April 3, 2020 Dear Members, As we all continue to deal with the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, and in the interests of your continued safety and that of the wider community, we have decided […]
3 | April 2020
Friday 7:24 PM
March 13, 2020 Dear Members, In view of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, and in the interests of your safety and that of the wider community, we have decided to cancel our two March […]
23 | March 2020
Monday 9:15 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Dean Accardi, Professor of History, Connecticut College, presents “India, Pakistan, and the War over Kashmir” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs […]
10 | March 2020
Tuesday 8:48 PM
Dear Members, Our February 13th meeting provided that rare opportunity to SECWAC members and guests to hear first-hand what it is like to stand up to a dictator and try to change your […]
10 | March 2020
Tuesday 8:42 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Esam Boraey, Egyptian Political Activist, presents “The Development of Democracy in Egypt” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes […]
3 | February 2020
Monday 7:40 PM
Dear Members, On January 23, approximately 70 SECWAC members and guests gathered at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme to hear Megan O’Neill speak on her work at Imagine Scholar in South […]
3 | February 2020
Monday 7:36 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Megan O’Neill, Imagine Scholar, presents “A Different Look at Rural African Education” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes place […]
8 | January 2020
Wednesday 1:55 PM
Dear Members, We had 2 SECWAC events in December: Sarah Wiliarty from Wesleyan University spoke to us on December 12 on the ever-evolving situation of “The Rise of Populism in Europe”, while on […]
8 | January 2020
Wednesday 12:51 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Sarah Wiliarty, Associate Professor Wesleyan University, presents “The Rise of Populism in Europe” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes […]
3 | December 2019
Tuesday 11:33 AM
Dear Members, We had a large gathering at Connecticut College on November 12th to hear Katherine Brown, President of Global Ties USA, speak on the subject of the Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan. […]
3 | December 2019
Tuesday 11:26 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Katherine Brown, President and CEO Global Ties US, presents, “Afghanistan: Storytelling of America’s Longest War” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council […]
4 | November 2019
Monday 8:10 PM
Dear Members, On October 24th, approximately 95 SECWAC members and guests gathered at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme to hear Jonathan Starr speak on his work building the Abaarso School of […]
4 | November 2019
Monday 7:47 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Jonathan Starr, Abaarso School of Science and Technology, Somaliland, presents, “It Takes a School” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council […]
17 | October 2019
Thursday 6:45 PM
SECWAC Quarterly Colloquium Meeting (Q4 2019) and SECWAC/Essex Meadows Community Partnership Recaps Dear Members, On October 10, about 90 members and guests gathered at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme for the […]
17 | October 2019
Thursday 6:34 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Emma Sky, Jackson Institute, Yale University, presents “In a Time of Monsters – A Middle East in Revolt” This Southeast […]
22 | September 2019
Sunday 5:25 PM
Dear Members, The 2019-2020 Season got off to a great start on September 12th with a reading by local author Sydney Williams from his new book, Dear Mary: Letters Home from the 10th […]
22 | September 2019
Sunday 4:56 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Will Kneerim (IRIS) & Mohammed Hamou (Old Lyme resident & Syrian refugee) present “Coming to America: A Refugee Story” Brought […]
22 | August 2019
Thursday 9:18 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Gordon Chang, China expert and author, presents, “America’s Grandest Wager: China” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes place […]
22 | August 2019
Thursday 9:01 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Sydney Williams, local author and SECWAC member, presents his new book, “Dear Mary: Letters Home from the 10th Mountain Division, […]
22 | August 2019
Thursday 8:47 PM
Dear Members, The final meeting of the 2018-2019 Speaker Season brought us some clarity on the origins of the Brexit referendum, even as the final outcome of this story remains to be determined. […]
22 | August 2019
Thursday 8:09 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University, presents “Brexit: Why did it happen, and what comes next? Southeast Connecticut World […]
16 | June 2019
Sunday 12:20 PM
Dear Members, I hope that you were able to attend our April and May meetings, held recently a week apart at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme. The overall topic was similar […]
15 | May 2019
Wednesday 10:10 PM
List of Past Speakers that have presented at SECWAC Meetings: 2018-2019 Season June 2019 – Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University, “Brexit: Why did it happen, and what comes next?” May 2019 – Ivo H. Daalder […]
15 | May 2019
Wednesday 10:00 PM
Dear Members, I’m sure that you have noticed by now that the next two monthly SECWAC meetings are occurring on consecutive Thursdays, April 25 and May 3. The reason for this relates more […]
18 | April 2019
Thursday 11:26 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Ivo H. Daalder, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations, present […]
16 | April 2019
Tuesday 10:15 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Stephen M Walt, Harvard Kennedy School, presents “America’s Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy” […]
20 | March 2019
Wednesday 11:59 AM
Dear Members, On Tuesday, March 12, those of us gathered at Connecticut College witnessed a moving presentation by an individual very familiar with the “sharp end” of US foreign policy. CJ Chivers, soldier, […]
20 | March 2019
Wednesday 11:19 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org CJ Chivers, Author and former US Marine Corps Officer, presents “Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq” […]
25 | February 2019
Monday 2:43 PM
Dear Members, Those of you fortunate to be among the 70+ attendees at the February SECWAC meeting at Connecticut College last week enjoyed a tour-de-force presentation on international affairs in the deep history […]
25 | February 2019
Monday 2:23 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Carl Zimmer, Author and Journalist, presents ‘The Deep History of Global Affairs’ Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council […]
1 | February 2019
Friday 11:32 AM
Dear Members, At our first meeting of 2019, held at Connecticut College on January 28, Caroleen Sayej, Professor of Government and International Relations at the college, spoke to us of the important role […]
1 | February 2019
Friday 11:15 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Caroleen Sayej, Associate Professor of Government and International Relations at Connecticut College, presents ‘Patriotic Ayatollahs: Nationalism in Post-Saddam […]
19 | December 2018
Wednesday 8:01 PM
Dear Members, If you were among the capacity crowd of over 120 members and guests attending the December meeting at the Old Lyme Country Club, you know you were in the presence of […]
18 | December 2018
Tuesday 8:11 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Rob Hernandez, local independent expert, presents, “Cuba, the Conflicted Isle: can it reconcile its past while creating […]
25 | November 2018
Sunday 10:56 PM
Dear Members, The third meeting of the 2018-2019 SECWAC Speaker season was held at Connecticut College, New London, on November 14th, with some 70-odd members and guests hearing about the current status of […]
25 | November 2018
Sunday 10:30 PM
Dear Members, At our second meeting of the 2018-2019 season, held at the Old Lyme Country Club on October 24, we were treated to a wonderful review of the current state of the […]
30 | October 2018
Tuesday 10:58 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Charles Sennott, Founder, CEO & Editor of The GroundTruth Project, presents “GroundTruth in a ‘Post-truth’ Era” Southeast […]
28 | October 2018
Sunday 8:34 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Robert Morgus, Sr. Policy Analyst, Cybersecurity Initiative, New America, presents ‘The Battle for the Global Internet‘ Southeast […]
10 | October 2018
Wednesday 1:58 PM
Dear Members, I hope you had the good fortune to attend our inaugural meeting of the 2018-2019 Speaker Season last week at Connecticut College. After our Annual and Board meetings at which Milt […]
28 | September 2018
Friday 12:20 PM
By Julia Stout, SECWAC Intern On June 4, SECWAC hosted Yale Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, John Lewis Gaddis, at Connecticut College for a talk on his new book: On Grand Strategy. To […]
20 | June 2018
Wednesday 7:03 PM
June 17, 2018 Dear Friend of SECWAC, On behalf of the Program Committee, I write to thank you for your support of SECWAC during our 2017-2018 Speaker Season. As we prepare for the […]
20 | June 2018
Wednesday 2:20 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org John Lewis Gaddis presents, “On Grand Strategy” Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes place on […]
30 | May 2018
Wednesday 11:06 AM
By Julia Stout, SECWAC Intern On May 16, SECWAC hosted local scholar Anthony Pellegrini for a presentation on China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI). Mr. Pellegrini began with giving a background on China’s ancient […]
23 | May 2018
Wednesday 4:06 PM
By Paul Nugent, Executive Director On May 16, SECWAC members and guests traveled to Stonington where the La Grua Center was the venue for a very informative, if somewhat sobering, presentation on the […]
23 | May 2018
Wednesday 4:02 PM
“A wonderful presentation by a dynamic speaker.” “A brilliant presentation on the current situation in Korea in the context of 20th-century history.” “Her talk was absolutely riveting.” So ran comments from attendees at […]
22 | April 2018
Sunday 2:34 PM
List of Past Speakers that have presented at SECWAC Meetings: 2017-2018 Season June 2018 – John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University, “US Grand Strategy in the 21st Century” May 2018 – Anthony Pellegrini, Independent […]
15 | April 2018
Sunday 2:50 PM
Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC), is an organization focused on expanding its audience to reach young professionals and area high school and college students interested in world affairs. Each month in the […]
21 | March 2018
Wednesday 6:06 PM
Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) welcomes 8-10 guest speakers per year, September through June. If you’re interested in being a guest speaker at one of our monthly meetings in the southeast Connecticut […]
6 | March 2018
Tuesday 2:12 AM
March 13, 2020 Dear Members, In view of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, and in the interests of your safety and that of the wider community, we have decided to cancel our two March […]
23 | March 2020
Monday 9:15 AM
The mission of the Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) is to foster an understanding of issues of foreign policy and international affairs by study, debate, and educational programming, primarily through a Speakers Series of 8 to 10 monthly meetings.
