International Trivia Challenge

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL TRIVIA CHALLENGE!

THANK-YOU TO OUR TRIVIA SUPPORTERS!

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HELP Support the SCWA 2020 International Trivia Challenge!

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THANK-YOU to our 1st and 2nd Place 2019 CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS!

Who Graciously donated their winnings to the SCWA Student Study Abroad Scholarship Fund!

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International Trivia Challenge proceeds benefit SCWA’s Student Study Abroad Stipends. The SCWA annually awards local undergraduate students scholarships to support their study abroad classes. International programs increase an individual’s perspective on world affairs and give them a better foundation for future involvement in the global community.

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SCWA is a certified 501(c)3 nonprofit; your donation may qualify as a charitable deduction for tax purposes.

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SCWA STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPS

SCWA provides annual student stipends to support engagement in educational study abroad programs. SCWA believes that such programs increase an individual’s perspective on world affairs and give them a better foundation for future global community involvement.

Candidates from GSU and SSU undergraduates are eligible! For more information click Here.

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On behalf of Savannah area students, Thank You!

DOCs To WATCH: Member Recommended!

StreamN’ through YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, etc. has revolutionized documentary viewing and brings some of the world’s most critical issues to heart through high-quality, nonfiction content. Amongst SCWA Members’ recommendations, we’ve picked out some of our favourites.

Recommend your favorite world affairs’ documentary, please send an email with program details to savannahcwa@gmail.com

DOC to WATCH: Netflix

“American Factory”

American Factory recently won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, by Higher Ground Productions. The movie follows Chinese company Fuyao’s factory in Moraine—a city near Dayton, Ohio—that occupies a shuttered GM plant. Cultures clash and the American Dream is debated.

NEW BOOK BY SCWA DIRECTOR JACEK LUBECKI

Interview of Dr. Jacek Lubecki regarding his book Defense Politics of East-Central European Countries after 1989: Creating Stability in a Time of Uncertainty

The 2014 Ukrainian-Crimean crisis has raised serious questions in the West about Russian motivations and future policy directions. Now more than ever, it is imperative to explore the defensive perceptions, reactions, and preparations of neighbouring countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Is there a convergence of their approaches along similar paths, or do their different cultures and historical experiences prefigure a divergence of their defense policies? While Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic all seem to have little concern about Russia’s policies in Ukraine, the Polish response has been uniquely strong and militarized. Dr. Lubecki’s book explores reasons for the different responses to the crisis.

Dr. Jacek Lubecki is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Georgia Southern University. His publications include “Echoes of Latifundism” (Eastern European Politics and Societies, winter 2004), “Poland in Iraq” (The Polish Review, summer 2005), “Reconstructing Galicia” (Europe-Asia Studies, 2010), and “Józef Piłsudski’s Influence on Polish Armed Forces of the Interwar Period” (The Polish Review, 2011). His book entitled Defense Politics of East-Central European Countries after 1989: Creating Stability in a Time of Uncertainty (co-written with James Peterson) by Manchester University Press was published in 2019. His email is jlubecki@georgiasouthern.edu

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Spring 2020

Thursday, March 19 – POSTPONED until September 10, 2020: Dr. Alasdair R. Young; Professor of International Affairs at The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology – Topic: “Breaking up is hard to do: Brexit and European integration”

Thursday, April 16 – CANCELLED: Dr. Gunter Jikeli, Indiana University. Erna B. Rosenfeld Professor in Jewish Studies, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Germanic Studies – Topic: “Contemporary anti-Semitism in Europe”

Thursday, May 14: Dr. Robert H. Latiff, U.S. Air Force Major General (retired) and professor at Notre Dame and George Mason universities focusing on technology and ethics – Topic: “Preparing for the New Global Battlefield”