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Author Walter Laqueur analyzes the mounting tensions between Putin and Western leaders, arguing that America’s tendency to see Russia as a Cold War relic is dangerous and premature. As the forced annexation of Crimea has demonstrated, Russia can and will challenge the West and it is in our best interest to figure out exactly who it is we are facing–and what they want–before it is too late.
Walter Laqueur directed the Institute of Contemporary History in London for 30 years. Concurrently, he served as chairman of the International Research Council of CSIS in Washington, DC. He was also a professor at Georgetown University and has authored more than 25 books, including After the Fall and The Last Days of Europe.
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Jan. 2001-June 2003). She was the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey, serving as its first woman governor (1994-2001). Gov. Whitman serves a number of non-profit organizations: she heads the Trustees’ Executive Committee of the Eisenhower Fellowships; co-chairs CASEnergy with Amb. Ron Kirk, and chairs the American Security Project. She serves on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Center for Sustainable Shale Development. 
Joel Davis, an alumnus of Port Charlotte High in Naples, FL and its Model UN Program, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Joel credits his experience in Model UN as providing the direction to form the group Youth to End Sexual Violence. In 2013, Joel was awarded the George Gotschall Memorial Scholarship by the 
The World Affairs Council of Jacksonville’s new Global Think Tank Summer Internship is a small, selective internship program for university students and recent graduates interested in gaining first-hand experience in nonprofit administration, project management, and international affairs.
The World Affairs Councils of America’s newest national program series in partnership with 
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth President Jim Falk interviews recent Council headliners Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson and The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos.
The Center for Complex Operations at the National Defense University is pleased to offer a free subscription of their quarterly journal, 
The World Affairs Councils of America is proud to announce the Leadership Delegation to Taiwan sponsored by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office. The Leadership Mission will take place June 13-21, 2015. The delegation includes:
Just Announced: Council Leaders to Lecture on Travel the World tours from the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia!