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Tampa Bay Times: Column: To some, it’s all fake news | By W. Russell Neuman, February 14, 2017

Tampa Bay Times: Column: Oil is not the Middle East’s most strategic export. People are. | By Richard Miniter, February 10, 2017

Tampa Bay TImes: We’ll help to figure out what in the world is going on. | By Douglas McElhaney, February 10, 2017

Tampa Bay TImes:  Column: Will the U.S. lose Turkey? | By Paul Kubicek, February 10, 2017

Tampa Bay TImes:  Column: Could the European Union be pulled apart? | By John Maguire, February 10, 2017

Creative Loafing: A most timely confab: USF St. Pete’s International Affairs Conference happens at a time of flux. | By katie Bradshaw, February 9, 2017 

Tampa Bay Times: What’s Eddy L. Harris reading? | By Piper Castillo, February 9, 2017 

Tampa Bay Times: The dominant theme at next week’s St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs: Trump | By Ryan Callihan, February 8, 2017 

The Crow’s Nest: St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs to Begin Feb. 15 | By Ryan Callihan, February 7, 2017

88.5 WMNF: Experts in St. Pete say Syrian refugees won’t pose a threat | By Sean Kinane, February 2016 

Tampa Bay Times: Education: Conference brings international affairs to USF-St. Petersburg | By Caitlin Ashworth, February 2016 

Tampa Bay Times: Perspective: China makes its play for international finance, and the West better listen | By Daniel McDowell, February 2016 

Tampa Bay Times: Perspective: China may be an ally in far oceans and an antagonist close to its shores | By Timothy R. Health, February 2016 

Tampa Bay Times: Perspective: China has different values on cyberspace, and even those are evolving | By David Fidler, February 2016 

Tampa Bay Times: Perspective: Muslim NGOs can be a force to help rebuild Syrian society | By Shawn Powers and Abbas Barzegar, February 2016 

Tampa Bay Times: Perspective: What Russia shouldn’t get from us | By Ralph Clem, February 2016 

Tampa Bay Times: Perspective: Take a Tour Through a World of Trouble and Toil | By Douglas McElhaney, February 2016 

Tampa Bay Times: Perspective: What Boko Haram Really Is | By Wole Soyinka, February 2015

Creative Loafing: International Intrigue: A Preview of Next Week’s World Affairs Conference at USF St. Pete | By katie Bradshaw, February 2015

Tampa Bay Times: Perspective: Issues of Real World Import | By Douglas McElhaney, February 2015

University Beat on WUSF 89.7: Mark Schreiner asks Ambassador Douglas McElhaney (ret.) about the challenges of putting on a conference with hot topics that might change from moment to moment. | February 2015

YouTube: Professor Thomas Smith and Ambassador Douglas McElhaney (ret.) gives you a flavor of the conference, a reminder of some of the topics, and a few words about the location and services available during the conference. | February 2015

University Beat on WUSF 89.7: Mark Schreiner sits down with the organizers of the second annual St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs to discuss the three day event. | February 2014

Creative Loafing: St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs Brings Climate Change Discussion to the Bay | by Terrence Smith, February 16, 2014

The Tampa Tribune: USFSP Conference Examines Foreign Affairs | by Anastasia Dawson, February 13, 2014

88.5 WMNF Community Radio – Tampa: A look at Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan with former diplomat Walter Andrusyszyn | by Mitch Perry, February 6, 2014

Tampa Bay News Wire: Conference on World Affairs Returns to USFSP, Expands to Three Days | February 2, 2014

SaintPetersBlog: USF St. Petersburg To Host Three-Day Conference On World Affairs | February 1, 2014

Paradise News: St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs – Feb 13-15 | February 2014 | Click here to download the full PDF article.

Creative Loafing: St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs Looks to Bolster Local Interest in Global Issues | January 30, 2014

Tampa Bay Times: A Tutorial On Where We Are In The World | January 30, 2014

USFSP News Center: St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs Returns, Expands to Three Days

YouTube: St. Petersburg Conference on World affairs Welcome Video

PBS Video: April 2013: Ambassador Douglas L. Mcelhaney | Suncoast Business Forum | WEDU-Ch 3 Video

WUSF News: Conference with International Flair Coming to St. Pete | March 27, 2013

Tampa Bay Times: Global affairs conference coming to St. Petersburg | March 26, 2013

Creative Loafing: Jett Propelled – A chat with St. Petersburg in the World panelist Dennis Jett. by Mitch Perry | March 14, 2013

Creative Loafing: Retired Ambassador Douglas McElhaney brings international issues to the forefront in a conference in St. Petersburg. by Mitch Perry | March 14, 2013

University Beat on WUSF 89.7: USF St. Petersburg welcomed experts from around the world for the first “St. Petersburg in the World Conference on International Affairs.” | 2013