Join women from around the world for the annual Global Changemaker discussion, co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Connecticut and the University of Saint Joseph Women's Leadership Center. This year's event will feature a conversation with Her Excellency Dina Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States. Dina Kawar, who […]

Bring your lunch and join us live to talk the national and global security implications of the coronavirus with David Sanger, National Security Correspondent, The New York Times: from the global competition to develop a vaccine to how this may impact our technology landscape. This discussion is FREE. Registration required. Register through the link below. […]

Bring your lunch and your questions and join Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy for an interactive discussion on the U.S. Coronavirus Stimulus Package, the ongoing worldwide health crisis, global leadership, and U.S. foreign policy priorities during this uncertain time. Moderated by Megan Torrey, CTWAC CEO. This discussion is FREE. Registration required. Register through the link below. […]

Free Event! Spots limited. Click here to RSVP.    Free Event! Spots limited. Click here to RSVP.  Featuring Robert S. Ford, Ambassador (Ret.) Ambassador Robert Ford is a scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC and a fellow Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs where he teaches about U.S. foreign policy and […]

The contentious U.S.-China relationship has just found a new battleground: the coronavirus. Bring your lunch and your questions and join Richard Fontaine, CEO, Center for a New American Security (CNAS), to discuss what the coronavirus means for U.S.-China cooperation, competition, and the power struggle for global leadership. Moderated by CEO, Megan Torrey. This discussion is […]

In February of 2014, the U.S. and international partners launched the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) with the goal of building global capacity to respond to infectious disease threats. Over 30 countries, along with international organizations including the World Health Organization, joined. So what happened? We talk with Ambassador (ret.) Bonnie Jenkins, a leading U.S. […]

April 16th – Coordinated International Response to Pandemics This 90-minute simulations, hosted via Zoom, put you in the middle of the action debating some of today’s most pressing global issues. It's all hands on deck to combat the newest global health crisis. How will your country work with the International Community to stop the spread? […]

From transforming the Convention Center to setting up field hospitals to delivering PPE to medical providers, the CT National Guard has taken a major role in COVID-19 response. We talk with Major General Francis J. Evon, Jr., Adjutant General, CT National Guard, on the response of the CT National Guard and U.S. National Guard during […]

With tensions between Iran and the U.S. at a boiling point, and continual escalation on the horizon, will COVID-19 push Iran closer to the bomb? We talk with Dr. Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute (Qi), award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Moderated […]