Virtual Globe | Weekly World Affairs Councils Network Digital Programs | June 15-19

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• Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts Nancy Lindborg, President and CEO of the United States Institute of Peace, for a webinar event.
• Upstate International hosts William De Baets, Consul General of Belgium, and Ard vander Vorst, Consul General of the Netherlands, for “Doing Business With Belgium & the Netherlands Post COVID-19.”
• World Affairs Council of Charlotte hosts Carol Quillen, President of Davidson College, for “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education.”
• World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts Steven Lee Myers, Beijing Bureau Chief of the New York Times, for “China Emboldened?”
• World Affairs Council of New Hampshire hosts Paul Pillar, The Iran Project, for “U.S.-Iran Relations and the Global Pandemic.”
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts author Scott Turow for “The Last Trial.”
• WorldBoston hosts a panel of experts for “Pan African Responses to COVID-19.”

• World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts Clyde Higgs, President and CEO of Atlanta BeltLine Inc., for “Parks, Trails, and Protests: The Future of the Atlanta Beltline.”
• World Affairs Council of Connecticut hosts Dr. Fahed Hakim, EMMS Hospital Director at Nazareth Hospital in Israel, for “Coronavirus in Israel.”
• International Relations Council (Kansas City) hosts Geoffrey Gertz, Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution, for “Balancing Globalization and Self-Sufficiency Post-COVID.”
• World Affairs Council of Greater Reading hosts professor Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, for “Artificial Intelligence and Data.”
• World Affairs Council of Maine hosts assistant professor Allison Hodgkins, American University of Cairo, for “Great Decisions: Red Sea Security.”
• Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts a panel of experts for “Confronting Racism: A Pandemic Within a Pandemic.”
• World Affairs (Northern California) hosts a panel of experts for “Preparedness, Climate, Wildfires, and Health.”
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts a panel of experts for “PRIDE: A Global Discussion on COVID and the LGBTQ Community.”
• Institute of World Affairs (Milwaukee) hosts a panel of experts for “Health Disparities and the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

• Indiana Council on World Affairs hosts H.R.H Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the U.S., for “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the USA: Celebrating 75 Years of Allies and Economic Partners in the Middle East.”
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, World Affairs (Northern California), World Affairs Council of Jacksonville, Alaska World Affairs Council, WorldOregon, World Affairs Council of Charlotte, World Affairs Council of Connecticut, WorldBoston, International Relations Council (Kansas City), and World Affairs Council of Greater Houston host The Hon. Robert Gates, 22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense, for “Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World.”
• Peoria Area World Affairs Council hosts Ambassador (ret.) Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Russia, India, Israel, and Jordan, for “Current Challenges in American Foreign Policy.”
• International Affairs Forum (Traverse City) hosts Ambassador (ret.) Charles Shapiro, President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, for “Foreign Policy Mashup.”
• World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts Nadia Theodore, Consul General of Canada, for “Diplomacy and Diversity in the 21st Century.”
• World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Bill Browder, Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, for “Russia, the West, and the Future.”
• WorldBoston John Gans, Director of Communications and Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House Global Policy Center, for “White House Warriors.”
• World Affairs Council of Sonoma County hosts Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, for “The Debt Buildup in America: What Might the Future Hold?”
• San Diego World Affairs Council, World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California, and World Affairs Council of Orange County host author Mara Hvistendahl, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, for “The Scientist and the Spy: China, the FBI, and the U.S.-China Technological Battle.”
• World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts Ambassador (ret.) Mark Lippert, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, for “The U.S.-Korean Relationship.”
• Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts professor Dan Schnur, University of Southern California, for “Politics in the Time of Coronavirus.”
• Global Minnesota hosts Syrian refugee Ghaith for “Refugee Voices: Syria.”
• Santa Fe Council on International Relations hosts a panel of experts for “Rule of Law #3: Can the American Body Politic Survive in a Post-Pandemic World?”

• International Relations Council (Kansas City) hosts Joseph Donalbain, former Strategic Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army, for “Military and Strategic Intelligence.”
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts businessman and thought leader Tom Peters for “Putting People First.”

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