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November 24, 2009

Who is a Terrorist? Cultural Policing and the State in South Asia

The EastWest Institute, the Institute for Public Knowledge, the Asia Society 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

   

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October 21, 2009

The Militarization of American Foreign Policy       A discussion with New America Foundation senior fellow Michael Cohen. With the Political Salon. Hosted by Idealist.

 

 

October 8, 15, 22, 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. Three sessions at the 92 Y Tribeca.

 

 

October 1, 2009

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

 

 

September 18, 2009

Revolution Unending:  Afghanistan, 1979 to the Present                                          Teleconference with author Gilles Dorronsoro and Michael Fenzel. With CENSA.

 

 

September 15, 2009

Beyond the Two-State Solution Impasse              A breakfast discussion with author and Senior Fellow Alon Ben-Meir.

 

 

August 19, 2009

The Elections in Afghanistan:  Security and Legitimacy                                        Teleconference with Patricia DeGennaro, Fatima Ayub and Michael Fenzel. With CENSA.

 

 

July 23, 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 14, 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 1, 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.

 
June 30, 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 21, 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 9, 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 4, 2009

A New Indian Government: Deciphering the Election Results and Their Implications

Asia Society, the South Asian Journalists Society, and the World Policy Institute presented a discussion with four experts in the field, including WPI's Senior Fellow Mira Kamdar.

 
May 28, 2009

The Portable Island:
Cuban Diaspora Views
on Integration and U.S. Policy

Americas Society/Council of the Americas and the World Policy Institute presented a book launch and discussion with editors of The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World Lucía M. Suárez and Ruth Behar.

AUDIO: Here.

SUMMARY: Here.

 
April 29, 2009

Transatlantic Relations after the U.S. Elections: Germany, Europe and the United States

In this discussion, Karsten D. Voigt, visiting scholar at NYU's Deutches Haus and Coordinator of German-North American Cooperation in the German Federal Foreign Office, examined ways in which the transatlantic partnership can be intensified and areas where Europe and the United States will have to agree to disagree. Senior Fellows Belinda Cooper and Claudia Dreifus will moderate.

 
March 31, 2009

Song as Crime:  The Prosecution of a Pop Star, and Other New Cases on Incitement to Genocide

A lunch discussion with Susan Benesch at Demos.

 
March 9, 2009

The Hillary Effect:  How will the Secretary of State Change the Status of Women Worldwide?

In honor of the 2009 International Women's Day celebrations, Demos, American-Scandinavian Foundation and WPI presented a panel discussion with Senator Pilar Cayetano, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Rounaq Jahan and Ambassador Kirsti Lintonen. Claudia Dreifus moderated. See the World Policy Blog for event reportage.

 
March 2009 World Policy Institute hosted an advance screening of Steven Soderbergh's CHEClick here for a list of full screenings.
 
March 3, 2009

Globalization's Challenge to Liberalism

Alan Wolfe discussed his new book, The Future of Liberalism, at Demos.

 
March 2, 2009

DISARM

The World Policy Institute celebrated the DVD release of  Mary Wareham and Brian Liu's acclaimed film with a panel discussion and film screening on March 2, 2009.  Evocative, visually stunning, and utterly unforgettable, DISARM spans a dozen countries to look at how, despite a global ban, millions of antipersonnel mines continue to claim victims daily in countries around the world.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of DISARM will support the World Policy Institute's work promoting collaborative global policies to ensure human security.  Click HERE to buy your copy.

 
February 20, 2009 David A. Andelman was the featured speaker at Professor Tony Judt's Luncheon Seminar at NYU's Remarque Institute.
 
January 29, 2009

A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today

David A. Andelman discussed his book and explored how the Paris Peace Conference that ended World War I set the stage for many of our gravest crises today.

92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street

Noon to 1 pm           Price: $16.00

 
January 29, 2009

2009 Delacorte Lectures on Magazine Journalism

David A. Andelman was the featured speaker in the Delacorte Lectures, which examine various aspects of magazine journalism and are presented in the spring semester at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

 
January 13, 2009

Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2009

Speakers included Ian Bremmer, Michele Wucker, Art Kleiner, and Thomas Stewart.

With Global Policy Innovations and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

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Paul Hockenos, WPI Senior Fellow Belinda Cooper, and Paul Berman discuss Joschka Fischer and the Generation of '68 at the German Consulate in New York City,  February 7, 2008

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