February's Cover to Cover will host David Biello, TED's new science curator, on his new book The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age  on Wednesday, February 15, at 2:00-2:30 PM ET .

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David Biello is an award-winning journalist who has been reporting on the environment and energy since 1999. He has been an editor and contributing writer at Scientific American, and he also contributes frequently to the Los Angeles Review of Books, Yale e360, Nautilus, and Aeon. Biello has been a guest on radio shows, such as WNYC's The Takeaway, NHPR's Word of Mouth, and PRI's The World. He hosts the ongoing duPont-Columbia award-winning documentary Beyond the Light Switch for PBS. 

The World Affairs Councils of America is pleased to present the KNOW NOW conference call series. These calls will feature global thought leaders hosted by WACA as well as local authorities in government, business, academia and cultural fields who are identified and moderated by local Councils, using our national conference call platform to bring local and national issues of global dimensions to our network.

 
WACA is pleased to feature Anne Applebaum, Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics Institute of Global Affairs, to discuss "The U.S., Ukraine and Russia's Western Ambitions"  on Tuesday, February 21, at 2 PM ET.

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Anne Applebaum is a journalist and historian with a particular expertise in the history of communism and the experience of post-communist "democratization" in the Soviet Union and central Europe. At LSE's Institute of Global Affairs, she will run ARENA, a program on disinformation and 21st century propaganda, and build the Transformation Lab, a program focused on the political and economic transformation of individual countries. She writes a biweekly foreign affairs column for the Washington Post and is the author of several books, including Gulag: A History, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, and Iron Curtain, which won the 2013 Cundill Prize for Historical Literature and was nominated for a National Book Award. Applebaum is featured in a short 15-minute documentary about the Holodomor, the genocidal famine in Ukraine engineered by the USSR's Joseph Stalin. The call comes days before the first Hollywood-style feature film set during the Holodomor, Bitter Harvest , will be in theaters on Feb. 24.  ( Full bio ).

Save the Date!

WACA's 2017 National Conference  will be held on November 15-17 

at the  Capital Hilton . 

WACA, in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, presented a pair of conference calls on U.S.-Mexico Relations. Council President  Jim Falk, a WACA Board member, moderated separate discussions  with former Mexican President Vicente Fox and James Jones, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, on the  political, economic, and social issues affecting the relationship between Mexico and the United States, including the border wall, NAFTA, and migration . 

Listen to the podcasts here. 

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh seeks to hire an Education Program Manager and a part-time Communications Associate to join a dynamic team with a mission to increase global awareness in the Pittsburgh region.

 
The Education Program Manager will be responsible for engaging middle and high school students and teachers through global education programs with a focus on a range of international issues. The manager will be expected to continue developing the flagship education program and the Global Leadership Certificate. See full job description and requirements here.

The Communications Associate will develop and implement a comprehensive communication plans and marketing ideas to further the awareness of the Council. Through social media outlets, management of the official website of the Council, and other forms of contact, this position will keep community members informed on current and upcoming events. See full job description and requirements here.

We encourage anyone who is interested to send all pertinent information [email protected] by the appropriate deadlines.

This year's  AWQ Study Guide , is now available, along with complete information about the Carlos and Malú Alvarez 2017 Academic WorldQuest  National Competition.  

The  Carlos and Malu Alvarez 2017 Academic WorldQuest National Competition  will be held on  Saturday, April 29,  at the  National Press Club  in  Washington, DC .

This year's National Competition will feature a welcome reception at the  United States Institute of Peace , on  Friday, April 28, at 4:30-6:00 PM.  For Topics, Study Guide, and other information click  here . 

Registration for the AWQ National Competition has started.  Teams  must complete this Registration Form as soon as possible in order to participate.  Registration forms are due no later than March 20! 

Please see the 2017 Program Schedule and stay tuned for updates. 

Hotel Reservations:  

To utilize our special hotel rates, book your room now at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center (775 12th St. NW, Washington, DC 20005)! For reservations click here . Book now! These discounted rates expire March 30 .