October 15, 2018

WACA Weekly

Conference Hotel Block Expires TOMORROW and 1918 Society Dinner; Engage America Programs; Cover to Cover on Privacy; AWQ Details and Official Study Guide; SQCC's SALAM; Council News

WACA 2018 National Conference: Braving the New World Order

November 7-9

The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC

Announcing: 1918 Society Dinner on Friday, Nov. 9 (6:00 - 8:30 pm)

His Excellency Cho Yoon-je

Ambassador

Republic of Korea to the United States of America

Ambassador Joseph Yun

Former U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy

Reception to Celebrate FPA Centennial at OAS

WACA is proud to co-host a special reception in honor of our partner and founding member, the Foreign Policy Association. FPA, led by Noel Lateef, is marking its 100th anniversary. We are delighted to co-host this reception for all WACA National Conference attendees on Thursday, November 8, at the Organization of American States.

New Think Tank Speakers!

William Alan Reinsch

Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business

CSIS

Scott Miller

Senior Adviser, Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy

CSIS

Heather Fischer

Program Manager, Combatting Human Trafficking

McCain Institute

Cyril Bumbálek

National Security Fellow, McCain Institute

Career Diplomat, Czech Republic Foreign Ministry

Berivan Orucoglu

Program Coordinator, Supporting Human Rights Defenders

McCain Institute

James Kirchick

Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Brookings Institution

Councils Present Engage America 2018 Programs

The following Engage America Oman 2018 and Future of Korea 2018 programs are co-sponsored by WACA and its grant funders Korea Economic Institute and Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center:

Oman 2018

World Affairs Council of New Hampshire will present Dr. Anne Rasmussen for The Music and Culture of Oman: Musical Biodiversity and the Indian Ocean Soundscape on October 16.

World Affairs Council of Western Michigan will host Dr. Fahad Bishara as part of its Fall Lecture Series: Shifting Sands in the Arabian Peninsula on October 18.

Future of Korea 2018

Indiana Council on World Affairs will present a panel of experts for its Distinguished Speaker Series: Future of Korea on October 18.

October Cover to Cover: Debating Privacy in America

Join WACA's Cover to Cover conference call on Tuesday, October 23, at 2:00-2:30 pm ET, featuring Sarah E. Igo, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Program in American Studies at Vanderbilt University, on her new book, The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America.

Every day, Americans make decisions about their privacy: what to share and when, how much to expose, and to whom. Securing the boundary between one’s private affairs and public identity has become a central task of citizenship. How did privacy come to loom so large in American life? Sarah Igo tracks this elusive social value across the twentieth century, as individuals questioned how they would, and should, be known by their own society.