The European Union & TTIP – tweets, podcast & photos!

On Thursday, September 10th, the Deputy Chiefs of Mission for Germany and Poland opened our new WorldMatters evening series engaging over 40 Alaskans on the importance of the European Union and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to the US and Alaska. The next day, they addressed the public at a luncheon program and […]

Global Interest in the Arctic – podcast, tweets & photos!

On Tuesday, September 1st, the Alaska World Affairs Council featured a number of foreign dignitaries visiting Alaska for the U.S. Department of State’s GLACIER conference. U.S. Arctic Research Commission Chair, Fran Ulmer, moderated a fascinating discussion between Dr. Henryka Moscicka-Dendys, Undersecretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs, European Policy and Human Rights, Poland; Tony Siddique, Ambassador […]

Alaska’s Global Economy – podcast, tweets & photos!

The Friday, July 24th program on “Alaska’s Global Economy: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going,” featured the expertise of Margie Brown, former President and CEO of CIRI; Dr. Paul Dunscomb, Department Chair and Professor of History at UAA; Larry Cash, President and CEO of RIM Architects; and Dr. Rashmi Prasad, Dean of the College […]