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SUMMARY:Global Security Forum 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sept. 19 and 20 for the world’s leading event on global security\, right here in Hartford.  \nGSF 2024 will bring you the world’s biggest names in global security ever seen on our stage. Generals\, experts\, policymakers\, and foreign leaders come together for cutting-edge conversations on the biggest security concerns we face and the strategic alliances and Power Plays competing to decide our future. \nSecure your spot today and learn more about GSF2024. \nGSF is a critical opportunity to engage and inform our future and current leaders on the issues that impact us all – from disruptive tech and climate security to uneasy alliances and ironclad relationships. This event is not to be missed. \n\nThe world’s top security leadership. Here in Hartford.\n\nJohn Podesta\, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate\nCPT. Flo Groberg\, Recipient of the Medal of Honor *VIP Reception Exclusive\nAmb. Kurt Volker\, fmr. U.S. Ambassador to NATO\nADM Kevin Lunday\, Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard\nHon. Sherri Goodman\, first Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security\, Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate & Security\nLTG Iulian Berdilă\, Deputy Chief of Defense of Romania\nDavid Sanger: White House & National Security Correspondent\, The New York Times\nLTG Robert Ashley (U.S. Army\, Ret.): Former Director\, Defense Intelligence Agency\nRADM Kathleen Creighton (U.S. Navy\, Ret.): Fmr. Navy Cyber Security Division Director\nAmb. Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley: President\, Middle East Policy Council & former U.S. Ambassador to Malta\nDr. Wanda Jones-Heath: Principal Cyber Advisor for the Department of the Air Force\nMG Matthew Easley (U.S. Army\, Ret.): Associate Dean of Joint Warfighting at the College of Information and Cyberspace\, National Defense University\nRADM Michael Van Poots (U.S. Navy): Commander\, Undersea Warfighting Development Center\nRADM Jakob D. Rousøe (Royal Danish Navy): Defence Attaché to the U.S.\, Denmark\nMGen Michel-Henri St-Louis: Canadian Defence Attaché to the United States\nMG Windsor S. Buzza (U.S. Army): Chief of Staff\, U.S. Army Forces Command\nLTG Michael Moeller (U.S. Air Force\, Ret.): Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs\, U.S. Air Force and current VP of CTWAC Board of Directors\nCAPT Andrea H. Cameron (U.S. Navy): Permanent Military Professor\, National Security Affairs Dept. & Director\, Climate & Human Security Group\, Naval War College\nMG Garrett Yee (U.S. Army\, Ret.): Vice President and General Manager of the Army Sector\, General Dynamics Information Technology\nLTC Luke Knittig (U.S. Army\, Ret.)\nLTC Christopher Gin (U.S. Army)\nArthur House: Adjunct Professor\, University of Connecticut\nMIDN Walker French: Midshipman\, U.S. Naval Academy\nMIDN Mary Mergott\, U.S. Coast Guard Academy\n\nStay in the know about exciting speaker announcements and updates. \n\nSponsors and Supporters\n \n  \nSupport the Global Security Forum\nAt the Council\, we believe that knowledge is power and the future is global. Our partners and supporters play a critical role in supporting our mission and enable us to make this essential event accessible to our community. We invite you to join us as a partner in our mission and support the Global Security Forum. \n\nPresenting Partners\n \n\nStay Globally Involved \nRenew your membership or become a member on our website. As 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.
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/global-security-forum-2024/
LOCATION:Goodwin University\, 1 Riverside Dr\, East Hartford\, CT\, 06118\, United States
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SUMMARY:China’s Worst Nightmare: Global Partnerships | Partner Event
DESCRIPTION:A fireside chat with Congressman Joe Courtney & Deputy Head of Mission for the Embassy of Australia\, Paul Myler. Hosted by the Office of Congressman Joe Courtney. \nAs China increases its aggression in the Indo-Pacific region\, Australia\, the United Kingdom\, and the United States have come together to form a historic trilateral security pact\, AUKUS\, to protect peace and prosperity in the region. The mere existence of this partnership — let alone the undersea supremacy and technological capabilities that will come as a result — worries China greatly. Join Congressman Joe Courtney and the Embassy of Australia’s Deputy Head of Mission\, Paul Myler\, for a fireside chat moderated by World Affairs Council CEO Megan Torrey\, on how this historic deal will provide our three nations with the tools they need to deter China’s predatory conduct. \nThe details: \nDate | Thursday\, March 14 from 3-4 PM\nLocation | University of St. Joseph’s Hoffman Auditorium \n\n\nWhat is the AUKUS partnership?\nWant to learn more about the historic security pact ahead of the event? Check out this backgrounder by CTWAC’s Jonah Gosnay on the current state of the deal and its role in Indo-Pacific regional security. \nUnderstanding the AUKUS Partnership – The World Affairs Council of CT Blog (ctwac.com)
URL:https://ctwac.org/event/chinas-worst-nightmare-global-partnerships-partner-event/
LOCATION:The University of Saint Joseph\, Mercy Hall\, Crystal Room1678 Asylum Ave\, 1678 Asylum Ave\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06117\, US
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SUMMARY:Premiere: State of the Ukrainian Counteroffensive
DESCRIPTION:Watch the full conversation here. \nThe war in Ukraine is arguably at its most critical tipping point.  \nHaving won their survival by resisting Russian advances at the beginning of the war\, the Ukranian people are now engaged in a hard-fought counteroffensive to liberate the rest of their territory and citizens. \nOur Fellow Jonah Gosnay sat down with Dr. Fred Kagan to discuss the current state of the counteroffensive and our role in setting up Ukraine for success. \nPremiering: Friday\, September 15 | 4:00 PM | Live on our Youtube channel \nClick here to be notified for the premiere. \n\nThis conversation was recorded as part of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut’s 2023 Global Security Forum: Tipping Points & Tripwires. Register and learn more at www.gsf2023.com. Join us on September 21 and 22.  \n\nFeaturing: \nDr. Fred Kagan | Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute \nFrederick W. Kagan\, author of the 2007 report Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq\, is one of the intellectual architects of the successful “surge” strategy in Iraq. He is the director of AEI’s Critical Threats Project and a former professor of military history at the US Military Academy at West Point. His books range from Lessons for a Long War (AEI Press\, 2010)\, coauthored with Thomas Donnelly\, to the End of the Old Order: Napoleon and Europe\, 1801-1805 (Da Capo\, 2006). \n\nAbout the 2023 Global Security Forum \nFrom the disruptive potential of AI to Russian threats of nuclear war\, Global Security Forum 2023 will focus on areas that will be critical tipping points for global security in the coming decade. How can we identify these tipping points and prepare for an uncertain future? Learn more at gsf2023.com.  \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 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.
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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.
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