East Bay Chapter

Upcoming Programs

The East Bay Chapter holds programs approximately once a month, and events are open to both members and non-members. Most events take place at the new Lafayette Library and Learning Center (map). To see the East Bay Chapter's upcoming event(s), please visit our Calendar page and search by Chapter, or see below for the next upcoming program.

Wednesday, September 29

Exploring the Southern Cone: Argentina and Chile
Wayne Berhardson, Travel Writer

Wayne Bernhardson, author of Moon Handbooks Argentina, will give a digital presentation about travel to and through Argentina and Chile. In addition to the metropolis of Buenos Aires—the continent’s highest-profile capital—he will cover Argentina’s attractions from the torrential subtropical falls of Iguazú to the tip of Tierra del Fuego, including the wildlife-rich marshes of Iberá, the northwestern canyon country of Salta and the glaciers of Patagonia. Mr. Bernhardson will also discuss his recent trip to Chile, exploring both the aftermath of the devastating February earthquake and current efforts to rebuild.

Wayne Bernhardson has devoted himself to writing guidebooks on the “Southern Cone” countries of Argentina and Chile, as well as Uruguay and the Falkland Islands, for more than two decades. He has a PhD in Geography from the University of California at Berkeley, and owns an apartment in Buenos Aires with his Argentine wife.

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Peter Hayes - Resolving the North Korean Nuclear Challenge
Paul Clarke - Inside the US Intelligence Community
Peter Jan Honigsberg - The Human Consequences of the War on Terror and the Closing of Guantánamo
Reese Erlich - The Future of US-Cuba Relations and Foreign Policy Under Obama
Edward Walker - US-Russia Relations: Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration
Liliane Koziol - Microcredit in Madagascar
Neil Joeck - How Dangerous is the Situation in Pakistan?
Tapan Munroe - The Future of Energy
Steve LeVine - Spies, Murder, and the Dark Side of the New Russia
Beth Rypins - The River Wise: Challenges and Thrills of a Whitewater Adventurer
Susan Ariel Aaronson - Trade Imbalance: What Policymakers Do and Can Do to Protect Human Rights
Wah Cheng - Gaming the Olympics: Symbols and Images in China's Quest for National Identity
Peter Monty - Global Contagion: What a Possible US Recession May Mean to the Global Financial Markets
Kevin O'Brien - Unrest in Rural China: A Ticking Time Bomb?
Reese Erlich - Will the US attack Iran?

Steering Committee

The East Bay Chapter is led by a Steering Committee comprised of interested members who live in the East Bay and collectively strive to put on quality programs approximately once a month. Steering Committee members help select speakers, suitable venues, assess program interests, publicize events locally, and develop additional local resources for program opportunities.

The Steering Committee welcomes members who would like to become involved and to contribute carrying out the Chapter's objectives. Please contact the program officer at the World Affairs Council if you are interested in joining (see contact information below).

For more information, please contact:

Program Officer

415.293.4644
chapters [at] wacsf [dot] org