Great Decisions: Iran at the Crossroads – October 23, 2023
7pm Boardman Rd. Library, Poughkeepsie, NY Facilitated by Matt Murray By the fall of 2022, Iran was in a state of turmoil due to widespread protests against government-enforced wearing of…
Great Decisions: Energy Geopolitics – November 13, 2023
7pm Boardman Rd. Library, Poughkeepsie, NY Facilitated by Karen Nichols. Access to oil and gas has long held an influence over the politics of individual nations and their relations with…
Great Decisions: Climate Migration – Monday, Dec 11, 2023, 6:30 – 8pm, Boardman Rd. Library, Poughkeepsie, NY
Facilitated by Dr. Charlotte Hulme, Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Deputy-Director of the Grand Strategy Program at West Point Military Academy. As climate change accelerates and drought and rising…
Great Decisions: Climate Migration – December 11, 2023
7 pm. Boardman Rd. Library, Poughkeepsie, NY Facilitated by Dr. Charlotte Hulme, Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Deputy-Director of the Grand Strategy Program at West Point Military Academy. As…
Great Decisions: Economic Warfare – May 15, 2023
7pm Boardman Rd. Library, Poughkeepsie, NY Facilitated by Rick Levitt Waging economic warfare consists of a variety of measures from implementing sanctions to fomenting labor strikes. Such tools are utilized…
Great Decisions: Politics in Latin America – May 15, 2023
7 pm, Boardman Road Library, Poughkeepsie, NY Facilitated by Martin Charwat Electoral results in Latin America over the past four years have led many observers of the regional/political scene to…
Great Decisions: China and the US – April 17, 2023
7 pm, Boardman Road Library, Poughkeepsie, NY Facilitated by Jean-Claude Fouere For the past ten years, the United States and China have been locked in a competition for who has…
“A Tale of Two Churches” – Rwanda: Timothy P. Longman – March 29, 2023
Wednesday, 3/29/23, 7 pm, Fusco Recital Hall, Marist College Lecture: “A Tale of Two Churches: The Catholic Church and Violence in Rwanda and the Congo.” by Timothy P. Longman, Associate…
Dr. Peter Jones, University of Ottawa “Track Two Diplomacy” – March 13, 2023
Bard College , March 13, 2023 6 pm Peter Jones holds a Ph.D. in War Studies from Kings' College, London, and an MA in War Studies from the Royal Military…
Academic WorldQuest – March 4, 2023
Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY. The World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley hosts a regional trivia competition for high school students that is based on international affairs. WACMHV volunteers…