• The Struggle Over Iran’s Future: Hardliners vs. Reformers

    Tower Place 200, Suite 800 3348 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Featuring: Alex Vatanka, senior fellow, Middle East Institute, and author of Iran and Pakistan: Security Diplomacy and American Influence In Discussion with: Michael Herb, Ph.D., professor, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University Members: $10    -      Nonmembers: $20

  • Flash Briefing and Discussion on Terrorism featuring: Dr. Robert Friedmann

    GSU Buckhead Center 3348 Peachtree Road NE, Tower Place 200 - Suite 300, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Please join the World Affairs Council for a Flash Briefing on Terrorism. As terrorist attacks dominate the news this season, they invite you to join the council for a timely and informal evening briefing and discussion featuring Dr. Robert Friedmann, Foundng Director, Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange, Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice . Registration and Reception […]

  • Does Money Laundering Impact Your Business?

    Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 1000 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Featuring Dennis P. Lockhart, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Mark Nance, Ph.D., assistant professor, School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University John Atkinson, director, Protiviti Sarah Runge, acting director, Office of Strategic Policy for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of the Treasury Chip Poncy, co-founder, […]

  • 5th Atlanta Summit: Global Health and Refugees

    Join the World Affairs Council at the 5th Annual Atlanta Summit: "Global Health and Refugees" This year, they will focus on the 60 million refugees and displaced, the most since World War II.  The Conference will examine the severe effects wars have had on health conditions in Syria, Africa and Southeast Asia and how receiving countries […]

  • Turkish Ambassador Breakfast

    A breakfast program featuring with Ambassador Serdar Kiliç, Ambassador of Turkey to the United States in discussion with Ambassador Charles Shapiro, President of the World Affairs Council.   Costs: Members: $15 Non-members:  $25

  • Zika: What You Need to Know

    Join the World Affairs Council of Atlanta for an evening briefing centered  on the Zika Virus. Speakers: José F. Cordero, MD, MPH, Patel Distinguished Professor of Public Health, College of Public Health, University of Georgia Jessica K. Fairley, MD, director, Emory Hansen’s Disease Program; assistant professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Ted M. Ross, […]

  • Brexit Evening Briefing

    GSU Buckhead Center 3348 Peachtree Road NE, Tower Place 200 - Suite 300, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Britain's votes to leave the EU has shaken global markets and raised more questions than it's answered in the U.S., Europe, and around the world. Join the World Affairs Council of Atlanta as they discuss how the world's fifth largest economy extricates itself from the EU. Costs: Members: $10 Nonmembers: $20

  • Transforming Africa: Women, Water and Wellbeing

    Knowles Conference Center, GSU Law Building 85 Park Place NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

    A breakfast discussion featuring Susan Mboya, president, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation. An executive and philanthropist, Mboya serves as the group director of the Eurasia Africa Group (EAG) for women’s economic empowerment at The Coca-Cola Company, and as the president of The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation. Mboya is also the founder and president of the Zawadi Africa Educational […]

  • India and the US: Partners in Innovation

    A breakfast discussion featuring: RAJIV KUMAR TAYAL PhD; Executive Director, INDO-US Science and Technology forum in discussion with AMBASSADOR CHARLES SHAPIRO President, World Affairs Council. Costs: Members: $15 Nonmembers: $25

  • Don’t Bet Against Brazil

    Paulo Sotero is the director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. An award-winning journalist, from 1989 to 2006 he was the Washington correspondent for O Estado de S. Paulo, a leading Brazilian daily newspaper. Sotero began his career at Veja in the late 1960s and worked for the magazine […]

  • Havana Night! Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba

    Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth Street NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    The World Affairs Council is proud to present November 10th Cuba Vibra! with Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba at the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State. Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba is a phenomenon in Cuban Dance. They performed at the  2015 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas and received rave reviews from the New York Times. Bring your dance shoes, Summer dresses […]

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  • Cuba after Fidel

    GSU Buckhead Center 3348 Peachtree Road NE, Tower Place 200 - Suite 300, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Cuba is at a crossroad; while many Cubans mourn his death, others look at it as an opportunity for change. Donald Trump's election also adds additional uncertainty for the future of U.S.-Cuba relations. He has reiterated his campaign promise to reverse Obama's opening to Cuba. On December 15, we invite you to join the discussion of Cuba post-Fidel and […]