May 8, 2025 | Jack Goldstone at Worcester World Affairs Council | "The Future will be Very Different: Global Population and Migration in the 21st Century," with Jack Goldstone, George Mason 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 13, 2025 | Tamiriace 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 |
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 10, 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 |
May 14, 2024 | Josephine Wolff at Worcester World Affairs Council | Cyber risk and insurance: How do we manage private sector cyber risks and why is it so hard? with Josephine Wolff, Tufts University |
April 9, 2024 | Helena Arose at Worcester World Affairs Council | International communities working together to fight cultural racketeering, with Helena Arose, Director of Programs the Antiquities Coalition |
March 11, 2024 | Jennifer Cafarella at Worcester World Affairs Council | "The Changing Face of War: Lessons from Ukraine" with Jennifer Cafarella from The Institute for the Study of War. |
February 15, 2024 | Shihoko Goto at Worcester World Affairs | "Taiwan in the Middle: Why Taiwan Matters as Strategic Competition Heats Up," with Shihoko Goto, Director of the Asia Program and Director of Geoeconomics and Indo-Pacific Enterprise, The Wilson Center |
January 17, 2024 | Laura Thornton at Worcester World Affairs Council | Democratic Decline, Autocratic Rise: Solutions/Innovations in Europe, with Laura Thornton, German Marshall Fund |
December 7, 2023 | Gregory Poling at Worcester World Affairs Council | "The New Alliance Network in Asia" with Gregory B. Poling, Center for Strategic and International Studies |
November 15, 2023 | Karen Jacobsen at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Understanding Climate-Related Migration" with Karen Jacobsen, Tufts University |
October 13, 2023 | Susan Colbourn at Worcester World Affairs Council | "The Future of NATO and the Alliance's Open Door," with Susan Colbourn, Duke University |
September 18, 2023 | Mariana Budjeryn at Worcester World Affairs Council | Revisiting Ukraine's Nuclear Disarmament after the Russian Invasion: Consequences for the Global Nuclear Order, with Mariana Budjeryn, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center |
June 5, 2023 | Molly Anderson at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Averting Hunger and Famine" with Molly Anderson, Middlebury College |
May 10, 2023 | Trita Parsi at Worcester World Affairs Council | Current events in Iran, with Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft |
April 19, 2023 | Mona Yacoubian at Worcester World Affairs Council | "How to Prevent State Collapse of Lebanon" with Mona Yacoubian, U.S. Institute of Peace |
March 2, 2023 | John Feffer at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Latin America's Changing Political Climate" with John Feffer, Institute for Policy Studies |
February 7, 2023 | Christopher M. Faulkner at Worcester World Affairs Council | The Role of Russian Private Military Companies in Africa, Ukraine, and Beyond, with Christopher M. Faulkner, U.S. Naval War College |
January 11, 2023 | Anatol Lieven at Worcester World Affairs Council | Ukraine, with Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft |
December 5, 2022 | Frederic Wehrey at Worcester World Affairs Council | Religion and politics in the Middle East, with Dr. Frederic Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
November 2, 2022 | Katharine Petrich at Worcester World Affairs Council | Al-Shabaab's Criminal Activities in the Horn of Africa with Katharine Petrich, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey |
October 17, 2022 | Scot Marciel at Worcester World Affairs Council | Crisis and Opportunity in Myanmar, with retired Ambassador Scot Marciel |
September 12, 2022 | Major General (Ret.) William Rapp at Worcester World Affairs Council | Civil-Military Relations in the US & Other Countries |
June 15, 2022 | | A social gathering with food and drink for Worcester World Affairs members |
May 3, 2022 | Rushan Abbas at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Global Implications of the Uyghur Genocide," with Rushan Abbas, Campaign for Uyghurs |
April 7, 2022 | Adam Weinstein at Worcester World Affairs Council | The US Experience in Afghanistan: What Does It Mean for Future Interventions and Nation-Building? with Adam Weinstein, Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute |
March 7, 2022 | Alex Newhouse at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Online Radicalization of the Vulnerable & the Power of Social Media" with Alex Newhouse, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey |
February 23, 2022 | Marc Grossman and Marcie Ries at Worcester World Affairs Council | "A U.S. Diplomatic Service for the 21st Century" with Marc Grossman, Cohen Group, and Marcie Ries, Belfer Center |
January 12, 2022 | Peter Martin at Worcester World Affairs Council | The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, with Peter Martin, Defense Policy and Intelligence Reporter at Bloomberg News |
December 9, 2021 | Andrew Weber at Worcester World Affairs Council | Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, with Andrew Weber, Council on Strategic Risks |
November 9, 2021 | Ronak Desai at Worcester World Affairs Council | Ronak Desai will speak about the Future of the US-India Strategic Partnership |
October 21, 2021 | David Kramer at Worcester World Affairs Council | The Kremlin's Threat to Democracy, with David Kramer, Senior Fellow in the Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy, Florida International University |
September 14, 2021 | Bill McKibben at Worcester World Affairs Council | Current status of the environment, current challenges, and possible positive impacts, with Bill McKibben, Scholar in Residence in Environmental Studies, Middlebury College |
June 21, 2021 | Paul A. Berkman at Worcester World Affairs Council | Great Powers and the Melting Arctic with Professor Paul A Berkman, Associate Director of Science Diplomacy in the Harvard-MIT Public Disputes Program |
May 27, 2021 | Trita Parsi at Worcester World Affairs Council | "How to End Endless Wars in the Middle East," with Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft |
April 28, 2021 | World Health Organization: History, Responsibility and Future Direction at WWAC | A video presentation followed by discussion among members |
April 21, 2021 | | The Crisis of America Power: How Europe Views the Biden Administration with Mark Leonard, European Council on Foreign Relations |
March 9, 2021 | Farah Pandith at Worcester World Affairs Council | “Radicalization and Extremism” by Farah Pandith at the Worcester World Affairs Council on March 9, 2020 |
February 17, 2021 | Paul Fagan at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Reset on Africa – Human Rights and other issues," with Paul Fagan, Director of Human Rights and Democracy Programs at the McCain Institute, Arizona State University. |
January 27, 2021 | Eitan Peled at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Child Migration Policy in the Biden Administration," with Eitan Peled, UNICEF USA Child Migration & Protection Program Manager |
December 8, 2020 | Angela Stent at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest" with Angela Stent, Georgetown University |
November 17, 2020 | Kelly Sims Gallagher at Worcester World Affairs Council | "US and China Climate Policy," with Kelly Sims Gallagher, The Fletcher School, Tufts University |
October 13, 2020 | Laura M. Delgado López at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Space as a Global Affair: Issues at the Crossroads of Science, National Policy and International Affairs" with Laura M. Delgado López, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters |
September 17, 2020 | Lisel Hintz at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Turkey-U.S. Relationship Status in the Trump Era: It's Complicated" with Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies |
March 10, 2020 | Michael Butler at Worcester World Affairs Council | "New Decade, New Dilemmas? Contemporary Challenges for U.S. National Security," with Michael Butler from Clark University |
February 3, 2020 | Miko Peled at Worcester World Affairs Council | “A New Paradigm - The Keys to Peace in Israel/Palestine” with Miko Peled |
January 16, 2020 | Daniel Maxwell at Worcester World Affairs Council | “Famine and Conflicts Around the World” with Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University |
December 9, 2019 | Eric Farnsworth at Worcester World Affairs Council | "US Relations with Latin America: From Where We Are to Where We Want to Go" with Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Council of the Americas |
November 5, 2019 | Torrey Taussig at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Trans-Atlantic Relations in the Age of Trump" with Torrey Taussig, Harvard University Kennedy School |
October 16, 2019 | Joseph Cirincione at Worcester World Affairs Council | "Nuclear Disarmament and North Korea" by Joseph Cirincione, Ploughshares Fund |
September 16, 2019 | Peter Dutton at Worcester World Affairs Council | "China and South China Seas" with Peter Dutton, US Naval War College |
June 3, 2019 | | “Japan and Trade” with Mireya Solís, The Brookings Institution |
May 8, 2019 | | “A New Digital Social Contact: Regulating Tech to Promote Consumer Interests” with Dipayan Ghosh, Pozen Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
April 8, 2019 | | "The Future of Water Conflict" with Scott Moore, University of Pennsylvania |
March 25, 2019 | | "A Short History of Truth" with David M. Shribman,
Executive Editor and Vice-President, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
February 13, 2019 | | "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work" with Elisabeth Reynolds, MIT Industrial Performance Center |
January 16, 2019 | | "Trans-Atlantic Relations" with Célia Belin, The Brookings Institution |
December 6, 2018 | | "Democracy in the Americas: Adversity and Resilience" with John M. Carey, John Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences at Dartmouth
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