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World Affairs Council
The World Affairs Council of Seattle, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, is the leading foreign affairs forum in the Pacific Northwest. More information about this show
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American Podium: Jimmy Carter 2/14/2012
The World Affairs Council, in celebration of its 60th Anniversary, presents a conversation with President Jimmy Carter, including discussion on the work of The Carter Center and some of the world`s most pressing, yet solvable problems. |
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American Podium: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World 3/22/2011
Tim Johnson, Journalist and Author, speaks at the University of Washington on his book, "Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but Lost the Battle with China". |
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American Podium: Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams 11/23/2010
The World Affairs Council presents Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams for a celebration of 50 years of the Peace Corps: past, present, and future. |
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American Podium: World Affairs Council -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali 10/19/2010
Author of the memoir Infidel and the new Nomad. Hirsi Ali will discuss her life since losing her Dutch citizenship and her attempt to reconcile her Islamic past with her passionate adherence to democracy and Western values. |
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American Podium: An Evening With Ray Suarez 7/20/2010
Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent for The NewsHour on PBS, discusses global health; hear how it as it relates to global development, security, economic growth, and the environment. |
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American Podium: Development for the Bottom Billion 3/9/2010
Esteemed economist Paul Collier researches the causes and consequences of civil war, the effects of aid, and the problems of democracy in low-income and natural-resource-rich societies. In countries at the bottom of the world economy, the predominant route to power has been violence. Collier discusses why political violence is endemic in the bottom billion and what can be done to curtail it. |
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World Affairs Council Presents Senator John McCain 2/23/2007
The World Affairs Council and CityClub presents Senator John McCain. Senator McCain will speak about his vision for the United States in the World. What is the role of the US in the global community? How should the US position itself over the next decade? What are the challenges, and how should they be addressed? What are the future global impacts on Washington State? United States Senator John McCain will address these topics of global relevance and their relation to the Puget Sound region. |
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World Affairs Council: Delivering America's Energy Security 2/8/2007
Red Cavaney, President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute (API), the national trade association that represents all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry, and which has 400 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, will speak on "Securing America's Energy Future." Through his rich and varied background, Mr. Cavaney is uniquely positioned to provide us with an insider's perspective on the current situation, and help us answer questions on where we can go from here. |
World Affairs Council Presents Joseph Stiglitz 10/16/2006
Winner of the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001, Joseph Stiglitz, returns to Town Hall to talk about his new book Shaping Globalization: Making it Work. Stiglitz focuses on policies that truly work, offering fresh new thinking about the questions that shape the globalization debate, including a plan to restructure a global financial system made unstable by America`s debt, how countries can grow without degrading the environment, and a framework for free and fair global trade. Now on the faculty of Columbia University, Stiglitz was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration, and served as its chair from 1995-97. He then served as Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000. |
World Affairs Council Presents: HIV Positive, AIDS through a new lens 2/25/2005
Doras Chirwa is CARE's HIV/AIDS program specialist in Zambia. Despite losing four family members to AIDS, Ms. Chirwa is still optimistic and battling to minimize the spread of HIV/AIDS in her country. |
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