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  • Globalist Coffeehouse – Ukraine: What Next?

    Shoal Creek Saloon 909 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX, United States

    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 […]

  • From the Polish Cyber Frontlines to Texas. Lessons Learned and New US-EU Cybersecurity Opportunities

    Capital Factory 701 Brazos Street, Austin, TX, United States

    Explore way to learn from, and cooperate with, some of Poland’s most elite cybersecurity experts as they discuss their work in Europe combating one of the 21st centuries most pressing threats.    Wednesday, June 22, 2022 Panel, Lunch, & Networking: 12:00pm-2:00pm Capital Factory, Captain America Room, 8th floor, 701 Brazos St, Austin, 78701 RSVP: Rafal.Sordyl (at) […]

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

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    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. […]

  • Global Security Forum 2022

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    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 […]

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  • World Order, Challenges, Transition, Chaos? Western and Global Perspectives on Conflict in Ukraine

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    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, […]

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

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    *****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 […]

  • Global Security Forum

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    The Global Security Forum (GSF) convenes the nation's top leadership and experts to discuss security and strategy in the decisive decade to come. Panelists will explore areas in which acting […]

  • Disinformation is Global

    Neill-Cochran House Museum 2310 San Gabriel Street, Austin, TX, United States

    We are experiencing a global circulation of misinformation and disinformation, especially via digital media. What are the international and regional contexts in which disinformation is generated, harvested, circulated, and weaponized? […]

  • Global Security Forum 2024

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    The World Affairs Council of Austin in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Connecticut presents the Global Security Forum (GSF), which convenes the nation's top leadership and experts to […]

  • WorldNow: The Future of Borders with Edward Alden

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    Join your fellow World Affairs Council of Austin members for this WorldNow virtual conversation.  In its first few weeks, the Trump administration announced sweeping changes to immigration policy – from […]

  • Globalist Coffeehouse: Rare Earth Minerals and Global Geopolitics

    5280 Burger and Taphouse 7032 Wood Hollow Dr, Austin, TX, United States

    REMs (Rare Earth Minerals) and REEs (Rare Earth Elements) and their role in the global economic system and even national security will be defining issues in the decades ahead. The terms […]

  • WorldNow: The Global AI Race with Sebastian Mallaby

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    Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global balance of power. What does the AI race mean for security, power, and the world economy? Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global balance of […]