PROGRAMS
We provide our community with access to a diverse group of global leaders, foreign policy experts, and leading journalists who directly share their insights on the key emerging issues and strategic U.S. relationships around the globe.
PAST EVENTS
"Open Source Intelligence & Global Investigations"
Aric Toler, Bellingcat
Special Virtual Event Via Zoom Meetings
Tuesday, July 26th
10:00 am Eastern Time
Video from the program available on our World Affairs Forum YouTube channel here.
"Kosova in Perspective"
His Excellency Albin Kurti, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosova
Saturday, May 21, 2022
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Presentation at 6:30 followed by Q&A
Hosted in-person at Greenwich Academy
Massey Theater - Wallace Performing Arts Center
Virtually via livestream
Video from the program available on our World Affairs Forum YouTube channel here.
We at World Affairs Forum are glad to announce that we have joined in a partnership event with other World Affairs groups. On Tuesday, May 10th, Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate & the first democratically elected President of Poland, will speak on freedom and democracy, and will discuss the work his foundation is doing to help Ukrainian refugees. Click here for full bio.
April 21, 2022
Screening of the movie HIVE, followed by Q&A with lead actress Yllka Gashi
Presented by Greenwich International Film Festival and the Lukaj Family Foundation
If you are interested in this film and a virtual Q&A, but you were unable to attend this event, please call us
at 203-356-0340 or email us at info@worldaffairsforum.org – if many people are interested, we will look to schedule a virtual event into the calendar.
March 17, 2022
Forum Series Virtual Event: Reimagining US-China Relations
Mr. Earl A. Carr Jr.
January 25, 2022
Forum Series Virtual Event: Mena in Focus
Hani Sabra, the Founder of Alef Advisory and the former head of the Middle East practice at Eurasia Group.
Decmeber 7, 2021
HYBRID: Forum Series – Vaccine Innovation in Global Perspective
Dr. Philip R. Dormitzer, MD, PhD
Global Head of Vaccines R&D, GSK
November 16, 2021
HYBRID: Forum Series – Public Libraries: Global Sustainability
Dan Esty
Hillhouse Professor, Yale University
October 14, 2021
Ambassadors Roundtable: Taiwan in Focus
Syaru Shirley Lin
Compton Visiting Professor in
World Politics at the Miller Center, UVA
September 9, 2021
North Korea in Focus
Ambassador Christopher Hill
July 31, 2021
A Midsummer Conversation on the Arctic
Erica Dingman, Visiting Scholar with the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and Founder and Director of Arctic in Context, a multimedia web-based platform which provides an expansive and accessible overview of the Arctic.
VIDEO ARCHIVES
For upcoming programs, please visit our home page.
June 16, 2021
Faith & Foreign Policy:
Religion in Statecraft
PROFESSOR WILLIAM INBODEN
May 13, 2021
Cyber Security
KLON KITCHEN
Resident Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute
January 26, 2021
International Agreements as Political Tools
OONA HATHAWAY
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale School of Law
April 7, 2021
The End of the Merkel Era: What It Means for Transatlantic Relations
CONSTANZE STELZENMULLER
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States & Europe, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations, The Brookings Institution
March 17, 2021
The Basel Committee & the Costs of Banking
WILLIAM COEN
Former Secretary General, The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Chair, International Financial Reporting Standards Advisory Council
December 9, 2020
Moral Money: A Green Shift
GILLIAN TETT
Editor-at-Large and Chair of Editorial at the Financial Times
February 16, 2021
Building Trust in a New World
GREG MEDCRAFT
Director, Directorate for Financial & Enterprise Affairs at the Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD)
November 18, 2020
U.S. Foreign Policy After January 20, 2021
MICHAEL O'HANLON
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution