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CGS-MN PRESENTS: Global challenges in a year of elections

When: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Time: 7 - 8 PM Central time (GMT -5)

Where: Zoom Webinar

Free to the public

Speaker: TOM HANSON
Thomas Hanson is a former U.S. Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State whose diplomatic postings included East Germany, France, Norway, the Soviet Union, Sweden, and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. He also participated in the opening of new U.S. embassies in Mongolia and Estonia, worked on the Foreign Relations Committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and served as Director for NATO and European Affairs at the Atlantic Council of the United States in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Hanson currently is Diplomat in Residence at the Alworth Institute for International Affairs at the University of Minnesota – Duluth and teaches diplomacy at Carleton College. He serves as Chair of the Minnesota Committee on Foreign Relations and as Co-Chair of the Minnesota International Business Council. He is a past board member of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights and Director at the Institute for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IEECA). He is also a member of the U.S. Foreign Policy Working Group of the British International Studies Association (BISA) as well as the Council of Advisers at the Museum of Russian Art and the Minnesota Peace Initiative (MPI) at Norway House.

Mr. Hanson holds a BA degree from the University of Minnesota and graduate degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; the Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland; and the national School of Administration (ENA) in Paris, France.

Description: Join us for an insightful event featuring Mr. Hanson as he discusses the pressing global challenges in this election year and how they impact the upcoming elections in November. Learn about key international events shaping the political landscape and their significance for voters and policymakers alike.

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