International Politics

In this session, “US-­German Relationships: Why They’re Grim and How We Can Make Them Worse.”, we hear from Brigham Young University’s Dr. Wade Jacoby. One year on, how can we understand the Trump Administration and Transatlantic Relations? Spoiler alert: they’re not great, but they do have the potential to get much worse. This talk covers…

In this session, “Changes in the World Order: From ‘Embedded Liberalism’ to ‘Hyper Globalization’ to  ‘Economic Nationalism’”, we hear from University of British Columbia’s Dr. Kurt Huebner. After WWII, we saw the establishment of an international order under the hegemony of the US. This order started to collapse during the 1970s and was followed by…

The Juneau World Affairs Council presents Nobel Peace Prize nominee Quratul Ain Bakhteari. Bakhteari founded the Institute for Development Studies and Practices in Pakistan, which effects positive change in communities by training and empowering young people. Bakhteari shares her inspirational story and discusses the leadership of women as midwives.

The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “North Korea, Bellicose Tweets and Other Nuclear Challenges We Face” with Philip Yun. Yun is the executive director of the Ploughshares Fund, a nonprofit that works to eliminate the dangers of nuclear weapons. Yun’s professional background includes time in academia, U.S.-North Korea diplomacy during the Clinton administration, and practicing…

The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “Vladivostok Today” with U.S. Consul General Michael Keays. Keays has led the U.S. Consulate in the Russian Far East since 2016. He’s been in the Foreign Service for over 25 years, with past postings in Israel, Poland and Jamaica. Keays contrasts modern U.S.-Russia relations with his experiences in the…

The Juneau World Affairs Council presents David Ramseur, author of “Melting the Ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of Citizen Diplomacy on the Russia-Alaska Frontier.” Ramseur is a former Alaska journalist, and high-level staffer to Governors Steve Cowper and Tony Knowles, and Anchorage Mayor and U.S. Senator Mark Begich. He organized a 1988 flight between Nome…

Constanze Stelzenmuller is a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution. She is an expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy; NATO; the EU’s foreign, security, and defense policy; international law; and human rights. She is a former editor of the German…

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…

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…

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.