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Carrie Vanston puts the focus on corporate cultures

The World Affairs Council always holds a soft spot in my heart because it takes connecting to a whole other level – internationally! Its most recent endeavor, the Global Business Luncheon Series, continues its Please follow and like us:

28Feb

An immigration paradox

Betsy McKinney
Blog, Recent, Uncategorized
Economics, immigration, intern, internship, labor

“You can hardly go through a day, much less observe a holiday, without the fruit of their labor in your life” —David K. Shipler, The Working Poor The topic of undocumented immigration is in need of some truth-telling: We fear the dispossession of American jobs, the economic hurricane that is sure to drown our

24Jan

Who’s Swimming Naked? Exposing business risks and opportunities in China

By Jeremy Haft, author of Unmade in China: The Hidden Truth about China’s Economic Miracle, Adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and CEO of SafeSource Trading, LLC. Haft will speak to World Affairs Council of Austin on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at the ACC Highland Business Center. China is in the

04Jan

Today’s Hungary at a Glance

Phillip ‎ Aronoff
Blog, Recent
communist, Consul General, Economics, Europe, Eurozone, Hungary, VAT

After living under the oppression of Soviet Union domination, Hungary achieved independence with the breakup of the Communist block. As a democracy Hungary’s government has gone back and forth between the Socialist party and the FIDEZ party, left and right. Currently the FIDEZ party is in its sixth year of

Banda on the streets of Olomouc in eastern Czech Republic, historical capital city of Moravia.

14Dec

UT Austin student immersed in Czech culture, finds Texas links

This summer, with the help of the Czech Studies Summer Fellowship at my university, The University of Texas at Austin, I studied abroad for one month at the Summer School of Slavonic Languages at Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The program had 98 students from 30 countries, including 3 American

02Oct

Future trade and investment in Luleå, Austin’s Swedish science sister

I recently spoke during the International Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Summit in the vibrant city of Luleå. It was Sweden’s first regional conference on the future trade and investment agreement between the U.S. and the EU. My presentation focused on our region’s targeted and

11Aug

Texas-Japan Tomodachi

It is a great honor that Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) recently chose to partner with the University of Texas at Austin by investing $13 million on a disruptive clean tech project. After an intense competition with other U.S. cities, central Texas was selected due

10Aug

Consul General Carlos González Gutiérrez: Mexico and Texas

This is a guest post by Ambassador Carlos González Gutiérrez, Consul General of Mexico in Austin. Mexico and Texas are old friends and partners. We are neighbors that share a 1,254 miles border full of history, economic opportunities, common traditions, and even challenges ahead. Not only is a third of Texas’s

23Mar

THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF AUSTIN: OUR ORIGINS AND OUR FUTURE

For almost a century, world affairs councils have spearheaded a nationwide non-partisan, non-profit grassroots movement to foster understanding and citizen engagement in international affairs and as well as involving interested citizens in an exchange of ideas, knowledge and understanding of global issues. Each