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		<title>Globalization: The Future of Europe &amp; Eurasia in Turbulent Times, Thursday, September 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael D. Kennedy
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 6:00 pm
The Hope Club, 6 Benevolent Street, Providence
Howard R. Swearer Director of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. Author of Globalizations and Social Movements: Culture, Power, and the Transnational Public Sphere.
With a special Great Decisions program hosted by WRNI Political Reporter Ian Donnis at 5:00 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=2088</link>
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		<title>North Korea: The Strategic Balance and U.S. Foreign Policy on Thursday, October 7, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bruce W. MacDonald
Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 6:00 pm
The Hope Club, 6 Benevolent Street, Providence
A dispute over a sunken warship has shattered relations between North and South Korea . While China is lobbying its neighbors to renew nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, the White House is expanding economic sanctions against the rogue nation and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=2030</link>
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		<title>The European Financial Crisis and Its Global Impact with Ambassador Thomas M.T. Niles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 22, 6:00 p.m.
Countries across Europe are struggling to find ways to cope with their growing debt. From the nationalization of domestic banks to multi-billion cash injections into the capital markets, Europe&#8217;s politicians, regulators, and market players are trying different approaches to deal with the mounting problems &#8230; problems that have an impact on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=1871</link>
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		<title>Providence City News: WACRI honors Mayor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 

Issue No. 347  l  June 3, 2010  l  Providence, Rhode Island
World Affairs Council Honors Mayor Cicilline for His Leadership in Helping to Build a Green Economy

Mayor David N. Cicilline was recognized by the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island (WACRI) for his environmental stewardship and for launching several initiatives aimed at creating new green-collar jobs and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=1859</link>
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		<title>Middle East Politics: Cradle of Unrest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now more than ever, the Persian Gulf region offers many difficult challenges to U.S. policymakers. How will Obama&#8217;s direct appeal to Arabs and Muslims impact U.S. foreign policy in the region? What will the fallout of withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq be? Can the U.S. and its allies prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=1487</link>
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		<title>Under Siege:  U.S.-Mexico Relations &amp; National Security with Eric L. Olson on Tues. March 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Mexico is growing more dangerous daily, with escalating kidnappings, murders and other drug-related violence.  Recently, a failed kidnapping attempt left seven gunmen and a federal police officer dead. In Ciudad Juarez, 15 teens were killed when a gunman stormed a party at a private home. 
The situation has intensified since Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=1268</link>
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		<title>Ukraine and Russia: Politics and Conflict in a Post-Soviet World on February 4, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As seen in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL on 
January 27, 2010: &#8220;Ukraine Needs the West&#8217;s Support&#8220;

One of the largest countries in Europe and a critical transportation point for natural gas from Russia, Ukraine has long been a centerpiece in the struggle for influence in the post-Soviet region. 
Now, fractured politics and a disintegrating economy have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=1012</link>
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		<title>Saved by the Sun? The Global Climate Change Debate Heats Up.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognized as perhaps the single greatest challenge of our time, climate change is no longer just a scientific curiosity but a vast and far reaching environmental concern whose influence could have disastrous consequences on world health and safety, food production, security and the global economy.  So how can the world combat such an extraordinary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=945</link>
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		<title>Scandals, Boycotts, and Boardrooms: Wednesday, November 4 with Dr. James Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scandals, Boycotts, and Boardrooms

James Post, the John F. Smith, Jr. Professor in Management at  Boston University&#8217;s School of Management, will speak about corporate ethics and social responsibility in a global economy.
WHEN:    Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 6:00 P.M.  (Note change in November from our usual Thursday date.)
WHERE:  The Hope Club, Providence
RESERVATIONS:
Call now to make your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=830</link>
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		<title>Belcourt Castle, Saturday, October 17, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In partnership with the International Council of Visitors, the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island is pleased to invite you for an afternoon tour of Newport&#8217;s Belcourt Castle.  As Richard Morris Hunt&#8217;s most unique architectural masterpiece, Belcourt Castle was built for Oliver Belmont and thirty of his prize horses. Alva Vanderbilt divorced William Kissem Vanderbilt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=810</link>
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		<title>Dr. Romano Prodi: Tuesday, October 20, NOTE Reservations deadline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Together the Providence Committee on Foreign Relations and the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island are pleased to present: The Honorable Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister of Italy
Location: The Squantum Club, 947 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, East Providence
Schedule: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. / Reservations deadline:  Thursday, October 15
*Dinner and Program is $40 per [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=790</link>
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		<title>Dr. Stanley Aronson was dinner-speaker in October</title>
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Dr. Stanley Aronson
  &#8220;The Challenges and the Realities of Influenza&#8221;
A weekly contributing columnist for the Providence Journal, Dr. Aronson is Dean of Medicine Emeritis, Brown University. He was our first dinner speaker of the WACRI season. 
An accomplished neurologist, esteemed educator and distinguished author, Aronson is one of the original architects of Brown’s medical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=711</link>
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		<title>Our 75th Gala Celebration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 75th Anniversary of the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island was celebrated with Marvin Kalb, former NBC Moderator of Meet the Press and  The Kalb Report and Mayor David N. Cicilline who presented a key to the City of Providence to Yvonne G. Shilling, our executive director and current Chair of our Program Committee.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=1</link>
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		<title>Mayor Presents Yvonne with Key to City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are so pleased that Mayor David N. Cicilline came to our WACRI Gala at The  Hope Club to honor Yvonne Shilling.
And after he presented her with the key, in Yvonne&#8217;s  warm and witty way,  she said,  &#8220;One more thing.   He is the Mayor of our great city because I taught him in school.&#8221;
Text of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=41</link>
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		<title>Our Tribute Committee Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working quietly and behind the scenes, a group of us put our heads together to honor Yvonne. Greg Chafee, Chair of the Tribute Committee along with Rita Watson and Barry Fain, publisher of the East Side Monthly. He and Rita collaborated on a feature article highlighting the WACRI Event and Yvonne&#8217;s Tribute.

 Photos by Amy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wacri.org/?p=44</link>
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