Public Affairs

The Juneau World Affairs Council presents David Ramseur, author of “Melting the Ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of Citizen Diplomacy on the Russia-Alaska Frontier.” Ramseur is a former Alaska journalist, and high-level staffer to Governors Steve Cowper and Tony Knowles, and Anchorage Mayor and U.S. Senator Mark Begich. He organized a 1988 flight between Nome…

A group of artists from across the country are touring Ketchikan, Juneau, Gustavus and Sitka by ferry. Artists Nina Elder, Billy Joe Miller, Wendy Given and Jimmy Riordan are exploring the theme of signal to noise in our understanding of place, nature and community. The artists’ Tidelines Journey is sponsored by The Island Institute based…

Constanze Stelzenmuller is a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution. She is an expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy; NATO; the EU’s foreign, security, and defense policy; international law; and human rights. She is a former editor of the German…

Joel Salatin presents the problems with mainstream food/agriculture systems, and how a return to traditional ways will help us for the future. There is an emphasis on permaculture and agriculture system design.

The Juneau World Affairs Council, in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Juneau and the Open World Leadership Center, present: “Mongolia Today: Profile, Strengths, and Politics” with Mongolian Parliament member Tsogtbaatar Damdin. Mr. Tsogtbaatar is a former cabinet minister and newly-elected member of the Mongolian Parliament.His primary focus is the development of responsible, accountable, open…

Suki Kim is a South Korean-born, American novelist and investigative journalist and the only writer ever to live undercover in North Korea.She is the author of the recent New York Times-bestselling novel Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite. In her travels, she has witnessed the country during…