Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council

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Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) is a member of the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA).

The regional organization dates back to 1999 and has continued to arrange 8-10 speaker series meetings annually between September and June. The meetings range in topic and are hosted at venues along the I-95 corridor, welcoming members and guests from Stonington to Old Saybrook, and beyond.

SECWAC’s mission is “to foster an understanding of issues of foreign policy and international affairs through study, debate, and educational programming.” SECWAC provides a nonpartisan, non-advocacy dialogue between members and speakers, who can be U.S. policy makers, educators, authors, and other experts on foreign relations.

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Peter Beinart presents, “America and the World in the Biden Era”
Release Date: November 30, 2020
Marissa Turnbull presents, ''Indigenous Rights in the 21st Century''
Release Date: November 17, 2020
SECWAC: Dean Accardi presents ''India, Pakistan, and the War Over Kashmir''
Release Date: October 06, 2020
SECWAC: Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
Release Date: September 22, 2020
The Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council launches new Community Partnership Program; to host three events in September
Release Date: September 05, 2019
SECWAC Meeting May 2: 'America's Abdication of Global Leadership'
Release Date: April 19, 2019
Stephen Walt, Harvard Kennedy School, Presents 'America's Foreign Policy Elite' April 25
Release Date: March 21, 2019
Author and former US Marine Corps Officer Presents “Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq''
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Carl Zimmer, Author and Journalist, presents 'The Deep History of Global Affairs'
Release Date: February 04, 2019
SECWAC Meeting Jan 28: 'Patriotic Ayatollahs: Nationalism in Post-Saddam Iraq'
Release Date: December 21, 2018
“GroundTruth in a 'Post-truth' Era” SECWAC Event Nov 14 in New London
Release Date: November 01, 2018
Senior Policy Analyst Robert Morgus Presents 'The Battle for the Global Internet' Oct 24 in Old Lyme
Release Date: October 12, 2018
John Lewis Gaddis Presents 'On Grand Strategy' at June 4 SECWAC Meeting
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Yale Professor John Lewis Gaddis Presents ''On Grand Strategy'' at June 4 SECWAC Meeting
Release Date: May 30, 2018
SECWAC Presents 'Northeast Asia at the Crossroads' April 12 in Old Lyme
Release Date: April 03, 2018
SECWAC Meeting Feb 6: ''Refugee Resettlement in Connecticut''
Release Date: January 22, 2018
SECWAC Meeting Dec 5: ''Africa Rising: Youth Changing the Narrative''
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Michael Haltzel, PhD, Presents ''Trump Foreign Policy'' at Oct 13 Meeting
Release Date: October 11, 2017
Trump's Foreign Policy to Be Discussed at Oct 13 SECWAC Meeting
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Independent Scholar & Irish Author to Speak on Gender Equality Activism in Ireland Sept 11
Release Date: August 29, 2017
June SECWAC Meeting: ''Trump and North Korea''
Release Date: May 25, 2017
SECWAC May 25 Event: How US Coast Guard and Russia Cooperate in the Arctic
Release Date: May 18, 2017
SECWAC Event: ''The Bering Strait'' May 25 in New London
Release Date: May 15, 2017
SECWAC Event: ''Future of Korea 2017'' May 9
Release Date: April 26, 2017
SECWAC Event: ''How the Muslim Brotherhood Lost Egypt'' April 19 in New London
Release Date: April 10, 2017
''Light from the Andes: Strategic, Economic and Ecological Dimensions of Lithium'' March 21 in Old Lyme
Release Date: March 15, 2017
SECWAC Event: 'Light from the Andes: Strategic, Economic, and Ecological Dimensions of Lithium'
Release Date: March 10, 2017
SECWAC to Host Nancy Lindborg in ''Building Peace in a Fragile World'' Feb 15
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Southeast CT World Affairs Council Presents ''Building Peace in a Fragile World'' Feb 15
Release Date: February 01, 2017
SECWAC to Host Dick Shriver, Former Defense Official Jan 24
Release Date: January 10, 2017
SECWAC Save the Date: ''What is Russia Up To?'' Jan 24
Release Date: January 03, 2017
SECWAC to Host Jennifer Harris, Speaking on ''Geoeconomics and Statecraft'' Dec 6
Release Date: November 23, 2016
SECWAC to Host Bestselling Author, Foreign Policy Critic Andrew Bacevich Nov. 14
Release Date: October 27, 2016
SECWAC Announces Speaker Change to Sept. 20, 2016 Event
Release Date: August 31, 2016
SECWAC to Present ''Syria, Iran, and the Great Game in the Middle East'' Sept 20
Release Date: August 26, 2016
SECWAC Presents ''The Politics of Deception'' June 21 in Old Lyme
Release Date: June 03, 2016
SECWAC Hosts Talk May 10 in Old Lyme
Release Date: May 03, 2016
SECWAC Presents ''The Story Behind the Syrian Refugee Story'' April 12
Release Date: April 06, 2016
SECWAC to Host Talk on ''The Irish Peace Process'' March 7
Release Date: February 17, 2016
SECWAC to Present Feb 3 Discussion on ''Sexual Violence in Conflict''
Release Date: January 21, 2016
SECWAC and Chamber to Present Forum on Cybersecurity Nov. 3
Release Date: October 30, 2015