Back to (Merely) Bad: The Future of U.S. Policy Towards Iran
The 2019-2020 Foreign Policy Forum series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. Over the last few months, the imposition of sanctions, maritime and drone incidents, and escalating rhetoric between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have led onlookers to fear a possible conflict in the Middle East. Beyond these recent events, the…
Happy Dog Takes on the World: Music as Political Diplomacy
While international affairs seem dominated by the high politics of official representatives and ambassadors, a great deal of transnational interaction happens at the levels of citizens and collectives. An increasingly popular form of cultural exchange and citizen diplomacy is expressed through music. What goes into these efforts? How do such exchanges shape the foreign artists…
“Who Will Feed the World?” Teacher Workshop
This full-day interactive workshop will provide NASA global awareness educational resources and explore how they contribute to the understanding of soil and water and their societal applications. Susan Kohler, NASA Education Specialist, will guide participants on how to use NASA data to develop or refine their theories about how water and soil impact the ability…
The New Silk Road: U.S. Strategic Interests in the Caspian Sea Region
The Caspian Sea region with its abundant energy resources has enormous strategic importance for the United States. Ambassador Richard Hoagland, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2008-2011), U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan (2003-2006), U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Pakistan (2011- 2013), and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs (2013-2015), will join us for…
Global Competency Training
WHAT Join the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for a series of workshops to develop greater global understanding. The series consists of 3 key elements that build off each other (understanding cultural norms; developing cross-cultural strategies; engaging in global competency assessment). Participants can select the series or choose the workshop(s) that suit their interests or…
How to Plan a Refugee Camp
CCWA’s popular How to Plan a Refugee Camp event is back for a third time! Paul Frankmann, a former Exploring Humanitarian Law trainer at the American Red Cross, will lead a hands-on workshop analyzing humanitarian law and the policies that protect refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as demonstrating how to ethically build the…
Happy Dog Takes on the World: How We Fight and Why it Matters, Ethics in Foreign Military Operations Today
Military ethics has primarily grabbed the public's attention thanks to Hollywood. Through movies such as the Caine Mutiny, Platoon, and A Few Good Men, audiences have shared in the dilemmas of men and women in uniform as they struggle to discern what is right and wrong, and then try to do the right thing. Through…
Bridges to the World Workshop
Bridges to the World is a series of interactive workshops that examine the key elements of global education and explore a multitude of resources for educators to foster global competence in their classrooms. The semester-long professional development program will train a cohort of educators in middle and high school classrooms to become confident instructors in global…
Global Competency Training
WHAT Join the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for a series of workshops to develop greater global understanding. The series consists of 3 key elements that build off each other (understanding cultural norms; developing cross-cultural strategies; engaging in global competency assessment). Participants can select the series or choose the workshop(s) that suit their interests or…
Taiwan and the U.S.:What Does the Future Hold?
Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations events are for CCFR members only. On January 11, citizens will go to the polls in Taiwan to vote in one of the most consequential presidential elections in Taiwan's history. The biggest difference between the two major candidates - in fact, the biggest election issue in general - is their China…
International Visitor Dinner Hosting – Ukraine
Special education interventionists and disability rights advocates from Ukraine will be in Cleveland focusing on "Inclusive Education" best practices. They will examine the U.S. education system and the continuum of services for individuals with disabilities. To get involved as a Citizen Diplomat, contact Andrew Kovach, Program Officer, at akovach@ccwa.ccwa.org or click here. International Visitor Leadership…
Trade, Politics, and the Global Economic Outlook in 2020
The 2019-2020 Foreign Policy Forum series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. Global growth slowed considerably over the last three quarters of 2018 and into 2019, and rising trade and global tensions have increased uncertainty in both the global trading system and in international cooperation in general. In an overall economic outlook published in November…