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NCWA schedules 10 lectures on international issues every season
Welcome to NCWA's New Season, New Venue, New Lectures!
Join us in our exciting new venue for another season of stimulating lectures and special events!
Beginning with the 2024-25 lecture season on November 4, our lectures are at the Naples United Church of Christ (NUCC), 5200 Crayton Road, Naples 34103. Key takeaways about our new location:
President's Club Luncheons Our President’s Club luncheons will be at Seasons 52, at 8930 Tamiami Trail North (at U.S. 41 and Vanderbilt Beach Road), which will provide a special room, menu and staff. If you are not a member of the President’s Club we suggest you consider joining to enjoy more intimate engagement with our distinguished lecturers. Click on this link for more details about membership in the President's Club. | Out of Peril and Chaos: Upcoming Lectures for 2024 Monday, December 9: "The End of Ambition: America's Past, Present and Future in the Middle East," Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Also on December 9 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, there will be a special live discussion in McFadden Hall at NUCC with Dr. Cook on his book of the same title. Past 2024 Lectures Monday, November 4: “Pipe Dream or Strategic Windfall: What the United States Should Expect from India in a Changing World Order”, Dr. Daniel S. Markey, a Senior Advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace and a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Monday, November 18: Germany, NATO and Nuclear Doctrine: “Germany after Merkel - Still a Leader of the Free World?”, Dr. Liana Fix, a Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations and adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University's Center for German and European Studies. Monday, December 2: "Are We Embedded In a New Cold War? Will Russia Win?" Ian J. Brzezinski leads the Brzezinski Group, which provides strategic insight and advice to commercial and government clients, and is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security. For information on 2025 lectures, |
NCWA Book Club's Next Choice is Anne Applebaum's Book on Autocracy On January 7, the Book Club will discuss Anne Applebaum's new book, Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World, a New York Times bestseller. From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, it is an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them. For more information about this book and other offerings, click here. The Book Club meets via Zoom on the first Tuesday of the month from 12:00 to 1:30 pm, November through April. In 2025, the club will meet January 7, February 4, March 4, and April 7. For further information, contact Bill Korstad, bkorstad@mac.com or 303-887-7116. |
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Join or Renew Your Membership! If you are curious about membership in the Naples Council of World Affairs (NCWA), we would love to have you join us for timely and robust programs about the international events we hear about every day. Family and individual memberships are available.* Click here or reach our Call Center at 239-649-3942 to join us! *Membership year runs July 1-June 30 of each year. |
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NCWA is pleased to welcome prospective members as guests at lectures and meetings of Great Decisions groups. Click here for the latest. | Dates, topics and speakers for the 2024-25 season have been announced! Click here to learn more. | Stronger briefing books are on the way! Discussion topics for 2025 have been selected. Click here for details. It's not too late to enroll in Great Decisions! |
Summer Scholarships |
The SWFL Model UN competition broke records in attendance and awards last March and is on track to break records again in 2025. Click here to keep track of preparations! | A team of freshmen from Collier County’s new high school won this year's Academic WorldQuest contest and competed in Washington D.C. Click here for more information. | It's time to apply for 2025 summer scholarships -- click here! Fourteen smart students received NCWA scholarships last summer. Click here to learn who studied in North America and here for international winners. |
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