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Russia Resurgent: Camden Conference Community Events at PPL

Portland Public Library has partnered with the Camden Conference and World Affairs Council of Maine to present community programming in advance of this year’s Camden Conference held annually in Camden, Maine. This diverse series of free programs will focus around the theme of the 28th annual Camden Conference, Russia Resurgent.

The 2015 Conference on “Russia Resurgent” will go behind the news to examine Russia’s role in the world from multiple perspectives, including not just that of the US but also those of Russia’s own citizens, Eastern and Western Europeans, and the Chinese.

The Camden Conference was founded in 1987 as a nonprofit, non-partisan educational organization whose mission is to foster informed discourse on world issues. In the years since, it has convened its annual Conference on the third weekend of February in the historic Camden Opera House, drawing some of the best minds on foreign policy to share their insights and expertise on a range of global issues with the community. Conference topics have included The Making of American Foreign Policy, The Influence of the News Media on Foreign Policy, US-Japan Relations, Globalization, The Politics of Energy and Water, Religion, Global Leadership and a number of conferences focusing on regions of the world.

The World Affairs Council of Maine is a membership organization dedicated to connecting Maine and the world, through speaker programs, discussion groups, and other educational programs. Information can be found at www.wacmaine.org.