2024 Gala: Come Sail Away

Registration for this event is now closed! This event is being held in-person and is open to everyone. Tour the World online auction now open! Discover the charms of port cities around the world, with stops in Cape Town, Mumbai,...

2019 WorldQuest International Trivia Competition

The infectious enthusiasm at the 2019 WorldQuest competition made for a wonderfully spirited evening! In a race to the top, 273 participants and 35 teams deliberated a range of international questions that covered everything from the official animal of Scotland...

2016 WorldQuest International Trivia Competition

The top three teams came within mere points of each other at our 16th annual WorldQuest international trivia competition this past December. But, at the end of the night, only one champion could be crowned and this year’s winning team...

Minnesota at a Glance

Located in the heart of the Midwest and nicknamed the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesota is a diverse state that offers a unique mix of bustling cities and untouched wilderness. Together, the traditions of the Ojibwe and Dakota American Indians,...

Tom Hanson

Tom Hanson is a foreign policy consultant and a former career U.S. Foreign Service Officer. Currently, he serves as program secretary of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Committee on Foreign Relations, advisor to Global Minnesota's Great Decisions program, and Diplomat in Residence at...

Todd Lefko

Todd Lefko is President of the International Business Development Company, an import-export firm dealing with water purification equipment, kilns, linen, art, and new technologies. He has homes in both Minnesota and Moscow, and has written more than 680 articles, which...

Robert H. Scarlett

Robert Scarlett is President of Medical Equipment Exports, Inc., Senior Adviser to Clearwater Layline, LLC, Senior Associate at Grupo Avance, LLC; and former President of Smart Screen Systems, Inc.  Since 1999, has led Hunter Scarlett Consulting, serving as a director...

2017 U.S. Foreign Policy Update

This event is SOLD OUT. Please call 612.625.1662 to be placed on the waitlist. Join us for the ever-popular annual U.S. Foreign Policy Update with Diplomat in Residence and former career Foreign Service Officer, Tom Hanson. Tom will explore and...

Duncan McCampbell

Professor Duncan McCampbell is an American lawyer and professor of international business and law at Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis. He spent 14 years—much of it living abroad—with the Westlaw division of Thomson Reuters, starting new online businesses in the...

Robert Scarlett

Robert Scarlett is President of Medical Equipment Exports, Inc.; Senior Adviser to Clearwater Layline, LLC; Senior Associate at Grupo Avance, LLC; and former President of Smart Screen Systems, Inc. Since 1999, he has led Hunter Scarlett Consulting, serving as a...

2017 U.S. Foreign Policy Update

Relive former career Foreign Service Officer Tom Hanson's ever-popular analysis of the top foreign policy challenges facing the U.S. in 2017. U.S. Foreign Policy Update with Tom Hanson Tom explores and explains the latest foreign policy developments, trends, and challenges...

Global Social with International Visitors

Online registration is closed. Please call us at 612.625.1662 to be added to the event. For members and their guests only.  In August, Global Minnesota welcomes a group of leading international visitors from more than 10 European countries who will visit Minnesota to:...

U.S. Foreign Policy Update 2018

This event is SOLD OUT. Registration is now closed. Join us for the ever-popular annual U.S. Foreign Policy Update with Diplomat in Residence and former career Foreign Service Officer, Tom Hanson. Tom will explore and explain the latest foreign policy...

2018 U.S. Foreign Policy Update

Relive former career Foreign Service Officer Tom Hanson's ever-popular analysis of the top foreign policy challenges facing the U.S. in 2018. Tom explores and explains the latest foreign policy developments, trends, and challenges facing the U.S. and President Trump in...

Robert Scarlett

Rob Scarlett currently serves as Senior Advisor to Clearwater Biologic, LLC, a bio-remediation business located in Babbitt, Minnesota, and Board Chair for the Venn Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as Advisor to the Sundance Family Foundation in St....

Global Conversations: The Waning of Pax Americana

Online registration is closed. Walk-ins welcome. The U.S. has begun a historic shift away from Pax Americana, the liberal international order that was established in the wake of World War II. Since 1945, Pax Americana has sought peaceful international relations...

Global Conversations: The Waning of Pax Americana

Hear former U.S. Foreign Service Officer Tom Hanson discuss the shift away from Pax Americana and what it means for U.S. geopolitics and foreign policy. About Tom Hanson Tom Hanson currently serves as Diplomat in Residence at the Alworth Institute...