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Market Opportunities in Saudi Arabia

High oil prices and economic development initiatives such as Vison 2030 have created new opportunities for investment in Saudi Arabia….

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Global Conversation: Preventing Disease in Africa

Many nations within Africa continue to have among the lowest vaccination rates in the world. Despite improvements in healthcare infrastructure…

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Lunch & Learn: 2022 Mandela Washington Fellows

Want to meet the next generation of leaders from over a dozen nations in Africa? Our Lunch & Learn series…

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An Overlooked Tragedy: Venezuela’s Growing Refugee Crisis

The world is grappling with the effects of the highest number of refugees and displaced persons since the Second World…

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Community Conversations: World Expos

Minnesota is in the final stages of submitting a bid to host the 2027 Expo in Bloomington, Minnesota. Watch this…

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SDG Roundtable: Spring 2022

Global Minnesota hosts the Minnesota SDG Roundtable every quarter, highlighting great work underway in our state and region that is…

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Lunch & Learn: Libraries without Borders

In this edition of the Lunch & Learn series, we featured a virtual visit from Libraries Without Borders, an international…

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International Women of Courage Virtual Roundtable

Global Minnesota hosted Facia Boyenoh Harris from Liberia and Roegchanda Pascoe from South Africa in March/April 2022. They were recipients…

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Service in Afghanistan: A Conversation with Ambassador Ross Wilson and Margo Squire

For twenty years, the United States, its allies, and Afghan partners worked to bring stability, prosperity, and democracy to the…

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World Health Day Symposium 2022

The pandemic revealed deep and persistent inequalities throughout the global healthcare system. As we enter a new era in public…

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Global Conversations DIGITAL: Myanmar and ASEAN

The situation in Myanmar, including the coup by the military in February 2021 and the ongoing human rights crises, coupled…

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Global Conversations DIGITAL: Russia’s Goals in Europe with Jill Dougherty

Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its involvement in sparking war in Eastern Ukraine signaled a major escalation in…

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Assignment Russia: Becoming a Foreign Correspondent in the Crucible of the Cold War

Marvin Kalb, the award-winning journalist who has written extensively about the world he reported on during his long career, now…

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International Day of Education 2022 – The Power of International Exchange

The United Nations’ International Day of Education celebrates the role of education for peace and development around the world. Our…

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Global Conversations: A Report from COP26

Hear from climate experts in Minnesota who attended COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, as they report on developments from the summit and…

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SDG Roundtable: Fall 2021

Hear from Nicholas S. Deychakiwsky, Senior Program Officer in Civil Society at the Mott Foundation, as he discusses why a…

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World Food Day 2021 Symposium

One of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar, World Food Day promotes global awareness and action around hunger…

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Global Book Club: The Dissent Channel – American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age

Hear from author and former U.S. Foreign Service Officer Elizabeth Shackelford as she discusses her new book, “The Dissent Channel:…

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Global Conversations: The Two Koreas

Hear from speaker Dr. Raymond Kuo, Political Scientist with the RAND Corporation, and expert in international security and East Asia,…

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The Impact of Diplomacy and Development on Minnesota

Hear from  Representative Tom Emmer on how investments in America’s international affairs programs impact U.S. national security and Minnesota’s economy….

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