Speakers Archive

The Worcester World Affairs Council is proud to have hosted a number of illustrious speakers.

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Date	Speaker	Event
September 10, 2026	Austin Long at Worcester World Affairs Council	What Happens now that the New Salt Treaty has Expired? with Austin Long, MIT Center for Nuclear Security Policy
May 12, 2026	Dorota Markiewicz-Zemke, Deputy Chief of Mission, Polish Embassy	Securing Poland's Future
April 8, 2026	Ethan Zuckerman at Worcester World Affairs Council	Mistrust, with Ethan Zuckerman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
March 5, 2026	Daniel Markey at Worcester World Affairs Council	Pakistan, with Daniel S. Markey, Stimson Center
February 5, 2026	Mihaela Papa at Worcester World Affairs Council	"BRICS, the US, and the Contest Over Global Leadership," with Mihaela Papa, Director of Research and Principal Research Scientist - MIT Center for International Studies
January 14, 2026	Chipo Dendere at Worcester World Affairs Council	"When Voters Exit, Authoritarianism Survives," with Chipo Dendere, Africana Studies, Wellesley College
December 9, 2025	Tamirace Fakhoury at Worcester World Affairs Council	"Does the United Nations remain effective in resolving conflicts throughout the world?" with Tamiriace Fakhoury, Tufts University Fletcher School
November 12, 2025	Jack Goldstone at Worcester World Affairs Council 2025	"The Future will be Very Different: Global Population and Migration in the 21st Century," with Jack Goldstone, George Mason University
October 14, 2025	Jennifer Bing at Worcester World Affairs Council	"On the Ground in Gaza: Supporting Displaced Palestinians," with Jennifer Bing, National Director of the US Palestine Activism Program, American Friends Service Committee
October 4, 2025	John F. Kirby at O'Callahan Society Speaker Series, Holy Cross	"Shaping Perception: How Information Fuels Public Narratives," with RADM John F. Kirby (ret.), at College of the Holy Cross, O'Callahan Society Speaker Series
September 29, 2025	Gideon Rose at Worcester World Affairs Council	Nuclear proliferation with Gideon Rose, Council on Foreign Relations and Columbia University
April 8, 2025	Frank Langfitt at Worcester World Affairs Council	"How journalists cover global events since the beginning of the 21st century," with Frank Langfitt, NPR Global Democracy Correspondent
March 31, 2025	Foreign Policy Town Hall with Senator Chris Murphy	Join Senator Murphy and fellow citizens across the nation for a town hall on U.S. Foreign Policy.
March 20, 2025	Michael Butler at Worcester World Affairs Council	"A Responsibility to Protect? From Humanitarian Intervention to Human Security," with Michael J. Butler, Clark University
February 12, 2025	Ernest Scheyder at Worcester World Affairs Council	The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power our Lives, with Ernest Scheyder, Reuters correspondent
January 9, 2025	Steven Cook at Worcester World Affairs Council	US & Israel, with Steven A. Cook, Council on Foreign Relations
December 16, 2024	Anna Ohanyan at Worcester World Affairs Council	"Contemporary Regional (Dis)Orders & Fractures in Eurasia: The Case of the South Caucasus," with Anna Ohanyan, Stonehill College
November 7, 2024	Jennifer Nuzzo at Worcester World Affairs Council	Pandemic Readiness, with Jennifer Nuzzo, Director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health
October 9, 2024	Sawkat Anwer at Worcester World Affairs Council	"Are We Ready for Artificial Intelligence in Global Health Management?" with Dr. M. Sawkat Anwer, Tufts University
September 12, 2024	Eric Budd at Worcester World Affairs Council	"Indonesia and the Philippines: Navigating a Dangerous Neighborhood" with Dr. Eric Budd, Fitchburg State University

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