Cover to Cover in November will host RAND's Shelly Culbertson  on her new book,  The Fires of Spring: A Post-Arab Spring Journey Through the Turbulent New Middle East , on Tuesday, November 29, at 2:00 - 2:30 PM ET .

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Shelly Culbertson is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. Her research focus includes international development, education, workforce development, innovation policy, and the Middle East. She is currently conducting research about urban services and education for Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon. She is also conducting a multi-year evaluation of the Appalachia Partnership Initiative's investments in STEM education and workforce development. 

Monday, November 21

World Affairs Council of Charlotte hosts Sil Ganzo, Executive Director of ourBRIDGE for Kids; Kathy Brennan, Attorney at the International House Ginter Immigration Law Clinic; and Thakur Mishra, Health Promotion Case Manager at the Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency on "Embracing Charlotte's Refugee Community" Details

World Affairs Council of Tacoma hosts Etga Ugur, of University of Washington Tacoma; Onur Bakiner, of Seattle University; Filiz Kahraman, of University of Washington Seattle, and more for a discussion on the "Political Crisis in Turkey" Details

Tuesday, November 22

World Affairs Council - DC hosts H.E. Kirsti Kauppi, Ambassador of Finland, for a discussion on current events in Finland Details

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh hosts Chris Valasek, Security Lead at Uber Advanced Technologies Center, for a discussion on "New Threats to Cybersecurity" Details

World Affairs Council of the Quad Cities hosts Xiaowen Zhang, Associate Professor of Political Science at Augustana College, for a discussion on "China Inside Out" Details