Diplomats at War: Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict Before it spread into a tragic war that defined a generation, the conflict in Vietnam smoldered as a guerrilla […]

  SECWAC is proud to partner with the Essex Public Library for the Foreign Policy Association’s 2025 “Great Decisions” program. When: Tuesday April 8, 2025  |  6pm - 7:30pm Where: Essex Library Association […]

Burnin' Down the House: The Unexpected End to a Career in USAID On April 10, SECWAC member David Hess will share stories of the best and worst of his 48 year engagement with […]

  SECWAC is proud to partner with the Essex Public Library for the Foreign Policy Association’s 2025 “Great Decisions” program. When: Tuesday April 22, 2025  |  6pm - 7:30pm Where: Essex Library Association […]

09/24/2024 Fletcher School, Tufts University- Medford, MA.Monica Toft poses for a headshot at the Fletcher School at Tufts University on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Dying by the Sword: The Militarization of U.S. Foreign […]

  SECWAC is proud to partner with the Essex Public Library for the Foreign Policy Association’s 2025 “Great Decisions” program. When: Tuesday May 13, 2025  |  6pm - 7:30pm Where: Essex Library Association […]

  SECWAC is proud to partner with the Essex Public Library for the Foreign Policy Association’s 2025 “Great Decisions” program. When: Tuesday June 3, 2025  |  6pm - 7:30pm Where: Essex Library Association […]

  SECWAC is proud to partner with the Essex Public Library for the Foreign Policy Association’s 2025 “Great Decisions” program. When: Tuesday June 17, 2025  |  6pm - 7:30pm Where: Essex Library Association […]

How Supporting Afghan Women Makes America Safer, Stronger, and More Prosperous Who: Manizha Wafeq, Co-founder & President of Afghanistan Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry When: Wednesday June 18, 2025 – 5:30pm Reception | […]

  Tatyana’s War – Escape and Survival on the Eastern Front in World War II When Nazi troops invaded her home of Donetsk, Ukraine, in 1941, Tatyana Artemyeff, a 25-year-old teacher, was left […]

Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century In Catastrophic Diplomacy, historian Julia F. Irwin offers a sweeping account of how the United States came to use foreign disaster assistance as […]

David S. Rohde on Sincerity, Dialogue and Empathy from Bosnia to Afghanistan to America Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist David Rohde will describe how sincerity, dialogue and empathy helped him cover the wars in Bosnia […]