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Guests:
Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, former U.S. Ambassador to Malta (2012-2016)
Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Founder and President of Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS)
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Founder and Executive Director of International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
Three panelists joined the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for a Foreign Policy Forum on nontraditional threats to United States national security. The conversation included a discussion of climate change around the world, the national debt, and conversation about internet rights and government responsibility. Throughout Q&A, the panelists also addressed questions regarding voting rights and trends in extremism around the world.
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