Japan Business Seminar during Oita Festival
The World Affairs Council of Austin is once again a partner organization for the annual Oita Japan Festival! You won't want to miss the "Doing Business in Japan" seminar from […]
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Globalist Coffeehouse: Cultural Dimensions Around the World
Khon Thai Kitchen 5800 Burnet Road, Austin, United StatesHow each country views emotion, conflict, universalism, achievement, or even their environment can vary from one part of the world to another. In the United States and Western Europe countries tend […]
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Global Security Forum 2025: Fireside Chat with LTG Robert Ashley, USA (Ret.)
ONLINEAn online conversation with LTG Robert Ashley, USA (Ret.), 21st Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and MG Garrett Yee, USA (Ret.) About the speakers: Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, […]
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Global Security Forum 2025: Unraveling Order – The Threat of Nuclear Anarchy
ONLINEAs the nuclear threat heats up, we sit down with Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control & International. As the under secretary of state for arms […]
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Globalist Coffeehouse: The Middle East – Where are We Now?
Khon Thai Kitchen 5800 Burnet Road, Austin, United StatesWhat is the region’s future, starting with Gaza and the West Bank? What will be the role of the US and countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt? The […]
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Ukraine and Innovation at the Edge
Join your fellow World Affairs Council of Austin members for Ukraine and Innovation at the Edge featuring Ross Guieb, Executive Director for the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex at […]
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World Music as Soft Power
Neill-Cochran House Museum 2310 San Gabriel Street, Austin, TX, United StatesMusic is a versatile and significant tool in diplomacy, serving as a universal language that crosses cultural and linguistic boundaries. Music also serves as a soft power instrument, enhancing a […]
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WorldNow: The New Global Disorder with Ambassador Michael McFaul
ONLINEFormer U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul joins us on WorldNow with Jim Falk to explore the global rise of autocracy, new challenges posed by an assertive Russia and China, […]
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10th Annual Passport to the World Festival
Austin Central Library 710 West Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX, United StatesJoin members of the World Affairs Council of Austin and Austin Sister Cities International on Saturday, November 15 from 12:00pm - 4pm at the Austin Central Library (710 W Cesar […]
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Globalist Coffeehouse: US Currency & Its Global Influence
5280 Burger and Taphouse 7032 Wood Hollow Dr, Austin, TX, United StatesIn 1785, the US adopted the dollar sign as its official currency. Just three years later, in 1789, the very first dollar bill was issued. By 1791, Alexander Hamilton established the […]
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Member Holiday Party
Join us at the World Affairs Council of Austin Member Holiday Party! Invitations have been sent to our members. If you would like to renew your membership, visit: www.wacaustin.org/membership
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WorldNow: The World Ahead 2026 with The Economist’s Editor Tom Standage
ONLINEEach year, The Economist publishes The World Ahead series: an informed prediction of the major themes that will dominate the coming year. Spanning topics from politics to technology to sociology and more, this series […]
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Venezuela and the U.S.: What Comes Next?
ONLINEGunboat diplomacy, armed conflict, or all-out regime change? As tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela continue to rachet up, all outcomes and more seem to be on the table. The […]
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America’s Changing Strategic Assumptions about China: Implications for the Bilateral Relationship
In his talk, David Firestein will examine how key U.S. assumptions about China and strategic aspirations and intentions have changed over the last ten to fifteen years and analyze and assess the […]
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WorldNow: The Architect of Espionage – The Man Who Built Israel’s Mossad
ONLINEHow did Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, come to be one of the world’s most notorious and prominent players in global intelligence? Just look to Meir Dagan, the Mossad’s former director […]
