Networks and Globalization

Michael Cook, Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies, explains the origins and evolution of the Islamic state, the Muslim ideologies of monotheism and political egalitarianism, and their application to present-day Middle Eastern politics. Presented as part of the Alumni Studi…

Anne Case *83 *88, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, presents data on the growth of HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, the impact on the region’s health care systems, and the consequences of premature parent death from AIDs on children’s fut…

Evans Revere ’76 *94, Diplomat-in-Residence, Woodrow Wilson School discusses the foreign policy challenges associated with the Korean peninsula, its history, and the nuclear threat of North Korea. Revere concludes his lecture with insights into possible negotiating strategies to resolve the situat…

Barbara Bodine, Diplomat-in-Residence and Lecturer in Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, discusses the events of the Arab Spring from her perspectives as a practitioner, scholar, and former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen. Considering the issues of revolution, reform, democracy…