Fall Forum - 2021

The World Affairs Council of Hilton Head’s Fall Forum is a thought provoking and challenging series of group discussions based on an outstanding book focusing on international affairs.

Locally designed and facilitated by WACHH members, multiple small groups meet once a month, for four months beginning in October. The Fall Forum is free to WACHH members. Each group is limited to 25 registrations to allow for an excellent exchange of ideas. Each participant is expected to read the selected book which is available in hard copy, paper back and electronic versions. Registration for the Fall Forum is required. 

The World Affairs Council of Hilton Head’s 2020 Fall Forum is built around the ideas in Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy by Kishore Mahbubani

Abstract

The World Affairs Council of Hilton Head’s 2021 Fall Forum is built around the ideas from the book: Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria.

Lenin once said, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic impacts that may take years to unfold.

In the form of ten straightforward “lessons,” covering topics from globalization and threat-preparedness to inequality and technological advancement, Zakaria creates a structure for readers to begin thinking beyond the immediate impacts of COVID-19. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World speaks to past, present, and future, and, while urgent and timely, is sure to become an enduring staple.

About the Author

Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian American journalist, political commentator, and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor at large of Time.

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