Join our regional high school teams to support them in their quest to win the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley's Academic World Quest competition on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the Henry A. Wallace Center of the FDR Library, Hyde Park. 9:30 am start (Students must be there at 9 am) but stay […]
Join us for the discussion on "Japan in the Trump Era" on Thursday, March 30 with Professor Andrew Oros, from Washington College in Maryland. The event will be held at 7 pm at Vassar College in Rockefeller Hall 300. The discussion: Japan is the key US ally in Asia, in a new presidential era when the […]
James Ketterer, Director of International Academic Initiatives and Senior Fellow, at the Institute of International Liberal Education, Bard College, will facilitate the discussion. Description: As Saudi Arabia struggles to adjust to the drastic decline in oil revenue, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman attempts to boldly transform the country and shift more power to the […]
Jean-Claude Fouere from the School of Management at Marist College will facilitate this discussion on May 8, at 7 pm. It will be held at the Poughkeepsie Public Library on Boardman Road. (141 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie NY 12603). The discussion will stem from the following description from the Foreign Policy Association website: "The U.S. political mood […]
Join us on June 12, 7 p.m., at Board Road Branch Library for a discussion of U.S. Foreign Policy and Petroleum. What is the effect of U.S. petroleum security on foreign policy? For 45 years, the country has alternated between periods of energy security and insecurity. Despite the so-called “energy revolution,” the U.S. today is […]
Join us at James and Betty Hall Theatre in Dutchess Community College.
The pendulum of Latin American politics is swinging rightward once again. Yet as the “pink tide” recedes, the forces of change have more to do with socioeconomics than ideology. Dramatic economic and political crises have coincided in countries like Brazil and Venezuela. Still, the final result for Latin America may be the emergence of centrist, […]
Join us in Hancock Hall 2013, Marist College
The outcome of the United Kingdom referendum on EU membership sent shockwaves across the globe. It even caught British voters by surprise. The European Union has helped secure peace in Europe for the past 70 years. Now it faces an uncertain future. Amid a refugee crisis, lingering financial recession, and the constant specter of terrorism, […]
Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations, discusses why the recent Arab uprisings failed and have led to more repression and conflict, and the role that the U.S. can and should play in the Middle East. This talk is sponsored by Vassar College, the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley, and the Center for Civic […]
Join us for a talk by Chris Gibson, a former member of Congress and faculty member at Williams College, as he discusses his new book. Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 6 pm Weis Cinema in the Campus Center, Bard College Former Army Colonel and Congressman Chris Gibson will discuss his new book, "Rally Point: Five […]
The South China Sea is a locus of competing territorial claims, and China is its most vocal claimant. Beijing’s interest has intensified disputes with other countries in the region in recent years, especially since China has increased its naval presence. Despite rising international pressure, including an unfavorable ruling by the International Tribunal for the Law […]