CCWA 2020 Annual Meeting
Join us for our virtual 2020 Annual Meeting to celebrate our accomplishments from the past year! Our Annual Meeting will feature a report from Cleveland Council on World Affairs' staff on our key program results, notable events, and our work as a team. As part of this celebration, we will be honoring our out-going Chairman of…
Webinar for Educators: A Look at Global Protests
Join CCWA for an hour-long webinar on global protests. We invite middle school and high school teachers (grades 7-12) to participate in a webinar that will focus on global protests and demonstrations since 2019, including a look at the Black Lives Matter movement both in the U.S. and abroad. We will share lesson plans, resources,…
Happy Dog Takes on the World: Foreign Threats and the 2020 Election
The challenges facing contemporary democracies are unprecedented. The rise of foreign interference in the spread of disinformation, the fragility of cybersecurity, and questions of electoral integrity have recently forced us to reevaluate our conception of national security. And that was before the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe. With less than 100 days to the 2020…
Global Health and Pandemics: A World Reshaped by COVID-19
The 2020-2021 Foreign Policy Forum series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. Wednesday September 23, 2020 from 6:00-7:15 PM Join CCWA for our first Foreign Policy Forum of the 2020-2021 season as we host a virtual conversation on global health and the COVID-19 pandemic with Thomas Bollyky. Mr. Bollyky is at the Council on Foreign…
Cleveland LEADS: Leadership, Exchange, and Diplomacy Scholars Program
Show the World How... Cleveland LEADS Do you have what it takes to be a leader in an increasingly globalized world? How do topics such as global competency, intercultural understanding, diversity, and global awareness impact what we do everyday in Greater Cleveland? How can young professionals shape the region of Northeast Ohio through a more…
Happy Dog Takes on the World: COVID-19 and Women’s Leadership Around the World
In October 2020, the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which addressed the importance of women’s political participation for sustainable peace, among other issues. This anniversary comes as the coronavirus pandemic continues to upend lives around the globe. For women, these affects are especially acute.…
Foreign Policy and the 2020 Election
The 2020-2021 Foreign Policy Forum series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. Monday October 26, 2020 from 6:00-7:00 PM The world is watching closely as the U.S. presidential election approaches. Analysts have stated that this election is historic and unprecedented for a number of reasons, and we are now in the final stretch of the…
Happy Dog Takes on the World: The Next President’s Foreign Policy Inbox
Regardless of which candidate prevails on November 3, the next President of the United States will inherit a complicated international landscape and mounting global problems. While this has been true for nearly every modern presidential election, what makes this election different is that Joe Biden and Donald J. Trump vastly disagree on almost every foreign…
Webinar for Educators: A Look at Global Protests
Join CCWA for an hour-long webinar on global protests. We invite middle school and high school teachers (grades 7-12) to participate in a webinar that will focus on global protests and demonstrations since 2019, including a look at the Black Lives Matter movement both in the U.S. and abroad. We will share lesson plans, resources,…
Crisis in the U.S.-China Relationship: What’s next for the two countries?
The 2020-2021 Foreign Policy Forum series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. Wednesday November 18, 2020 from 6:00-7:15 PM Many foreign policy experts are watching closely as tensions continue to mount between the United States and China. As of now, Beijing is increasingly seen as a competitor and an economic rival to the United States. Although…
Global Economic Outlook 2021
The 2020-2021 Foreign Policy Forum Series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. This Forum is the annual Dr. Raj and Karen Aggarwal Forum on International Business. The global economy continues to slowly climb out of recession following the COVID-19 lockdowns that impacted the entire world in the spring of 2020. Even though cases of COVID-19…
Happy Dog Takes on the World: Coups and the Fragility of Democracy
On January 6, 2021, supporters of President Trump violently stormed the Capitol after attending a rally on the National Mall where Trump defended his belief that the election had been "stolen" from him. Five people died. Many saw it as inevitable, a cumulation of four years of President Trump and his administration testing the invisible…