"China’s Indo-Pacific Challenge: How Should the West Respond?" with Tony Abbott ACPresented by ASU SCETL in partnership with PCFRFriday, March 22, 2024 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Marston Exploration Theater, ISTB-4, 781 S Terrace Rd, Tempe Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott assesses the geopolitical challenge that China poses in the Indo-Pacific and how Western countries should respond. While no one can just whether the chance of an assault on Taiwan is 50 percent or 10 percent, he warns that the danger is high enough for serious countries to have thought it through. The natural tendency among democracies to assume business-as-usual amounts to sleepwalking into crisis. Abbott lays out the larger security problem and sketches options to address it. Open to students, faculty, staff, and the general public. Refreshments will be served. |
Out of the Darkness with Frank Trentmann | The Germans: 1942-2022April 2, 2024 7:00 p.m. EDT Virtual Event Free | Registration required How can a nation reinvent itself? Author Frank Trentmann will join us April 2nd at 7PM EDT to tell the story of how the German people were able to rebuild after World War II and redefine their place in the world – and what we can learn from it today. In conversation with Jim Falk. WorldNow with Jim Falk is hosted by the World Affairs Council of Connecticut with Global Santa Fe. Presented in partnership with the American Council on Germany, World Affairs Council of Albuquerque, World Affairs Council of Jacksonville, WorldOregon, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, and the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations. Order a copy of Out of the Darkness by Frank Trentmann here. |
Israel, Gaza, and American Policy: A Conversation with Peter BeinartApril 9, 2024 4:00 p.m. W.P. Carey Great Hall, Beus Center for Law and Society, Phoenix Peter Beinart is a Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He is also Editor at Large of Jewish Currents and writes The Beinart Notebook, a weekly newsletter. He is a frequent op-ed commentator with the New York Times and has been interviewed on major media outlets including CNN and The New Republic. His is a progressive Jewish voice calling for co-existence and equality for Jews and Palestinians in Palestine-Israel. |
Scottsdale Jazz Festival Blues & BrewsPresented by International Jazz Day AZ FoundationApril 27, 2024 Scottsdale Civic Center East Bowl The 2024 Scottsdale Jazz Festival will be held on April 27th at the new Scottsdale Civic Center East Bowl in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale by all of the area’s teaming restaurants, bars, shops, and galleries. |