Cultural Guide to China & the Cincinnati Chinese Community

People China has over 1.3 billion people representing 56 ethnic minority groups. The largest is the Han Chinese with about 900 million people. There are five legal religions in China: […]

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A Historical Guide to China and Chinese Immigration to Cincinnati – Pt. 1

China’s recorded history began some four-thousand years ago. Three dynasties preceded the unification of China in 221 BCE: Xia (2070 BCE), Shang (1600 BCE), Zhou (1046 BCE). The Zhou period […]

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Embassy visitors, events, more!

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER North Korea Rattling the Pacific Rim With Evans J.R. Revere April 27, GCWAC hosted Evans J.R. Revere, a Senior Advisor at ASG, to speak on the past, present, […]

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Khalid Saaty, Combat Translator, an Iraqi-American Immigrant Story

There are many stories about immigrants from my military days. One friend told me he walked across the Mexico/US border with his mother at a very young age. He was […]

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The Trump Executive Orders

Since stepping into office, President Trump has signed two executive orders affecting travel and immigration to the United States from certain countries. The first travel ban was signed on January […]

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Mission Continues Blog Series pt.1

My name is Jin Kong. I am a husband and a father, an immigrant and a veteran. I am a practicing attorney by training, but I think of myself as […]

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Education, International Visitors, and Upcoming Events

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Global Partners: Thank you for hosting visitors through the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program! Cincinnati welcomed the following delegations through the U.S. Department of State’s […]

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Cincinnati hosts Ukrainian delegation

As an intern for the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council (GCWAC), I am able to further my knowledge much through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). IVLP is the U.S. […]

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The Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Blueprint: Unprecedented Cuts to U.S. Department of State

A word from Global Ties U.S.  The Trump Administration has released its America First –  A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again, the budget recommendations for the federal government […]

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Deep and Dangerous Cuts to International Affairs Budget Would Make America Less Safe

Analysis of the Administration’s FY18 “Skinny” International Affairs Budget Report through U.S. Global Leadership Coalition – March 16, 2017  In keeping with promises to shrink the federal bureaucracy and with […]

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