Institute for Global and International Studies

Events

The Global Policy Forum, housed within the Institute for Global and International Studies, provides a platform for scholars, policymakers, activists, and other international affairs leaders to discuss key global and transnational issues, including policy and aid effectiveness; governance and law; international development; and socially informed responses to disasters and crises.

Big Trucks, Pop Star Politicians and Consensus Building:
The Politics of Development in Haiti

Tuesday, March 26th, 5:30-7:00 pm
Lindner Commons, Suite 602
1957 E Street, NW, Washington DC

A panel discussion featuring:
Raymond Joseph, former Haitian Ambassador to the US
Jonathan Katz, journalist and author
Mark Schneider, Crisis Group International who will discuss their recent work on post-Earthquake Haitian development

In the wake of the 2010 earthquake and the return to 'politics as usual' in Haiti, the effectiveness of international aid has come into question. Join the panelists in a discussion of the current governmental climate in Haiti, and the opportunities to respond to current crises within the domestic and international realm.

Co-sponsored with the Western Hemisphere Working Group

The Tibet Conundrum and the New Chinese Leadership: Emerging Dynamics after the Leadership Transition in Beijing

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:00 - 1:30pm
Lindner Family Commons, Suite 602
1957 E Street NW, Washington DC

Panelists will include:

Jigme Ngapo, Tibet Analyst and Independent Scholar, Former RFA Tibetan Service Director

Dr. Susette Cooke, Lecturer in China Studies, University of Technology, Sydney

Steven Marshall, Senior Advisor, Congressional Executive Commission on China

Moderator:

Dr. Sean Roberts, Associate Professor of International Affairs Director, International Development Studies

Co-sponsored with the Tibet Governance Project

Challenges and Opportunities for the Tibetan Administration in Exile: Reflections on a Shifting Political Landscape

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room 505, 5th Floor
1957 E Street NW, Washington DC

Lobsang Nyandak, Official Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas, Office of Tibet New York

Mr. Nyandak served as a Cabinet member of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala from 2001-2006. As a Cabinet member, he headed the Department of Information and International Relations, the Department of Finance and the Department of Health. He also served as a member of the Tibetan Parliament and as the first executive director of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, one of the premier institutions that track and promote human rights and democracy for Tibetans.

Co-sponsored with the Tibet Governance Project

From Donor-Centrism to Data Paloozas: The New World of Development Cooperation

Thursday, February 28, 2013 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW Washington DC

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A conversation with Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Co-sponsored by the Latin and Hemispheric Studies Program, USAID, and the IGIS Western Hemisphere Working Group

Al Qaeda Country: Why Mali is Important

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street NW Washington DC

Peter Chilson, Associate Professor of English, Washington State University

Introduction by David Rain, Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs, GW

Prizewinning author Peter Chilson is one of the few Westerners to travel to the Mali conflict zone. There he found a hazy dividing line between the demoralized remnants of the former regime in the south and the new statelet in the north - Azawad - formed when a rebellion by the country's ethnic Tuareg minority as commandeered by jihadi fighters. In this inaugural lecture of the African Research and Policy Group of the Institute for Global and International Studies, Chilson will lay out the lines of conflicting interest in Mali as some of the world's great forces take notice. He is the author of the recent book, We Never Knew Exactly Where: Dispatches from the Lost Country of Mali. The book is jointly published by Foreign Policy and the Pulitzer Center.

Co-sponsored by Africa Working Group and the Institute for Global and International Studies

Anticipatory Governance: Upgrading Government for the 21st Century

Monday, January 28th, 2013 8:30-10:00AM
City View Room, 7th Floor
1957 E Street NW Washington DC

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Leon Fuerth, Research Professor of International Affairs, GW; Former National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore

Ambassador Tom Pickering, Vice Chairman of Hills & Co.

8:30 - 9:00AM Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00AM Discussion

If we are to remain a well-functioning Republic and a prosperous nation, we must get ahead of events or we risk being overtaken by them. That will only be possible by upgrading our legacy systems of management to meet today's unique brand of accelerating and complex challenges. Anticipatory Governance responds to this need by introducing three critical elements to existing Executive Branch functions: foresightfused to policy analysis; networked governance for mission-based management and budgeting; and feedback to monitor and adjust policy relative to initial expectations. Presidential transitions - the period of time between the election and inauguration - can be used to upgrade government processes. Leon Fuerth and Amb. Tom Pickering will discuss practical upgrades that the incoming administration could make to the Executive Branch systems; upgrades that are light on resources, compatible with the existing structures and processes of government, and fully executable under customary Presidential authorities.

Co-sponsored by the Project of Forward Engagement and the Institute for Global and International Studies

The Dark Side of Chocolate: A Documentary by Miki Mistrati and U. Roberto Romano

Monday, September 17th, 7:00-8:30pm
Room 213, 1957 E Street NW Washington DC

The Dark Side of Chocolate reveals new evidence that child labor and human trafficking continue in the cocoa fields for millions of children, nearly a decade after the major players in the cocoa industry promised to resolve these problems.

Introductory Remarks and Q&A by Sean Rudolph Campaigns Director, International Labor Rights Forum

Co-sponsored by The FREE Project at GW and the Institute for Global and International Studies