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SUMMARY:Members' Coffee and Discussion (Virtual) - Thursday\, November 6th
DESCRIPTION:A monthly discussion of world events for members. Virtual session on zoom this Thursday\, November 6th\, 10am-11am.  \nTopic: Current events – suggested focus on the future of international assistance. \nFacilitator: Clifford Gilpin \nSuggested Readings: See Wednesday’s story in the 7in7 for October 12-18\,  you can also access past newsletters on the website HERE. \nRegister HERE – Zoom link will be sent in confirmation email. \nLooking forward to seeing all who can make it.
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/members-coffee-and-discussion-virtual-thursday-november-6th/
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SUMMARY:The Future of Middle East Peace - 2025 Fall Foreign Policy Forum
DESCRIPTION:2025 Fall Foreign Policy Forum\nThe Future of Middle East Peace\nWednesday\, November 19\, 2025 | 5:30–7:30 PM\nHannaford Hall\, University of Southern Maine \nHosted by the World Affairs Council of Maine\, co-sponsored by the Muskie School of Public Service\, and made possible through the support of the William S. Jelin Foundation. \nNow in its fifth year\, the Fall Foreign Policy Forum brings together leading voices in diplomacy and analysis to explore some of today’s most urgent international challenges. \nThis year’s program\, The Future of Middle East Peace\, will feature a conversation moderated by Jackie Northam\, international affairs correspondent for NPR\, with Ambassador (ret.) Yael Lempert and Khaled Elgindy. The discussion will examine prospects for renewed diplomacy\, shifting regional alliances\, and new approaches to lasting peace in the Middle East. \nSchedule\nDoors open: 5:15 PM\nNetworking reception: 5:30–6:00 PM\nProgram: 6:15–7:30 PM \nThe event is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Seating is limited; advance registration is strongly encouraged.  Please use the button below to reserve your seat. \n \nAfter submitting your registration\, you’ll receive a confirmation email with event details and arrival instructions. \n\nAbout the Moderator and Panelists\nJackie Northam is NPR’s International Affairs Correspondent\, a veteran journalist who has spent more than three decades reporting from conflict zones and world capitals across Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, and the Middle East. Her work has spanned the fall of communism\, post‑invasion Iraq\, and the war in Afghanistan. Northam currently covers the intersection of geopolitics and global economics\, including U.S.–China relations and sanctions policy. She has received multiple journalism honors\, including Edward R. Murrow and duPont‑Columbia Awards.​ \nAmbassador (ret.) Yael Lempert most recently served as the U.S. Ambassador to Jordan and previously as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. A career diplomat\, she has held senior roles on the National Security Council and in U.S. embassies in Cairo\, Tel Aviv\, and Tunis\, focusing on Arab‑Israeli relations\, regional security\, and Middle East peace negotiations. \nKhaled Elgindy is a Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies\, where he teaches and writes on Palestinian politics and U.S. policy in the Middle East. He is the author of Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians\, from Balfour to Trump (Brookings Institution Press\, 2019). From 2020 through 2025\, he directed the Middle East Institute’s Program on Palestine and Israeli–Palestinian Affairs. From 2010 to 2018\, Elgindy served as a resident scholar in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Earlier in his career\, he was an adviser to the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah on permanent status negotiations with Israel (2004–2009) and a key participant in the Annapolis peace talks of 2007–08.
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/the-future-of-middle-east-peace-2025-fall-foreign-policy-forum/
LOCATION:Hannaford Hall\, Abromson Community Center University of Southern Maine\, 88 Bedford Street\, Portland\, ME\, 04104
CATEGORIES:Fall Foreign Policy Forum
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SUMMARY:Coffee and Discussion (In-Person) at Magno Terra in Yarmouth
DESCRIPTION:A monthly discussion of world events for members. In-person meetings are held every third Thursday of the month. Currently the group will be meeting at the Magno Terra Cafe in Yarmouth (#2 Delorme St – immediately to the right of exit 17 on 295 if you are coming from Portland). \n\n  \nDate & Time: November 20\, 2025\, from 10:00-11:00 AM \nPlace: Community Room – Magno Terra Cafe\, 2 Delorme St. Yarmouth\, ME \nDiscussion leader: Clifford Gilpin \nProposed topic: Current Events/ Feedback on Fall Foreign Policy Forum \nREGISTER HERE OR ABOVE.
URL:https://wacmaine.org/event/coffee-and-discussion-in-person-at-magno-terra-in-yarmouth-2/
LOCATION:Magno Terra Cafe\, 2 Delorme Dr\, Yarmouth\, ME\, 04096
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