World Affairs Council of Austin members have access to several daily webinars during the week of May 4th including:
4th Ambassador (ret.) Bill Taylor, EVP, U.S. Institute of Peace, and Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
5th Global Leadership in Crisis featuring General (ret.) David Petraeus, Chairman, KKR Global Institute
5th Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking featuring Lynn Sanchez, The Life Link
6th UN Women Global Champion for Innovation featuring Dr. Nina Ansary, Visiting Fellow, The London School of Economics Center for Women, Peace & Security
6th Current and Future NATO featuring David Epstein, U.S. Department of State
6th Economic Dignity featuring Gene Sperling, Former Director of the National Economic Council under Presidents Obama and Clinton
6th India on the Edge featuring Dr. Manu Bhagavan, Professor of History at Hunter College
6th Our Future in Space – Developments, Commercialization and Governance featuring Evelyn Miralles, Former Chief Principal Engineer, NASA
6th Join a Salsa Lesson with staff from the Embassy of Colombia
6th Balancing Public Health and Privacy Concerns During a Pandemic Response featuring Dr. Sarah Kessler and Michael Tabman
6th Europe in the Age of Corona featuring Ron Granieri, FPRI Templeton Fellow, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of America and the West
7th The U.S. and China Now – Should We Confront or Cooperate? featuring Dr. Yanzhong Huang, Dr. Susan Shirk, and U.S. Representative Ted Yoho
7th The TransAtlantic Agenda During and After the Corona Crisis – What’s at Stake featuring H.E. Emily Haber, Germany’s Ambassador to the U.S.A. and Ambassador (ret.) John B. Emerson, Chairman of the American Council on Germany
7th Coronavirus in Conflict Zones featuring Jarrett Blac, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
7th Libya in Chaos: Origins, Players and Outcomes featuring Ambassador (ret.) Deborah Jones, Former U.S. Ambassador to Libya
7th Eurasian Nightmares: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Pandemic featuring Dr. Ian Oxnevad, Editorial Boardmember for the Association of the Middle East and Africa
7th China: The World’s Next Premier Superpower? featuring Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore)
8th Putting the World Back Together featuring General (ret.) John Allen, President, Brookings Institution
8th Ambassador (ret.) Ronald Neumann, Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
The Opening Plenary session is available for viewing here:
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