Virtual Globe | Weekly World Affairs Councils Network Digital Programs | June 22-26

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• World Affairs Council of Philadelphia hosts three-time Pulitzer Prize-Winner Barton Gellman for “Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State.” 
• Global Minnesota hosts former judge LaJune Thomas Lange, Honorary Consul for the Republic of South Africa in Minnesota, and Zintle Koza, Director of International Organizations at the National Treasury, for “Race and Responsibility in the 21st Century – What We Can Learn from South Africa.” 

• World Affairs (Northern California) hosts Ambassador (ret.) Anthony Quainton, Diplomat in Residence at American University, for “Keeping the Government Honest in a Changing World.” 
• World Affairs Council of Monterey Bay hosts Admiral William McRaven, former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, for “Leadership from the Battlefield to the Boardroom.” 
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts three-time Pulitzer Prize-Winner Barton Gellman for “Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance.” 
• World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts Shane Stephens, Consul General of Ireland in Atlanta, and William De Baets, Consul General of Belgium in Atlanta, for “A Farewell to the Irish & Belgian Consuls General to the Southeast.” 
• WorldOregon hosts a panel of experts for “Vulnerability Amplified: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LGBTQ People.” 
• Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts a panel of experts for “Global Nashville.” 

• WorldDenver hosts Ambassador (ret.) Thomas Pickering, Vice Chairman of Hills and Company, for “Oil, Sanctions, and COVID-19: Iran and the U.S.” 
• World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts Eric Schelling, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at The Home Depot, for “The 2020 Volatile Job Market.” 
• World Affairs Council of Connecticut hosts Joxel Garcia, 14th U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, for “Building a Resilient World.”
• Global Minnesota hosts author Susan Sloan, Associate Regional Director for a global nonprofit advocacy organization, for “Woman in Diplomacy.” 
• World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana hosts Sarwar Kashmeri, Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, for “Is the U.S.-China Cold War Heating Up? Why It Matters.” 
• World Affairs (Northern California) hosts former diplomat Elizabeth Shackelford for “The Collapse of American Diplomacy.” 
• World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts hosts attorney Mahsa Khanbabai for “Can the Coronavirus Cure a Broken Immigration System?” 
• Colorado Springs World Affairs Council hosts assistant professor Edin Mujkic, University of Colorado, for “The Balkans: “Mysterious” Success in Containing COVID-19 and the Preservation of Democratic Institutions.” 
• World Affairs Council of Greater Reading hosts assistant professor Chris Miller, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, for “Russia and the 2020 Elections – What Is Putin’s Game Plan?” 
• Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts a panel of experts for “The Institutional & Global Origins of Inequality on the African Continent.” 

• Columbus Council on World Affairs hosts Alfredo Corchado, Mexico City Bureau Chief of the Dallas Morning News, for “Immigration, COVID-19, and the U.S. Economy.” 
• World Affairs Council of the Desert hosts Reva Goujon, Vice President of Global Analysis at Stratfor, for “Our Post-Pandemic World: The Geopolitical and Economic Aftermath.” 
• Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts Kayoko Fukushima, Consul General of Japan in Nashville, for “IBC Global Update.” 
• International Relations Council (Kansas City) hosts Karl Klause, Head of the Economic Section of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the U.S., for “Innovating Cooperation: COVID, Germany, and the U.S.” 
• World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts John Selden, General Manager of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, for “Traveling Post COVID-19: What to Expect.” 
• World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Ben Hubbard, Beirut Bureau Chief for the New York Times, for “MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman.”  
• Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts professor Dan Schnur, University of Southern California, for “Politics in the Time of Coronavirus.” 
• San Diego World Affairs Council hosts former foreign service officer Ed Stafford for “Turkey and U.S. Relations.” 
• World Affairs (Northern California) hosts a panel of experts for “How Will the Global Economy Be Different After COVID-19?” 
• Global Minnesota hosts a panel of experts (in Spanish) for “Refugee Voices: Venezuela.” 
• Global Minnesota hosts a panel of experts for “How U.S. Companies Are Leveraging Thailand, Vietnam, and The Philippines to Diversify Their Manufacturing and Supply Chain Needs Beyond China.”  
• Santa Fe Council on International Relations hosts a panel of experts for “How Might Foreign Intelligence Services Best Exploit the Current Situation in the U.S.?” 
• World Affairs Council of San Antonio hosts a panel of experts for “Restarting the Engine: Regional Cooperation Between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.” 

• International Relations Council (Kansas City) hosts Ambassador (ret.) Allan Katz, Founder of Katz, Jacobs, and Associates LLC, for “International Career Series.” 
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts John Gans, Director of Communications and Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House Global Policy Center, for “White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War.”  
• Colorado Springs World Affairs Council hosts Peace Corps volunteers Jacob Savoy and SamanthaMareno for “U.S. Peace Corps Paused.” 

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