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SUMMARY:Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back
DESCRIPTION:Please join the highly acclaimed author and Chief Impact Officer at Planet\, Andrew Zolli\, as he opens a new season of State of the World. \nAndrew will explore how systems and people maintain their capacity to continue and recover from adversity. \nJoin us as we tackle questions like\, what causes one system to break down and another to rebound? And is it possible to increase resilience? \nRead more about Andrew Zolli here. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/resilience-why-the-world-is-going-to-survive/
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SUMMARY:Model UN Briefing with Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Every year the World Affairs Council of Connecticut coordinates UN Mission briefings for our Model UN students during their trip to UN Headquarters in NYC. Now\, you have access to a unique opportunity to engage with these future global leaders and observe briefings from high-level Mission diplomats. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/model-un-briefing-with-egypt/
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SUMMARY:Model UN Briefing with Estonia
DESCRIPTION:Every year the World Affairs Council of Connecticut coordinates UN Mission briefings for our Model UN students during their trip to UN Headquarters in NYC. Now\, you have access to a unique opportunity to engage with these future global leaders and observe briefings from high-level Mission diplomats. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/model-un-briefing-with-estonia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211027T090000
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SUMMARY:Model UN Briefing with Armenia
DESCRIPTION:Every year the World Affairs Council of Connecticut coordinates UN Mission briefings for our Model UN students during their trip to UN Headquarters in NYC. Now\, you have access to a unique opportunity to engage with these future global leaders and observe briefings from high-level Mission diplomats. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/model-un-briefing-with-armenia/
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SUMMARY:Refugee Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Executive Director of IRIS\, Chris George as he discusses resettlement for refugees as well as IRIS on the second episode of State of the World.  \nJoin us as we tackle questions like\, what can we do to help the process of refugees being resettled in the United States? \nYou won’t want to miss this. RSVP now.  \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/refugee-resettlement/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T160000
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SUMMARY:Model UN Briefing with Norway
DESCRIPTION:Every year the World Affairs Council of Connecticut coordinates UN Mission briefings for our Model UN students during their trip to UN Headquarters in NYC. Now\, you have access to a unique opportunity to engage with these future global leaders and observe briefings from high-level Mission diplomats. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/model-un-briefing-with-norway/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211029T160000
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SUMMARY:The Art of War in an Age of Peace: U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute Restraint
DESCRIPTION:Please join the highly acclaimed author and Director of Research – Foreign Policy at Brookings Institution\, Michael O’Hanlon\, and moderator\, Elizabeth Shackelford\, Senior Fellow\, US Foreign Policy at The Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs\, as they explore Michael O’Hanlon’s book\, The Art of War in an Age of Peace. \nJoin us as we partner with the World Affairs Council of Orange County on this fascinating conversation.  \nRead more about Michael O’Hanlon and Elizabeth Shackelford here.  \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/the-art-of-war-in-an-age-of-peace-u-s-grand-strategy-and-resolute-restraint/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T160000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Arctic Security Conversation with Admiral Karl Schultz\, Commandant U.S. Coast Guard
DESCRIPTION:Please join ADM. Karl Schultz\, Commandant U.S. Coast Guard and Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska\, U.S. for a discussion about the future of arctic security.  \nDr. Victoria Herrmann\, White House Fellow and President of Arctic Circle and SVP. Heather Conley from the Center for Strategic and International Studies will also be joining the conversation.  \nJoin us as we partner with the World Affairs Council OC in Southern California\, USA.  \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/the-future-of-arctic-security-conversation-with-admiral-karl-schultz-commandant-u-s-coast-guard/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211206T190000
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SUMMARY:The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel – with Author Kati Marton
DESCRIPTION:Partner event!  \nPlease join the author of The Chancellor – The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel\, Kati Marton\, and the Santa Fe Council on International Relations for a discussion on the iconic German leader’s impact and legacy.  \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET                \n                            \n        \n        \nPresented by:\nSanta Fe Council on International Relations\nPhoenix Committee on Foreign Relations \nPartners:\nWorld Affairs Council of Jacksonville\nWorld Affairs Council of Connecticut \nAbout The Chancellor\nThe Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider—a research chemist and pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany—who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West. \nAcclaimed biographer Kati Marton set out to pierce the mystery of how Angela Merkel achieved all this. And she found the answer in Merkel’s political genius: in her willingness to talk with adversaries rather than over them\, her skill at negotiating without ever compromising on what’s most important to her\, her canniness in appointing political rivals to her cabinet and exacting their policies so they have no platform to run against her\, the humility to allow others to take credit for things done in tandem\, the wisdom to stay out of the papers and off Twitter\, and the vision to take advantage of crises to enact bold change. The Angela Merkel who emerges in The Chancellor is a role model for anyone interested in gaining and keeping power while holding onto one’s moral convictions—and for anyone looking to understand how to successfully bridge huge divisions within society.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/the-chancellor-the-remarkable-odyssey-of-angela-merkel-with-author-kati-marton/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211215T120000
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SUMMARY:The World in Context
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ambassador Charles Shapiro\, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela and the departing President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta\, as he discusses the state of the world in 2021 and into the future. We’ll cover Ambassador Shapiro’s role in the world affairs councils and what to look out for in the years to come.  \nJoin us as we tackle questions like\, what can we do to change the state of the world right now?  \nYou won’t want to miss this. RSVP now.  \nEvent partnered with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and World Affairs Council of Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/the-world-in-context/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220118T200000
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SUMMARY:Global Risks in 2022
DESCRIPTION:Please join Alex Kazan from Eurasia Group and Stephen Wertheim from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as they discuss the recently released Eurasia Group’s Top Risks 2022 report. This discussion is brought to you by the World Affairs Council of New Jersey. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/global-risks-in-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T190000
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SUMMARY:HOW CIVIL WARS START: Professor Barbara Walter in conversation with Megan Torrey of the World Affairs Council of CT
DESCRIPTION:The Mark Twain House & Museum and the World Affairs Council of CT welcome professor and political scientist Barbara Walter joined in conversation by CTWAC’s CEO Megan Torrey for a discussion of Professor Walter’s new book HOW CIVIL WARS START AND HOW TO STOP THEM.   \nOver the last two decades\, the number of active civil wars around the world has almost doubled. Drawing on the latest international research and lessons from over twenty countries\, Walter identifies the crucial risk factors and reveals the warning signs – where wars tend to start\, who initiate them\, and what triggers them.   \nA civil war today won’t look like America in the 1860s\, Spain in the 1930s\, or Russia in the 1920s. It will begin with sporadic acts of violence and terror\, accelerated by social media. It will sneak up on us and leave us wondering how we could have been so blind.  \nHOW CIVIL WARS START Redefines civil war for a new age\, providing the framework we need to confront the danger we now face–and the knowledge to stop it before it’s too late.  \nFREE virtual event\, although donations are gratefully accepted. Donations will be split evenly between The Mark Twain House & Museum and CTWAC.  \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nREGISTER NOW                \n                            \n        \n        \nAbout the Author:  \nBarbara F. Walter\, Ph.D.\, is the Rohr Professor of International Affairs at the School of Global Policy & Strategy at the University of California\, San Diego and one of the world’s leading experts on civil wars\, political violence\, and terrorism. Her books include the award-winning Committing to Peace: Why Negotiations fail\, Reputation and Civil War\, and Civil Wars\, Insecurity\, and Intervention.  \nWalter is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, a frequent live guest on CNN\, and an active consultant for the World Bank\, the United Nations\, and the Departments of Defense and State. She occasionally writes for the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, and the Los Angeles Times.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/how-civil-wars-start-professor-barbara-walter-in-conversation-with-megan-torrey-of-the-world-affairs-council-of-ct/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220302T173000
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SUMMARY:International Women's Day: Combatting Violence Against Women
DESCRIPTION:Register now to save the date for the 2022 International Women’s Day. \nJoin us for this program in recognition of International Women’s Day to learn more about combatting violence against women. This important event represents an ongoing collaboration between the Women’s Leadership Center at the University of Saint Joseph and the World Affairs Council of Connecticut. Stay tuned for updates on times\, places\, etc.  \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/international-womens-day-combatting-violence-against-women/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220309T180000
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SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine: Community Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a community event next week with CTWAC Executive Committee Member Arthur House\, Former National Security and Intelligence Officer. He will discuss his expertise in cybersecurity and his past work in Ukraine\, and answer your biggest questions about the conflict. \nRSVP now. You won’t want to miss this. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET                \n                            \n        \n        \nArthur House Bio:\nArthur House is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut and former Cybersecurity Policy Advisor to Connecticut’s Secretary of the State.\nHe became Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer for the State of Connecticut in October 2016 after four years as Chairman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.\nHouse has a background in national security\, having served as Director of Communications in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as Chief of the Communications Group for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency\, a combat support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. As a White House Fellow he served as Special Projects Officer on the staff of the National Security Council.\nHe worked in Asia and Africa as an economist and loan officer for the World Bank and was a Congressional Adviser to the United States Mission to the United Nations. In the private sector\, House was Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Webster Bank and also held senior executive positions at Cigna\, Aetna\, and Tenneco.\nHis career has also included three positions in the United States Senate as Chief of Staff to former Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff\, Staff Director of the Democratic Policy Committee for former Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd\, and Legislative Assistant to Senator Chris Dodd.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/the-war-in-ukraine-community-qa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T130000
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SUMMARY:The Global Economy
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the upcoming conversation with Paul Donovan\, Chief Economist of UBS Wealth Management on Wednesday\, April 13 at 12:00pm ET as we discuss the state of the global economy\, the future and more! \nA suggested donation of $25 to join the discussion is greatly appreciated by the World Affairs Council of CT. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration.\n We look forward to seeing you there! \nVIRTUAL TICKETSLIVE TICKETS                \n                            \n        \n        \nPaul Donovan’s Bio:\nPaul Donovan is Chief Economist of UBS Global Wealth Management. He joined UBS back in 1992 as an intern economist working in the investment bank. As Chief Economist he sits on the Global Investment Committee and is a UBS Opinion Leader and a member of UBS Pride and the UBS Art Board. Paul has been actively involved in the UBS Nobel Perspectives program and a supporter of the UBS Women in Economics program. \nPaul has an MA in Philosophy\, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of London. He is also an Honorary Fellow of St Anne’s College\, Oxford and sits on their investment committee and development board. He is a member of the research advisory board of Open for Business\, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists’ Community.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/the-state-of-the-global-economy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220510T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Lech Wałęsa\, Former President of Poland
DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with President Lech Wałęsa\, former president of Poland\, Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader\, and founder of the Lech Wałęsa Institute.\n\nWe’ll explore how President Wałęsa pulled Poland into the democratic fold\, what Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means for the region\, and how we can help Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis.\n\nAll ticket proceeds from this event will go to the Lech Wałęsa Institute in aid of Ukrainian refugees.\n\nTickets\n\nGeneral Admission | $30\nVIP (Includes meet & greet and photo) | $90\nVirtual livestream (Zoom) | $10\n\n\n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration.\n We look forward to seeing you there! \nVIRTUAL TICKETSLIVE TICKETS                \n                            \n        \n        \n\nAbout President Lech Wałęsa\n\nLech Wałęsa is the legendary leader of the “Solidarity” movement and the author of its victory in 1989 over the communist regime in Poland. His life in inseparably connected with the Polish history and Poland’s way to freedom. \n\nHis believe in the idea of solidarity and commitment to freedom was recognised by the global community in 1983 when he was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. On 22 December 1990 Wałęsa was elected the president of free Poland. During his presidency and after it he remained actively engaged in the public life\, being the advocate of Poland around the world. \nToday Lech Wałęsa continues his mission of promoting the idea of solidarity. Traveling around the world\, he speaks about Poland’s bloodless transition towards peace and democracy as a role model for different nations. Through lectures and dialogue he calls for a world based on universal values. Being a supporter of globalisation and seeing the great potential of modern technologies and global development\, he promotes ways of peaceful cooperation between the nations in the 21st century.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/an-evening-with-lech-walesa-former-president-of-poland/
LOCATION:Infinity Hall Hartford and Virtual
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SUMMARY:Andrew Young: The World in Context
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council\, in partnership with Goodwin University\, is live and in-person for a conversation with politician\, diplomat\, and activist Ambassador Andrew Young (Ret.) about the future of the United Nations — and democracy — and how current global crises might impact the world order as we know it. \nModerated by Jeffrey Ogba\, Professor of History and the founding Director of the Center for the Study of Popular Music at UCONN. Sign up now. \nThis is an in-person event.\n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/andrew-young-the-world-in-context/
LOCATION:Goodwin University\, 1 Riverside Dr\, East Hartford\, CT\, 06118\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Diplomat 2022
DESCRIPTION:Be in the room for Connecticut’s premier global event.\nIn its third year\, The Diplomat will be bigger than ever. Still hosted within the stunning backdrop of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art\, we look forward to celebrating Connecticut as an important global partner. \nJoin us in welcoming diplomats from around the world to our state. Network\, make exclusive business contacts\, and meet a new global connection. \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/the-diplomat-2022/
LOCATION:Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art\, 600 Main Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06103\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220628T083000
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SUMMARY:U.S.-China Relations: Foreign Trade Policy and Business Update
DESCRIPTION:What are the current U.S.-China relations under the Biden administration and how has it impacted trade? And how have China’s closed borders impacted U.S. businesses and their supply chains? \nJoin us as we speak with Ambassador Paul W. Speltz (Ret.)\, Chairman and CEO of Global Strategic Associates\, LLC.\, and Jeffrey Goldstein\, Owner of Onward Global\, about the way forward for U.S.-China trade relations and business. \nThis event is in partnership with the Connecticut China Council\, Inc. \n  \nAbout the speakers \nJeffrey Goldstein\, Owner of Onward Global \nJeffrey Goldstein is owner of Onward Global\, an independent contracting practice providing international start-ups\, brands and retailers leadership support scaling and managing their sourcing\, manufacturing and ethical compliance in Asia.   \nChina based 12+ years\, Jeffrey has helped companies build strategic partnerships\, maximize profitability\, and mitigate operational risks across their supply-chains in China\, Vietnam\, Cambodia\, Bangladesh\, Myanmar and India.  This has included the identification and training of 300+ factories\, overseeing hundreds of millions of dollars in procurement\, and developing dozens of innovative consumer and industrial goods successfully launched at retail. \nPrior to starting Onward Global in 2017\, Jeffrey directed global operations for a leading lifestyle goods company servicing customers such as Columbia Sportswear\, Target\, Walmart and Dell.   \nJeffrey received an MBA from Tongji University in Shanghai (’16) and studied Chinese Politics & Diplomacy at Fudan University in Shanghai (’08) and Peking University in Beijing (’06). He received a BA in International Studies from the University of Denver (’08). \n  \nAmbassador Paul W. Speltz\, Chairman and CEO\, Global Strategic Associates\, LLC \nAmbassador Paul W. Speltz is the Chairman and CEO of Global Strategic Associates\, LLC.  For over 40 years\, Paul has lived and worked in Asian business and finance\, both in the private and public sectors. \nImmediately before launching GSA\, Paul served as the President of Kissinger Associates\, Inc. Prior to that\, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to and Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila. In this role\, Paul represented the United States extensively throughout Northern\, Southern and Central Asia to expand regional trade\, promote financial cooperation\, and increase private sector lending and financing activity. In 2004\, United States Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snow designated Paul the Financial and Economic Emissary to The People’s Republic of China\, in which capacity Paul spearheaded the U.S. government’s economic and financial cooperative initiatives with China. \nPrior to serving as Ambassador\, Paul spent 20 years as a prominent member of the international business community. He served as Managing Director of Global Operations for New York-based Bluestone Capital and as a Senior Director and Advisor on Asian geopolitical activities for United Technologies Corporation (UTC). In 1972\, Paul started his own business in China and Asia\, which over the years first merged with ATC International and\, in 1981\, sold to Citicorp. Following the sale\, Paul stayed with Citicorp in China and Asia as Vice President.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/us-trade-with-china/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T173000
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SUMMARY:Welcome Meet and Mingle with UCONN LLMs
DESCRIPTION:Join the World Affairs Council of Connecticut and UCONN Law as we welcome a new class of international LLM — Master of Law — students from at least 15 countries around the world to our community for a networking reception. \nYou won’t want to miss this. RSVP now. \nThe Details: \nLight bites and first drink provided (*Cash bar available\, but we encourage you to stay for dinner an explore the many global options the market has to offer) \nWhen: Tuesday\, Sept. 14 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM \nWhere: The Brick Room at Parkville Market \nTickets: Free | RSVP required | Space is limited \nParking available onsite \n\n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration.\n We look forward to seeing you there! \nTICKETS                \n                            \n        \n        \n\n\n\n\nThank you to our sponsor: \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nIn partnership with: \n \n 
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/welcome-meet-and-mingle-with-uconn-llms/
LOCATION:Parkville Market – West Hartford\, 1400 Park St\, Hartford\, CT\, 06106\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T130000
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SUMMARY:Kleptocapture
DESCRIPTION:From mega-yachts to bank accounts to possible Fabergé eggs – how the US is capturing ill-gotten gains of oligarchs to hurt Putin’s warchest. \nWhat does it take to enforce sanctions against Russia? Featuring the Director of the DOJ’s Kleptocapture Task Force\, Andrew Adams\, learn about how the US-coordinated seizure of Russian oligarchs’ mega-yachts and other assets protects the international order. \nThe Details:\nWhen: Wednesday\, Sept. 14 | 12:00 PM \nWhere: Zoom Webinar \nTickets: Free | RSVP required \nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Speaker | Andrew Adams\nDirector\, DOJ Kleptocapture Task Force \nAndrew Adams joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in 2013\, where he worked as a junior AUSA in the Office’s Asset Forfeiture and Violent and Organized Crime Units. Andrew has investigated\, charged\, and tried cases with an emphasis on the integrity of financial institutions; transnational organized crime; sophisticated money laundering operations through both traditional and “crypto” platforms; and cases involving looted antiquities and frauds involving the sale of cultural property. In March of this year\, Andrew was asked to lead the Department of Justice’s sanctions response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/kleptocapture/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220922
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SUMMARY:Global Security Forum 2022
DESCRIPTION:The Global Security Forum brings the world’s top leadership directly to the citizenry. Generals\, experts\, policymakers\, and foreign leaders convene in Connecticut\, a center for national defense\, to address the most critical global security issues of today and the opportunities of tomorrow. \nThe Global Security Forum has featured speakers including current Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin\, General Daniel Hokanson\, 29th Chief\, National Guard Bureau\, General David Petraeus\, U.S. Army (Ret.)\, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins\, nominee\, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs\, Dr. Richard Haass\, President\, Council on Foreign Relations\, and more. \nBuy your ticket now!
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/global-security-forum-2022/
LOCATION:Goodwin University\, 1 Riverside Dr\, East Hartford\, CT\, 06118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T120000
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SUMMARY:Luncheon with the Ambassador of Singapore
DESCRIPTION:Be in the room for an exclusive conversation with H.E. Ashok Mirpuri\, Ambassador of Singapore to the U.S. over lunch. The Ambassador is highly respected around the world and a trusted source in international affairs. \nSingapore is Connecticut’s 8th largest trading partner\, with over $1 billion in goods exchanged each year. \nExclusive for CTWAC Members \nThe Details:\nWhen: Oct. 6th at 12:00 PM \nWhere: CTWAC Office\, Studio A | Connecticut Public building\, 1049 Asylum Ave\, Hartford \nWhat: Lunch and roundtable conversations for CTWAC Members \nTickets: $45 | RSVP here \n\nNot sure if you’re a member?\nTo renew your membership or become a member\, consider the member levels on our website. Join now so you don’t miss out on exclusive events like this. \nIf you want to check your membership status\, email Nicole at nstruth@ctwac.org or log in on the membership site.  \n\nAbout the Ambassador\nH.E. Ashok Mirpuri | Ambassador of Singapore to the U.S. \nMr. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri took up his appointment as Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States of America (USA) in July 2012. Prior to his current appointment\, he served as Ambassador to Indonesia from 2006 to 2012\, High Commissioner to Malaysia from 2002 to 2006 and High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 to 2002. \nA career diplomat\, Mr Mirpuri joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in 1984. In 1994\, he was appointed Director of MFA’s Policy Planning & Analysis Directorate I (Southeast Asia). In 1997\, Mr Mirpuri was seconded to Shell International Ltd in the United Kingdom as Corporate Advisor (Asia Pacific). He was subsequently assigned to the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta in 1998 as Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission\, having previously served in Jakarta as First Secretary (Political). \nMr Mirpuri graduated with an honours degree from the National University of Singapore. He received his MA at the University of London’s School of Oriental & African Studies under a Raffles Scholarship. He attended the Programme for Executive Development at the Institute for Management Development\, Switzerland\, and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School\, USA. \n\nThank you to our sponsor:\n 
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/luncheon-with-the-ambassador-of-singapore/
LOCATION:CT Public Broadcasting\, Lobby\, 1049 Asylum Avenue\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, US
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T200000
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SUMMARY:Abraham Accords
DESCRIPTION:The Abraham Accords\, signed in 2020 between the U.S.\, Israel\, Bahrain\, and the United Arab Emirates\, aimed to normalize relations between the countries and outline regional security concerns.\nOur expert panel will discuss the pivotal role the Accords will play in the future of the region. \nThe Details:\nWhen: Thursday\, October 13th | 7:00 PM\nWhere: Zoom Webinar (link provided with ticket)\nTickets: Free | RSVP required \n\n        \n            \n                                \n                    Slide 1RESERVE YOUR TICKETClick the button below to complete your registration.\n We look forward to seeing you there! \nTICKETS                \n                            \n        \n        \nIn partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and its Jewish Community Relations Council | UCONN Global \nSpeakers:\nH.E. Ambassador Meron Reuben | Consul General of Israel to New England \nH.E. Ambassador Amna Binzaal Almheiri | Consul General of the United Arab Emirates to New York \nJoseph Lieberman | Former US Senator – CT \nMr. Lieberman was born and raised in Stamford\, CT. Now Senior Counsel at the law firm of Kasowitz\, Benson\, Torres LLP in New York\, Joseph I. Lieberman was for 24 years a member of the U.S. Senate from Connecticut. At the end of his service in January 2013\, he was Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee\, and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee. Through both Committee positions\, he became a leader in protecting the security of the American people and supporting American international leadership. Senator Lieberman is known as a national leader who works across party lines to get things done and who speaks his conscience regardless of the political consequences. Before his election to the Senate in 1988\, Senator Lieberman served 10 years in the Connecticut State Senate and 6 years as Connecticut’s Attorney General. In 2000 he was the Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States. Senator Lieberman also serves on the board of several nonprofit organizations including the McCain Institute.\nSenator Lieberman is married to Hadassah Freilich Lieberman. Together they have four children and 12 grandchildren. \nRobert Greenway | President and Executive Director\, Abraham Accords Peace Institute \nRobert Greenway has more than 30 years’ experience in public service culminating as the senior U.S. government official responsible for developing\, coordinating and implementing U.S. government policy for all of the Middle East and North Africa on the National Security Council. Prior to service on the NSC he served as a Senior Intelligence Officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency\, and a combat veteran of the United States Army Special Forces. \nRead Mr. Greenway’s full bio here.  \n \n \n 
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/abraham-accords/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221204
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SUMMARY:Model United Nations 2022
DESCRIPTION:CTWAC Model United Nations brings together over 1\,000 students from around Connecticut to interact with each other through debate and diplomacy\, preparing to become future global leaders in the process. \nThe Council’s MUN program is exclusively student-run\, offering students opportunities to take leadership positions and negotiate with peers. At MUN\, students experience the inner workings of international policy-making as they tackle global issues and controversies\, navigate crisis scenarios\, debate solutions and draft resolutions. \nThrough the MUN program\, students can to travel to New York to tour the United Nations\, meet diplomats from the countries they are representing\, and discuss timely global issues with the policy makers who are currently working to solve them. \nSave the date.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/model-united-nations-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T130000
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SUMMARY:Partner Event | The World Ahead: 2023
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Tom Standage\, Deputy Editor at The Economist\nEach year\, The Economist publishes “The World Ahead” series: an informed prediction of the major themes that will dominate the coming year. Spanning topics from politics to technology to sociology and more\, this series edited by Tom Standage is as ambitious as it is awe-inspiring. On December 14\, Standage rejoins the Council to discuss his publication’s analysis for 2023. \n“The World Ahead” is one of the most prestigious launches in The Economist’s annual publishing calendar. This future-gazing publication prepares audiences for the year to come with mind-stretching insights and expert-level analysis. Written by The Economist correspondents and editors alongside globally recognized public figures\, it is regarded as essential reading by individuals\, professionals\, and policymakers alike. It circulates in more than 90 countries\, in 24 languages\, to a world audience in excess of 2.8 million people. \nThe Details: \nWhen: Wednesday\, December 14\, 2022 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Time Zone: America/Chicago\nEastern Time: Wednesday\, December 14\, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nWhere: Virtual Event \nTickets: Free | RSVP Required \nRegister \n\nAbout the Speaker: \nTom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist and editor of its future-gazing annual\, “The World Ahead.” Standage directs the newspaper’s digital strategy and the development of new digital products and is the author of seven history books\, including “Writing on the Wall” (2013)\, “The Victorian Internet” (1998) and “A History of the World in 6 Glasses” (2005). He studied engineering and computing at Oxford University and has written for other publications including the New York Times\, Daily Telegraph\, The Guardian and Wired. \nAbout the Moderator: \nJim Falk\, president emeritus of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth\, retired in March 2021 after serving as the organization’s president since 2001. Now residing in Santa Fe\, New Mexico he is member of the Board of Global Santa Fe where he chairs the program committee. Additionally\, Jim co-hosts The McCuistion Program\, a public affairs program\, that airs weekly on KERA-Dallas (PBS). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and honorary consul of Morocco. \n\nHosted by:\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIn partnership with:
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/partner-event-the-world-ahead-2023/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T120000
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SUMMARY:A Discussion with the Swiss Ambassador
DESCRIPTION:Join the World Affairs Council of Connecticut in partnership with Robinson + Cole on January 24th for a member-exclusive conversation with the Ambassador of Switzerland to the U.S.\, H.E. Jacques Pitteloud. Read more about the Ambassador here. \nExclusive for CTWAC Members only \nThe Details:\nWhen: January. 24th at 11:00 AM \nWhere: Seaverns Room at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center | 166 Capitol Ave\, Hartford \nTickets: Free | RSVP required | Availability is extremely limited \nTICKETS \n\nNot sure if you’re a member?\nTo renew your membership or become a member\, consider the member levels on our website. Join now so you don’t miss out on exclusive events like this. \nIf you want to check your membership status\, email Abby at anoyes@ctwac.org or log in on the membership site. \n\nHost Committee\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/a-discussion-with-the-swiss-ambassador/
LOCATION:Bushnell Theater\, 166 Capitol Ave\, Hartford\, 06106\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T170000
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SUMMARY:Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea's Nuclear Program | Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exclusive discussion featuring Siegfried Hecker\, author of Hinge Points\, on his firsthand account from inside North Korea’s nuclear program\, and moderated by Global Santa Fe’s Program Chair\, Jim Falk. \nHosted by the Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Santa Fe\, NM and Global Santa Fe \nThis will be an in-store presentation\, live-streamed on Zoom. \n\nThe Book \n \nHinge Points brings readers literally inside the North Korean nuclear program\, joining Siegfried Hecker to see what he saw and hear what he heard in his visits to North Korea from 2004 to 2010. Hecker goes beyond the technical details―described in plain English from his on-the-ground experience at the North’s nuclear center at Yongbyon―to put the nuclear program exactly where it belongs\, in the context of decades of fateful foreign policy decisions in Pyongyang and Washington. \nDescribing these decisions as “hinge points\,” he traces the consequences of opportunities missed by both sides. The result has been that successive U.S. administrations have been unable to prevent the North\, with the weakest of hands\, from becoming one of only three countries in the world that might target the United States with nuclear weapons. Hecker’s unique ability to marry the technical with the diplomatic is well informed by his interactions with North Korean and U.S. officials over many years\, while his years of working with Russian\, Chinese\, Indian\, and Pakistani nuclear officials have given him an unmatched breadth of experience from which to view and interpret the thinking and perspective of the North Koreans. \nPurchase Hinge Points online here or call the store to order. \n\nThe Author \nSiegfried Hecker was at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 34 years\, including 12 years as director. He was at Stanford University for 17 years\, including 6 years as co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is now part-time professor of practice at Texas A&M University and at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Hecker has worked on nuclear matters for most of his career\, including having visited all countries with declared nuclear weapons programs\, including North Korea. \n\nWhat: Livestreamed discussion and Q&A on author Siegfried Hecker’s book\, detailing his visits inside North Korea’s nuclear centers. \nWhen: Thursday\, February 9th | 6:00PM MST | 4:00PM EST \nWhere: Zoom and in-person at the Collected Works Bookstore \nTickets: Zoom registration | RSVP required \n\nHosts \n \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\, low ticket prices\, 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. \nTo become a member\, consider the member levels on our website. \nIf you are a member – thank you! Make sure you stay involved by renewing your membership or inviting others to join you. To check your membership status\, email Abby at anoyes@ctwac.org or log in on the membership site.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/hinge-points-an-inside-look-at-north-koreas-nuclear-program-book-talk/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T190000
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SUMMARY:Global Changemakers | International Women's Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:Global Changemakers: Women & the Fight for Freedom \nJoin us on Wednesday\, March 8 at 5:15PM ET for this virtual program in recognition of International Women’s Day. We’re highlighting Global Changemakers leading the global fight for freedom\, democracy\, and women’s rights. These three remarkable women will discuss the current state of the fight for freedom in Ukraine\, Afghanistan\, and Iran; and their role as a changemaker. Moderated by Council CEO Megan Torrey. \nThis important event represents an ongoing collaboration between the Women’s Leadership Center at the University of Saint Joseph and the World Affairs Council of Connecticut. \n\nFeaturing:\nH.E. Oksana Markarova | Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States  \nSince before the war in Ukraine began\, Ambassador Markarova has been a remarkable advocate for her country to the U.S. government\, garnering nationwide and bipartisan support for Ukraine in its fight for freedom and democracy. \nH.E. Adela Raz | Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Nations \nAmbassador Raz was Afghanistan’s first female Ambassador to the UN and the last Ambassador of the former Afghan government to the United States. She unofficially maintained her role for six months after the government she represented ceased to exist to offer help to displaced Afghans: unpaid and unaffiliated with the Taliban. She has since been an advocate for women’s rights in Afghanistan and is the Director of Princeton University’s Afghan Policy Lab. \nRoya Hakakian\, an Iranian-American Jewish journalist and former refugee\, will return to the Council to talk about the state of women’s rights in Iran. \n\nThe Details\nWhen: Wednesday\, March 8th | 5:15 PM \nWhere: Zoom Livestream \nTickets: Free | RSVP Required | Register here \n\nThe Speakers\nH.E. Oksana Markarova \nAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States \nOksana Markarova was appointed the Ukraine’s Ambassador to the USA and arrived in DC on Apr 20\, 2021. She served in Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance in 2015-2020 as First deputy Minister and Government commissioner on investments and then since 2018 as a Minister of Finance. During her time at the Ministry she was a co-author of Ukraine’s macroeconomic revival program\, has conducted unprecedented fiscal consolidation leading to deficit to GDP of 2% and debt to GDP reduction to below 50%\, introduced midterm budgeting\, gender oriented budgeting as well as negotiated\, structured and coordinated successfully two IMF programs and other IFI cooperation programs. \nDuring her tenure she and her team has also created UkraineInvest government promotion agency\, Ukrainian Startup fund and an eData ecosystem of government public finance portals including spending.gov.ua\, openbudget.gov.ua and analytical instrument BOOST\, which opened the majority of the public finance data to the public and increased Ukraine in all major international data transparency ratings. \nPrior to career in public service Mrs. Markarova spent 17 years working in private equity and financial advisory having leadership roles in ITT investment group\, Western NIS Enterprise Fund\, Chemonics and and World bank\, as well as founded Archidata startup electronic archive company in between service positions in 2020. \nOksana Markarova serves at the Boards of UkraineHouse DC foundation in Washington DC\, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy\, Ukrainian Development Foundation and supports Ukrainian Catholic University and Ukrainian Press Museum-Archive. \nShe holds BS and MS degrees in Environmental Science from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine and MPA in public finance from Indiana University with academic excellency and best international student awards. \nMarkarova is married with four children and grandson. \n\nH.E. Adela Raz \nFormer Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations; former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S. \nTwitter: @AdelaRaz \nAmbassador Adela Raz served as the last Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States. Prior to that Amb. Raz served as the first female Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations.  At the U.N.\, Amb. Raz was the Vice President of the 75th session of the General Assembly\, and was also appointed by the President of U.N’s General Assembly to serve as the co-coordinator on COVID-19-related initiatives. \nBefore her arrival at the U.N. Amb. Raz was the Deputy Foreign Minister in Afghanistan. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA\,) she managed the regional and economic cooperation portfolios and led the two major platforms: the Regional Economic Cooperation Conferences on Afghanistan and the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process. On behalf of MFA\, she helped to manage and coordinate the Brussels (2016) and Geneva (2018) Donor Conferences on Afghanistan and led the negotiations on the outcome documents. \nIn 2013\, she served as the first female Deputy Spokesperson and Director of Communications for President Hamid Karzai. \nShe began her career with the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and continued to work in a variety of positions at various international development organizations in the U.S. and Afghanistan. \nAmb. Raz holds a Master of Arts degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University\, and a Bachelor of Arts\, with honors\, with triple majors on International Relations\, Political Science\, and Economics from Simmons University in Boston. She also earned a certificate in International Development from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. \n\nRoya Hakakian \nRoya Hakakian is an Iranian American Jewish journalist\, lecturer\, and writer. Born in Iran\, she came to the United States as a refugee and is now a naturalized citizen. She is the author of several books\, including an acclaimed memoir in English called Journey From the Land of No\, Assassins of The Turqoise Palace\, and A Beginner’s Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious. \nHer opinion columns\, essays and book reviews appear in English language publications like the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal and NPR’s All Things Considered\, among many others. She has collaborated on over a dozen hours of programming for leading journalism units in network television\, including CBS 60 Minutes. She currently serves as an editorial board member of World Affairs. An active thinker of foreign relations\, Roya is a founding member of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. She has been featured in the Washington Post and the US News and World Report\, among other publications. In the book\, Political Awakenings by University of California at Berkeley’s Professor Harry Kreisler\, she has been highlighted “among the most important activists\, academics\, and journalists of her generation.” Roya is the author of two collections of poetry in Persian\, and is listed among the leading new voices in Persian poetry in the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Her poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies around the world\, including La Regle Du Jeu\, Strange Times My Dear: The Pen Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature. \n\nHosted by\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nWith generous support from \n \n  \n  \n\nStay Globally Involved\nAs a member of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut\, you can get exclusive access to events\, low ticket prices\, and travel opportunities\, build relationships with local leaders and global dignitaries\, and join our community of global citizens. 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SUMMARY:American Journalists Covering China
DESCRIPTION:Hear Mike Chinoy\, former Beijing Bureau Chief for CNN\, address the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts at a luncheon in Springfield on his new book: Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People’s Republic.  \nThe Details\nWhen: Tuesday\, March 21 | 12:00PM \nWhere: The Student Prince | 8 Fort Street\, Springfield\, MA \nTickets: $45 – includes lunch | RSVP required by March 14\, 2023 | Tickets \n*For dietary restrictions please call 413-733-0110 or email Cyd Melcher at cmelcher@wacwestma.org \nAbout the Speaker\nMike Chinoy is a nonresident senior fellow at the U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California. He spent twenty-four years as a foreign correspondent for CNN\, serving as the network’s first Beijing bureau chief and senior Asia correspondent. Before joining CNN\, Chinoy worked for CBS News and NBC News. He won Emmy\, Dupont\, and Peabody awards for his coverage of China. \nReporting on China has long been one of the most challenging and crucial of journalistic assignments. Foreign correspondents have confronted war\, revolution\, isolation\, internal upheaval\, and onerous government restrictions as well as barriers of language\, culture\, and politics. Nonetheless\, American media coverage of China has profoundly influenced U.S. government policy and shaped public opinion domestically and around the world. Assignment China tells the story of how American journalists have covered China—from the civil war of the 1940s through the COVID-19 pandemic—in their own words. \n\nHosted by\n \n  \n  \n  \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\, low ticket prices\, 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. \nTo become a member\, consider the member levels on our website. \nIf you are a member – thank you! Make sure you stay involved by renewing your membership or inviting others to join you. To check your membership status\, email Abby at anoyes@ctwac.org or log in on the membership site.
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LOCATION:The Student Prince\, 8 Fort Street\, Springfield\, MA\, 01103\, United States
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