Ambassador Charles Shapiro (Ret.), former Ambassador to Venezuela and President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, recaps 2021 with Council CEO, Megan Torrey. The world and its politics are constantly in flux, and looking back, some of the most destabilizing events seem to arrive unannounced. And as these critical moments unfold, it's important for our national and local communities to stay engaged with what's happening outside our borders. So what is the current state of the world as w...
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Ambassador Charles Shapiro (Ret.), former Ambassador to Venezuela and President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, recaps 2021 with Council CEO, Megan Torrey. The world and its politics are constantly in flux, and looking back, some of the most destabilizing events seem to arrive unannounced. And as these critical moments unfold, it's important for our national and local communities to stay engaged with what's happening outside our borders. So what is the current state of the world as w...
The Storm Before the Calm | George Friedman, Ph.D.
State of the World
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The Storm Before the Calm | George Friedman, Ph.D.
George Friedman, Ph.D., chairman of Geopolitical Futures and author of The Storm Before the Calm, sits down with Council CEO Megan Torrey about his geopolitical predictions of the next decade. Dr. Friedman had predicted that the 2020s would be a period of dramatic upheaval and reshaping of American government, policy and culture. Can we predict current and future events based on historical patterns? And is this period really the “storm before the calm"?Check out Dr. George Friedman's recent b...
State of the World
Ambassador Charles Shapiro (Ret.), former Ambassador to Venezuela and President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, recaps 2021 with Council CEO, Megan Torrey. The world and its politics are constantly in flux, and looking back, some of the most destabilizing events seem to arrive unannounced. And as these critical moments unfold, it's important for our national and local communities to stay engaged with what's happening outside our borders. So what is the current state of the world as w...
