Weds, Oct. 5, 7 pm. A 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 current candidates. FDR Museum and Library. Stephen Pampinella, Asst. Prof. of International Relations, SUNY New Paltz Pavlina Tcherneva, Assoc. Prof. and Chair, Economics Dept.,and Research […]
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, The Sage Colleges. In the past few years, the American public has become more aware of the damage wrought by climate change. From droughts in […]
Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, 7 pm at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library. Great Decisions Program Discussion, “Cuba and the U.S.” with Patricia Ferrer-Medina, Assist. Prof. of Spanish Literature and Language, Marist College, as a facilitator.
Weds., Nov. 30, 7 pm. Dr. Monica Parker, Director of the Bloodborne Viruses Laboratory and Faculty at Wadsworth Center School of Laboratory Sciences of the NYS Department. of Health, will discuss the current state of global public health, how current concerns like Ebola, Zika, HIV/AIDS, and others are being managed by state and federal governments, […]
Weds., Dec. 7, 6 pm. Members Only Dinner with Maria Höhn, Marion Musser Lloyd Prof. of History and International Studies, and Chair, History Depart., Vassar College. Founder and faculty mentor of Vassar College Refugee Solidarity. American Bounty Restaurant, Culinary Institute of America.
Come join us on Wednesday, February 8th at 7 pm to participate in a discussion led by Jānis Mažeiks, the Latvian Ambassador to the United Nations. This event will be held in Hancock Hall 2023 at Marist College. In response to the increasingly assertive Russian foreign policy, and growing tensions between Russia and many European […]
Area college students organize and run a conference dedicated to world affairs. A keynote speaker will present and there will be small workshops with papers presented by students Come enjoy their enlightening presentations and discussions.
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 […]