How Does the World Look at America? Luncheon Discussion Program to Address Perceptions of the U.S. from Abroad

Luncheon Discussion Group and Webcast: How Does the World Look at America? Perceptions of the U.S. from Abroad

Featuring Andrew Nagorski, Vice President and Director of Public Policy at the EastWest Institute

Thursday, May 20, 2010
Presentation: Noon
Webcast: 12:40 p.m.
Adjourn: 1:45 p.m.

Location: The Duquesne Club, 325 Sixth Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, in partnership with the Polish Cultural Council, presents this special event:

The past 18 months have brought to the forefront a number of foreign policy challenges for the Obama administration, including the continued management of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, simmering crises in Iran and North Korea, and intense yet productive nuclear diplomacy with Russia.

How is America viewed internationally as it confronts these and other critical foreign policy issues? Is the U.S. now considered to be a waning superpower, especially in light of rising powers? Or, is America still seen as a key leader in resolving crises around the globe?