Photos

The next meeting of The Wichita Committee on Foreign Relations will be November 13, 2018 (Tuesday) at The Wichita Country Club. Our social hour begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. Our speaker’s presentation follows. Reservations are required. Contact John Dreifort by email: john.dreifort@wichita.edu

Our speaker will be Jan Surotchak, who will discuss the timely topic of “Brexit and the Changing Environment in Europe.” As Theresa May’s government enters the final stages of negotiating the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Community, the complicated nature of the negotiations has become more apparent and has generated considerable division in the UK and among members of the EU. Trade, migration, security, and cultural exchanges will be affected by the final terms of the Brexit agreement, as well as U. S. relations with the UK and EU in the future. Surotchak is Senior Director for Transatlantic Strategy for the International Republican Institute, which focuses on the key threats to the alliance of democratic societies in the Transatlantic area. The impact of the UK’s exit on the future of the EU is a matter of considerable speculation and one that Surotchak has been intimately involved in, particularly for the Central European members where he has served as regional program director based in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Search

Distinguished Advisory Committee

Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker
Ambassador Sam Brownback
The Honorable Dan Glickman
Secreteary of State Mike Pompeo
Senator Pat Roberts

WCFR Executive Committee

Susan Anderson
Scott Colby
John Dreifort
Kathy Frieze
Katherine Gribble
Marie Gillespie
Dan Rouser
Richard Skibba
Keith Stevens

Theme: Catch Evolution by Catch Themes