WACA's Cover to Cover webinar next month featuring renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum, of the University of Chicago, to discuss her new book, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, on Friday, Dec. 9 at 2 PM ET. 

Xiao Yin Zhao was recognized by Glenn Creamer, Chairman of the WACA Board, for her exemplary leadership at the World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Southern Indiana. WACA President and CEO Bill Clifford presented the award on behalf of Mr. Creamer, citing several accomplishments including, “[WAC Kentucky & Southern Indiana] has compassionately navigated controversial relationship with its sister city in Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine." Bill also mentioned Xiao Yin's earlier superb service and advice as a WACA Board Member for six years. Congratulations to Xiao Yin! 

Peoria Area World Affairs Council and Tennessee World Affairs Council were honored as WACA's 2022 Councils of the year for their all-volunteer staff and their contributions to the growth of Academic WorldQuest and broader global affairs programming, not just in their communities but across the Council network. To quote WACA President and CEO Bill Clifford, "Small is beautiful."

Angela Weck of Peoria Area WAC, accepted the award on behalf of her team. Jim Shepherd accepted the award on behalf of Pat Ryan for WAC Tennessee. Congratulations and thank you for all of your dedicated work and outreach this year!

The World Affairs Councils of America is pleased to continue our collaboration with the Korea Economic Institute of America on our Engage America: Future of Korea program series. The speaker program focuses on the diplomatic, political, economic, and cultural circumstances on the Korean Peninsula, as well as U.S.-Korea relations. In this Engage America Series, we aim to have a trio of experts - from the U.S. Department of State, the South Korea Embassy, and KEI - in this deep dive into politics, trade, and diplomacy.

International Center of the Capital Region  (Albany) will feature Mark Tokola, Vice President of KEI, David Anthony Rodriguez, Political-Military Officer at the Office of Korean Affairs at the State Department, and Chang Woo Lee, Public Affairs Officer at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, for "South Korea-U.S. Trade" this Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 5:30 PM ET.

This month, WACA presented Cover to Cover live at the WACA 2022 National Conference: Navigating a Fractured World on November 18. Shannon K. O'Neil, Vice President of Studies and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations discussed her new book The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter in conversation with Jessie Wall, Research Associate at the American Enterprise Institute. Watch the Video!

In the Network!: WorldBoston will present “Chat & Chowder with Shannon K. O'Neil | The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter” on November 30 at 6:00 PM ET.

Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall is pleased to present "A Sacred Oath": An Evening With Former United States Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark Esper on December 5 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time.

Few public servants can claim to have had as long and fascinating a career as Dr. Mark Esper. Following his decorated military service in the eighties and nineties, Esper went on to serve in various high-profile positions. However, he is most well-known for his role as Secretary of Defense under President Trump, a role he held from 2019-2020. Dr. Esper will mainly focus on his new book A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times, which follows his time under the Trump administration. The conversation will be moderated by former CNN anchor Carol Costello.

This LA WAC&TH program will be hybrid, with a video to be shared with the Council network after the event.

The team at WACA is looking forward to the 2022-2023 Carlos and Malú Alvarez Academic WorldQuest National Competition. The annual competition will be held in person in Washington, DC on April 28-29, 2023.

If you have not already submitted your Council's pledge form, we are extending the deadline through Friday, December 16, 2022. Please make sure to submit your pledge form so that we can send additional materials to committed Councils and teams.

Please contact our Global Education Coordinator, Kaela Rider, with any questions.

In partnership with WACA, WorldQuest Weekly is produced by the Tennessee World Affairs Council, which offers customized subscriptions to the quiz for Council members. Most of the questions are drawn from both WACA's Weekly World News Update, and a curated news Twitter feed (@TNWAC). Contact pat@tnwac.orgor visit tnwac.org/quiz for details.

Last week's winners! (10/10)! John (Annapolis, MD), Suzanne (Traverse City, MI), Clayton (Portland, OR), Serge (Bloomfield Hills, MI), Kimberlee (New Hampshire), David (Sarasota, FL), Shannon (Traverse City, MI), Chalama (Davie, FL), Carina (Cleveland, OH) and Bruce (USA) .

World Affairs Council of Hilton Head seeks an Executive Director.

Applications will be reviewed as received.

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh seeks to hire a Strategic Programming Manager and a Youth Programming Coordinator. Applications will be 

reviewed as received.

World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Southern Indiana seeks a Membership & Development Coordinator. Applications will be

reviewed as received.

International Institute of Buffalo seeks to a Special Programs Manager.

Applications will be reviewed as received.

World Affairs (Northern California) hosts Kathryn Judge, Harvey J. Goldschmid Professor of Law & Vice Dean for Intellectual Life at Columbia Law School, for “The Middlemen Who Profit Off Our Broken Economy” (Virtual)

International Relations Council (Kansas City) presents “Europe and Russia Roundtable Meeting” (Virtual)

World Affairs (Northern California) hosts Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, and Grant Bradski, Sustainable Investing Initiative & Creative Content Coordinator of As You Sow, for “Explore Your Portfolio” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Jacksonville hosts Austan Goolsbee, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, for “America in the World Economy: What Is the New ‘Normal’?” (In Person)

Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs hosts Andrew S. Weiss, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, for “Demystifying Vladimir Putin” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts Douglas Brinkley, Professor and CNN Presidential Historian, for “Silent Spring Revolution” (In Person)

Montana World Affairs Council hosts Kaoru Mori, Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator, for "Learn About Japan" (Virtual)

WorldDenver presents “International Night at the Denver Christkindlmarket 2022” (In Person)

International Relations Council (Kansas City) presents “International Film Club: Pele (Brazil)” (Virtual)

World Affairs Council of Austin presents “Member Holiday Social” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Greater Houston presents “SPAIN: Travel Info Session” (Virtual)

WorldBoston hosts Shannon K. O’Neil, Vice President of Studies and Senior Fellow for Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, for “Chat & Chowder with Shannon K. O'Neil | The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Maine hosts Ambassador William B. Taylor, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, for “Evening With Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, William B. Taylor” (In Person)

International Relations Council (Kansas City) hosts Ambassador Robert Jordan, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, for “2022 Berkley Lecture: Ambassador Robert Jordan” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Bill Keller, Editor-in-Chief of the Marshall Project, for “WOODLANDS • What’s Prison For?: Punishment & Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts hosts John Feffer, Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, for “Instant Issues: Right Across the World - Italy, Sweden & Brazil” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Jacksonville hosts Austan Goolsbee, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, for “The Global Economic Outlook” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of San Antonio hosts a panel of experts for “China Town Hall” (In Person)

International Center of the Capital Region hosts a panel of experts for "S.Korea - US Trade" (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth presents “Sip & Savor: Buone Feste” (In Person)

International Relations Council (Kansas City) presents “A Novel Experience: Frankenstein in Baghdad (Iraq)” (Virtual)

Alaska World Affairs Council hosts Jim Muller, Professor of Political Science and Chairman of the Board of Academic Advisors of the International Churchill Society, for “Churchill at War on the Nile” (In Person)

Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall hosts Fred Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council, for “A Conversation with Fred Kempe” (Virtual)

Colorado Springs World Affairs Council hosts The Honorable Erin Kuhn, Consul (Government and Prosperity Affairs) UK to the U.S., for “Transition in the UK and the U.S.-UK 'Special Relationship'” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of New Hampshire hosts Dr. Ashley Stevens, Chairman of the Patent Committee of the Forsyth Institute, for “Academic Technology Transfer: Its Origins and Global Impact” (In Person)

Montana World Affairs Council hosts Dr. Pardis Mahdavi, Provost and Executive Vice President, University of Montana, and Gita Saedi Kiely, Director at FilmAid, for "Street Politics and Social Movements in Contemporary Iran" (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts The Honorable Mike Rawlings, former Dallas Mayor, and The Honorable Joe Straus, former Texas House Speaker, for “2022 Mike Rawlings Endowed Lecture: The American Middle” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Bill Keller, Editor-in-Chief of the Marshall Project, for "What’s Prison For?: Punishment & Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads presents “WorldQuest” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Tacoma presents “WAC Tacoma Book Club | November 2022” (Virtual)

World Affairs Council of Hilton Head hosts Sarah Chayes, to discuss her book Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, for “Sarah Chayes: Corruption in America - What’s at Stake” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Connecticut presents “Model United Nations 2022” (In Person)

Global Minnesota presents “2022 WorldQuest International Trivia Competition” (In Person)

Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy presents “Vivaldi by Candelight” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Atlanta presents “2022 Young Leaders Conference” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Connecticut presents “Model United Nations 2022” (In Person)

Global Minnesota presents “Global Holiday Gathering” (In Person)

Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy presents “Vivaldi by Candelight” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of the Desert hosts Dr. James Coyle, Author of Russia’s Border Wars and Frozen Conflicts, for “Ukraine: How We Got Here and the Way Forward” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Jacksonville hosts Maria Ressa, CEO and Executive Editor of Rappler.com, for “The Importance of Free Press” (In Person)

Tennessee World Affairs Council presents “The 2023 Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest HS Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match #1” (In Person)