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UPCOMING EVENTS
● Post-Copenhagen: What Comes Next in the Climate Change Battle?
Join Demos and WPI for a post-Copenhagen debriefing to discuss pressing issues in the wake of the world's latest attempt at a global climate change treaty. A panel of leading experts will examine the obstacles that remain, the prospect that the U.S. will ratify any new agreement and/or fulfill promises of assistance to developing countries, and the role of policy groups, activists, business people and investors in ensuring fruitful U.S. leadership in the climate change battle.
At Demos on January 12, 2010
6-8 pm
RECENT EVENTS
● Who is a Terrorist? Cultural Policing and the State in South Asia
The EastWest Institute, the Institute for Public Knowledge and the World Policy Institute present a lunch discussion with author Christophe Jaffrelot, moderated by senior fellow Mira Kamdar.
At EastWest Institute on November 24, 2009
12-1:30 pm Price: $15.00
● The Militarization of American Foreign Policy
A discussion with New America Foundation senior fellow Michael Cohen. With the Political Salon. Hosted by Idealist. October 21, 2009.
● The State of the World in a Quarter Century
Each week, read and discuss a different article from the World Policy Journal's 25th anniversary issue. Explore the state of the world today and where we may be headed. Instructed by WPJ Editor David A. Andelman.
First Session: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 1:00-2:30pm (3 sessions)
Location: 92YTribeca
Price: $60.00
● Nepal: The
Fall of a God King
The Institute for Public Knowledge, the Asia Society
and the World Policy Institute present a
discussion and reception with photojournalist Tomas
van Houtryve, moderated by author and senior fellow
Mira Kamdar.
At IPK on October 1, 2009
6:30-8:30 pm.
● Revolution Unending: Afghanistan, 1979 to the Present
Teleconference with author Gilles Dorronsoro and Michael Fenzel. With CENSA. September 18, 2009.
● Beyond the Two-State Solution Impasse
A breakfast discussion with author and Senior Fellow Alon Ben-Meir. September 15, 2009.
●The Elections in Afghanistan: Security and Legitimacy
Teleconference with Patricia DeGennaro, Fatima Ayub and Michael Fenzel. With CENSA. August 19, 2009.
● Muslim Identities and Global Cities
A discussion with German Islamic Studies expert Riem Spielhaus, WPI Senior Fellow Kavitha Rajagopalan and Berlin Parliamentarian Özcan Mutlu. With the Political Salon. Hosted by Idealist. July 23, 2009.
● Slipping into the United States: Inside a Global Human Smuggling Network
A discussion with Patrick Radden Keefe, author of The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream. With Political Salon. Hosted by the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation. July 14, 2009.
● Citizenship and Democracy: Immigrant Civic Inclusion in Theory and Practice
A day-long series of roundtable discussions with specialists on immigration and citizenship. With Demos and the World Policy Institute at Baruch College. Sponsored by the McCormick Foundation. July 1, 2009.
● Public Debate: Who Gets a Voice? Immigrants and Civic Engagement
Demos and the World Policy Institute present a discussion with four experts in the field, moderated by WPI's Executive Director, Michele Wucker, at Baruch College. June 30, 2009.
● The Unsilenced Voices:
Writings of Exile and Dissent
Tiananmen 20 Years Later: Bao Pu and the Memoirs of Zhao Ziyang. At the Asian American Writer's Workshop. June 21, 2009.
● Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World
Demos and the World Policy Institute present a lunch discussion with author Michelle Goldberg. Michele Wucker moderated. June 9, 2009.
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