World Affairs Forum

Students from area high schools compete on 2/4/12 at Academic WorldQuest at UCONN/Stamford. An annual World Affairs Forum event, the winning team will compete nationally in Washington, DC on 4/21/12.

1/18/12 Evening reception, book signing & presentation by Steven Solomon, author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, at the Stamford Yacht Club. Reservations, 203-356-0340.

The public is invited to a 12/14/11 World Affairs Forum breakfast presentation on “Winding Down the Wars” by former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Robert Finn, taking place at the Stamford Yacht Club.

Carl B. Weinberg, PhD, Chief Economist at High Frequency Economics, Ltd., will speak at the World Affairs Forum’s Annual Global Economic Trends Lecture on December 1st at the Pitney Bowes World Headquarters in Stamford

Nayan Chanda, Editor of YaleGlobal Online, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, discusses the international effects of multilateralism. 11/21, New Canaan Library, 7 pm, Great Decisions Series

Gary Katzenstein, Professor of Management at NYU Stern School of Business, speaks at the World Affairs Forum on 11;/16 at UCONN/Stamford. 5:45 pm: networking/refreshments, 6:15–7:30 pm, presentation.

The World Affairs Forum presents “The Velvet Revolution and the Arab Spring” by the current Czech Ambassador to the U.S., Petr Gandalovič, at a dinner on 11/9 at the Stamford Yacht Club. 203-356-0340.

Sean West, Eurasia Group’s US Director, speaks on political risk as a response to the recent financial crisis, at the New Canaan Library 10/24, 7 pm. World Affairs Forum Great Decisions talk, FREE.

Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, presents “National Security Issues for 2012” at the Stamford Yacht Club on 10/19, 7:15 am. . For reservations contact the World Affairs Forum, 203-356-0340.

Andrew J. Tabler, a Next Generation fellow in the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute, speaks at the World Affairs Forum at UCONN/Stamford on 10/12. 5:45 pm - networking / refreshments; 6:15 pm; presentation.