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April 2008

 April 23-30:  Travel:  Ambassador Ed Brynn leads Magical Island Tour of Ireland

April 29:  Clay Lowery, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the US Treasury Dept. will discuss "Investment & Trade Liberalization" at the Charlotte City Club 12 PM to 1:30 PM.
$33 members/$45 nonmembers
Register by calling 704-319-2288 or go to www.charlotteeconclub.org
 
May 2008

May 8:  Speaker Series Luncheon: "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy" Professor Michael Klare, Peace & World Security Studies, Hampshire College; Charlotte City Club at 12pm

May 8:  Business Breakfast Series: “Foreign Policy Challenges and Changes in Leadership: Elections in Europe and the United States.”
 Dr. John Hulsman
 8:00 – 9:30 am
Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein LLP
 $ 10 members/$ 15 non-members

May 9: Special Event
 "Ireland Reunion"
(*for Ireland trip participants)
 Friday, May 9th at 6:30 PM
*Call 704-687-7762 for Location and Directions

May 15:  Language Luncheon: German Language Luncheon for selected high school students; 12pm-1:30pm; Waldhorn Restaurant

May 17:  Indonesian Night organized by the Indonesian American Association of Carolinas. For event and ticket purchase information: Indonesian Night
 Tickets are $ 15/person.

May 29: Voyager's Club: Details TBA

May 22:  Business Breakfast Series:
Dr. Jay Bryson, Global Economist (Wachovia)
“Global Recession? Does the U.S. Economy Pull Everybody Else Under?”
 8:00 – 9:30 am
FREE for members/ $ 10 for non-members
 Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein LLP
 

WACC Presentation
WorldQuest  2007 Video

 

 

  

The World Affairs Council of Charlotte (WACC) was founded in 1983 as an outreach program of UNC Charlotte and its Office of International Programs. As a non-profit, non-partisan organization, it is supported by private funding from individual and corporate member dues and contributions. As a regional center for education and discussion of world affairs, the Council seeks to provide leadership for global thinking, believing that a broad perspective is necessary for effective competition in the global economy and for responsible citizenship in the increasingly interdependent political world.

 
 

 

Dr. Jay Bryson, Global Economist (Wachovia)

Global Recession? Does the U.S. Economy Pull Everybody Else Under?”

Thursday, May 22, 2008
8:00 – 9:30 am
Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein LLP
Three Wachovia Center, Suite 3000
401 S Tryon Street,
Charlotte, NC 28202
 

WACC Members

 FREE

Non-Members

$ 10


If you are a WACC member, please reserve your seat by  calling 704-687-7762 or e-mail info@worldaffairscharlotte.org

If you are a non-member, you can reserve your seat and make payment directly through PayPal at www.worldaffairscharlotte.org or you may call the Council at 704-687-7622 to make payment by check or Visa/Master Card.

    


Dr. Jay Bryson
Director, Global Economist Wachovia Corporation

Jay Bryson joined Wachovia in 1998 to provide analysis on financial markets and macroeconomic developments in foreign economies. Before joining Wachovia, Dr. Bryson was an economist in the Division of International Finance at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. From 1989 to 1992, Dr. Bryson was an assistant professor of economics at the University of Alabama. He also has lectured on international economics and macroeconomics at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and at Georgetown University. He has published in academic and popular economic journals and his comments on the economy regularly appear in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and USA Today.   He also makes frequent appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg TV. Dr. Bryson received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

 

 

 
 

Michael T. Klare is the author of thirteen books, including Blood and Oil and Resource Wars. A regular contributor to Harper’s, Foreign Affairs, and the Los Angeles Times, he is the defense analyst for The Nation and the director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst.
 (Source: MacMillan Books)
Buy "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy" at the Council rate of $ 22.00!

Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy
 Michael T. Klare
 $ 22.00 plus S/H or free pick-up at WACC events

Editor of TomDispatch, Tom Engelhardt, interviews Mike Klare, TD contributor and author of the new book "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy."

 

  

 

"U.S French Relations: One the Eve of the French Presidency of the European Union."

Ambassador of France, His Excellency Pierre Vimont speaking at the World Affairs Council Speaker Series Luncheon on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. The luncheon was co-sponsored by AREVA, Charlotte Country Day School, and the French-American Chamber of Commerce of North Carolina

   

 
 



 

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