Ambassador Kåre R. Aas, Ambassador Kåre R. Aas’s distinguished career with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs began in 1983. He left his position in Oslo as Political Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to become the Norwegian Ambassador to the United States. Prior to his assignment as Political Director, Amb. Aas served as the Norwegian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2008 – 2010. From 2003 – 2008, Amb. Aas served as Director General, Department for Security Policy and the High North. In that capacity he had the bilateral relationships between Norway and the U.S., the Russian Federation and the Central Asian Republics in his portfolio, and chaired and/or was a member of several international groups working on nuclear disarmament and international peacekeeping operations. From 2005 – 2007 he also served as Norwegian Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.) Board of Governors.
- Ambassador Kåre R. Aas, Ambassador Kåre R. Aas’s distinguished career with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs began in 1983. He left his position in Oslo as Political Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to become the Norwegian Ambassador to the United States. Prior to his assignment as Political Director, Amb. Aas served as the Norwegian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2008 – 2010. From 2003 – 2008, Amb. Aas served as Director General, Department for Security Policy and the High North. In that capacity he had the bilateral relationships between Norway and the U.S., the Russian Federation and the Central Asian Republics in his portfolio, and chaired and/or was a member of several international groups working on nuclear disarmament and international peacekeeping operations. From 2005 – 2007 he also served as Norwegian Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.) Board of Governors.
- K. David Andersson,David Andersson is the founder and President of the Pacific Northwest EB-5 Regional Center. Mr. Andersson has been involved with the EB-5 US Immigrant Investor Program for over a decade. Currently, he is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Investor (EB-5) Committee, and President of the Association to Invest In the USA (IIUSA), the industry association for active EB-5 Regional Centers in the United States. David Andersson is also a practicing attorney in the State of Washington, specializing in US immigration law, particularly immigration through business and investment.
MODERATOR:
- Lise Falskow, President & CEO of Alaska World Affairs Council
HOSTS: Alaska World Affairs Council & Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
LINKS:
- Make it Monday: Falling Oil Prices: What Norway Is Doing and Recommendations for Alaskans and Other Arctic Countries
- Association to Invest In the USA (IIUSA)
- KSKA news article on what we can learn about Alaska’s economy from the Ambbassador
RECORDED: Monday, May 16 2016 at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center.
ALASKA WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL ARCHIVE
Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
