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		<title>October 30, 2025: WACC Foreign Relations Speaker Series with Candace Rondeaux, Senior Director, Future Frontlines and Planetary Politics;  Professor of Practice, Arizona State University, and Author of &#8220;Putin&#8217;s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia&#8217;s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos&#8221;</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Join the World Affairs Council of Charlotte for a timely and engaging luncheon conversation with Candace Rondeaux, a leading expert on global security, irregular warfare, and authoritarian power. As part of the WACC Foreign Relations Speaker Series, Candace Rondeaux will explore how Russian mercenary forces, especially the Wagner Group, are changing the face of modern warfare. She’ll explain how these groups operate outside traditional military structures to carry out Russia’s strategic goals through proxy wars, resource deals, and influence campaigns across regions like Ukraine, the Middle East, and Africa.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>May 4, 2022: WACC Foreign Policy Series with Dr. Angela Stent Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, The Brookings Institution and Author (Virtual)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Join the World Affairs Council of Charlotte virtually on Wednesday, May 4 as we listen to Dr. Angela Stent, a leading expert in Eurasian, Russian, and Eastern European Studies. She will share her expert insight into Putin's ongoing rampage against western powers, Russia's turbulent past, and the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage.]]></description>
		
		
		
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