Naples Council on World Affairs Lecture Series
The Naples Council on World Affairs' annual lecture series brings distinguished scholars and statesmen to Southwest Florida. WGCU-FM records and broadcasts the lectures throughout the year. The Naples Council on World Affairs is one of 90 World Affairs Councils of America.
With more than 2200 members, the non-profit, non-partisan Naples Council is the fifth largest council in the system. The Council works to promote a better understanding of the issues that face the world today.
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There have been so many rapid, world changes in the past 2-3 years that challenge our current times and point to a future that will look remarkably…
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Europe and the Trump administration have stopped pretending to respect each other. For the past two years, we have been treated to a transatlantic…
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Katherine Zimmerman is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the research manager for AEI’s Critical Threats Project. As AEI’s…
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Russia is, indeed, rising and her global aspirations form a serious source of concern for Western powers. Is it time to reassess the Kremlin's…
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Most economists in a recent survey view a trade war between the U.S. and China as the biggest threat to the U.S. economy in 2019, a sign that forecasters…
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A senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, Michael O'Hanlon specializes in U.S. defense strategy, the use of military force, and…
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President Trump has unfettered access to launch U.S. nuclear weapons. Once he gives the order, no one can contradict him. Once the missiles launch, they…
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In 2005, Turkey began formal negotiations to join the European Union, but a little more than a decade later it looks less like a liberal democracy than a…