World Affairs Council of Northern California - Main ChapterNew/Used: Not set Web site: http://www.itsyourworld.org/wac/ Events: http://www.itsyourworld.org/wac/… (updated February 14) Description: With over 11,000 members, the World Affairs Council of Northern California is the largest affiliate of the World Affairs Councils of America, and the largest international affairs organization on the West Coast.
The Council hosts programs and conferences with the leaders who impact global affairs, including heads of state, government officials, international philanthropists, journalists, business leaders, and academics. All of the guests bring perspectives that go beyond the headlines, providing the audience with the unique opportunity to hear from and engage with experts.
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No events found. Go ahead and add an event. Past eventsMohammed Hafez (March 25 at 6:00pm) Dr. Hafez will join the Council to examine the history of suicide bombing in Iraq and across the globe, theoretical perspectives on suicide bombing, the varied factions that comprise the Iraq insurgency, the ideology and theology of martyrdom supporting suicide bombers, their national origins and characteristics, ... (more)How Emerging Markets Are Reshaping the Global Balance of Power (March 26 at 6:00pm) Parag Khanna reads from The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order. Parag Khanna joins the Council to discuss his new book, The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, and how the European Union and China now compete with the U.S. to shape world order.
Free for members, $15 for non-members, $5 for students
The Powers To Lead - Presidential Leadership in Foreign Policy (March 27 at 6:00pm) Joseph Nye, Jr, . Joseph Nye, Jr, Distinguished Service Professor & Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, joins the Council to discuss his new book, The Powers to Lead, and to offer insight into the qualities necessary for the next U.S. president ... (more)Asia's New Momentum (March 31 at 6:00pm) Ellen Frost, Visiting fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Adjunct research fellow, National Defense University, will discuss the implications of Asia’s new policy directions.
Free for members, $15 for non-members, $5 for students
The Image of Faith in America (April 3 at 6:00pm) Chris Hedges, Senior Fellow, The Nation Institute, explores the extreme sides of the religious spectrum. Hedges believes that religion, at its best, struggles with the transcendent forces in life and seeks to promote an ethic of compassion and justice. Yet, he argues religion has been distorted, especially ... (more)After the fall of Baghdad (April 14 at 6:00pm) Charles Ferguson joins the Council to discuss his Oscar-nominated documentary film and new book No End in Sight: Iraq’s Descent into Chaos. Culled from over two hundred hours of footage collected for the film - as well as additional interviews in response to it – his book provides an investigative ... (more)The New Geopolitics of Energy (April 14 at 6:00pm) To offer insight into the energy-driven dynamic that is reconfiguring the international landscape, Michael Klare, Director, Five College Program in Peace & World Security Studies, and Defense Correspondent, The Nation, discusses his new book Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet. Klare has written extensively ... (more)Translating the War in Sudan (April 16 at 6:00pm) Daoud Hari reads from The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur. After being driven from his home in the Darfur region of Sudan, Daoud Hari used his high school English and offered himself as a guide and translator, assisting journalists and aid groups. Hari tells the story of his journeys, risking his life to ensure that the story of his people is told. He has served ... (more)The Influence of the World’s Super-Rich (April 17 at 6:00pm) David Rothkopf reads from Superclass: The Global Elite and the World They Are Making. Members of today’s “superclass” have achieved unprecedented levels of wealth and power. Each of them is one in a million as they number six thousand on a planet of over six billion. According to David Rothkopf, globalization expert and author of Superclass: The Global Elite and the World They ... (more), members of the superclass run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the world’s most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. Free for members, $15 for non-members, $5 for students America and Islam After Iraq (April 21 at 6:00pm) Michael Scheuer reads from Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq. Michael Scheuer, former Chief of the CIA’s Osama bin Laden Unit, takes on the questions of “What went wrong?” and “How can we fix this?” and proposes a plan to salvage the damage that has already been done and get American strategy back on track. Free for members, $15 for non-members, $5 ... (more)Inside the Global Criminal Underworld (April 23 at 6:00pm) From human trafficking in Bulgaria to elaborate Internet frauds in Nigeria, how has globalization and new technology influenced organized crime? Misha Glenny, Former Central Europe Correspondent, BBC World Service; Author, The Fall of Yugoslavia and The Balkans, traveled the globe and interviewed police, ... (more)The Crisis of American Capitalism (April 24 at 6:00pm) Kevin Phillips reads from Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism. Over the past months, the U.S. dollar has continued its free fall. In Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism, Kevin Phillips argues that the American economy, despite its global dominance, is built upon a house of cards. Phillips investigates ... (more)Congo: The Rebels’ Hour (April 28 at 6:00pm) Lieve Joris. At a time when U.N. Peacekeepers are trying hard to maintain peace in the Congo, Lieve Joris will discuss her work in the region and share the history of the conflict as seen by a Tutsi rebel leader who eventually became a high-ranking general in the Congolese army. Lieve Joris is one of Europe’s leading ... (more) |
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