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January 24

CHAT & CHOWDA Author Series

"Creating value in a crowded marketplace is always difficult; doing it in a sustainable fashion is downright painful. Eric Lowitt's The Future of Value provides insightful analysis of how successful businesses have been able to make sustainability part of their corporate ethos and more importantly how they have translated this ethos into profits and value for all stakeholders." -- Anup Jacob, Venture

Partner, Virgin Green Fund

Global Education Office

GREAT DECISIONS 2012

February 14 Topic 1: Arab Realignment

The popular revolts and upheaval of the Arab Spring have radically changed the face of the Middle East. What lies ahead for the region’s transition to democracy? What are the prospects for governments that have held out in this new order? With many former allies ousted, how will the U.S. recalibrate its relations with the new regimes? Speaker: TBA

Where: Boston Public Library
The Boston Room, 1st Floor (Boylston Street Entrance)

Date: Tuesday, February 14

Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Cost: Free and open to the public

WorldBoston's GREAT DECISIONS 2012 lecture and discussion series
is made possible by a generous grant from The Lowell Institute.

GREAT DECISIONS 2012 Preview

New topics announced! All discussions on the

following Tuesdays at the Boston Public Library:

Middle East Realignment - February 14

Promoting Democracy - March 13

Mexico - April 10

Cybersecurity - May 8

Exit from Afghanistan and Iraq - September 11

State of the Oceans - October 9

Indonesia - November 13

Energy Geopolitics - December 11

BECOME A MEMBER of WorldBoston and receive
a copy of the GREAT DECISIONS 2012 Briefing Book free! ($20 value)

Created by the Foreign Policy Association of New York (FPA), GREAT DECISIONS is the name of a briefing book and a program designed to engage citizens in learning about critical global issues and U.S. foreign policy.

GREAT DECISIONS Fall 2011

The Caucasus (December 6)

Monica Toft, Ph.D., Director, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs,

The Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Global Governance (November 8)
Craig Murphy, Ph.D., Co-Director, Center for Governance and

Sustainability, The McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston

View the Great Decisions Fall Update

Banks, Governments, and Debt Crises (October 11)
Charles Kane, Senior Lecturer in Finance, The MIT Sloan School of Management; Board of Directors, One Laptop Per Child
View the Great Decisions Fall Update

Horn of Africa (September 13)
Ambassador Charles Stith, Director of the African Presidential Archives

and Research Center, Boston University; Former Ambassador to Tanzania
View the Great Decisions Fall Update

GREAT DECISIONS Spring 2011

National Security After Bin Laden (May 10)
Kelly Greenhill, Ph.D., Associate Professor of International Relations,

Tufts University; Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center

Foreign Policy Association Video

Germany Ascendant (April 12)
Paul Vallet, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, The Fletcher School,
Tufts University; Adjunct Faculty, Sciences-Po (Paris)
Foreign Policy Association Video

Rebuilding Haiti (March 8)
Pierre Cremieux, Ph.D., President, Community Health International
Foreign Policy Association Video

Sanctions and Nonproliferation (February 8)
Jim Walsh, Ph.D., Research Associate, Security Studies Program,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Foreign Policy Association Video

Academic WorldQuest

Spring 2012: WorldBoston's 5th Annual Competition

What is it? A fun, friendly, and powerful way for high school students to learn about international affairs. Academic WorldQuest tests students' global knowledge. It's a flagship education program of the World Affairs Councils of America. And WorldBoston is excited to host our 5th Annual Academic WorldQuest competition! Learn more!

Contact us today to register your high school team this fall for the 2012 local contest, and the chance to represent Eastern Massachusetts at the national competition next April 21st in Washington, D.C.!

SPONSOR YOUR HIGH-SCHOOL TEAM!
Call 617.542.8995 x103 for sponsorship details or e-mail wb@worldboston.org

2011-2012 AWQ Study Topics:

Middle East

Afghanistan/Pakistan

China

NATO

UN Millennium Goals: Child Health

Azerbaijan

Current Events

U.S. Education: Competing Globally

U.S. Energy Policy

U.S. Economic Competitiveness

April 30: WorldBoston champs head to D.C.
for the National AWQ Competition

Braintree High Three-peats!

See the boston.com article

Try the WorldQuest interactive quiz

BECOME A SPONSOR! Call 617.542.8995

A flagship program of the World Affairs Councils of America

WorldBoston's Academic WorldQuest is supported by a generous grant from The Carlson Family Fund. We are also grateful to our venue host, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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