August 13, 2018

WACA Weekly

This Week: Announcing a New Council Benefit from Stratfor; Election-year Programming; Cover to Cover on Cuba; Qatar Tour; and Council Highlights

Special subscription discount

for WACA Members!

Dear Council Leaders and Supporters:

It's a pleasure to share an exciting opportunity with you. As part of WACA's evolving partnership with Stratfor, the Austin, Texas-based company renowned for its geopolitical intelligence platform, we are pleased to offer a significantly discounted annual subscription to Stratfor Worldview for members of WACA and local Councils.

Your premium digital subscription includes:

·     Unlimited access to all Analyses, Articles, Guidances, and Snapshots

·     Custom Email Notifications

·     My Collections - your library of Stratfor Insights

·     Members-only Discussion Forums

·     Members-only Newsletters

·     Quarterly, Annual, and Decade Forecasts

·     Access to Mobile App for iOS and Android

·     Text-to-Voice feature to listen to Stratfor WorldView content when on the move

With Stratfor's special WACA discount, you will save 72% off the price of a one-year subscription. Enjoy the wealth of analytical and predictive insights for only $99 - the equivalent of just $1.90 per week!

To redeem this offer, visit Stratfor's World Affairs Councils of America Partnership Page.

And for members of WACA's 1918 Society, you will receive the subscription automatically, for free, as a benefit of your participation! (Hint: join the 1918 Society today!)

With best wishes,

Bill Clifford

WACA President and CEO

Council of the Month WAC Dallas/Forth Worth:

Striking Programming Balance in an Election Year

The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth is distinguishing itself by offering programs that feature key politicians while assiduously upholding one of the Council's core values: nonpartisanship.

With less than 100 days until midterm elections, two big Texas races are taking center stage. The 32nd Congressional District is one of the most-watched House races in the country, featuring longtime Republican incumbent Pete Sessions, who chairs the powerful House Rules Committee, and Obama-endorsed first-time candidate Colin Allred. Inside Elections now rates this race a toss-up. The Senate race has also intensified, as recent polls show Senator Ted Cruz with just a slight lead ahead of Texas 16th Congressional District Representative and Democratic candidate, Beto O’Rourke.

Recently, Allred joined the Council for a discussion; Sessions, Beto, and Cruz have been confirmed for engagements pending availability in their calendars. WACDFW also plans to invite all 2020 Presidential candidates to speak. According to its most recent survey, this open forum approach to programming has served the Council well as members see the organization as politically neutral and unbiased. Read more about WACDFW's programming here.

Wednesday, August 22, at 2:00-2:30 PM ET

Cover to Cover with Vicki Huddleston on Cuba

Peeling back the "Sugar Curtain" to examine several decades of stormy relations between the U.S. and Cuba, Vicki Huddleston, the top diplomat in Havana under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, provides an essential memoir. Huddleston also peers into the future, when for the first time in more than six decades no one named Castro will be Cuba's leader.

Register for the conference call Wednesday, Aug 22, at 2-2:30 pm ET.

Coming up in September...

Cover to Cover will feature a conversation with C.J. Chivers, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for the New York Times, on his new book, The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.

WACA 2018 National Conference: Braving the New World Order

November 7-9

The Mayflower Hotel

Washington, DC

Our Table of Eight promotion has been extended - be sure to check it out!

Think Tank six-pack

Brookings Institution

Thomas Wright is director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at Brookings.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

The principals of The Trade Guys, CSIS’s recently launched podcast, will offer a special briefing for a live WACA audience at CSIS headquarters.

PLUS:

American Enterprise Institute 

Center for American Progress New this year!

Center for a New American Security

The McCain Institute New this year!

Additional National Conference speakers and program details will be made in the coming weeks!

The WACA 2018 National Conference will be held November 7-9 at the beautifully renovated

Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. 

Book your rooms under WACA's special group rate of 

$259 / night (Single/Double Occupancy) plus tax.

Click here to reserve your room!