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Episode 44: The United States and Iran: What Will the Next Four Years Hold?

Guest: Kelsey Davenport and Paul Pillar 

The U.S.-Iran relationship is one the most pressing foreign policy challenges the Biden Administration will navigate in the coming years. CCWA was joined by Paul Pillar, Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University, and Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, for a dialogue on effectively engaging Iran. The speakers reflected on the complicated history between the U.S. and Iran and gave insight into today’s most pressing issue, renewing the Iran nuclear agreement.

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CCWA’s Global Ambassadors Program Receives Generation NEXT Award

We are thrilled to announce that CCWA’s Global Ambassadors program has been honored as a 2025 Generation NEXT Award Winner for Program of the Year by Engage! Cleveland. The Global Ambassadors program is a transformative,…

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CCWA Hosts Latvian State Secretary Aivars Puriņš

On October 13, 2025, CCWA hosted a roundtable discussion with Latvian State Secretary Aivars Puriņš on European security and US-NATO cooperation. State Secretary Puriņš traveled to Cleveland as part of a German Marshall Fund Across…

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CCWA Announces the Global Ambassadors 2025-2026 Cohort

CCWA’s Global Ambassadors program invites emerging leaders in Northeast Ohio on a transformative journey to think more globally and to develop a broader vision for the future of our city. The program combines CCWA’s interactive…

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