Where
Anchorage Hilton Hotel
500 W. 3rd Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501 500 W. 3rd Avenue
Driving Directions
Contact
Alaska World Affairs Councilinfo@alaskaworldaffairs.org
907-276-8038
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
"Alaska LNG Opportunities: Prospects in Japan, China, and other Asian Markets"
Mikkal Herberg is a senior lecturer on international and Asian energy at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego.He writes and speaks extensively on Asian and global energy issues to the energy industry, governments, research institutions, and the media in the U.S., Asia, and Europe.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
"From Triad to Dyad: Rationalizing U.S. Nuclear Weapons Delivery"
Christopher A. Preble is the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute and an expert on military spending.
Friday, December 14, 2012
"Developing Opportunities and Doing Business in China"
Often referred to as "Mr. China," Jack Perkowski is widely recognized as an expert on doing business in China. He has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Far Eastern Economic Review, and the Huffington Post.
Iran's Nuclear Policy and its Impact on the Region
Farideh Farhi is an Independent Scholar and Affiliate Graduate Faculty at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa where she teaches Middle East Politics. She has also taught comparative politics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Tehran, and Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. Her publications include States and Urban-Based Revolutions in Iran and Nicaragua as well as numerous articles and book chapters on comparative analysis of revolutions and Iran’s politics and foreign policy. She spent most of the 1990s in Iran teaching as well as working as a research associate and English editor at the Institute for Political and International Studies. She has served as a consultant to the World Bank and International Crisis Group and has been a grant recipient of the United States Institute of Peace. Most recently she was a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She was a presenter at JWAC's 2010 Forum on the Middle East. Her Talk would regard the impact of Iran’s nuclear policy on the region and on Iran.
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If you would like to RSVP via e-mail or by phone and pay at the door, please email info@alaskaworldaffairs.org or call 907-276-8038 by Wednesday, November 14, 2012. DOOR PRICES: Lunch is $26 for Members or $30 for Non-Members, Coffee & Dessert is $15, Students and UAA staff receive lunch for free.