Great Decisions: Climate Geopolitics
Mon., Oct. 24, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library. Great Decisions Program Discussion, “Climate Geopolitics” with Steven Leibo, International History and Politics,…
Foreign Policy and the Next President: a Panel Discussion
Weds, Oct. 5, 7 pm. Panel of experts on US foreign policy to discuss foreign policy challenges and opportunities the next US president will face and the positions of the…
Kurdish peshmerga fighters fly a Kurdish flag in the city of Sinjar, Iraq, Nov. 13, 2015. Deafening bursts of celebratory gunfire erupted after Yazidi fighters helped the Kurds gain control of the city Friday, which has been under the brutal domination of the Islamic State for more than 15 months. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)
Great Decisions: “The Kurds”
Monday, June 6th, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library Great Decisions Program Discussion, "The Kurds" with Martin Charwat, Past President of the World…
Member-Only Dinner and “The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: New Kid on the Block”
Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 6 pm at the American Bounty Room of the Culinary Institute of America Join us for our Member-Only Dinner and a presentation by World Affairs Council of…
Great Decisions: “International Migration”
Monday May 9th, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library Great Decisions Program Discussion, "International Migration" with Juris Pupcenoks, Assistant Professor of Political Science…
China’s Naval Build-up
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016, 7pm in Room 2023 Hancock Hall, Marist College Hear Professor Lyle Goldstein, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College talk about "China's Naval Build-up".
The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016, 7 pm at The Henry A. Wallace Center of the FDR Library, Hyde Park Join us to hear Professor Sean McMeekin, from Bard College talk about…
Student World Affairs Conference: “Global Poverty and Development”
Saturday, April 16th, 2016 at Dutchess Community College Area college students organize and run a conference dedicated to world affairs. A key note speaker will present and there will be…
Great Decisions: “The Rise of ISIS”
Monday, April 4, 7-8:30pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library. James Ketterer, Director of International Academic Initiatives and Senior Fellow Institute of International Liberal Education, Bard College,…
A signature program
Academic World Quest 2016
In 2016, Spakenkill High School team members, Courtney Noll, Neil Errickson, Jon Shwoerer, and Jacob Webster won the Regional Academic World Quest Competition, thus landing them a position at the…