This World Leaders Forum program features an address by His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic of Colombia, titled, Colombia on the Road to Peace: The Rise of a New Hope, followed by a panel discussion with Columbia University faculty and a question and answer session with the audience.
Topic:
Political Violence, Development, Peace Studies, and Narcotics Trafficking
This World Leaders Forum program features an address by The Honorable Matthew W. Barzun, Ambassador of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, followed by a question and answer session with the audience. All guests are invited to a reception at the conclusion of the program. A former Internet pioneer himself, Ambassador Barzun will discuss the potential and the constraints of digital technologies and media for today's diplomats. Matthew Barzun has been the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom since 2013, after serving as Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011. Before his ambassadorships, he had an extensive career in business and politics, including leadership positions in both of President Obama's electoral campaigns.
Topic:
Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Science and Technology, International Affairs, and Mass Media
Ya-chen Chen, Myron L. Cohen, and Murray Rubinstein
Publication Date:
04-2015
Content Type:
Video
Institution:
Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Abstract:
Modern Taiwan Lecture Series: "Taiwan's Feminist Movement and the Changing Role of Women: A Literary Perspective." Featuring Professor Ya-chen Chen of Clark University. Introduced by Myron L. Cohen (Columbia University) and Murray Rubinstein (Baruch College) Recorded March 24, 2015. Presented by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. Graciously supported by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York.
Topic:
Gender Issues, History, Social Movement, Domestic Politics, Feminism, and Anthropology
Scott Simon, Myron L. Cohen, and Murray Rubinstein
Publication Date:
04-2015
Content Type:
Video
Institution:
Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Abstract:
Modern Taiwan Lecture Series: "Native Peoples of Taiwan in Present-day Society." Featuring Professor Scott Simon of the University of Ottawa. Introduced by Myron L. Cohen (Columbia University) and Murray Rubinstein (Baruch College) Recorded April 14, 2015. Presented by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. Graciously supported by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York.
To contain a growing, increasingly confident insurgency as NATO troops withdraw, Afghanistan needs continued international support, including military, and the new government in Kabul will need to reinvigorate the state's commitment to the rule of law.
The Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations gathered 19 international leaders from government, business and civil society to address the growing short-term preoccupations of modern politics and business and identify ways of overcoming today\'s gridlock in key international negotiations. Chaired by Pascal Lamy, the former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, the Commission\'s report, "Now for the Long Term" is the product of a year-long process and debate on the successes and failures in addressing global challenges over recent decades. Released in October 2013, it calls for a radical shake-up in politics and business to embed long-term thinking and provides practical recommendations for action in order to create a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future.
Topic:
International Cooperation, International Trade and Finance, Politics, and Reform
This World Leaders Forum program, titled "Rio de Janeiro: from Ostracism to Protagonism" features an address by Sergio Cabral Filho, former Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Introduction and Moderated by Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Topic:
Development, Emerging Markets, Political Economy, and Foreign Direct Investment
This World Leaders Forum program titled, Non-Use of Armed Force in State Relations - an Evolving Norm, features an address by Dr. Hans Blix, former Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission for Iraq, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
Topic:
Arms Control and Proliferation and International Affairs
This World Leaders Forum program titled, Dilemmas of Campaigning and Governing in the United States: A Conversation with Governor Lincoln D. Chafee, will feature a discussion with Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island and the following participants: Introduction:David Johnston, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University in the City of New York Interlocutor:Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in the City of New York.
This World Leaders Forum program titled, Rached Ghannouchi: Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World, features an address by Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia's Ennahdha Party, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.