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Dear Members,
We hope you have had a good summer.
I want to thank you again for your participation and your support for the Sarasota World Affairs Council during the 2023-2024 Lecture Series season. Your generosity makes it possible for SWAC, a nonpolitical, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization, to present important events on international issues to the public each month of our season. We also sincerely appreciate everyone who contributed to SWAC through The Giving Challenge run by the Community Foundation of Sarasota in April.
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We look forward to seeing you on October 17th as we launch the SWAC 2024-2025 lecture series. Our Program Director Lynne Partington has been lining up another excellent slate of speakers!
Many thanks,
Nat Colletta, President
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​Oct. 17, 2024 - Safeguarding the Information Environment for the 2024 Elections
Dr. Valerie Wirtschafter, Foreign Policy and Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative, The Brookings Institution
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Nov. 19, 2024 - How U.S. Diplomacy Lost its Way and How to Fix It
Mr. Nicholas Kralev, Executive Director of the Washington
International Diplomatic Academy
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Dec. 12, 2024 - U.S. Latin American Relations: A Strategic Omission in A Changing World
Dr. Tony Payan, Director, Center for the United States, Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
Jan. 9, 2025 - The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World
Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
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Feb. 20, 2025 - Threat Multiplier: Climate Change, the Military and Global Security
Ms. Sherri Goodman, Senior Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center’s Polar Institute and Environmental Change and
and Security Program
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March 25, 2025 - Avoiding a Collision Course in U.S.-China Relations
Dr. Jennifer Staats, Director, East Asia and Pacific Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace
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