BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council - ECPv6.14.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://secwac.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T210000 DTSTAMP:20260901T015354 CREATED:20260415T135054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T164142Z UID:2467-1788975000-1788987600@secwac.org SUMMARY:SECWAC Presents: William and Philip Taubman on “McNamara At War - In Vietnam and With Himself.” DESCRIPTION:“McNamara At War — In Vietnam and With Himself.”\nRobert S. McNamara\, the  star of both John Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson’s cabinets\, led a double life as both a fierce proponent and a secret opponent of the Vietnam War\, contributing to a tragic outcome for himself and for his country. We will discuss why and how as well as lessons of his life and career for today. \nWho: Philip Taubman\, Author\, Center for International Security and Cooperation\, Stanford University \nWhen: Wednesday September 9\, 2026 | Reception: 5:15pm | Annual Meeting 5:45pm |  Presentation: 6:00pm \nThere will be an Annual Member Meeting starting at 5:45pm at which Paul Nugent\, the SECWAC Chairman\, will update you on the organization and plans for the 2026-2027 season. \nWhere: Essex Yacht Club \nAbout the Speakers: \nPhilip Taubman\, a former New York Times reporter\, is affiliated with Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is the author of In the Nation’s Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz. \n  \n\n\n \n \n Single Event Registration for Nonmembers Only\n \n \n First Name(Required)Last NameEmail(Required)\n \n Address(Required) \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n \n State / Province / Region\n \n \n ZIP / Postal Code\n \n \n Single Event Registration\n \n \n Price:\n \n \n \n How Did You Hear About Us?Please choose:(Required)\n \n \n Friend or Family\n \n \n \n Email Notice\n \n \n \n Guest or Friend of Speaker\n \n \n \n Facebook\n \n \n \n Newspaper\n \n \n \n Other URL:https://secwac.org/event/secwac-presents-william-and-philip-taubman/ LOCATION:Essex Yacht Club\, 13 Novelty Lane\, Essex\, CT\, 06426\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T190000 DTSTAMP:20260901T015354 CREATED:20260827T134943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T192454Z UID:2541-1791480600-1791486000@secwac.org SUMMARY:SECWAC Presents: Tom Selinger on “A History of US Diplomacy” DESCRIPTION:“A History of US Diplomacy”\nWho: Tom Selinger\, Century of Service Project Manager\, Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training \nWhen: Thursday October 8\, 2026 | 5:30 pm Reception\, 6:00-7:00 pm Presentation \nWhere: The Williams School\, New London \nAbout the Speaker: \nTom Selinger served 27 years in the Foreign Service\, most recently as executive director of Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training . His overseas tours included Kyrgyzstan\, Denmark\, Croatia\, Albania\, and Trinidad and Tobago. His portfolios cover issues ranging from security cooperation to American citizen services. In Washington he worked in the Bureaus of European and Eurasian Affairs and Democracy\, Human Rights\, and Labor and at the Center for the Study of the Conduct of Diplomacy as well as Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. Prior to the Foreign Service\, Tom was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army and worked as a locally employed political specialist at the Canadian Consulate General in Minnesota. \n  \n\n \n \n Single Event Registration for Nonmembers Only\n \n \n First Name(Required)Last NameEmail(Required)\n \n Address(Required) \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n \n State / Province / Region\n \n \n ZIP / Postal Code\n \n \n Single Event Registration\n \n \n Price:\n \n \n \n How Did You Hear About Us?Please choose:(Required)\n \n \n Friend or Family\n \n \n \n Email Notice\n \n \n \n Guest or Friend of Speaker\n \n \n \n Facebook\n \n \n \n Newspaper\n \n \n \n Other URL:https://secwac.org/event/secwac-presents-tom-selinger-on-a-history-of-us-diplomacy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261101T190000 DTSTAMP:20260901T015354 CREATED:20260827T135641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T192522Z UID:2545-1793554200-1793559600@secwac.org SUMMARY:SECWAC Presents: Mark Cancian on “Depletion of US Military Hardware” DESCRIPTION:“Depletion of US Military Hardware”\nWho: Mark Cancian\, Senior Adviser\, Defense and Security Department\, Center for Strategic & International Studies \nWhen: November | 5:30 pm Reception\, 6:00-7:00 pm Presentation \nWhere: TBA \nAbout the Speaker: \nMark Cancian (Colonel\, USMCR\, ret.) is a senior adviser with the CSIS Defense and Security Department. He joined CSIS in April 2015 from the Office of Management and Budget\, where he spent more than seven years as chief of the Force Structure and Investment Division\, working on issues such as Department of Defense budget strategy\, war funding\, and procurement programs\, as well as nuclear weapons development and nonproliferation activities in the Department of Energy. Previously\, he worked on force structure and acquisition issues in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and ran research and executive programs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. In the military\, Colonel Cancian spent over three decades in the U.S. Marine Corps\, active and reserve\, serving as an infantry\, artillery\, and civil affairs officer and on overseas tours in Vietnam\, Desert Storm\, and Iraq (twice). Since 2000\, he has been an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies\, where he teaches a course on the connection between policy and analysis. A prolific author\, he has published over 40 articles on military operations\, acquisition\, budgets\, and strategy and received numerous writing awards. He graduated with high honors (magna cum laude) from Harvard College and with highest honors (Baker scholar) from Harvard Business School.. \n  \n\n \n \n Single Event Registration for Nonmembers Only\n \n \n First Name(Required)Last NameEmail(Required)\n \n Address(Required) \n \n \n \n Street Address\n \n \n Address Line 2\n \n \n City\n \n \n State / Province / Region\n \n \n ZIP / Postal Code\n \n \n Single Event Registration\n \n \n Price:\n \n \n \n How Did You Hear About Us?Please choose:(Required)\n \n \n Friend or Family\n \n \n \n Email Notice\n \n \n \n Guest or Friend of Speaker\n \n \n \n Facebook\n \n \n \n Newspaper\n \n \n \n Other URL:https://secwac.org/event/secwac-presents-mark-cancian-on-depletion-of-us-military-hardware/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T190000 DTSTAMP:20260901T015354 CREATED:20260827T180659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T192426Z UID:2549-1796146200-1796151600@secwac.org SUMMARY:SECWAC Presents: Liana Fix on “Europe’s Next Hegemon” DESCRIPTION:“Europe’s Next Hegemon”\nWho: Liana Fix\, Senior Fellow\, Council on Foreign Relations \nWhen: December |  5:30 pm Reception\, 6:00-7:00 pm Presentation \nWhere: TBA \nAbout the Speaker: \nLiana Fix is a senior fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She is leading the Securing Ukraine’s Future Initiative at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a historian and political scientist\, and a leading authority on European security\, transatlantic relations\, Russia and Eastern Europe\, as well as European China policy. Dr. Fix is the author of Germany Rearmed: The Return of War and the End of Illusions (Hurst\, 2026). Together with Michael Kimmage\, she is the co-author of the widely read “Ukraine Scenarios” series in Foreign Affairs. Dr. Fix is also the author of A New German Power? Germany’s Role in European Russia Policy (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2021). She is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in the Center for German and European Studies and the Center for Eurasian\, Russian\, and East European Studies\, and has lived and worked in Washington\, D.C.\, Berlin\, London\, Moscow\, Tbilisi\, and Tours. 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