conflicts\, gross human rights violations and prolonged disasters in Rwanda\, Equatorial Guinea\, Uganda\, South Sudan and Sudan. He lived\, taught and completed Ph.D. research in Sudan from 1980 to 1984 and has returned to work there and in other African countries numerous times. In November 2003\, he received Penn State Berks’ Beaver Community Service Award for restoring schools in war-torn Kajo Keji County as part of a program of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem. He has been particularly active in the Sudan Studies Association\, the leading scholarly organization on Sudan. Host of the SSA’s 22nd annual conference in May 2002 and a member of the association’s board from 2003 to 2007\, he has also served as the organization’s president and executive director. As the coordinator of Penn State’s four-year degree program in Global Studies\, he set up internship programs in Rwanda and India. His published works have examined Rwandan\, Sudanese\, Belgian and Equatorial Guinean political history\, genocide\, the mythologies that perpetuate conflicts\, elections and governance in post-trauma societies; and the rehabilitation of former slaves and child soldiers. \n  \nThis event starts at 7:00 PM on Wednesday\, June 3rd. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything! \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3951727394868847 \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/red-sea-security-with-dr-randall-fegley/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200527T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200527T133000
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SUMMARY:India and Pakistan with Dr. Sudip Ghosh
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sudip Ghosh is an associate professor of business at Penn State Berks. His scholarly and teaching interests include corporate finance\, banking and financial regulations\, macro-monetary economics\, and corporate social responsibility. He has presented pre-conference workshops and conference sessions at international conferences. Dissertation Topic: “Risk Based Capital Requirements and the U. S. Loan Market” \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, May 27th. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nJoin via www.wacreading.org/live!\nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything! \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3926112307430356 \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/india-and-pakistan-with-dr-sudip-ghosh/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T133000
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SUMMARY:China's Road into Latin America with Dr. John Stanley
DESCRIPTION:For Video replay\, click HERE \nDr. John Stanley is originally from the Philadelphia area. He earned his BA from Moravian College in 1994 and later earned his Masters and PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) where he focused on China’s history and politics. He currently holds the position of Professor in the History Department of Kutztown University where he teaches classes in World History\, general East Asia\, and more focused classes on Chinese history with a focus on the late-19th and early-20th century. The focus of Dr. Stanley’s research work is on the secular activities of missionaries in China. He has published articles on mission schools and medical work of the American Presbyterians in Shandong from the late-19th to the early-20th century.  His more recent research has turned to the role the local population had in mission work with a particular focus on areas of Shandong outside of the larger treaty port cities.  \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Thursday\, May 14th.\n \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nThe public is invited to watch the meeting via Facebook Live. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3878699878838266
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/chinas-road-into-latin-america-with-dr-john-stanley/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Europe in the Age of Corona - with Ron Granieri
DESCRIPTION:For Video replay\, click HERE \nRon Granieri is an FPRI Templeton Fellow\, the Executive Director of FPRI’s Center for the Study of America and the West\, Editor of the Center’s E-publication The American Review of Books\, Blogs\, and Bull\, and Host of Geopolitics with Granieri\, a monthly series of events for FPRI Members.  He is a specialist in Contemporary German and International History with degrees from both Harvard and the University of Chicago. He is the recipient of a Federal Chancellor Scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and is a member in the American Council on Germany’s Young Leader Program. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania\, Temple University\, Syracuse University\, Furman University\, and the University of Tubingen. He is the author of The Ambivalent Alliance: Konrad Adenauer\, the CDU/CSU\, and the West\, 1949-1966 (Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books\, 2003)\, and is currently completing a book entitled: The Fall and Rise of German Christian Democracy\, From Detente to Reunification\, for Oxford University Press. \nJoin us Wednesday\, May 6th at 7pm on Facebook Live \nMembers are invited to join live via Zoom \nConnection details can be found in your May 1st Member’s Email Newsletter. \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/europe-in-the-age-of-corona-with-ron-granieri/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:From Coexistence To Shared Society
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Federation of Reading sponsored event. April 9\, 2018 – 7:00 PM – Reform Congregation Oheb Shalom\, 555 Warwick Dr. Wyomissing. Free and open to the public\nMohammad Darawshe\nFrom Coexistence To Shared Society \nMohammad Darawshe is the Director of Center for Equality & Shared Society\, Givat Haviva. The lecture will focus on efforts of institutions in Israel to move from social interactions between Jewish and Arab youth to a more substantial engagement between both societies\, bringing examples demonstrating abilities to engage in collaborative efforts serving both interests. Mr. Darawshe will touch on what can be down on the social\, economic\, and political arenas to build islands of success in Jewish Arab relations\, and how these efforts manage to engage mainstream leadership from both communities.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/from-coexistence-to-shared-society/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Race\, Perserverance and Catholicism
DESCRIPTION:Alvernia Lecture – 7:00 PM – McGlinn Conference Center @ Alvernia U.\nDr. Darren Davis\nRace\, Perserverance and Catholicism \nDr. Darren Davis is a nationally recognized scholar in political behavior and racial politics.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/4598/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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