Join us in our exciting new venue for another season of stimulating lectures and special events!

Beginning with the 2024-25 lecture season on November 4, our lectures will be at the Naples United Church of Christ (NUCC), 5200 Crayton Road, Naples 34103. 

Key takeaways about our new location:

• In last year's survey, our membership asked for a more convenient (farther north) location than Moorings Presbyterian Church. 
• The NUCC sound and video system is top notch and has an in-house professional sound and video technical staff who will direct the technology at our events. 
• In addition, NUCC offers other meeting facilities for special events.
• There is ample free parking.
• The ambiance of the grounds at “The Gathering Place” at the entrance to NUCC is conducive to social gatherings and informal greetings of friends, and the Waterside Shops nearby provide a wide choice of places for drinks and dinner. 

Our President’s Club luncheons will be held at Seasons 52, at 8930 Tamiami Trail North (at U.S. 41 and Vanderbilt Beach Road), which will provide a special room, menu and staff. If you are not already a member of the President’s Club we suggest you consider joining to enjoy more intimate engagement with our distinguished lecturers. Click on this link for more details.

We hope you return to in-person attendance at our lectures and special events and enjoy a fresh atmosphere.  We will be excited to greet you in person starting on November 4!

The season's lecture dates and topics have been announced! Here's the detail on 2024 lectures.

Out of Peril and Chaos:
Can We Find Order?

2024 Lectures

Monday, November 4:  “Pipe Dream or Strategic Windfall: What the United States Should Expect from India in a Changing World Order”, Dr. Daniel S. Markey, a Senior Advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace and a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Monday, November 18:  Germany, NATO and Nuclear Doctrine “Germany after Merkel - Still a Leader of the Free World?”, Dr. Liana Fix, a fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations and an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University in the Center for German and European Studies.

Monday, December 2:  "Are We Embedded In a New Cold War? Will Russia Win?" Ian J. Brzezinski leads the Brzezinski Group, which provides strategic insight and advice to commercial and government clients, and is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security. 

Monday, December 9: Special Live Book Discussion with Middle East Expert Steven Cook: "The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present and Future in the Middle East". Cook is the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Watch for a special invitation!

For information on 2025 lectures, 
click here!

Join or Renew Your Membership!

If you are curious about membership in the Naples Council of World Affairs (NCWA), we would love to have you join us for timely and robust programs about the international events we hear about every day. Family and individual memberships are available.* Click here or reach our Call Center at 239-649-3942 to join us!

*Membership year runs July 1-June 30 of each year.

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Dates and topics for the 2024-25 season have been announced! Click here to learn more. 

Stronger briefing books are underway! Discussion topics for 2025 have been selected. Click here for details.

NCWA was spotlighted recently for its student programs on the Naples Daily News' new Inspiration Page. Click here.

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The SWFL Model UN competition will be held on March 3-4, 2025. Click here to keep track of preparations!

A team of freshmen from Collier County’s new high school won this year's Academic WorldQuest contest and competed in Washington D.C. Click here for more information.

Smart students studied this summer at prestigious foreign affairs programs, supported by NCWA scholarships. Click here for international and here for North American information.

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We educate, inspire and engage our community in international affairs and global issues.

NCWA has almost 1,800 members and is one of the largest chapters of the World Affairs Councils of America.
Founded in 1980.