The world is experiencing a 25-year peak in violent conflict, trapping millions of innocent men, women and children in cycles of poverty and displacement. More than 550,000 people die from violence every year in places like Syria, Yemen and South Sudan, while the annual humanitarian need globally has increased from $3.5 billion to over $20 […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED The World Affairs Council of Austin is honored to have Lt. Gen. Marshall B. "Brad" Webb provide an update on U.S. Air Force operations. […]
World Affairs Council of Austin members have access to several daily webinars during the week of May 4th including: 4th Ambassador (ret.) Bill Taylor, EVP, U.S. Institute of Peace, and […]
The World Affairs Council of Austin is pleased to welcome back distinguished author and professor of Government at Austin Community College, Roy E. Casagranda, PhD for a discussion on the […]
This will be the Kozmetsky Center for Excellence in Global Finance's sixth annual collaborative multi-year conference series in transatlantic security held in cooperation with the Center for European Studies and […]
The World Affairs Council of Austin is a partnering with the World Affairs Council of Connecticut to present the annual Global Security Forum 2021. From space to cyber, the Forum will explore the changing currency of power and ask: how will decisions made today come to define the future? Are U.S. battle systems prepared to […]
Since the end of World War II, Germany and the United States have maintained strong political, trade, and security relations. As a NATO Ally and one of the largest and economically prosperous EU member states, Germany has been a crucial partner for the United States in ensuring security on the European continent and fostering a global […]
We will be meeting in person in the semi-private dining room at the Shoal Creek Saloon, 909 N. Lamar. The topic for May will be: Ukraine: What next? “The Putin era is dead.” At least according to John Huntsman, the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2017 -- 2019. But is it? Will Putin survive even […]
Please join like-minded “global thinkers” for a monthly discussion on the major political/economic issues that our world is currently experiencing. We will be meeting in person in the semi-private dining room at […]
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 U.S. military ten years ago, but his time in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marines and later as a CIA paramilitary officer marked him indelibly. […]
The Global Security Forum convenes the nation's top military leaders, experts and thought leaders to address the most critical global security issues of today as well as the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow. The World Affairs Council of Austin is pleased to partner with the World Affairs Council of Connecticut, the Charter Oak Chapter of […]
On February 24, 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine resulting in major population displacement, thousands of civilian and military casualties, jeopardizing global energy and food supplies and threatening potential escalation of clashes involving a major world nuclear power. Please join our partners at the Kozmetsky Center on Monday September 26, 2022 at 12:00 noon for the forum entitled “World Order, […]
*****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 ended. In between teaching at Fordham, George Washington and Georgetown Universities, she researches and writes. In 2015 the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies offered […]
Artistic Director, Zoe Seaton will deliver a talk on 'Peacemaking and the Arts' and present the virtual reality headset experience 'The House'. 'The House' was developed by Big Telly using […]
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 […]