Facilitator: Karin Riedl Looking back at the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many lessons to take away in terms of domestic and international policies. Although this pandemic seems to have waned, how can we apply these lessons to future pandemics? Will countries cooperate, and will a consensus emerge on how to manage global health challenges?
Ambassador Fred Hof and Malia Du Mont and Prof. of History Karin Riedl on Foreign Policy Implications of the Election. This is a D&H Canal Museum event featuring three speakers who are board members of WAC-MHV: Malia Du Mont was the Director of Policy in the Obama Defense Department. She is the winner of the […]
Facilitated by Ambassador Fred Hof Analysts of American policy in 2025 have the unusual advantage of assessing the new president's likely policies against the backdrop of what he did in his first term, four years earlier. The prognosis is not positive.
Facilitated by Ambassador Fred Hof Analysts of American policy in 2025 have the unusual advantage of assessing the new president's likely policies against the backdrop of what he did in his first term, four years earlier. The prognosis is not positive.
Facilitated by Jean-Claude Fouere (AIEducation4All@gmail.com) Artificial Intelligence – An Introduction AI represents a remarkable leap forward in human innovation, allowing machines to mimic human intelligence and perform tasks that were once the sole domain of our brains. AI is increasingly becoming part of our daily lives, from voice assistants to chatbots to creating artwork and […]
Facilitated by Richard Levitt Europe is frightened and frightened for the first time really since the 1980s, when nuclear sabers were rattling as the Soviet Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) both deployed contending intermediate-range missiles along the dividing line of the military alliances. With Russia’s continued barbarity in Ukraine, there is no […]
Facilitated by Richard Levitt The U.S., polarized and divided, faces a world of challenges, dangers, and uncertainties. Conflict and disorder have become the defining features of world politics.
Facilitated by Jean-Claude Fouere (AIEducation4All@gmail.com) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful emerging technology that is already affecting many facets of our society from producing content (texts, images, videos, audio, music) to generate “deep-fakes” of such content. The unchecked progress in generative AI facilitates serious misuse through misinformation and discrimination. The presentation will present some of […]
TO BE RESCHEDULED! Facilitated by Shantha Thangiah from the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley As the Republic of India celebrates its 75th anniversary as of January 2025, the world's most populous nation and largest democracy continues to defy simple categorization.
September 29th @ 6:30 - 7:30 pm Boardman Road Library, Poughkeepsie Facilitated by Martin Charwat for the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley. There is one thing that people can agree on across the aisle in Washington, DC: The United States is in a strategic competition with a rising China that poses a […]
October 24th @ 6:30 pm Woodstock Library Presenters: Dr. Yue Chen and Xixi Chen How do global and regional tensions impact energy security, energy access and the transition to Net Zero? What opportunitieis are at hand? How might risks and finances be managed? Presenter bios:
Facilitated by Karen Nichols for the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley Location: Boardman Road Library, Poughkeepsie Over the past 30 years, climate change has become one of the central global challenges of the modern era, one that has enormously important consequences for the livability of the planet. What is the status of international […]