The team at WACA has released its local competition questions. If you have submitted a pledge form but have not yet received the local competition questions please contact our Global Education Coordinator, Kaela Rider.

We are 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.

WACA's January 2023 Cover to Cover webinar will feature Daniel F. Runde, senior vice president and director of the Project on Prosperity and Development at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), to discuss his new book, The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership Through Soft Power, on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 2 PM ET.

The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership Through Soft Power is the first book in decades to look at our non-military power through the lens of great-power competition. It calls for: supporting broad-based economic growth, supporting good governance and anti-corruption, long-term training, differentiating our approaches in middle-income countries and fragile states, and stronger US leadership in the multilateral system.

We are pleased to announce the International Center of the Capital Region (ICCR) as our January 2023 Council of the Month. Founded in 1956, ICCR provided refugee and asylee services for decades, shifting its focus in 2005 toward outreach, education, and advocacy activities. In 2021, Jennifer Zhao took on the role of Executive Director for ICCR, bringing with her a vision to revitalize ICCR, increasing outreach initiatives throughout the capital region of Upstate New York.

Join the Indiana Council on World Affairs for the January Distinguished Speakers Program on "Ukraine: One Year Later" featuring Dr. Fiona Hill.

This program comes one year after Indiana World Affairs Council sat down with Ukrainian Ambassador, Oksana Markarova, to discuss the past, present, and future of Ukraine. On January 19, ICWA will sit down with Dr. Fiona Hill, senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, to answer the question, will democracy win?

This virtual program is open to all councils, register here.

The World Affairs Councils of America, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging the public and leading global voices to better understand the world, has opened applications for a Programs Intern and a Communications Intern.

The successful candidate must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate-level program or have graduated within the last calendar year. Interns must be based in Washington, DC. The internship period will run from February to early May 2023.

Applications are due Friday, January 20 to krider@worldaffairscouncils.org. Candidates should submit a resume and cover letter. For more information, head to our website.

Are you based in Washington, D.C.? We are seeking volunteers to support our annual high school educational program, Academic WorldQuest. Volunteers will support the day-of operations of this national program held at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Interested candidates must submit their resumes to krider@worldaffairscouncils.org by Tuesday, April 18.

New! Alaska World Affairs Council seeks a President/CEO. Applications will be reviewed as received.

New! World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth seeks a Donor Data Coordinator. Applications will be reviewed as received.

New! World Affairs Council of Charlotte seeks a Program and Membership Manager. Applications will be reviewed as received.

New! World Affairs Council of Tacoma seeks a Part-Time Administrator. Applications will be reviewed as received.

New! World Affairs Council of Orange County is looking for volunteers to join the 2023 Gala Organizing Committee.

Applications will be reviewed as received.

Global Minnesota seeks a World Affairs Event Manager.

Applications will be reviewed as received.

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

International Institute of Buffalo seeks to hire multiple positions

Applications will be reviewed as received.

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh seeks to hire multiple positions. Applications will be reviewed as received.

World Affairs Council (Northern California) hosts James Goldgeier, Stanford Visiting Scholar, for “Peninsula | NATO Expansion, The Russia-Ukraine War and the Future of European Security” (In Person)

World Affairs Council (Northern California) hosts Dr. Jasmina Bojic, Professor at Stanford University, for “Fearless Filmmakers Changing the World” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts Andrea Geiger, Author, for “Book Talk | Converging Empires: Citizens and Subjects in the North Pacific Borderlands, 1867–1945” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Maine presents “Coffee and Discussion” (Virtual)

World Affairs Council Hilton Head hosts R. Evan Ellis, Associate Professor at U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, for “New Developments in Chinese Engagement with Latin America” (In Person)

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh presents "Motherland" (In Person)

Colorado Springs World Affairs Council presents Great Decisisons 2023 (

World Affairs Council of Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky hosts Enock Sadiki, WAC Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Global Guide Fellow for “Book Reading By Enock Sadiki, Global Guide Fellow” (In Person)