Global Diplomacy Diploma
Bringing the world to classrooms and talking to today’s world leaders is something that the Global Scholars Diploma Program does on a daily basis. Whether it is a dialog with […]Read more
Archive: 2019
FRANCE AT SXSW 2020: Help Pick a Panel
by Liz Wiley, avid promoter of Austin’s & France’s tech sectors; lawyer & advisor supporting cross-border business; blockchain and DAO enthusiast The breathtaking range of content for SXSW comes in […]Read more
Building the 5G Wall: What Do We Want to Become?
by Raye Elizabeth Ward A super-fast national Internet exclusively for urban America? That’s the scenario that comes to mind in reading the Defense Innovation Board‘s report on 5G, the next […]Read more
Business and Culture: Transatlantic Business Leaders Offer Advice, Wearing High Heels
by Raye Elizabeth Ward Five business leaders walked onto the stage of the Texas-EU Summit to talk about managing transatlantic businesses. Two run European units based in the United States; […]Read more
Austin, Texas: A Case Study in Managing Competitive Crises
By Raye Elizabeth Ward Three things are clear about the future: technology will determine competitiveness; talent comes in all colors, nationalities and genders; and the problems are too big, too […]Read more
Do Tariffs Make Us More Competitive?
By Raye Elizabeth Ward David Firestein dropped by last week’s “World Spins” session to reassure us that at about $1 trillion, give or take a few million, the U.S.-China trade relationship […]Read more
Taking Care of Business as Titans Clash
By Raye Elizabeth Ward In the titanic trade clash between China and the United States, Tyler Johnson’s is a calm, sane voice. But then he is a businessman, and businessmen […]Read more
The Role of Diplomacy and Development in Reducing Insecurity
The world is experiencing a 25-year peak in violent conflict, trapping millions of innocent families in cycles of poverty and displacement and leading to costly and prolonged U.S. military and humanitarian […]Read more
Brexit in the Bardo
By Raye Elizabeth Ward As I made my way to the Capital Factory, that go-go hive of entrepreneurial-ism in the center of Austin, to hear what the U.K. Dept. of […]Read more
What will it take to make us safe?
By Raye Elizabeth Ward We expect our government to keep us safe. The Constitution cites “providing for the common defense” as part of the reason to even have a government. […]Read more