Upcoming Events

The Richmond World Affairs Council has confirmed the following dates for its Fall programming. More events will be added as the dates and details are confirmed. Regular events are $10 for members, $20 for non-members.

March 11, 2010
The Other War

As the bloodshed in Iraq intensified in 2005, Afghanistan quickly faded from the nation's front pages to become the "other war," supposedly going well and largely ignored. In fact, the insurgency in Afghanistan was about to break out with renewed force, the drug problem was worsening, and international coordination was losing focus. That July, Ronald Neumann, now President of the American Academy of Diplomacy, arrived in Kabul from Baghdad as the U.S. ambassador, bringing the experience of a career diploma

April 6, 2010
America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival

Knaus brings a dose of real politics and detailed history to the often romanticized subject of Tibet.

A former CIA officer and a friend of the Dalai Lama's family for 40 years, Knaus became involved with the CIA's clandestine operation to support Tibetan self-determination in 1958 and watched it sputter, flourish and fizzle under Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson.

* Part of the Great Decisions Series, ** Special Limited Subscription Event

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