Dear WAC-MHV member: The Fall 2019 Annual Meeting Members Dinner will be held on Monday, December 2nd at 6 pm at Cosimo’s Poughkeepsie (Delafield Street) in their second floor Wine Room. You will be able to select from a menu on the night of the event. This is our Annual Meeting in which members vote […]
Archive | 2019.Past Events
Great Decisions: The Middle East Regional Disorder
Monday, Nov. 4th, 2019, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Facilitator: Matt Murray, Dutchess Community College. As the presidency of Donald J. Trump passes the halfway point, the Middle East remains a region in turmoil. The Trump administration has aligned itself with strongmen in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, which along with Israel have […]
Regime Survival in the Middle East: Authoritarianism and the Politics of Migration in Egypt
October 30, 2019 at Marist College – HC2023 at 7pm. Talk co-sponsored by Marist College and WAC-MHV. Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas, Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the University of Birmingham in the Department of Political Science and International Studies will speak about Authoritarianism in the Middle East with a focus on the politics of migration […]
Great Decisions: Decoding U.S – China Trade
Monday, October 21st, 2019 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library Facilitator: Jean-Claude Fouere. Though arguably the most advanced economy in the world, the United States still uses centuries-old numbers to measure trade. These antique numbers mangle understanding of the U.S.-China trade relationship, shrinking America’s true economic size and competitiveness, while swelling […]
Great Decisions: State of the State Department
Monday, September 9th, 2019, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library Facilitator: Malia Du Mont, Bard College. During the Trump administration, the usual ways of conducting diplomacy have been upended. Many positions in the State Department have never been filled, and meetings with foreign leaders such as Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin […]
Great Decisions: Refugees and Global Migration
Monday, June 3rd, 2019 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library Facilitator: Michael O’Sullivan, Professor of History at Marist College Today, no countries have open borders. Every state in today’s global system has its own laws and policies about who is permitted to cross its borders, and how they will do […]
Great Decisions: The Rise of Populism
Monday, May 13th, 2019, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library Facilitator: Martin Charwat. Mass migration, and the problems associated with it, have directly abetted the rise of populist parties in Europe. Opposition to immigration was the prime driver of support for Brexit, it brought a far-right party to the German […]
6th Annual Student World Affairs Council (SWAC)
Saturday, April 13, 2019, Dutchess Community College, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Sponsored by The World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley and the Richard Reitano Endowed Chair in Social Sciences (DCC) The Student World Affairs Conference (SWAC) is an annual academic event. It is an opportunity for undergraduate students to realize a research conference experience and meet […]
Academic WorldQuest Regional Championship 2019/Nationals Results!
Saturday, March 2nd, 9:30 a.m., Henry Wallace Center, FDR National Historic Site Eighteen area high school teams compete in this international affairs quiz bowl. The winner will travel to Washington DC in April 2019 to participate in the World Affairs Council of America national AWQ championship event. Thank you to our sponsors, including IBM. UPDATE […]
