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SUMMARY:Annual WAC-MHV Members Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, December 3\, 2025 \nTime: 6:30 – 9:00 pm \nLocation: The lovely Vassar College Alumnae House. This year’s evening will be a real treat especially for music lovers. James Ketterer will be sharing a fascinating presentation on Jazz & Diplomacy that you won’t want to miss. \nAs always\, this special event is just for our members\, so please make sure your 2025 membership is up to date. You may register or renew your membership conveniently through our website at https://wacmhv.org/membership/.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/annual-wac-mhv-members-dinner/
LOCATION:Vassar College\, 124 Raymond Ave\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12604\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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SUMMARY:SWAC - Student World Affairs Conference
DESCRIPTION:Student World Affairs Conference 2025\nMARIST COLLEGE FLYER \nMarist University Student Center\, Poughkeepsie\, NY \nDate: Friday\, November 21\, 2025 \nStart Time: 9 am; Keynote speaker scheduled to start at 3:30 pm \nUndergraduate students from across the Hudson Valley will present papers on wide-ranging topics in world affairs. \nKeynote Speaker:\nOmar G. Encarnación\, Charles Flint Kellogg Professor of Politics at Bard College\nHe will discuss LGBTQ Rights in Latin America\, drawing from his books Framing Equality: The Politics of Gay Marriage Wars and Out in the Periphery: Latin America’s Gay Rights Revolution\, in conversation with Marist faculty. \nSponsored by:\nThe Global Studies Program at Marist\, the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley\, and the World Film Program at Marist. \nFor further information\, please contact Michael O’Sullivan at Michael.osullivan@marist.edu
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/swac-student-world-affairs-conference/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T183000
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion:  Soft Power in a Post-Liberal World: The Future of Values and Ethics in International Relations
DESCRIPTION:Date: November 18\, 2025\nTime: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM\nPanelists: Kevin Maloney & James Ketterer \nIn an era of shifting global narratives\, the U.S. is rethinking its approach to diplomacy. What happens when foreign aid is slashed\, soft power institutions are defunded\, and values-driven engagement gives way to transactional diplomacy? \nKevin Maloney and James Ketterer\, co-chairs of a Carnegie Council initiative on ethics in international affairs\, will discuss the evolving role of ethics and values in shaping the global order.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/panel-discussion-soft-power-in-a-post-liberal-world-the-future-of-values-and-ethics-in-international-relations/
LOCATION:Woodstock Public Library District\, 10 Dixon Ave\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T193000
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SUMMARY:[Great Decisions] International Climate Cooperation in an Era of Geopolitical Turmoil
DESCRIPTION:Location: Boardman Road Library\, Poughkeepsie \nFacilitated by Karen Nichols for World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley. \n\n\n \nOver the past 30 years\, climate change has become one of the central global challenges of the modern era\, one that has important consequences for the livability of the planet.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/great-decisions-international-climate-cooperation-in-an-era-of-geopolitical-turmoil/
LOCATION:Boardman Library\, 141 Boardman Rd\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12603\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T183000
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Climate Action and Collaboration - An International Perspective
DESCRIPTION:UPDATED LOCATION!: Woodstock Town Hall\, 76 Tinker Street\, Woodstock\nDate: October 24\, 2025\nTime: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM\nPanelists: Nina Chen & Xixi Chen\nExplore how global and regional tensions affect energy security\, energy access and the transition to net zero. The panelists will also examine new opportunities\, financial and risk management strategies\, and pathways toward a more sustainable future. \nYue (Nina) Chen is a Senior Climate Finance Officer in the Office of the New York City Comptroller. She is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research focuses on climate and nature-related financial risks with a focus on emerging economies. She advocates prudent policy and practices.  \nXixi Chen is a Senior Resources Manager at the World Resources Institute. She is an energy system enthusiast; certified energy manager and energy professional in the nexus of technology\, policy\, and market; she is committed to strong research and data and making impacts through advocating for environmentally and financially sound practices.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/panel-discussion-climate-action-and-collaboration-an-international-perspective/
LOCATION:Woodstock Public Library District\, 10 Dixon Ave\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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SUMMARY:[Great Decisions] Competition\, Cold War\, or Conflict?  Navigating U.S.-China Relations in Tense Times
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Martin Charwat for the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley. \n\n\n \nThere is one thing that people can agree on across the aisle in Washington\, DC: The United States is in a strategic competition with a rising China that poses a range of economic\, political\, and military security challenges.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/great-decisions-competition-cold-war-or-conflict-navigating-u-s-china-relations-in-tense-times/
LOCATION:Boardman Library\, 141 Boardman Rd\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12603\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T183000
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SUMMARY:[Great Decisions] India: Between China\, the West\, and the Global South
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED — TO BE RESCHEDULED \nFacilitated by Shantha Thangiah from the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley \n\n\n \nAs the Republic of India celebrates its 75th anniversary as of January 2025\, the world’s most populous nation and largest democracy continues to defy simple categorization.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/great-decisions-india-between-china-the-west-and-the-global-south/
LOCATION:Boardman Library\, 141 Boardman Rd\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12603\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T183000
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SUMMARY:[Great Decisions] AI and American National Security
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Jean-Claude Fouere (AIEducation4All@gmail.com) \n\n\n\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful emerging technology that is already affecting many facets of our society from producing content (texts\, images\, videos\, audio\, music) to generate “deep-fakes” of such content. The unchecked progress in generative AI facilitates serious misuse through misinformation and discrimination. \n\n\n\nThe presentation will present some of the potential risks from AI to national security and discuss the opportunities and limits of global AI “rules of the road”. It will also review the current approach to AI and related security in the USA\, and the global perspective on AI.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/great-decisions-ai-and-american-national-security/
LOCATION:Boardman Library\, 141 Boardman Rd\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12603\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
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SUMMARY:[Great Decisions] America at a Global Crossroads
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Richard Levitt \n\n\n\nThe U.S.\, polarized and divided\, faces a world of challenges\, dangers\, and uncertainties. Conflict and disorder have become the defining features of world politics.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/great-decisions-america-at-a-global-crossroads/
LOCATION:Boardman Library\, 141 Boardman Rd\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12603\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T183000
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SUMMARY:[Great Decisions] Future of NATO and European Security
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Richard Levitt \n\n\n\nEurope is frightened and frightened for the first time really since the 1980s\, when nuclear sabers were rattling as the Soviet Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) both deployed contending intermediate-range missiles along the dividing line of the military alliances. With Russia’s continued barbarity in Ukraine\, there is no escaping that Vladimir Putin intends not to be “European”
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/great-decisions-future-of-nato-and-european-security/
LOCATION:Boardman Library\, 141 Boardman Rd\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12603\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250407T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250407T193000
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence Presentation and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Jean-Claude Fouere (AIEducation4All@gmail.com) \n\n\n\nArtificial Intelligence – An Introduction \n\n\n\nAI represents a remarkable leap forward in human innovation\, allowing machines to mimic human intelligence and perform tasks that were once the sole domain of our brains. AI is increasingly becoming part of our daily lives\, from voice assistants to chatbots to creating artwork and producing videos. It is also transforming how businesses and industries operate. We benefit from it while also being at its mercy. \n\n\n\nThis presentation will present a short history of AI development and review the most common current AI applications\, with a special focus on how AI affects us individually and impacts our society. We will consider moral and ethical issues associated with AI\, including the reshaping of many jobs\, the spread of fake information\, the loss of privacy\, and the need for wise regulation of AI.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/artificial-intelligence-presentation-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Boardman Library\, 141 Boardman Rd\, Poughkeepsie\, NY\, 12603\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250331T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250331T193000
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SUMMARY:[Great Decisions] American Policy in the Middle East: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Ambassador Fred Hof \n\n\n\nEven in the weeks before his second inauguration Donald Trump was having a big influence on America’s Middle East policy. Where do things stand now\, 60 days into the second Trump presidency?  Where might be headed?  Come armed with questions for what should be a stimulating discussion.
URL:https://wacmhv.org/event/great-decisions-american-policy-in-the-middle-east-taking-stock-and-looking-ahead-2/
LOCATION:Woodstock Public Library District\, 10 Dixon Ave\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Past Events
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