The Juneau World Affairs Council, in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Juneau and the Open World Leadership Center, present: “Mongolia Today: Profile, Strengths, and Politics” with Mongolian Parliament member Tsogtbaatar Damdin. Mr. Tsogtbaatar is a former cabinet minister and newly-elected member of the Mongolian Parliament.His primary focus is the development of responsible, accountable, open…
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Juneau World Affairs: Going Undercover in North Korea with Suki Kim
Suki Kim is a South Korean-born, American novelist and investigative journalist and the only writer ever to live undercover in North Korea.She is the author of the recent New York Times-bestselling novel Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite. In her travels, she has witnessed the country during…
Putin and Russia’s Evolving Image in the United States with Artem Zagorodnov
The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “Putin and Russia’s Evolving Image in the United States” with Artem Zagorodnov. Zagorodnov has worked for 10 years in various Russia-related media outlets. From 2013 to 2016, he was based in the Middle East and launched the first English-language corporate newspaper of Lukoil Overseas, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest…
Current Relations with Cuba with Ambassador Charles Shapiro
The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “Current Relations with Cuba” with Charles Shapiro. Shapiro has three decades of experience in the Foreign Service, with various posts across the Caribbean and South America, including as U.S. ambassador to Venezuela. It was recorded Sept. 28, 2016, @360 in Juneau.
Bringing Holocaust Perpetrators to Justice with Andrew Nagorski
Andrew Nagorski is an award-winning journalist and author who spent more than three decades as a foreign correspondent and editor for Newsweek. He served as the magazine’s bureau chief in Hong Kong, Moscow, Rome, Bonn, Berlin and Warsaw. Born in Scotland to Polish parents before moving to US as an infant, Nagorski now lives in…
George Lakey, author of “Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right — and How We Can Too.”
The Juneau World Affairs Council presents George Lakey, author of “Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right — and How We Can Too.” Lakey recently retired from Swarthmore College where he was a professor of Issues in Social Change. He wrote “Viking Economics” after interviewing economists and others in the Nordic countries. He’s lived…