This Week

FROM THE NETWORK OF WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS

Link to these programs in “Council Highlights” below.

• Columbia World Affairs Council hosts Tamta Muradashvili, Georgian attorney at the European Court of Human Rights, for “The Fight For Media Freedom In Georgia (The Case of Mtavari Channel)” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts Lila Abed, Deputy Director of the Mexico Institute, and Salomon Chertorivski Woldenberg, Secretary of Economic Development of Mexico City, for “Focus on Mexico-Challenges and Opportunities Ahead” (Virtual)
• Montana World Affairs Council hosts Heather Ashby, Senior Program Office at the U.S. Institute of Peace, for “DSP Missoula: Ukraine War: A Watershed Moment for the World” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts, Mike Echols, CEO of The International Association of Certified ISAOs, and Shawn Wioria, Co-Founder and CEO of Maxxsure, for “Managing Global Cyber Risks and Insurance” (In Person)
• World Affairs (Northern California) hosts Alex Chow, Board President for the Hong Kong Democracy Council, and Anna Kwok, Strategy and Campaign Director for the Hong Kong Democracy Council, for “Hong Kong: A Democracy Movement in Exile” (Virtual)
• Colorado Springs World Affairs Council hosts Schuyler Foerster, founding Principal of CGST Solutions, for “Ukraine: Update and Prospects” (In Person)
• WorldBoston hosts Serhii Plokhy, Professor and Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University and author of Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters, for “Chat and Chowder with Serhii Plohky” (Hybrid)
• World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents “Fall 2022 – Global Affairs & U.S. Foreign Policy Institute” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Harrisburg presents “The Art of Healing” (Virtual)
• Montana World Affairs Council hosts “Teach Support for EconoQuest and GeoQuest Platforms” (Virtual)
• World Affairs Council Upstate presents, “International Women’s Group: Coffee at Panera” (In Person)

• The World Affairs Council of Seattle Fellows Program hosts Ryan Crocker, distinguished former U.S. Ambassador and Senior Fellow , for “September Fellow Breakfast with Ambassador Ryan Crocker” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Philadelphia presents David Bier, Associate Director of Immigration Studies at the CATO Institute, and Kent Smetters, Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, for “Honoring the Spirit of America: A Conversation About Immigration” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Monterey Bay hots William B. Taylor, Vice President, Russia and Europe, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, and former Ambassador to Ukraine, for “Russia’s War on Ukraine” (In Person)
• Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council hosts Carl Zimmer, science writer, author, and New York Times science columnist, for “Science and Research During the Pandemic: Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (Hybrid)
• World Affairs Council Upstate hosts Kate Kaup, Professor of Asian Studies/Politics and International Affairs at Furman University, for “Lunch and Learn: Beyond the Headlines – Trajectory of China and Taiwan’s Rising Tension” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Western Michigan hosts Christian Peterson, Professor at Ferris State University, for “The Prospects for Peace in Ukraine with Christian Peterson” (In Person)

• World Affairs Council of Connecticut presents “Global Security Forum 2022” hosts Admiral Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations (In Person)
• Peoria Area World Affairs Council hosts Oksana Markarova, Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. and John Herbst, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, for “War in Ukraine: A Path Toward Peace?” (In Person)
• Vermont Council on World Affairs hosts a panel of experts, for “2022 International Day of Peace” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts Meenakshi Ahamed, freelance journalist, for “A Matter of Trust: Indian-U.S. Relations from Truman to Trump” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Charleston hosts Raymond Chen, Deputy Head of investment promotion at Invest Hong Kong, for “Business Luncheon – Topic: Hong Kong, The Magnet for Global Business” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Charlotte hosts Michael Marsicano, President and CEO of Foundation of the Carolinas, for “WACC CEO Series with Michael Marsicano” (In Person)
• Institute of World Affairs (Milwaukee) hosts, Greg Borowski, Deputy Editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Bret Schafer, Senior Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, and Maria Haigh, Associate Professor and UW- Milwaukee School of Information Studies, for “Disinformation and Democracy: How Information Environment Impacts Our Elections” (In Person)
• Colorado Spring World Affairs Council presents “2022 High School Symposium – Challenges to Democracy: A Global Perspective” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of Austin presents “Globalist Coffeehouse: A Cross-Cultural Look At Smoking – Traditions and Etiquette Around the World” (In Person)
• World Affairs Council of San Antonio hosts Sherry Dowlatshahi, Chief Diplomacy & Protocol Officer for the City of San Antonio, for “Around the World With World Affairs Council of San Antonio” (In Person)

• Global Minnesota presents “Global Social with International Journalists and Humphrey Fellows” (In Person)

• World Affairs (Northern California) presents “2022 Bay Area Youth Climate Summit” (In Person)
• Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy hosts “International Youth Summit” (In Person)

• World Affairs Council of Orange County presents “Annual Trustee Luncheon” (In Person)