Programs
Rethinking Security at Home & Abroad
Friday, February 20, 2026 from 12:00 noon – 2 pm
William D Hartung
William D Hartung focuses on the arms industry and US military budget. He was previously the director of the Arms and Security Program at the Center for International Policy and the co-director of the Center’s Sustainable Defense Task Force. Bill is the co-author, with Ben Freeman, of the recently released The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into
Traversing the Mexican Border
Thursday, January 22, 2026 from 12:00 noon – 2 pm
Morgan Smith
For decades the US has attracted migrants from around the world, but especially numerous are those who have crossed, or attempted to cross, the southern border from Mexico. US immigration policies have fluctuated but as migration increased, laws and their enforcement have tightened making it more difficult for asylum seekers and economic migrants to immigrate to the US through Mexico. Who are these migrants? Where do they come from? Why? Has the migrant flow been
Symposia
Democracy in Danger
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Speakers
TBD Summary
Democracy is founded on the idea that the ultimate power of governance lies in its people. In essence, power to govern flows upwards from the bottom not down from
Democracy in the Time of Autocrats
To register for the 2025 Symposium, please email sfwaforum@outlook.com with names of registrants, days attending and whether paying by check to SFWAF and mailed to: The Santa Fe World Affairs Forum PO Box 31965, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87594. Or to by Paypal or credit card through our website at https://sfwaf.org/payment
April 10-11, 2025
Speakers
Gary A Grappo, US Ambassador (rtd) and currently Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Middle East Studies at the Korbel School of International Studies, University