Virtual Globe | Weekly World Affairs Councils Network Digital Programs | June 8-11

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• Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts H.E. Emily Haber, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the U.S., and Ambassador (ret.) John Emerson, Chair of the American Council on Germany, for a webinar event.
• Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts Amr El-Husseini, Founder and CEO of Lodestone Advisory Group, and Karl Dean, former Mayor of Nashville, for “Designing an Economic Model for Nashville as a City of the Future.”
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts Barry Gewen, Editor of the New York Times Book Review, for “The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World.”
• World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts Michael Fuchs, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, for “Lost Friendship? U.S.-China Relations.”
• WorldOregon hosts vexillologist Ted Kaye for “Good Flag, Bad Flag: What They Mean & Why They Matter.”
• World Affairs Council of San Antonio hosts a panel of experts for “Peace Corps Alumni Panel.”

• World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former Secretary-General of NATO, for “Geopolitics and Global Alliances.”
• Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts Justin Erbacci, CEO of Los Angeles World Airports, and Dana Debel, Managing Director of Government Affairs at Delta, for “What Is the Future of International Travel and Tourism?”
• World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh hosts Ambassador Sarah Mendelson, Distinguished Service Professor of Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, for “COVID-19: Threats and Opportunities to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals.”
• World Affairs Council of Greater Reading hosts Marie Keim, Director of Epidemiology for Infection Control and Prevention at Reading Hospital, for “Infectious Disease Including COVID-19.”
• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts Milan Vaishnav, Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, for “India’s Status as a Democracy, Human Rights & Geopolitical Agenda.”
• Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts a panel of experts for “Foreign Interference in America’s Democracy: Election 2020.”
• WorldOregon hosts a panel of experts for “Combatting Systemic Racism: How We Can Do Better.”

• World Affairs Council of Western Michigan hosts H.E. André Haspels, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the U.S., for a webinar event.
• World Affairs (Northern California) hosts The Honorable William Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Tom Collina, Director of Policy at the Ploughshares Fund, for “Trump and the Nuclear Button.”
• World Affairs Council of Jacksonville hosts Lt. General (ret.) Franklin Hagenbeck, Director of the Engineering Leadership Institute at the University of Florida, for “Leadership Through the Lens of COVID-19.”
• Colorado Springs World Affairs Council hosts Shoshana Altrichter, Vice President of Travel at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, for “Cuba in Transition.”
• World Affairs Council of Charlotte hosts David Rennie, Beijing Bureau Chief and Chaguan Columnist at The Economist, for “WACC Distinguished Speaker Series.”
• Santa Fe Council on International Relations hosts Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Casey, former U.S. Ambassador to Algeria and Tunisia, for “Radical Islam in Mediterranean North Africa: Can Democracy Flourish in Tunisia and Algeria?”
• Foreign Policy Association hosts The Honorable Frank Wisner, International Affairs Advisor at Squire Patton Boggs, for “U.S.-India Relations: Challenges in an Age of Nationalism.”
• Columbia World Affairs Council hosts Abdülhamit Bilici, exiled Editor-in-Chief of Turkey’s Zaman, for “Turkey Under Erdogan: A Retrospective Four Years Later.”
• Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town hall hosts professor Dan Schnur, University of Southern California, for “A Protesting Nation Amidst a Pandemic.”
• World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts professor Darren Byler, University of Colorado, for “Keeping Informed as Teachers: What We Need to Know About Xinjiang Today.”
• World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana host a panel of experts for “The U.S.-South Korea Alliance Amidst Uncertainty.”
• WorldOregon hosts a panel of experts for “Preventing the Next Pandemic: The Intersection of Human Life & Wildlife.”

Friday 6/12 

• World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts Clifford Krauss, National Energy Business Correspondent at the New York Times, for “The Price of Oil in America.”
• International Relations Council (Kansas City) hosts Dave Saunders, Managing Director of Asia Pacific & Global Procurement at Hallmark Cards, for “Global Product Sourcing.”

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