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SUMMARY:Afghanistan: Where are we now and what’s next?
DESCRIPTION:In 2021\, the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan. What followed was a period of turmoil\, as they turned on those who were in the Administration of President Ashraf Ghani or supported it. Then\, there was the diaspora of those associated with the Americans in any capacity. Rangina Hamidi\, who served as the first female Minister of Education for the country in 30 years\, was among those who were forced to flee. Please join us as she provides an update on the status/situation in Afghanistan in 2024. Ms. Hamidi will also provide her insights as to what the future holds for the Taliban regime and Afghanistan. \n\n\n\n\nRangina Hamidi\nRangina Hamidi is an Afghan American writer\, educator\, social entrepreneur\, and politician who served as Afghanistan’s minister of education until August 2021. She was the first cabinet-level\, female minister of education to hold that position in thirty years. Ms. Hamidi works tirelessly to advocate for women’s rights by empowering girls and women through social entrepreneurship and other initiatives to build their lives. \nShe earned a BA with a double major in religious studies and gender studies at the University of Virginia. She later completed an MA in Global Affairs and Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. Ms. Hamidi is currently a professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University\, Phoenix\, Arizona  \nShe has contributed to numerous publications and radio programs\, including TIMES Asia Magazine\, The Globe and Mail\, Der Spiegel\, Business Week\, The New York Times\, The Guardian\, The Telegraph\, NPR\, BBC\, and Voice of America. Ms. Hamidi has co-authored “Embroidering within Boundaries: Afghan Women Creating a Future\,” which takes the reader on a pictorial journey into her own life and tells the stories of the courageous Afghan women she serves.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/afghanistan-where-are-we-now-and-whats-next/
LOCATION:Neill-Cochran House Museum\, 2310 San Gabriel Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Asia,author,peace and conflict,Women Empowerment
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SUMMARY:Russia-China “Strategic Partnership” Geopolitics & World Order featuring Dr. Sharyl N. Cross
DESCRIPTION:Join us on this special evening as we welcome back distinguished speaker\, Dr. Sharyl Cross.  Dr. Cross will provide details about the contemporary transitional global order.  Attendees will leave with a stronger understanding of the “Strategic Partnership” between Russia and China.  Dr. Cross will explore the major themes and U.S. considerations to address this “Strategic Partnership” as well as recent multi-national foreign policy responses.  The current stalemate in Ukraine and the future of collaborative arms control efforts will be among the challenges and priorities considered during this discussion on the shifting security landscape influences of major geopolitical powers. \n \nAbout our guest speaker\, Sharyl Cross\, PhD\, is Distinguished Professor of International Politics and former Director of the Kozmetsky Center of Excellence (2013-2023) at St. Edward’s University (Austin\, USA).  Dr. Cross is serving as Co-Chair (elected position) of the Research Committee on Geopolitics of the International Political Science Association and has been a Global Policy Scholar at the Kennan Institute\, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars since 2013.  Dr. Cross was Professor at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany (2005-2013) where she was Director of Academics for both the Program in Advanced Security Studies and Senior Executive Seminar\, and previously had been appointed Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy and Associate Professor of Transregional Studies at the U.S. Air War College at Maxwell AFB.   She earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and was a resident fellowship scholar and consultant at the RAND Corporation completing programs in Russian area and policy studies. Professor Cross has published widely in leading academic and policy sources on US/NATO-Russia security Issues\, Russian foreign policy and Sino-Russian relations.  In 2018\, she published China\, Russia\, and Twenty First Century Global Geopolitics\, co-authored with Dr. Paul Bolt\, Oxford University Press.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/russia-china-strategic-partnership-geopolitics-world-order-featuring-dr-sharyl-n-cross/
LOCATION:Neill-Cochran House Museum\, 2310 San Gabriel Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Geopolitics
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SUMMARY:Globalist Coffeehouse: Russia & China
DESCRIPTION:The Russia/China  “Strategic Partnership.” Its impact on the rest of the world. \nThe next Globalist Coffeehouse discussion will explore the Russia/China “strategic partnership” and its impact on the rest of the world.  Are we in a period of contemporary transitional global order? Both countries have their own internal and regional dynamics which should also be taken into consideration. Then\, there is also the stalemate in Ukraine and China’s relationship with countries in the South China Sea and North Korea. How does the shifting security landscape influence major geopolitical powers? \nThis will be a continuing conversation to the presentation by Dr. Sharyl Cross\, and her program on Russia and China\, on Wednesday\, April 17th at the Neill Cochran Historic House Museum. \n \nFor more details contact: \nEllen Murry\, Co-chair\, of the Globalist Coffeehouse: ellen@wacaustin.org \nPolina Anastassieva\, Co-chair\, of the Globalist Coffeehouse: polina@wacaustin.org 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/globalist-coffeehouse-russia-china/
LOCATION:Shoal Creek Saloon\, 909 N. Lamar Blvd\, Austin\, TX\, 78703\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Social
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