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SUMMARY:The Promise of Diplomacy with Ambassador Ted Osius
DESCRIPTION:Ambassador Ted Osius\, former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam\, joins us in Fairfield County to discuss U.S.-ASEAN relations and how the current U.S.-Vietnam relationship exemplifies the power of diplomacy in ensuring peace. \nThe conversation will be followed by a reception and a book signing of Ambassador Osius’ latest book: Nothing is Impossible: America’s Reconciliation with Vietnam. \nThe Details\nWhen: Tuesday\, February 6th at 6:00PM | Doors open 5:45PM \nWhere: New Canaan Library | 151 Main St\, New Canaan\, CT 06840 \nTickets: Free | Registration required \nReserve your seat now. \n\nAbout the Author\nAmbassador (ret.) Ted Osius \nFormer ambassador Ted Osius is President & CEO of the US-ASEAN Business Council.  Founded in 1984\, the Council represents 180 of the largest American businesses in Southeast Asia through its headquarters in Washington\, DC\, and its seven regional offices. \nA diplomat for thirty years\, Ambassador Osius served from 2014 to 2017 as U.S. ambassador to Vietnam.  Leading a team of 900\, Ambassador Osius devised and implemented strategies to deepen economic\, security and cultural ties between the two countries. In October 2021\, Osius published his most recent book\, Nothing Is Impossible: America’s Reconciliation with Vietnam\, with a Foreword by former Secretary of State John Kerry\, covering the two countries’ 25-year journey from adversaries to friends and partners. \nRead more about Ambassador Osius here. \n\nAbout the Book\nNothing is Impossible: America’s Reconciliation with Vietnam by Ted Osius \nToday Vietnam is one of America’s strongest international partners\, with a thriving economy and a population that welcomes American visitors. How that relationship was formed is a 20-year story of daring diplomacy and a careful thawing of tensions between the two countries after a lengthy war that cost nearly 60\,000 American and more than three million Vietnamese lives. \nTed Osius\, former ambassador during the Obama administration\, offers a vivid account\, starting in the 1990s\, of the various forms of diplomacy that made this reconciliation possible. He considers the leaders who put aside past traumas to work on creating a brighter future\, including senators John McCain and John Kerry\, two Vietnam veterans and ideological opponents who set aside their differences for a greater cause\, and Pete Peterson—the former POW who became the first U.S. ambassador to a new Vietnam. Osius also draws upon his own experiences working first-hand with various Vietnamese leaders and traveling the country on bicycle to spotlight the ordinary Vietnamese people who have helped bring about their nation’s extraordinary renaissance. \nNothing is Impossible – with a foreword by former Secretary of State John Kerry — tells an inspiring story of how international diplomacy can create a better world. \nPurchase Nothing is Impossible here. \n\nHosts & Partners\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nStay Globally Involved\nAs a member of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut\, you can get exclusive access to events and travel opportunities\, build relationships with local leaders and global dignitaries\, and join our community of global citizens. Let us bring the world to you. \nRenew your membership or become a member on our website. Join now to access exclusive events and discounted pricing. \nIf you want to check your membership status\, email Abby at anoyes@ctwac.org or log in on the membership site.
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LOCATION:New Canaan Library\, 151 Main St\, New Canaan\, CT\, 06840\, United States
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SUMMARY:Our Ancient Faith with Allen Guelzo: Lincoln\, Democracy\, & the American Experiment
DESCRIPTION:On Lincoln’s birthday\, award-winning historian and author Allen Guelzo will join us in conversation on the American President whose firm and powerful beliefs in democracy guided him through one of the most tumultuous periods in American history – and how his beliefs continue to shape our country. In conversation with Jim Falk. \nHosted by the World Affairs Council of Connecticut in partnership with Global Santa Fe\, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth\, Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations\, World Affairs Council of Albuquerque\, World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads\, the Center for Presidential History at SMU\, and the Oregon Historical Society. \nThe details:\nWhen: Monday\, February 12 | 7:00PM ET \nWhere: Zoom Webinar \nTickets: Free | Register here \n\nAbout the Author\nAllen C. Guelzo is Senior Research Scholar at the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. He is the author of several books about the Civil War and early-nineteenth-century American history. He is a recipient of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History and has been awarded the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize three times. He lives in Pennsylvania. \nPhoto: Courtesy Sameer Khan\, Fotobuddy \n\nAbout the Moderator\nJim Falk is President Emeritus of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth. Now residing in Santa Fe\, New Mexico he is member of the Board of Global Santa Fe where he chairs the program committee. Jim co-hosts Perspectives Matter\, a McCuistion Program\, that airs weekly on KERA-Dallas (PBS). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. \n\nAbout the Book\nOur Ancient Faith: Lincoln\, Democracy\, and the American Experiment \nAn intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy\, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today—by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize \n“It is altogether fitting and proper that\, with this meditation on democracy and its most subtle defender\, Allen Guelzo again demonstrates that he is today’s most profound interpreter of this nation’s history and significance.” —George F. Will \nAbraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament\, judgment\, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War\, we know less about Lincoln’s penetrating ideas and beliefs about democracy\, which were every bit as important as his character in sustaining him through the crisis. \nAllen C. Guelzo\, one of America’s foremost experts on Lincoln\, captures the president’s firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history. He shows how Lincoln’s deep commitment to the balance between majority and minority rule enabled him to stand firm against secession while also committing the Union to reconciliation rather than recrimination in the aftermath of war. In bringing his subject to life as a rigorous and visionary thinker\, Guelzo assesses Lincoln’s actions on civil liberties and his views on race\, and explains why his vision for the role of government would have made him a pivotal president even if there had been no Civil War. Our Ancient Faith gives us a deeper understanding of this endlessly fascinating man and shows how his ideas are still sharp and relevant more than 150 years later. \nPurchase Our Ancient Faith here. \n\nHosts & Partners\n \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n\nStay Globally Involved\nAs a member of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut\, you can get exclusive access to events and travel opportunities\, build relationships with local leaders and global dignitaries\, and join our community of global citizens. Let us bring the world to you. \nRenew your membership or become a member on our website. Join now to access exclusive events and discounted pricing. \nIf you want to check your membership status\, email Abby at anoyes@ctwac.org or log in on the membership site.
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