by WAC Reading | Jun 8, 2026
Bret Schafer is the Senior Director of Policy and Research for Information Operations at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). A leading expert in state-backed information operations and tech policy, he specializes in tracking foreign manipulation, coordinated...
by WAC Reading | Jun 8, 2026
Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca is the College Professor of International Studies (Endowed Chair) and Professor of Political Science at Elizabethtown College, where she also serves as the Director of the Honors Program and the International Studies Minor. An internationally...
by WAC Reading | Jun 8, 2026
Dr. Natana J. DeLong-Bas is Professor of the Practice of Theology and Islamic Civilizations and Societies, and the Director of the Theology and Interreligious Studies minor at Boston College. Earning her Ph.D. from Georgetown University, she is an internationally...
by WAC Reading | Mar 23, 2026
William W. Donner received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the Freyberger Professor of Pennsylvania German Studies at Kutztown University. He has been involved with the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, The...
by WAC Reading | Mar 11, 2026
EXCURSION 2026 TWO TREASURES OF HARRISBURG Monday, April 20, 2026 Featuring the Pennsylvania State Capitol & National Civil War Museum The Capitol Experience Our day begins at the Pennsylvania State Capitol, where Senator Judith Schwank willhost our group for an...
by WAC Reading | Jan 16, 2026
READING, PA — The World Affairs Council of Greater Reading hosted the 2026 AcademicWorldQuest competition on March 12, 2026, at the McGlinn Conference Center at AlverniaUniversity. Teams of ninth- through twelfth-grade students from across Berks County faced offin a...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Nov 13, 2025
Dr. Paul D. Esqueda is a Professor Emeritus Engineering. His areas of interest are project management, negotiations, and operations management. He has a particular interest in developing negotiation case studies. For the last 30 years, Esqueda has been primarily...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Sep 4, 2025
Daniel Kurtzer is 45th annual Leo Camp Memorial Lecturer. Kurtzer 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...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Aug 22, 2025
Dr. Ely Ratner served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs. Prior to confirmation, he served as the Director, DoD China Task Force and as a Senior Advisor to China to the Secretary of Defense. Before arriving at the Department of...
by Gordon Perlmutter | Aug 20, 2025
Michael 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 co-directs the Security and Strategy...
