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
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Is Your Company Seeking Ways to Increase Sales and Connections into Japan and SE Asia?
Texas companies that export generate five times higher revenues than their non-exporting peers. For the past several years, Asian nations have represented the top export markets for Central Texas companies. […]Read more
What is “The World Spins”: and Why Should I Go? Disruption, Innovation and the Future of Our World: Be There or Be Square
Every so often I’m struck by how lucky we are to live in Austin where there are so many people working on the cusp of disruption. Our new series “The […]Read more
First 2 Panels Announced for Texas-European Union Business Preview Event
By Jonathan Black Texas business leaders have expressed enthusiasm after the World Affairs Council of Austin unveiled the first two panels of the Texas-European Union Business Summit preview set for […]Read more
Texas-European Union Business Summit Preview Set for May 11, 2021
By Jonathan Black Texas business executives are rushing to participate in this year’s Texas-EU Business Summit. Now in its tenth year, the summit is the state’s premier forum for connecting […]Read more
Semiconductors, China and Us
By Raye Ward A friend observed that Elon Musk is remaking Central Texas with companies that bore (rock), move (electric trucks), launch (space ships), and link (your brain). And yes, […]Read more
Are We Learning Anything from China?
China welcomed Tesla’s EV manufacturing innovation and used it to build an EV supply chain. Where is America investing? By Raye Ward Del Valle, Texas, has made a bid for […]Read more
Update from Pomerania
By Marcin Grzegory, Deputy Director at Invest in Pomerania During my meeting with you last year I promised to keep Austin’s international business community updated on Pomerania’s economy and growth […]Read more
The Pandemic, Jobs and Human Dignity
by Raye Elizabeth Ward Magical thinking gets us through what seems unendurable — grief, pandemics, subjugation, airplane flights. But now is not the time for it. We need to be […]Read more
Memories of Morocco
By Mahalet Kefyalew For the first half of my Spring 2020 semester, I studied Migration and Transnational Identity in the capital of Morocco, Rabat. It is a coastal city, so […]Read more
World Affairs Council of Austin Announces Partnership with Kozmetsky Center of Excellence in Global Finance
The Kozmetsky Center of Excellence in Global Finance at St. Edward’s University has partnered with the World Affairs Council of Austin to provide regular forums on Global Investment, Finance, Emerging […]Read more
Is Your Company Seeking Ways to Increase Sales and Connections into Japan and SE Asia?
Texas companies that export generate five times higher revenues than their non-exporting peers. For the past several years, Asian nations have represented the top export markets for Central Texas companies. […]Read more
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
