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SUMMARY:Trade Issues Confronting the Biden Administration with Adam Wilczewski
DESCRIPTION:Adam S. Wilczewski brings two decades of experience in business\, government\, politics\,fundraising\, and law\, with a special focus on assisting clients in their domestic andinternational business development and fund-raising needs. He is known for his ability to turn around and grow organizations\, build and motivate high-performing teams\,  increase organizational capacity\, and enhance accountability. Adam serves various clients with strategic global positioning\, sales\, marketing\, and non-profit management. \nCurrently Adam works with Lennar International\, a division of Lennar Corp (NYSE: LEN)\,America’s largest homebuilder. As their Head of International Affairs and Director of International Business Development\, he builds global sales platforms and manages their international affairs efforts among global trade organizations and foreign governments. He also serves as the President for Fiducia Consulting\, LLC\, a boutique fundraising firm with a special focus on conducting capital campaigns for a wide range of not-for-profits. \nIn addition to global business and not-for-profit management\, Adam has worked in leadership and volunteer roles in four presidential campaigns: Lieberman for President (’03-’04); Kerry for President (DNC ’04); Biden for President (’06-’07); Obama for President (’08 and ’12). His work in politics and international affairs led him to a political appointment in the International Trade Administration in Washington\, DC. He rose to Chief of Staff there and was a leader for the President’s National Export Initiative to double exports and increase job growth during the Great Recession. He also helped lead trade missions to countries across the globe and elevated critical trade promotion programming. \nAdam earned a law degree from American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington\, DC\, as well as a degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Florida. He holds a Certificate in International Mediation from Erasmus University in Rotterdam\, The Netherlands. He currently resides in Northern Virginia. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, February 24th. \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/trade-issues-confronting-the-biden-administration-with-adam-wilczewski/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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SUMMARY:The Future of Energy with John Walsh
DESCRIPTION:John Walsh\, director\, president and chief executive officer of UGI Corporation\, will speak about the “Future of Energy” at the Wednesday\, Feb. 10 program of the Word Affairs Council of Greater Reading. The virtual program begins at noon and will end around 1:30 p.m. Walsh has been president and a director of UGI since 2005 and CEO since 2013. He also serves as a director (since 2005) and chairman of the board (since 2016) of AmeriGas Propane\, Inc. He serves as a director and vice chairman of UGI Utilities\, Inc. (since 2005). AmeriGas Propane\, Inc. and UGI Utilities\, Inc. are subsidiaries of UGI Corporation. Walsh served as chief operating officer of UGI Corporation (2005 to 2013) and as president and chief executive officer of UGI Utilities\, Inc. (2009 to 2011). Previously\, Walsh was the chief executive of the Industrial and Special Products division of the BOC Group plc (an industrial gases company)\, a position he assumed in 2001. He was an executive director of BOC (2001 to 2005)\, having joined BOC in 1986 as vice president – Special Gases and having held various senior management positions in BOC\, including president of Process GasSolutions\, North America (2000 to 2001) and president of BOC Process Plants (1996 to 11 2000). He also serves as director at Main Line Health\, Inc.\, the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey\, the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia\, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce\, the Satell Institute\, and the Philadelphia Zoo\, and as trustee at the Saint Columbkille Partnership School. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, February 10th. \nClick here to register for this event now. \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-future-of-energy-with-john-walsh/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T173000
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SUMMARY:Israeli Politics\, the State of U.S. - Israeli Relations and the Recent Peace Accords with Dr. Lee Lukoff
DESCRIPTION:This event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Reading \nIn 2019\, Lee Lukoff graduated from the University of Georgia with a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Affairs. He holds Master’s degrees from Boston College (Political Science) and George Mason University (Public Policy). In 2008\, his research interests include subjects in the areas of American Foreign Policy\, Intelligence Studies\, US-Israel Relations\, Middle East Politics\,  and Political Psychology. \nHe has taught fifteen courses as an Instructor of Record on topics such as International Conflict\, Global Issues\, US-Israel Relations\, and American Public Policy.  He currently teaches at the University of Georgia’s Washington Semester Program and in the Department of Government at American University. \nIn 2017\, He was awarded a university grant that allowed him to serve as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. During his time at Hebrew University\, he interviewed former government officials for his dissertation on US-Israel Relations in the 1980s.  He is also a founding member of the Early Career Scholars Group of Intelligence Studies in the International Studies Association and has published in the Journal of Intelligence History\, American Intelligence Journal\, Journal of European and American Intelligence Studies\, and The Encyclopedia of U.S. Intelligence. His book reviews have been published in the Journal of Cold War Studies and the International Journal of Intelligence\, Security\, and Public Affairs. \nClick here to register for this event now. \nOr join us on Facebook Live.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/israeli-politics-the-state-of-u-s-israeli-relations-and-the-recent-peace-accords-with-dr-lee-lukoff/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210113T133000
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CREATED:20200522T002537Z
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SUMMARY:China's Economic Espionage and U.S. Security with Nicholas Eftimiades
DESCRIPTION:Nicholas Eftimiades recently retired from the US Department of Defense. His 34 year government career included working at CIA\, US Department of State/Diplomatic Security Service and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). His career included overseas postings to Moscow\, Frankfurt\, London\, and Tokyo. Nick’s more notable assignments include Chief of DIA’s Counterterrorism Operations\, Senior Technical Officer of the Future Technology Division\, and Chief of DIA’s Space Division. He served as DIA’s lead for national space policy and strategy development. Mr. Eftimiades authored books and number of scholarly articles on national security threats\, emerging technologies\, and space security issues. His book Chinese Intelligence Operations is an examination of the structure\, operations\, and methodology of the intelligence services of the People’s Republic of China. The book received worldwide recognition with the Chinese government declaring Eftimiades “an enemy of the people”. To date\, it remains the only scholarly analysis of China’s intelligence services and operational methodology. Nick Eftimiades is now an Assistant Teaching Professor at Penn State University\, Harrisburg\, School of Public Affairs/Homeland Security. He is a frequent public speaker on future technology and societal changes\, and national security issues. He has appeared on CBS Evening News\, Dateline NBC\, ABC’s Day One\, BBC\, BBC America\, National Public Radio\, and dozens of other television and radio broadcasts. He has been quoted in hundreds of newspapers and magazines across the world. Eftimiades testified before several US Congressional and Presidential Commissions concerning Chinese Espionage\, National Security issues\, emerging technologies\, and the future of the US space program. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, January 13th. \nClick here to register now!\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. \nClick here to register via Zoom\nThe event will begin at Noon on January 13th \nOr join us on Facebook Live.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/international-security-with-nick-eftimiades/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201216T120000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T195654Z
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SUMMARY:My Friend the Spy. The Notorious Case of FBI Special Agent Robert Hanssen with James Ohlson
DESCRIPTION:In February 2001\, Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and charged with committing espionage on behalf of the intelligence services of the former Soviet Union and its successors. He pled guilty to 15 counts of espionage on July 6\, 2001 and was sentenced to prison without the possibility of parole.  The Hanssen case is described by the Department of Justice as “possibly the worst disaster in U.S. intelligence history.” \nDuring his FBI career\, James Ohlson was a close FBI colleague and friend of Hanssen; the two had even attended the same Chicago high school.  Jim Ohlson is a retired FBI special agent having served nearly 30 years\, primarily in New York City and Washington\, DC.  Subsequent to the FBI\, Jim worked in the Directorate of Security and Counterintelligence at National Security Agency (NSA)\, Fort Meade\, MD.   He currently lives with his wife in New Jersey. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, December 16th. \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. \nClick here to join via Zoom at Noon on December 16th.\nOr dial in to listen by phone\n(646) 558-8656\nMeeting ID: 899 8652 9065\nPasscode: 554831
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/my-friend-the-spy-the-notorious-case-of-fbi-special-agent-robert-hanssen-with-james-ohlson/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201209T133000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change  with John Dernbach
DESCRIPTION:John Dernbach is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on sustainable development\, climate change\, and environmental law. He is the director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center\, and brings his expertise into the classroom in courses on property\, environmental law\, international law\, and sustainability. \nProfessor Dernbach writes and lectures widely on climate change\, sustainable development\, and environmental law. He has written more than 50 articles for law reviews and peer-reviewed journals\, and has authored\, coauthored\, or contributed chapters to more than 20 books. Most recently\, he and Professor Michael Gerrard edited Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States (Environmental Law Institute Press 2019)\, a comprehensive assessment and description of more than 1\,000 legal tools that could be used to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050.  He is also the editor or principal author of three comprehensive assessments of U.S. sustainability efforts that made recommendations for future action. They are Acting as if Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability (2012)\, Agenda for a Sustainable America (2009) and Stumbling Toward Sustainability (2002). In addition\, he was a member of the National Research Council Committee that\, in Sustainability and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2011)\, made recommendations on how to institutionalize sustainability at EPA. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, December 9th. \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. \nWatch live on Facebook \nClick here to join via Zoom at 10am on November 19th.\nOr dial in to listen by phone\n(646) 558-8656\nMeeting ID: 817 9259 3831\nPasscode: 99022967
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/climate-change-with-john-dernbach/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T113000
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SUMMARY:NATO from the European Perspective with Michal Baranowski
DESCRIPTION:Michał Baranowski is the director of GMF’s Warsaw office\, where he provides overall strategic direction and leadership for the organization’s work in Poland\, the Baltic states\, and the V4 countries. He writes and speaks extensively on NATO\, transatlantic relations\, and U.S. foreign policy\, and is frequently quoted in outlets such as Associated Press\, Financial Times\, New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Die Welt\, Rzeczpospolita\, Reuters\, Axios\, Le Soir\, Washington Post and Foreign Affairs. He publishes in Polish\, American\, and European media and policy journals. He is a member of the Polish-German reflection group established by presidents of Poland and Germany. He holds a master’s of European public affairs from Maastricht University\, and has studied at Mercer University in the United States and the University of Oxford. \nWatch Live on Facebook \nClick here to join via Zoom at 10am on November 19th.\nOr dial in to listen by phone\n(646) 558-8656\nMeeting ID: 861 3815 3178\nPasscode: 584059
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/nato-from-the-european-perspective-with-michal-baranowski/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T133000
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CREATED:20200206T171721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T195259Z
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SUMMARY:The Long March of Virtue: China's Views of its Development\, Power and U.S.-China Relations with Robert Daly
DESCRIPTION:Robert Daly was named as the second director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson Center in August 2013.  He came to the Wilson Center from the Maryland China Initiative at the University of Maryland.  Prior to that\, he was American Director of the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing.  Robert Daly began work in U.S.-China relations as a diplomat\, serving as Cultural Exchanges Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in the late 80s and early 90s.  After leaving the Foreign Service\, he taught Chinese at Cornell University\, worked on television (北京人在纽约) and theater projects in China as a host\, actor\, and writer\, and helped produce Chinese-language versions of Sesame Street and other Children’s Television Workshop programs.  During the same period\, he directed the Syracuse University China Seminar and served as a commentator on Chinese affairs for CNN\, the Voice of America\, and Chinese television and radio stations.  From 2000 to 2001\, he was American Director of the U.S.-China Housing Initiative at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Mr. Daly has testified before Congress on U.S.-China relations and has lectured at scores of Chinese and American institutions\, including the Smithsonian Institution\, the East-West Center\, the Asia Society\, and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.  He has lived in China for 11 years and has interpreted for Chinese leaders\, including Jiang Zemin and Li Yuanchao\, and American leaders\, including Jimmy Carter and Henry Kissinger. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Tuesday\, November 10th. \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. \nClick here to join via Zoom at Noon on November 10th.\nOr dial in to listen by phone\n(646) 558-8656\nMeeting ID: 815 9977 6732\nPasscode: 298964
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/china-with-robert-daly/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201022T133000
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CREATED:20200206T171257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200818T204925Z
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SUMMARY:Inspired: Stories of triumph and tragedy from the Congo with Sasha Lezhnev
DESCRIPTION:Sasha Lezhnev is Deputy Director of Policy at The Sentry\, where he focuses on conflict\, governance\, corruption\, and corporate accountability issues in central Africa. He is also Founding Director of the Grassroots Reconciliation Group\, an organization that works to reintegrate former child soldiers and refugees in northern Uganda. Sasha is a founding member of the Public-Private Alliance on Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA). He previously worked at Global Witness\, the International Crisis Group\, and the U.S. Institute of Peace on U.S. policy and conflict resources\, extractive industries transparency\, and peace processes in Africa. He was based in Uganda for 2 1/2 years as Senior Program Officer with the Northern Uganda Peace Initiative and advisor to the chief mediator of the peace process with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). \nHe is the author of the book Crafting Peace: Strategies to Deal with Warlords in Collapsing States. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Cambridge University and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Thursday\, October 22th. \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. The link will be posted one week prior to the event.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-with-sasha-lezhnev/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200409T181835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T122927Z
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SUMMARY:Foreign Interference in Democracies: What to Watch in 2020 with Jessica Brandt
DESCRIPTION:Jessica Brandt is the Head of Research and Policy at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and a Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Her research interests include international security\, multilateral institutions\, and the geopolitical consequences of state fragility. Jessica previously served as special adviser to the president in the Executive Office and as an associate fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings\, an International and Global Affairs fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University\, and as the director of Foreign Relations for the Geneva Accord in Tel Aviv. She earned a BA in international relations with a concentration in conflict and security studies from Johns Hopkins University and an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a member of the Advisory Council of the American Ditchley Foundation\, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, and a David Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, October 14th. \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. \nClick here to join via Zoom at Noon on October 14th.\nOr dial in to listen by phone\n(646) 558-8656\nMeeting ID: 862 3251 5478\nPasscode: 446113 \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4569411023100478 \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/foreign-interference-in-democracies-what-to-watch-in-2020-with-jessica-brandt/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200930T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200930T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200916T175923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200923T173002Z
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SUMMARY:NATO from the American Perspective with Ron Granieri
DESCRIPTION:Ron 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. \nClick here to join via Zoom at Noon on September 30th\nOr dial in to listen by phone\n(646) 558-8656\nMeeting ID: 862 3251 5478\nPasscode: 446113\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4485492901492291
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/nato-the-american-prospective-with-ron-granieri/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200206T170642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T122318Z
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SUMMARY:India in the COVID-19 Era - Can Modi Turn the Tide with Milan Vaishnav
DESCRIPTION:Milan Vaishnav is a senior fellow and director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His primary research focus is the political economy of India\, and he examines issues such as corruption and governance\, state capacity\, distributive politics\, and electoral behavior. \nHe is the author of When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics (Yale University Press and HarperCollins India\, 2017)\, which was awarded the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay New India Foundation book prize for the best non-fiction book on contemporary India published in 2017. He is also co-editor (with Devesh Kapur) of Costs of Democracy: Political Finance in India (Oxford University Press\, 2018) and (with Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Devesh Kapur) of Rethinking Public Institutions in India (Oxford University Press\, 2017). His work has been published in scholarly journals such as Asian Survey\, Governance\, India Review\, India Policy Forum\, Studies in Indian Politics\, and PS: Political Science and Politics. He is a regular contributor to several Indian publications. \nPreviously\, he worked at the Center for Global Development\, where he served as a postdoctoral research fellow\, the Center for Strategic and International Studies\, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an adjunct professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and has previously taught at Columbia and George Washington Universities. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Thursday\, September 10th. \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. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4381915085183407
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/india-with-milan-vaishnev/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200819T110000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200620T175041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200813T150347Z
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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:20200805T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200805T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200617T144640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200804T144711Z
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SUMMARY:Ukraine/Russia with Amb. John Herbst
DESCRIPTION:Ambassador Herbst joined the United States Foreign Service in 1979. He has worked as a political counselor at the U.S. embassies in Tel Aviv\, Israel\, Moscow\, Russia\, and Riyadh\, Saudi Arabia. He has also worked as the Director of Regional Affairs in the Near East Bureau of the United States State Department\, as Director of the Office of Independent States and Commonwealth Affairs\, as Principal Deputy to the Ambassador-at-large for the Newly Independent States\, and as U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem. He was appointed Ambassador to Uzbekistan in 2000\, and to Ukraine in 2003. In 2006\, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed Ambassador Herbst as Coordinator for the Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization. He assumed the new position in the summer of that year. \nAmbassador Herbst assumed the position of Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization in the summer of 2006. During his tenure\, Ambassador Herbst launched the Civilian Response Corps\, grew its ranks to over 1\,000\, and oversaw their missions in countries that include Sudan\, Chad\, Haiti\, Lebanon\, Kosovo\, Iraq and Afghanistan. Under Ambassador Herbst’s direction the Civilian Response Corps and the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization supported over 20 U.S. Embassies. His responsibilities included planning and coordinating to prevent conflict and deliver sustainable stabilization solutions to countries in danger of\, emerging from or in conflict. \nAmbassador Herbst was particularly successful in building interagency support and using the concept of smart power through policy committees and coordination teams that include persons from the United States Agency for International Development and the departments of Justice\, Commerce\, Agriculture\, Homeland Security\, Health and Human Services and Treasury. \nDuring the period that became known as the Orange Revolution in Ukraine\, Ambassador Herbst was involved in the events which led up to and defined Viktor Yushchenko‘s presidency. Ambassador Herbst was described by Pakistan’s Daily Times as “an erudite\, charming and linguistically gifted diplomat” whose accomplishments “conveyed Bush policy that Ukraine should not join the Common Economic Space with Russia\, Belarus and Kazakhstan because ‘it is not in [its] interests to have this integration complicated’.” \nIn 2005\, Ambassador Herbst\, serving as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine\, called the reputation of Mykola Bilokin\, Minister of the Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 2003 to 2005\, “unacceptable.” Later in the month Ambassador Herbst worked with newly appointed Minister of the Internal Affairs of Ukraine\, Yuri Lutsenko\, to reform the ministry. The new ministry was restructured to meet the changing political and socio-economic environment in Ukraine. During the meeting Ambassador Herbst offered the support of American law enforcement officers and noted that the U.S. is willing to provide aid to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. \nFollowing the Orange Revolution\, Ambassador Herbst facilitated funding of objective sources of news in Ukraine. His efforts led to the United States Agency of International Development funding $2.4 million to be spent towards the development of mass media in the country. Ambassador Herbst implemented his strategy by focusing on readying trainers and educators in the communications discipline\, including Ukraine‘s Center for Ukrainian Reform Education and Kiev non-governmental organization Telekritika. Ambassador Herbst oversaw tertiary funding including the Open Media Fund\, sponsored by the International Renaissance Foundation and worked with his associates at the U.S. Embassy\, including press attaché Brent Byers\, to allocate $750\,000 in 2005. Ambassador Herbst oversaw funding in support of independent media in Ukraine. Ambassador Herbst coordinated with the European Commission to Ukraine and effectively secured an additional 3.5 million Euros between 2003 and 2005. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, August 5th. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4231811840193733 \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/ukraine-russia-with-amb-john-herbst/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200729T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200729T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200628T235454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200727T142148Z
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SUMMARY:The State of the State Department with Lawrence Cohen
DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Cohen is a retired diplomat with the U.S. Department of State. During his Foreign Service career\, Mr. Cohen served in Mexico\, Honduras\, India\, Hungary\, Nigeria\, Brazil\, and Afghanistan. His Washington\, D.C.\, assignments included stints in the Office of Environmental Policy working on bilateral U.S.-Mexico and NAFTA issues\, and as State Department Desk Officer to the Inter-American Development Bank. Mr. Cohen has also served on short-term Foreign Service assignments in Erbil\, Iraqi Kurdistan Region; Tunis; Jeddah; and Kuwait. \nMr. Cohen created the Foreign Service Institute’s Afghanistan pre-deployment training program\, facilitated Afghan training for USAID personnel\, and developed diplomatic tradecraft training for the South Sudanese Foreign Ministry in Juba. Mr. Cohen served as the Retiree Vice President on the Governing Board of the American Foreign Service Association (2013-15). He delivered a presentation on Afghanistan to the Reading World Affairs Council in September 2008. \nMr. Cohen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history and Mideast Studies from Dickinson College and his Masters of Arts degree in International Relations\, specializing in Middle East Affairs from the University of Chicago. He resides in Schwenksville\, Montgomery County. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, July 29th. \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. The link will be posted one week prior to the event. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4196727813702136
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/the-state-of-the-state-department-with-lawrence-cohen/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200708T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200708T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200603T175602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200703T125856Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200527T191509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200618T132229Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200501T152026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200611T190853Z
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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:20200610T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T140000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200228T164006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200607T180037Z
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SUMMARY:Infectious Disease Including COVID-19 (Coronavirus) with Marie Keim
DESCRIPTION:Marie Keim\, BS\, MT\, CIC:Director Epidemiology\, Infection Control and Prevention Reading Hospital \nMs. Keim has more than 30 years of healthcare experience\, with over 20 years in infection prevention and includes clinical microbiology. She is currently the director of the epidemiology\, infection control and prevention department at Reading Health System. Ms. Keim has expertise in all scopes of healthcare encompassing hospitals\, clinics\, ambulatory centers and physician offices. She assists clients in all aspects of project design and construction through occupancy to proactively minimize risks for patients and a staff from both the microbiology and infection prevention perspective. She has successful incorporated work flow\, instrument/equipment and product selection to improve patient outcomes.\n\n\nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, June 10th. \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/3980766611964925
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/infectious-disease-including-covid-19-coronavirus-with-marie-keim/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T203000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200501T163005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200531T155053Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200501T162156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200524T214754Z
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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:20200520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T130000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200417T182752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T201405Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change with Dr. Spencer Stober
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Spencer S. Stober is a Professor of Biology at Alvernia University\, Reading\, PA\, USA.  He has taught Biology for 30 years including undergraduate courses in genetics\, botany\, and environmental science.  Since earning his doctorate at Temple University\, with a specialization in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies\, he teaches graduate courses in leadership and supervises dissertations.  In 2005 he received Alvernia’s Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching\, and he was awarded the Neag Professorship in 2011.  He has also served in a number of key administrative positions at Alvernia University\, including Department Chairperson\, Ph.D. Program Director\, Dean of Arts and Sciences\, and Dean of Graduate and Continuing Studies.  Dr. Stober currently serves on the international Advisory Board for the “On Sustainability Research Network” sponsored by Common Ground Publishing.  His work on environmental\, cultural and socio-economic sustainability has enabled him to travel\, frequently with students\, to universities in countries such as Japan\, Croatia\, Malaysia\, India\, Ecuador\, Mauritius\, Denmark\, and New Zealand.   Dr. Stober recently served as a co-editor with Dr. David Humphreys for a volume entitled Transitions to Sustainability: Theoretical Debates for a Changing Planet\, and he co-authored Nature-centered Leadership: An Aspirational Narrative\, with two Ph.D. students (Tracey L. Brown and Sean J. Cullen); both volumes were published by Common Ground in 2014 and 2013 respectively.  Dr. Stober also co-authored a book with Dr. Donna Yarri\, Associate Professor of Theology at Alvernia University\, entitled God\, Science\, and Designer Genes: An Exploration of Emerging Issues in Genetic Technologies\, published by Praeger in 2009; they are currently working on a new book entitled God\, Darwin\, and the Origins of Life. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, May 20th.\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. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/3887573281284259
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/climate-change-with-dr-spencer-stober/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T090000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200218T201224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200420T174035Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Ground Level in China: 27 Years of Change with Tom Wessner
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC \nMr. Wessner will be presenting his personal account of the impact of China’s entry into the world economy and\, possibly\, challenge some of the conventional views that most Americans have about China.  His presentation will focus on the history and governance of China\, recent evolution of business and what this has meant for the people living in China – – and the rest of the world. \nOriginally from Kutztown Pennsylvania\, Tom Wessner has had a broad international career in Finance\, Supply Chain and Business Development.  Tom joined Ford Motor Company in 1986 after achieving his Master’s in Business from Penn State University.  Since then he has lived and worked around the world for Ford\, Mazda\, Tesla and Hawaiian Airlines.  His last two business ventures were in Chinese-funded electric car startups as one of the founding executives.  Besides living in Japan and Mexico\, each for over 6 years\, Mr. Wessner was part of the Ford team that made the first entries into China in 1993.  Tom has seen\, first-hand\, the transformation of China from a third world developing nation to the high-tech global economic power that China is today. \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org\nCost to attend: $10.00 \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/ground-level-in-china-27-years-of-change-with-tom-wessner/
LOCATION:Wyomissing Family Restaurant and Bakery\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T133000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20200422T002310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200517T214944Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T140000
DTSTAMP:20260424T023903
CREATED:20190523T152703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200419T222754Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Turkey - West Relations with Dr. Oya Dursun Ozkanca
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC \nDr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca is the College Professor of International Studies (Endowed Chair) and Professor of Political Science at Elizabethtown College. A native of Turkey\, she received her BA in Political Science and International Relations at Bosphorus University in Istanbul\, and MA and PhD in Government at the Univesity of Texas in Austin. Her research interests include Turkish foreign policy\, tranatlantic security\, European politics\, the Balkans\, and peacebuilding missions. \nDr. Dursun-Ozkanca is the author of a number of scholarly articles in leading peer -reviewed journals. In Summer 2013\, she served as a LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics\, and conducted fieldwork in Serbia and Bosnia on Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans. Her first co-authored book\, External Interventions in Civil Wars: The Role of Impact on Regional and International Organizations\, was published by Routledge in July 2013. She is author of the forthcoming book\, Turkey-West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition by Cambridge University Press. \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \nCost to attend:\nMembers $23\nNon-Members $30\nWithout Meal $10\nAmbassadors Included
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/turkeys-challenges-with-dr-oya-dursun-ozkanca/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T133000
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SUMMARY:U.S. relations with the Northern Triangle with Dr. Kirwin Shaffer
DESCRIPTION:For Video replay\, click HERE \nDr. Kirwin Shaffer is Professor of Latin American Studies. He teaches courses on Latin American and Caribbean History\, Latin American Studies\, Global Terrorism and Political Violence\, Dissent\, and International Literature and Film. When not teaching\, he continues research on transnational anarchism in the Americas. In 2005\, he published his book Anarchism and Countercultural Politics in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba (University Press of Florida). In 2013\, he published his second book Black Flag Boricuas: Anarchism\, Antiauthoritarianism\, and the Left in Puerto Rico\, 1897-1921 (University of Illinois Press).  In 2015 he published the book In Defiance of Boundaries: Anarchism in Latin American History (University Press of Florida) which he co-edited with Geoffroy de Laforcade. He is currently working on a new book that looks at anarchist networks that crisscrossed the Caribbean region\, including Panama\, Mexico\, Puerto Rico\, Cuba and the United States. The tentative title for the book is Caribbean Anarchism: Countercultural Politics and Transnational Networks in the Age of US Expansionism\, 1890s-1920s. \nThis event starts at Noon on Wednesday\, April 22nd.\nJoin via Zoom (Full invitation details below)\nWatch on Facebook Live\nPlease join a few minutes early so you don’t miss anything!\n \nTopic: Great Decisions: U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle with Professor Kirk Shaffer\nTime: Apr 22\, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/98928072750?pwd=Q2JwaHFDN1M4NXZBa1FjSlk1ZkFzUT09 \nMeeting ID: 989 2807 2750\nPassword: 018086 \nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,98928072750#\,\,#\,018086# US (New York) \nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 989 2807 2750\nPassword: 018086 \n  \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/u-s-relations-with-the-northern-triangle-with-dr-kirwin-shaffer/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T080000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Excursion 2020
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/excursion-2020/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Excursion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200319T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200319T090000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Women in Elective Office: Challenges and Opportunities with Judy Schwank\, Sandy Graffius\, and Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC \nWith the ratification of the 19th Amendment\, August 20\, 1920\, women gained the right to vote in the United States. One hundred years later\, women are realizing an increasingly stronger presence in elective offices across Pennsylvania and the nation. \nA panel of three Berks County elected officials\, moderated by Lynn Brown\, president\, World Affairs Council of Greater Reading\, will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing women today in seeking and holding elected office. \nState Senator Judy Schwank represents Pennsylvania’s 11th Senatorial District\, which includes the City of Reading and many of its surrounding boroughs and townships. Since her appointment in 2011\, Senator Schwank has championed issues that directly affect women and children. \nSandy Graffius has served as Berks County Controller since 2004. She brought 25 years of business ownership to the position. The controller supervises the fiscal affairs of the county\, including a review of all audits\, bills and claims\, and reports regularly on the fiscal conditions of the county. \nJohanny Cepeda-Freytiz was appointed to a seat to represent District 6 on the Reading City Council in January\, 2019\, and then elected to a full term in November\, 2019. Born to immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic\, Ms. Cepeda-Freytiz is a Berks County Business owner and community activist. \n  \nTo Register:  Call 610-375-7886 or email: contactus@wacreading.org\nCost To Attend:  $10
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/women-in-elective-office-challenges-and-opportunities-with-judy-schwank-sandy-graffius-and-johanny-cepada-freytiz/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Breakfast Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200313T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200313T133000
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SUMMARY:Half of Heaven: Why Women are Needed in National Security with Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Comcast Keystone Region. \nInternational Women’s Month speaker: Joan Johnson-Freese \nDr. Joan Johnson-Freese is a University Professor\, holds the Charles F. Bolden\, Jr. Chair in Science\, Space & Technology\, and is former Chair of the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval War College (NWC). In her faculty capacity she teaches Security Studies to US military officers and security practitioners from the United States and over 50 other countries. She has also been part of the Government Department faculty of Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School since 2004\, where she teaches courses on Women\, Peace & Security\, Leadership in War and Peace\, and Grand Strategy and US National Security.  \nAs a political scientist and educator\, her research focuses on space security and Women\, Peace & Security. She is the author of seven books on space security\, the most recent (2016) Space Warfare in the 21st Century: Arming the Heavens and over 100 published articles\, many with a particular focus on the Chinese space program. Dr. Johnson-Freese has also published multiple articles on aspects of Women\, Peace & Security and her book\, Women\, Peace & Security: An Introduction\, was released in December 2018.  She regularly works with media including CNN\, NPR\, The New York Times\, ABC\, CBS\, and Time Magazine on these topics.  \nTo Register:\nCall (610) 375-7880 or email contactus@wacreading.org \n\n\nCost to attend:\nMembers $23\nNon-Members $30\nWithout Meal $10\nAmbassadors Included
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/half-of-heaven-why-women-are-needed-in-national-security/
LOCATION:McGlinn Conference Center\, 460 Saint Bernardine Street\, Reading\, PA\, 19607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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