Latest Past Events

Fall 2019 Members Only Dinner

Cosimo's Trattoria & Bar 120 Delafield St, Poughkeepsie

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 for […]

$45

Great Decisions: The Middle East Regional Disorder

Dutchess Community College 53 Pendell Rd, Poughkeepsie

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 a common goal of frustrating Iranian expansion. What […]

Regime Survival in the Middle East: Authoritarianism and the Politics of Migration in Egypt

Marist College 3399 North Rd, Poughkeepsie

October 30, 2019, at Marist College - HC2023 at 7 pm. 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 […]