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SUMMARY:The Brewery Heritage Trail
DESCRIPTION:Hallo all\, join us Monday\, November 1st for a presentation by Steven Hampton\, Executive Director of the Brewery District Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation on the Brewery Heritage trail followed by a Q&A. \nP.S. We are hoping to start in-person meetings again starting in December at the Northern Row Brewery. Be on the look out for more information. \nSincerely yours\nUte Päpke President
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/the-brewery-heritage-trail/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Networking
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T130000
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SUMMARY:The Future on the Persian Gulf Security
DESCRIPTION:Is using military force a viable foreign policy option for 2021 and beyond?\nThe Persian Gulf remains tense as the rivalry between the regional powers of Saudi Arabia and Iran continues. Tensions escalated in early 2020 as the United States began to intervene in the Gulf\, launching an airstrike that killed two Iranian military commanders. What are the historical influences that have led to these tensions? What role\, if any\, should the United States play? Is using military force a viable foreign policy option for 2021 and beyond? This program is presented in cooperation with the World Affairs Council – Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky and OLLI at University of Cincinnati. \nThe group will enjoy a short film about this topic provided by the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decision program. Following this\, there will be a moderated discussion by Padamar Niskode\, Richard Lauf\, and Michelle Harpenau.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/the-future-on-the-persian-gulf-security/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Global Education,Virtual Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T193000
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SUMMARY:Global Supply Chains and National Security
DESCRIPTION:The shutdown of global supply chains due to the Covid-19 pandemic brought to the fore an issue with the high level of global economic interdependence: what happens when one country is the main source for an item\, say face masks\, and then can no longer supply the item? Countries suddenly unable to meet the demand for certain supplies are faced with growing calls for economic nationalism. What are some of the lasting effects that the pandemic could have on global supply chains and trade? How would this affect national security? \nGuillermo Malpica Soto has a long and distinguished career in Mexico’s Ministry of Economy. In October he was designated to represent the Ministry at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington\, D.C. Mr. Malpica has served as Mexico’s Director General for International Trade in Services and Investment in Mexico’s Ministry of Economy since 2008. Since then\, he has been instrumental in formulating Mexico’s position in these areas in multilateral\, regional and bilateral fora\, including the Doha Round in the World Trade Organization\, the OECD\, ALADI\, APEC\, TISA\, the Pacific Alliance and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/global-supply-chains-and-national-security/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T170000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Arctic Security:  Conversation with ADM. Karl Schultz\, Commandant U.S. Coast Guard\, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska\, U.S.
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Biography: \nAdmiral Karl L. Schultz assumed the duties as the 26th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard on June 1\, 2018. As Commandant\, he oversees all global Coast Guard operations and 41\,000 active-duty\, 6\,200 reserve\, and 8\,500 civilian personnel\, as well as the support of 25\,000 Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers. \nHe previously served from August 2016 to May 2018 as Commander\, Atlantic Area where he was the operational commander for all Coast Guard missions spanning five Coast Guard Districts and 40 states. He concurrently served as Director\, DHS Joint Task Force-East\, responsible for achieving the objectives of the DHS Southern Border and Approaches Campaign Plan throughout the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Region\, including Central America. \nPrior flag assignments include Director of Operations (J3)\, U.S. Southern Command in Doral\, Florida; Commander\, Eleventh Coast Guard District in Alameda\, California; and Director of Governmental and Public Affairs at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington\, D.C. Previous operational assignments include Sector Commander in Miami\, Florida\, as well as command tours aboard Cutters VENTUROUS\, ACACIA\, and FARALLON. \nHis senior staff assignments include Chief of the Office of Congressional and Governmental Affairs; Congressional Liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives; Liaison Officer to the U.S. Department of State\, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Assignment Officer at the Coast Guard Personnel Command; and Command Duty Officer in the Seventh Coast Guard District Operations Center in Miami. \nA native of Connecticut\, Admiral Schultz graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1983\, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. In 1992\, he was awarded a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Connecticut\, and in 2006\, completed a one-year National Security Fellowship at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He and his wife\, Dawn\, have five children – Kelsey\, Lindsey\, Annaliese\, Eric\, and Zachary. \nHis personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal\, four Legions of Merit\, four Meritorious Service Medals\, three Coast Guard Commendation medals\, two Coast Guard Achievement Medals and various other personal and unit awards. \n___ \nSpecial Guest Biography: \nLisa Murkowski\, Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator\, is a third generation Alaskan proudly serving as the first Alaskan born senator. \nSince joining the Senate in 2002\, Senator Murkowski has worked tirelessly for Alaskans and earned a reputation in the Senate for her ability to work collaboratively and across the aisle to reach common sense solutions. Murkowski is well-known for her love and dedication to her state\, which means putting Alaska first. \nA leader on energy and public lands issues\, Senator Murkowski recognizes that sound national policy will promote not only job creation and economic growth\, but also higher standards of living and greater global stability. She supports the safe and efficient production and use of all forms of domestic energy\, as well as research to help develop emerging technologies. Senator Murkowski continues to pursue policies to advance renewable energy\, increase energy efficiency\, and make America’s energy cleaner\, more affordable\, and more reliable. \nSenator Murkowski has long advocated for the Arctic as a national priority and continues to push the United States to invest in the infrastructure and assets critical to supporting an Arctic strategy. She is leading the charge to recapitalize and expand America’s fleet of icebreakers and has introduced legislation to raise the nation’s presence in the Arctic through two bills that support responsible research and development as well as giving those who live in the region a greater voice on policy and research. \nShe is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee (Subcommittees –Commerce\, Justice\, Science\, and Related Agencies; Defense; Energy and Water Development; Homeland Security; Military Construction\, Veterans Affairs\, and Related Agencies)\, Ranking Member of the Interior-Environment Subcommittee\, member of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee\, member of the Senate Health\, Education\, Labor & Pensions Committee\, and Vice Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. \nMurkowski was born in Ketchikan and raised in towns across the state\, including Wrangell\, Juneau\, Fairbanks\, and Anchorage. She is married to Verne Martell\, and they have two grown sons. Lisa loves spending time in the Alaska outdoors. She’s an avid skier\, has hiked on glaciers\, enjoys fall duck hunts\, and has an impressive King Salmon mounted on her office wall. \n___ \nModerator Biography: \nHeather Conley is senior vice president for Europe\, Eurasia\, and the Arctic and director of the Europe\, Russia\, and Eurasia Program at CSIS. Prior to joining CSIS as a senior fellow and director for Europe in 2009\, Conley served four years as executive director of the Office of the Chairman of the Board at the American National Red Cross. \nFrom 2001 to 2005\, she was deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs with responsibilities for U.S. bilateral relations with the countries of Northern and Central Europe. From 1994 to 2001\, she was a senior associate with an international consulting firm led by former U.S. deputy secretary of state Richard L. Armitage. \nMs. Conley began her career in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. She was selected to serve as special assistant to the coordinator of U.S. assistance to the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union\, and she has received two State Department Meritorious Honor Awards. \nMs. Conley is frequently featured as a foreign policy analyst and Europe expert on CNN\, MSNBC\, BBC\, NPR\, and PBS\, among other prominent media outlets. She received her B.A. in international studies from West Virginia Wesleyan College and her M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). \n___ \nCommandant’s White House Fellow Biography: \nVictoria Herrmann is a 2021-2022 White House Fellow placed with the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. Prior to the Fellowship\, Dr. Herrmann was an Assistant Research Professor at Georgetown University\, a National Geographic Explorer\, and the Managing Director of The Arctic Institute\, a nonprofit with a mission to inform policy for a just\, sustainable\, and secure Arctic. Victoria directed strategic planning and oversaw the implementation of global research partnerships by a 45-person team. \nHer research focused on Arctic climate change and resilience. As a recognized expert in the field\, Victoria has testified before the House and Senate\, served as the Alaska Review Editor for the National Climate Assessment\, and contributes to national and international media. At Georgetown\, she served as the Principal Investigator of a National Science Foundation-funded Research Coordination Network on Arctic migrations. The three-year initiative aims to build a lasting\, policy-oriented network of Arctic scientists to strengthen communication between nations and scientific disciplines. \nBeyond the Arctic\, Victoria studies climate-induced displacement\, migration\, and relocation in North America and Fiji as a National Geographic Explorer. In her first National Geographic project\, America’s Eroding Edges\, she traveled across the country interviewing 350 local leaders to identify what’s needed most to safeguard coastal communities against the unavoidable impacts of climate change. \nHer project\, Rise Up to Rising Tides\, is creating an online matchmaking platform that connects pro bono experts with climate-affected communities. The project seeks to safeguard heritage by connecting national expertise to some of the 13 million Americans at risk of being displaced due to rising waters in the coming years. \nVictoria was a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, a Fulbright Awardee to Canada\, and a Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow at the National Academies of Sciences. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar\, an M.A. in International Affairs from Carleton University\, and a B.A. from Lehigh University.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/the-future-of-arctic-security-conversation-with-adm-karl-schultz-commandant-u-s-coast-guard-senator-lisa-murkowski-of-alaska-u-s/
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Speaker Webinar | United Arab Emirates: 50 Years Young
DESCRIPTION:About the Program \nOn Wednesday\, November 17\, our Distinguished Speaker will be Ms. Shaima Gargash\, Deputy Chief of Mission at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington\, D.C. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of U.A.E. as a united and independent country. This small\, dynamic Middle Eastern country has recently launched the HOPE probe now orbiting around Mars\, is aggressively investing in renewable energy sources back on Earth\, and is hosting Dubai EXPO 2020 (the first-ever world’s fair in the Middle East). One of America’s strongest allies in the region\, the UAE is exerting a leadership role in perennially dynamic Middle Eastern diplomacy.  \nMs. Shaima will be interviewed by Pierre Atlas\, PhD\, who teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the Public Affairs and Criminal Justice Programs at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. He was previously Professor of Political Science at Marian University where he served as the Founding Director of the Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies and directed its annual speaker series. He writes a monthly opinion column for the Indianapolis Business Journal\, and has been a board member of Indiana Council on World Affairs since 2020. A native of Texas\, Pierre grew up in California and is a US Army veteran.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/distinguished-speaker-webinar-united-arab-emirates-50-years-young/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:Disarray & Disaster in the Taliban's Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special\, exclusive event featuring Lt. Tom Schram\, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer\, who specializes in the study and reporting on national security and political-economic events in China\, the Western Pacific\, the Middle East\, and Afghanistan. \nThursday\, November 18 at 6:30PM EST\nvia Virtual Zoom Presentation\nThe disaster and chaos in Afghanistan just keep getting worse. With the government unable to pay its bills\, the infrastructure crumbling\, the ruthless treatment of remaining Afghans who could not escape during the U.S./NATO airlift\, the ruling Taliban are finding it complex and difficult to govern and manage as they change from fighting a war to state building\, all in a failing economy with no workable financial system in place. \nThe Taliban’s approach to government has been and continues to be a strict Sharia law under a vicious theocracy. Their merciless approach to those not conforming exactly to these beliefs knows no mercy for those left behind following the U.S. departure. Women’s rights are almost non-existent. \nOur evening presentation will touch on the history of the region\, previous conquests\, topographic challenges\, war after 9/11\, the evacuation debacle and the poor planning decisions by National Command Authority. Last but not least\, our speaker will discuss the strategic implications for the U.S. and the world going forward. \n\nOur Presenting Guest Speaker\nTom Schram holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the United States Naval Academy\, Class of 1969. Tom also has an MBA degree in marketing and finance from the Shidler School of Business\, University of Hawaii. He was commissioned in the Navy’s Restricted Line and\nserved 7.5 years as a special intelligence officer in the Naval Security Group. He was stationed in both Japan and Okinawa while serving on multiple deployments. In 1973\, he was assigned to NSGA Anchorage\, AK as Executive Officer. He resigned his commission in late 1976. \nHis specialty was electronic intelligence collection while serving in the Naval Security Group. He played a role in the Saigon evacuation in 1975. After leaving the Navy\, he had an eclectic career starting with Procter & Gamble where he worked in manufacturing\, research & development\, advertising brand management\, and sales. He was a co-owner of an advertising agency that he helped grow from $2M/year in revenue to $12M over five years. He ran a ballistics research firm for eight years\, helped start a microbrewery and led an Internet security firm who had developed an unbreakable firewall. \nTom’s innovative approach in each of his endeavors led to patents and unique business opportunities. However\, he never lost his interest in discovering and publishing about world events. For the past twenty years\, he has been deeply involved in studying and reporting on geopolitical events around the world with special focus on the Middle East\, Afghanistan\, and China. His resurgence in learning about all things geopolitical began on 9/11/2001 when he lost his very close friend and USNA classmate in the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the attack on America. Most recently\, Tom played a direct role in assisting 757 Afghan refugees flee in the recent aftermath of the Taliban takeover and is now currently assisting another group of refugees who desperately need to evacuate Afghanistan.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/disarray-disaster-in-the-talibans-afghanistan/
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CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual Seminar
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SUMMARY:Role of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:The Covid-19 pandemic has thrust the World Health Organization (WHO) into the limelight\, for better and for worse. While some of the Trump administration’s criticism of the organization was unfair\, the response to the early stages of the pandemic left many experts wanting more from the WHO. What is the WHO’s role in responding to international pandemics? What can be done to improve the WHO’s response to future global health crises? \nDr. Samira Asma is the Assistant Director-General for Data\, Analytics and Delivery for Impact at the World Health Organization where she leads WHO’s efforts to use timely\, reliable and actionable data to drive progress towards the Triple Billion targets and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgency to strengthen country health information systems. By aligning with countries and partners\, Dr. Asma is working to ensure every country has a robust data and health information system\, to make health data accessible\, and to use data to improve health.
URL:https://globalcincinnati.org/event/role-of-international-organizations-in-a-global-pandemic/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Virtual Seminar
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