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Tue Sep 08

Afghanistan: Five Years After the Withdrawal

Featuring Lieutenant Commander Michael Sarraille (Ret.), U.S. Navy SEAL, and Dr. Geoffrey Wawro, Founding Director of the Military History Center
06:00 PM CT | Fort Worth Club, Fort Worth, TX
Thu Sep 10

JFK in Mexico: Catholicism, Memory, and Mourning Across Borders

Featuring Dr. Matthew J. Butler, Ph.D.
06:00 PM CT | Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas, TX
JWAC students
Sat Sep 12

2026-2027 Annual JWAC Orientation

Learn more about starting a Junior World Affairs Council club at your high school!
10:00 AM CT | Pat May Center, Bedford, TX
Thu Sep 17

Understanding Cuba: Realities, Resistance, and Reform

Featuring John Suarez, Executive Director at the Center for a Free Cuba, and Jorge Baldor, Founder of After8toEducate
07:30 AM CT | World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Dallas, TX
Thu Sep 17

The Umbrella Man and Other Stories with Martin Fitzgerald

Featuring Martin Fitzgerald, author of "The Umbrella Man and Other Stories"
06:00 PM CT | Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas, TX
Tue Sep 22

The Economy Today: Making Sense of the Numbers

Featuring Catherine Rampell, Contributor at MS NOW and Economics Editor at The Bulwark; moderated by Rachel Davis Mersey, Executive Vice
06:00 PM CT | SMU Cox School of Business – David B. Miller Quadrangle, Dallas, TX
Tue Sep 22

JWAC Discussion: Sustainably (Trinity High School)

Hosted by Trinity High School
06:30 PM CT
Wed Sep 23

America at a Crossroads: Isolationism vs. Globalism

Featuring Jeffrey Engel, Director of the Center for Presidential History at SMU, and David Kramer, Executive Director of the George
06:00 PM CT | Fairmont Dallas, Dallas, TX
Sat Sep 26

JWAC Leadership: Cara Mía

Cara Mía Theatre Celebration
07:30 PM CT
Recent Highlights

25 Years Later: 9/11 and the World It Made

Featuring Andrew Card, White House Chief of Staff on September 11, 2001, and Will Cain, Host at FOX News Channel

Tuesday, September 1, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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Recent Highlights

Women in Power on the Global Stage

Featuring Linda Robinson, Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Lee Cullum, Host of KERA’s CEO and Senior Fellow at the John G. Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs, SMU

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 | 11:30 AM

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Recent Highlights

A Conversation with Her Excellency Dina Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States

Featuring Her Excellency Dina Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | 11:30 AM

Recent Highlights

International Educator of the Year Award Luncheon 2026

Honoring Julia Wilson of Trinity High School, and featuring Ambassador Robert Jordan, Diplomat in Residence, Tower Center, SMU

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 11:00 AM

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Recent Highlights

Power and Politics in Washington: Impacts Beyond U.S. Borders

Featuring Robert Costa, National Correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning and Chief Washington Analyst for CBS News

Monday, March 30, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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Recent Highlights

A Conversation with Congressman Seth Moulton

Featuring Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA)

Friday, March 27, 2026 | 11:30 AM

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Behind the Headlines: The Human Stories That Shape the World

Featuring Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, Mr. Texas, and The Human Scale, and staff writer for The New Yorker

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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Recent Highlights

The Second Trump Administration: One Year In

Featuring Beth Sanner, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Presidential Daily Briefer, and CNN National Security Contributor

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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Recent Highlights

Breakfast with Walter Isaacson

Featuring Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Elon Musk

Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 8:15 AM

Recent Highlights

42nd Annual H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner

Honoring Jim Keyes, global business leader and bestselling author, and The Honorable Tom Leppert with John B. King and Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secretaries of Education

Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Recent Highlights

Strategic Leadership in a Turbulent World

Featuring General H.R. McMaster, former U.S. National Security Advisor and retired Army Lieutenant

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Kharkiv’s Story: Leadership, War, and the Fight for Democracy

Featuring Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine

Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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On the Frontlines: Service to Country, Moscow, and the West’s Global Challenge

Featuring John J. Sullivan, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia

Thursday, March 20, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Recent Highlights

Why Global Leadership Matters

Featuring Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 11:30 AM

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