Programs
Afghanistan Land of Conflict & Beauty
Thursday, December 4, 2025 from 12:00 noon – 2 pm
Anastasios (Tasos) Kioses
Alexander the Great is thought to have said, “May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the revenge of the Afghans”. Winston Churchill wrote in 1897 “Financially it is ruinous. Morally it is wicked. Militarily is an open question and politically it is a blunder”.
This is not a talk that involves analyses of the Afghan situation but rather a narrative of photographic portraits and experiences during Tasos’
Nelson Cunningham Program
Friday, November 7, 2025 from 12:00 noon – 2 pm
Nelson Cunningham
Tariffs are at the heart of Trump’s foreign policy agenda. They are an extremely novel approach to trade relations with allies and adversaries alike. They range from the floating tariff levels he has used as leverage in those trade relations, and in the case at the Supreme Court that will be argued the week Nelson Cunningham is here in New Mexico. We may not know the Supreme Court outcome yet, but we do know that trade
Symposia
America’s Place in the World – Still Indispensable?
Annual Symposium 2024
America’s Place in the World – Still Indispensable?
Cosponsored by the Santa Fe Community College
Jemez Rooms at Santa Fe Community College (SFCC)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
To register for the 2024 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. To pay by Paypal or credit card please
When Ukraine Meets Russia Head-On
To register for the 2023 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 13-14, 2023
Speakers
Ambassador William B Taylor, Vice President for Russia and Europe, US Institute for Peace, former US Ambassador to Ukraine;
Juha Makkikali, Finnish Honorary Consul, Denver, CO;
Dr.