The Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs (WIFA), was founded in 1961 as a forum designed “to promote greater knowledge and understanding of international affairs and problems.”
WIFA holds in person meetings at Washington’s Cosmos Club as well as online programs, where qualified authoritative speakers, all experts in their field, deliver speaking presentations on international foreign policy issues. Meetings take the form of monthly luncheons, afternoon in person programs and online programs. Program structures allow for question and answer sessions where members are given the opportunity to participate in further wide-ranging discussion with invited speakers, thereby gaining a better understanding of foreign policies and international issues.