World Affairs Council Jacksonville
Speaker Series
A selective listing of publications relating to the Council's Speaker Series, available for check-out, through the Library's e-Research databases, or from Internet websites.
The World Affairs Council of Jacksonville is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization devoted to promoting understanding of the world and its people and to engaging citizens of Northeast Florida in becoming better informed participants in the global community. Ensuring that Jacksonville citizens have access to the best thinking on global issues, the World Affairs Council has two signature speaker series which examine critical current topics with guests who provide more “light than heat,” revealing the stories behind the headlines while delivering balanced perspectives and promoting thoughtful consideration and learning.
Global Issues Evenings
This flagship series features evening programs delivered by prominent speakers on a range of international issues, followed by an extended Q&A period. All events are co-hosted by and held at the University of North Florida. Attendance ranges from 500 to 800 people.
- September 24, 2012: John C. Inglis
- October 23, 2012: George W. Grayson
- November 27, 2012: Burt Rutan
- January 8, 2013: Alice Rivlin
- February 12, 2013: David Satter
- March 12, 2013: Robin Wright
- April 15, 2013: Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Global Business Luncheons
Designed specifically for the business community and co-hosted by the Gate Governors Club, this series of luncheon speakers is held at the River Club and offers invaluable insight into international political, economic, business and financial trends — information that is important to First Coast businesses as they make both short- and long-term development, staffing and investment decisions.
- October 30, 2012: John A. Delaney
- November 20, 2012: Joseph L. Scarpaci
- January 8, 2013: Alice Rivlin
- February 19, 2013: Adrian Gonzalez
Special Engagements
For Council Sponsors, Ambassador's Circle & Benefactor Members
For Council Sponsors, Ambassador's Circle
For more information about these events, including biographies of the speakers, please visit the World Affairs Council Jacksonville Speaker Series web page.
Related Reading
September 24, 2012 @ 7pm (UNF University Center)
John C. Inglis: "Cyber Security: Global Threats-The Next Twenty Years"
- Related books available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- America the vulnerable : inside the new threat matrix of digital espionage, crime, and warfare / Joel Brenner. (2011)
- Worm : the first digital world war / Mark Bowden. (2011)
- Cyber war : what it is and how to fight it / by Richard A. Clarke, Robert K. Knake. (2010)
- Terror on the Internet : the new arena, the new challenges / Gabriel Weimann. (2006)
- Additional topical resources available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- JAXCAT entries about CYBERTERRORISM
- Article by the Speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Inglis, John, Nadim Khan, and Norton Rose. "Must try harder: Islamic finance could be crucial in bridging the funding gap on Middle Eastern projects. But scholarly differences are still hindering the development of viable products." Project Finance, Oct. 2004
October 23, 2012 @ 7pm (UNF University Center)
George W. Grayson: "Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State?"
- Related books available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- To die in Mexico : dispatches from inside the drug war / John Gibler. (2011)
- Amexica : war along the borderline / Ed Vulliamy. (2010)
- Mexico : what everyone needs to know / Roderic Ai Camp. (2011)
- Related government document available to download (pdf format):
- Drug control [electronic resource] : U.S. assistance has helped Mexican counternarcotics efforts, but tons of illicit drugs continue to flow into the United States : report to congressional requesters. (Aug. 2007)
- Related articles (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Currie, Duncan. "Progress pains: the Mexican political reforms we applaud have helped cause the Mexican drug violence we deplore." National Review (5 July 2010)
- Gold, Stephen. "Managing security and violence in Mexico: drug-related violence has U.S. manufacturers reviewing their strategies for operating in Mexico." Industry Week (Jan. 2012)
- "Escalating Drug Violence in Northern Mexico Overwhelms Authorities." Newsmax (19 May 2011)
- Agren, David, and Joachim Bamrud. "How safe is Mexico? How does the drug violence really affect business in Mexico?" Latin Trade (May-June 2011)
- Articles by the speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Miscellaneous articles (1991-2005)
October 30, 2012 @ 12noon (The River Club)
John A. Delany: "The Future of Higher Education"
- Related books available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- Higher education? : how colleges are wasting our money and failing our kids--and what we can do about it / Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus. (2010)
- Crisis on campus : a bold plan for reforming our colleges and universities / Mark C. Taylor. (2010)
- Big man on campus : a university president speaks out on higher education / Stephen Joel Trachtenberg with Tansy Howard Blumer. (2008)
- Related articles (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Brooks, Jeff. "UNF's $170-million plan." Florida Trend (Feb. 2007)
- "What's your role in the future of higher education?" Women in Higher Education (Apr. 2012)
- Corty, Andy. "Educating Florida." Florida Trend (July 2011)
- Downloadable videorecording available from Jacksonville Public Library
- Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk (PBS, 2008)
November 27, 2012 @ 7pm (UNF University Center)
Burt Rutan: "Inspiration for Innovation and the New Race for Space"
- Book about the speaker available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- Rocketeers : how a visionary band of business leaders, engineers, and pilots is boldly privatizing space / Michael Belfiore. (2007)
- Articles about the speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- "Allen and Rutan aim for orbit." Aviation History (July 2012)
- "A maverick in flight." The Economist [US] (2 June 2012)
- "It's A Bird, It's A Plane No It's Stratolaunch." Space Daily (21 Dec. 2011)
November 20, 2012 @ 12noon (The River Club)
Joseph L. Scarpaci: "Cuba: Economics, Business and Trade...What's the Future?"
November 20, 2012 @ 6:30 (location TBA)
An Intimate Evening of Dialogue with Joseph L. Scarpaci
- Related articles (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- "ASA testimony favors trade agreements." Southeast Farm Press [Online Exclusive] (5 Aug. 2010)
- "Obama Extends Cuba Trade Embargo." Congress Daily PM (14 Sept. 2009)
- "Can Trade With Cuba Be Far Behind?" Corn & Soybean Digest [Online Exclusive] (27 Apr. 2009)
- Articles by the speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Scarpaci, Joseph Jr. "Photojournal: Cuba." Focus on Geography (Winter 2007)
- Scarpaci, Joseph L. "Trinidad officials worry 'about government tourism plans for city." Cuba News (June 2000)
January 8, 2013 @ 12noon (The River Club)
Alice Rivlin: "The Future of Health Care Spending"
January 8, 2013 @ 7pm (UNF University Center)
Alice Rivlin: "The Current Outlook for the Economy"
- Book by the speaker available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- Restoring fiscal sanity : how to balance the budget / Alice M. Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill, editors. (2004)
- Related articles (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- LaPierre, Tracey A. "Comparing the Canadian and US systems of health care in an era of health care reform." Journal of Health Care Finance (Summer 2012)
- Keller, Amy. "New boundaries: the traditional lines between insurance company and health care provider are blurring as companies seek to drive revenue and control cost." Florida Trend (July 2012)
- Krause, James R., and Martha White Paas. "Why can't America deliver on reform? Roadblocks need to be overcome to address problems." Medical Economics (10 Mar. 2012)
- Schizer, David M. "Fiscal policy in an era of austerity." Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (Spring 2012)
- Articles by the speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Rivlin, Alice. "Money Management Skills." Govexec.com (25 Oct. 2004)
- Rivlin, Alice M. "ADVICE+DISSENT: Public Administration Negotiating the Fiscal Rapids." Government Executive (15 Oct. 2004.)
February 11, 2013 @ 6pm (Location TBA)
An Intimate Evening of Dialogue with David Satter
February 12, 2013 @ 7pm (UNF University Center)
David Satter: "Russia: After the Reset"
- Books by the speaker available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- It was a long time ago, and it never happened anyway : Russia and the communist past / David Satter. (2012)
- Darkness at dawn : the rise of the Russian criminal state / David Satter. (2003)
- Age of delirium : the decline and fall of the Soviet Union / David Satter. (1996)
- Selected articles by the speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Satter, David. "Russia Incorporated; Why Vladimir Putin dare not give up his position as capo." The Weekly Standard (17 Dec. 2007)
- Satter, David. "Never Speak to Strangers; A memoir of journalism, the Cold War, and the KGB." The Weekly Standard (6 Aug. 2007)
- Satter, David. "The Truth About Beslan; What Putin's government is covering up." The Weekly Standard (13 Nov. 2006)
February 19, 2013 @ 12noon (The River Club)
Adrian Gonzalez: "Doing Business 2013: Past, Present and Future of Business Regulation"
- Article by the speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Gonzalez, Adrian. "Surveying the TMS Landscape: The transportation management system (TMS) market has seen big-time growth both in terms of revenues and offerings, according to the latest research from ARC Advisory Group." Supply Chain Management Review (Jan.-Feb. 2007)
March 12, 2013 @ 7pm (UNF University Center)
Robin Wright: "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World"
- Selected books by the speaker available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- Rock the Casbah : rage and revolution across the Islamic world / Robin Wright. (2011)
- Dreams and shadows : the future of the Middle East / Robin Wright. (2008)
- The last great revolution / Robin Wright. (2001)
- Selected articles by the speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
- Wright, Robin. "5. The Arab spring is a jobs crisis." The Atlantic (July-Aug. 2011)
- Wright, Robin. "A Quiet Revolution Grows in the Muslim World." Time (30 Mar. 2009)
April 15, 2013 @ 7pm (UNF University Center)
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.: "A Windshield Look Ahead"
- Selected books by the speaker available from Jacksonville Public Library:
- The future of power / Joseph S. Nye. (2011)
- The powers to lead / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (2008)
- Soft power : the means to success in world politics / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (2004)
- The Paradox of American power : why the world's only superpower can't go it alone / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (2002)
- Selected articles by the speaker (Use your Jacksonville Public Library card number to access):
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- Nye, Joseph S., Jr. "My soft power." Foreign Policy, v. 188 (2011)
- Nye, Joseph S., Jr. "China's rise doesn't mean war ..." Foreign Policy, v. 184 (2011)
- Nye, Joseph S., Jr. "The Future of American Power: dominance and decline in perspective." Foreign Affairs, v. 89.6 (2010)
- Nye, Joseph S., Jr. "Fiscal crises rarely fell empires." Foreign Affairs, v. 89.4 (2010)
