World Affairs Council of Albuquerque

01/21/2018

possibly of interest to members:
Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 5:30 p.m. in the Kiva Auditorium

Matthew "Matt" Taibbi, an investigative and politics/culture reporter for Rolling Stone Magazine, presents a public talk at The University of New Mexico titled “The Problems of Reporting in the Internet Age (and How to Counter Them)” on Wednesday, Jan....

10/31/2017

A series of talks for the centennial anniversary of the Russian Revolution

07/25/2017

Our president was profiled in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday.

By Rosalie Rayburn / Journal Staff Writer • Name half a dozen headline-grabbing moments from the late 1970s to the late 1990s and William Itoh w ...

11/08/2016

Announcing the American Committees on Foreign Relations 22nd Annual Conference
“Commerce, Investment and Trade: American Prosperity in an Uncertain World”
to be held April 27 & 28, 2017
in Washington D.C.

Further details to be announced.
Mark your calendars!

08/04/2016

We are kicking off our 68th Program Year with a presentation by Dean Cheng, the Heritage Foundation's research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs. He will present the "Three Nots" of US-China Relations” - Discussing some of the misconceptions that too often shape our views of the US-China relationship. The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 6:00 PM, at Tanoan Country Club. Please visit our Web site, www.abqcfr.org for more details.

The Albuquerque Committee on Foreign Relations (AbqCFR) is a non–profit, non–partisan membership organization devoted to promoting improved understanding of international affairs through the free exchange of ideas. We are an affiliate organization of The American Committees on Foreign Relations.

05/30/2016

Nicholas Kalev will be presenting on "The Quiet Battle for the Soul of American Diplomacy" on June 14, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Tanoan Country Club.

Please RSVP by June 7th to attend.

Visit our AbqCFR site at www.abqcfr.org for more information.

04/03/2016

We are happy to announce the ninth meeting of our 67th program year on Wednesday, April 20 with a presentation by Ted Piccone “How President Obama Changed 50 Years of U.S. Policy toward Cuba”. Ted Piccone is a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy and Latin America Initiative in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings.

RSVPs are due by April 13th. Please contact us via Facebook if you would like more information.

11/10/2015

Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be presenting at our November meeting. The program, “Middle East Meltdown: Causes and Consequences for the U.S”, will be Friday, November 20, 2015, 6:00 PM, Canyon Club at Four Hills.

How did things ever get this bad? What is likely to happen next? What should we do about it?

Ambassador Ryan Crocker brings the perspective of a four decade diplomatic career to the topic of U.S. interests and limitations.

He retired from the Foreign Service in 2009 after serving as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon. He also served in Iran, Qatar, and Egypt in addition to service in the U.S. After his retirement, he was recalled by President Obama to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. He holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award in addition to numerous awards from the Department of State, Department of Defense, and the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the establishment of the Ryan C. Crocker Award for Outstanding Achievement in Expeditionary Diplomacy; and in 2012 Ambassador Crocker was named an Honorary Marine, the 75th civilian so honored since 1775.

Crocker is now Dean and Executive Professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. He has served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia, and the first Kissinger Senior Fellow at Yale University. He is a graduate of Whitman College and the recipient of numerous honorary degrees from U.S. and international universities.

RSVPs are due by Friday Nov. 13th. The meeting is open to guests in addition to members. If you are not a member but are interested in attending please send us a message on Facebook for details on how to RSVP.

03/20/2015

Abdulwahab Alkebsi ,Senior Program Officer at the Center for International Private Enterprise in Washington will be presenting the April program: "The Historical and Political Reasons for Islamic Extremism and the Rise of the Islamic State". The presentation will cover the importance of the year 1979 and four major events that happened that year that have directly led to Islamic extremism. Recent events in Iraq that specifically have led to the rise of the Islamic State will be highlighted. The program will be April 13, 2015, 6:00 PM, at the Tanoan Country Club.

02/16/2015

Please join us for a presentation by Dr. Katherine Bliss on “Governing Global Health in an Interconnected World” at 6PM on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Tanoan Country Club. As the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa demonstrates, addressing health challenges in one sub-region can turn into a global endeavor. This talk will provide an overview of several "hot topics" in global health, describe the structures that facilitate international cooperation on health issues, and examine U.S. engagement with such groups as the World Health Organization, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Gavi Alliance.