Featured Events – World Affairs Council of Charlotte https://worldaffairscharlotte.org Providing Leadership for Global Thinking Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:03:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 September 22nd, 2026: WACC Speaker Series with Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Director of Research for the Foreign Policy Program, Inaugural Holder of the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy at the Brookings Institution, and Author https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/09222026-michael-o-hanlon-wacc-speaker-series/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:12:10 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=12023 September 10th, 2026: WACC National Security Series with Chris Inglis, Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency and the First National Cyber Director https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/2026-09-10-chris-inglis-national-security-series-luncheon/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:17:12 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=11998 August 13th, 2026: YPWACC Pickleball Mixer at the Tipsy Pickle https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/august-13th-2026-ypwacc-pickleball-mixer-at-the-tipsy-pickle/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:42:19 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=11929 July 10th, 2026: WACC Ambassadors Circle Series Breakfast with H.E. David Hamadziripi, Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the United States https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/wacc-ambassadors-circle-series-breakfast-with-david-hamadziripi-07102026/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:34:08 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=12035 June 17th, 2026: YPWACC Adventures in Dining: El Veneno (Mexican Cuisine) https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/ypwacc_adventuresindining_veneno_06172026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 20:07:37 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=11918 June 16th, 2026: WACC Partner Program (Virtual) — Inside Iran: Context For Today’s Global Tensions https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/waccpartnerprogram-inside-iran-06162026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 17:01:30 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=11941 May 27th, 2026: WACC Speaker Series with David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent at the New York Times, and Author — “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West” https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/wacc-speaker-series-david-sanger-new-cold-wars/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:54:32 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=11818 May 14th, 2026: YPWACC International Artists Workshop Series: Threaded Memories with Ally Nolan and Nastassja Swift https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/ypwacc_international_artists_workshop_series_threadedmemories/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:40:25 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=11842 May 5th, 2026: WACC Ambassadors Circle Series with Ambassador Philip Reeker, former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, former Ambassador to North Macedonia, and Partner and Lead of the Europe and Eurasia Practice at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/may-5th-2026-wacc-ambassadors-circle-series-with-ambassador-philip-reeker-former-assistant-secretary-of-state-for-europe-and-eurasia-former-ambassador-to-north-macedonia-and-partner-and-lead-of-t/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:55:49 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=11733 April 20th, 2026: WACC Partner Program with Steven Cook, Senior Middle East Expert at the Council on Foreign Relations; Ambassador Deborah Jones, U.S. Ambassador (ret.) to Kuwait and Libya; and Beth Sanner, CNN National Security Contributor and former Deputy Director of National Intelligence — “The Iran War: What We Know, What Comes Next” https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/april-20-2026-wacc-partner-program-iran-war-what-we-know-what-comes-next/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:55:18 +0000 https://worldaffairscharlotte.org/?p=11790