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.
International Politics
North Korea, Bellicose Tweets and Other Nuclear Challenges We Face with Philip Yun
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…
Vladivostok Today with U.S. Consul General Michael Keays
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…
Juneau World Affairs: David Ramseur, author of “Melting the Ice Curtain”
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…
Juneau World Affairs: Europe: America’s Partner or America’s Problem?
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…
Juneau World Affairs: Mongolia Today: Profile, Strengths and Politics
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…