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  • March 2021

  • Wed 24

    Walter Isaacson: The Code Breaker – Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race

    March 24, 2021 @ 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    The World Affairs Council of Austin is pleased to partner with the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston in hosting David Rubenstein in a discussion with Walter Isaacson on his […]

  • July 2022

  • Wed 13

    Cover to Cover: A Voice Out of Poverty

    July 13, 2022 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    The World Affairs Councils of America’s Cover to Cover webinar features author Jillian Haslam as she speaks about her new book: A Voice Out of Poverty. A Voice Out of […]

  • August 2022

  • Wed 31

    Cover to Cover – The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan

    August 31, 2022 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    On the first anniversary of the U.S.-NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover, WACA presents Elliot Ackerman to talk about his experience in the war-ravaged country. Ackerman left the […]

  • October 2022

  • Sun 2

    Diana Negroponte, author of Master Negotiator: James A. Baker, III’s Role at the End of the Cold War

    October 2, 2022 @ 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    *****EVENT CANCELLED *** We are pleased to feature Diana Villiers Negroponte as our special guest speaker.   Author and professor, Diana Negroponte has focused on the Cold War and how it […]

  • April 2023

  • Tue 4

    Kozmetsky Forum on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence

    April 4, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    The World Affairs Council of Austin and the Kozmetsky Center of Excellence in Global Finance at St. Edward’s University host a series of Forums on Global Investment, Finance, Emerging Markets […]

  • February 2024

  • Mon 12

    ONLINE Lincoln, Democracy & The American Experiment with Princeton Professor, Allen Guelzo

    February 12, 2024 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    ONLINE

    Hosted in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Connecticut and Global Santa Fe, the World Affairs Council of Austin invites you to this ONLINE event on Lincoln’s birthday with […]

  • April 2024

  • Tue 2

    Afghanistan: Where are we now and what’s next?

    April 2, 2024 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CDT
    Neill-Cochran House Museum 2310 San Gabriel Street, Austin, TX, United States

    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 […]

  • August 2024

  • Thu 1

    WorldNow: End of Ambition with Steven Cook

    August 1, 2024 @ 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    What’s next for the U.S. in the Middle East? Join author Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East & Africa at the Council on Foreign Relations, in conversation with Jim […]

  • May 2025

  • Tue 6

    World Now: Human Scale – A Conversation with Lawrence Wright

    May 6, 2025 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    In his new political thriller The Human Scale, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright tells the story of an Israeli cop and a Palestinian-American FBI agent who join forces to solve […]

  • September 2025

  • Tue 9

    World Now: A Tale of Two Kings – Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the Future of Power in the Middle East

    September 9, 2025 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman – de facto ruler of one of the wealthiest states in the Middle East – has positioned himself as a transformative leader. His […]

  • Thu 18

    A Conversation with Lawrence Wright

    September 18, 2025 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CDT

    Join your fellow World Affairs Council of Austin members for a conversation with Lawrence Wright, author, screenwriter, and playwright. Mr. Wright received the Pulitzer Prize for this book, "The Looming […]

  • January 2026

  • Wed 14

    WorldNow: The Architect of Espionage – The Man Who Built Israel’s Mossad

    January 14 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    ONLINE

    How 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 […]

  • February 2026

  • Tue 10

    WorldNow: The Great Firewall with Yi-Ling Liu

    February 10 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    ONLINE

    Journalist Yi-Ling Liu takes us behind the Great Firewall to the reality of 30 years of surveillance and censorship on the Chinese Internet. Thirty years ago, the world began to […]

  • July 2026

  • Wed 15

    WorldNow: The Future of War

    July 15 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDT
    ONLINE

    On this special edition of WorldNow with Jim Falk, we sit down with Elliot Ackerman, author of 2084: A Novel of the Future of War. What will war look like […]

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