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Reservations Open 2 Weeks Before Each Event.

Distinguished Speaker Series
2026- 2027 Program

Monday October 26, 2026
Jeff Hessel

Cape Canaveral Engineer and Official NASA Solar System Ambassador
NASA Space Race: The History of Cape Canaveral – Eye Witness View

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Monday November 9, 2026
Hamlet Yousef

Co-Founder/Managing Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors
The Iran Conflict and Cold War 2.0

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Monday November 23, 2026
Dr. Brian Fonseca

Vice Provost Defense Research;Director Jack D Gordon Institute for Public Policy FIU
U.S. Policy Toward Cuba: Pressure, Politics & Cuba’s Possible Pathways

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Wednesday December 16, 2026
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Paul Mattear

Director of TerraWave Sales at Blue Origin
How Future Space Satellites Will Change Communication, National Security

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Monday January 11, , 2027
Gordon Chang

Author, Columnist, TV Commentator, Senior Fellow at the Gladstone Institute
 China Is Colliding With The World

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Monday January 25, , 2027
Heather Conley

Nonresident Senior Fellow at AEI for Transatlantic Security & Geopolitics
The Arctic Great Game                                    

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Monday February 15, , 2027
Dr. Bruce Jones

Sr Fellow Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy at Brookings Institute
Submarine Warfare and The World’s Most Dangerous Arms Race

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Monday March 8 , 2027
Erik Bethel

Co-Founder and Managing Partner Mare Luberum Capital
National Security in the Age of Maritime Instability

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Monday March 22 , 2027
Dr. Mireya Solis

Director Center for Asian Policy Studies, Knight Chair Japanese Studies at Brookings
Resilience & Reinvention: Charting the Path Ahead for U.S. – Japan Alliance

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Monday April 5 , 2026
Max Bergmann

Director Europe Program & Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic Studies at CSIS
Europe Rising: Will Europe Be The Next Superpower?

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Organizations that are members of the national association of World Affairs Councils of America enjoy a variety of unique benefits, including access to nationwide program series, discounts on a number of international journals and publications, reduced rates during our annual National Conference, monthly updates on available speakers and other resources, and of course, opportunities to network with colleagues from across the country.

Member councils can be found in 40 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. 

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The Colony Palm Beach
155 Hammon Avenue
Palm Beach, Florida 33480

Time:
6:00 p.m. – Registration & Social
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Speaker Presentation
Reservations: www.worldaffairspalmbeach.org or call (561) 374-2858

2026-2027 Membership:

Diplomat-$5000; Statesman-$2500; Ambassador-$1200; Benefactor-$825; Patron-$575; Family-$350; Individual-$250; Young Professional-$180; Student-$10

Members may attend Distinguished Speaker Series events at no charge. The non-member fee is $35 per person per program if payment is received at least 24 hours before the meeting or $40 on the day of the event. Payment may be made by credit card on-line but not at the event. Cancellations of reservations paid by check must be made 48 hours before an event by email (celeste@worldaffairspalmbeach.org) or telephone for a refund.

The Council is non-partisan and the speakers’ views do not necessarily reflect our own. We welcome the opportunity to be a platform where major global issues can be discussed in an atmosphere of mutual respect.

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