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International Political Cartooning

  • Post author:Kathy Kurosman
  • Post published:November 3, 2015
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Tues., Dec. 15, 6 p.m.  Members-only Annual Dinner.  Liza Donnelly, cartoonist and writer with New Yorker and Forbes.com and Cultural Envoy for the U.S. State Department, specializing in politics and…

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Great Decisions: India Changes Course

  • Post author:Kathy Kurosman
  • Post published:August 13, 2015
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Mon. Oct. 19, 7 p.m.  Discussion Facilitator:  M. Glen Johnson, India expert and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Vassar College.  Great Decisions discussions are a collaboration with…

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The U.S. & Russia Today: New Cold War, Hot War, or Reconciliation?

  • Post author:Kathy Kurosman
  • Post published:August 12, 2015
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Wed. Sept. 9, 7 p.m.  Thomas M. Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.  Henry Wallace Center, FDR Library, Hyde Park.

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Great Decisions: Sectarianism in the Middle East

  • Post author:Kathy Kurosman
  • Post published:August 12, 2015
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Mon. Sept. 21, 7 p.m.  Discussion Facilitator:  James Ketterer, Director of International Academic Initiatives and Senior Fellow, Institute of International Liberal Education, Bard College.  Great Decisions discussions are a collaboration…

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Electing Violence: Explaining Post-Election Violence in Africa

  • Post author:Kathy Kurosman
  • Post published:August 12, 2015
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Thurs. Oct. 22, 7 p.m.  Faith Okpotor, Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar, U.S. Institute of Peace.  Hancock Hall, Rm. 2023, Marist College.

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Great Decisions: India Changes Course

  • Post author:Kathy Kurosman
  • Post published:August 9, 2015
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Mon. Oct. 19, 7 p.m.  Discussion Facilitator:  M. Glen Johnson, India expert and Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Vassar College.  Great Decisions discussions are a collaboration with…

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The Life of a Cuban Exile

  • Post author:Kathy Kurosman
  • Post published:August 9, 2015
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Mon. Nov. 2, 7 p.m.  Carlos Eire, T. Lawrence Riggs Professor of History & Religious Studies, Yale University and prize-winning author of Waiting for Snow in Havana and Learning to…

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Great Decisions: Human Trafficking

  • Post author:Kathy Kurosman
  • Post published:August 8, 2015
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Mon., Nov. 16, 7-8:30.  Facilitator:  Dr. Andrew Reiser, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Dutchess and President of the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley.  Great Decisions discussions are…

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Members Only Dinner

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  • Post published:July 13, 2015
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Members Only Dinner, Weds., June 24, 6 p.m. “Narendra Modi: Transforming India?”, M. Glen Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Vassar College and former WACMHV President. Caterina…

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Charting a Path for US Policy toward Syria, ISIS and Across the Middle East

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  • Post published:July 9, 2015
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Ambassador Theodore Kattouf, President and CEO of AMIDEAST (America-MidEast Educational and Training Services, Inc.) Weds., Apr. 8, 7 p.m. Marist College, Hancock Rm. 2023. Ambassador Kattouf joined the Foreign Service…

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