India & NPT: How does a nuclear power & non-signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty engage
India's Nuclear Elephant In The Room How can India - a state with nuclear weapons which is not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) - still influence proceedings at this year's review of the NPT? That's the subject to be discussed at a public lecture today at The Australian National University. The lecture - India and NPT - will be delivered by Professor Swaran Singh of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Professor Singh says that in the five years since the last review
Promoting Cloud Computing: Legal and Policy Challenges
Cloud computing offers the potential for efficiency, cost savings and innovation gains to governments, businesses and individual users alike. And because the cloud transcends national boundaries, cloud computing also offers a unique opportunity to bring Australia and other countries one step closer to achieving the vision of a robust and better-integrated digital market across the region and around the world. To realize these benefits, however, there are public policy and regulatory challenges -
Launch of the Australian National Institute for Public Policy by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
The Australian National University (ANU) will play a lead role in boosting Australia's expertise through enhanced teaching and research in public policy and will establish a new Australian National Institute for Public Policy to complement the enhanced role. The Commonwealth Government has committed a grand total of $111.7 million for this purpose. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said: "The importance of teaching and research as a foundation for future policy will be highlighted by the d
Law, politics and business in China
In this public lecture, Associate Professor Vivienne Bath, visiting from Sydney University, will address the development of law and the judicial system from the point of view of foreign business, and the implementation and the complicated relationship of criminal, commercial and administrative law.
National Security College Public Lecture
National Security College Public Lecture by Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of the NATO Military Commission.
Week 03 Lecture: sustainability and public participation
This weeks lecture considers the first tutorial topic that is subject to student facilitation and provides some helpful background for students before the tutorials on public participation next week.
Week 03 Lecture: sustainability and public participation
This weeks lecture considers the first tutorial topic that is subject to student facilitation and provides some helpful background for students before the tutorials on public participation next week.
The Future Leadership Programme: the tutor's view
The Future Leadership programme is for managers in public service and is run by Ashridge and OPM on behalf of the IDeA. Here, current participants explain why they have chosen this leadership programme.
Developing new leaders for the responsive state - Ashridge Journal Article
The concept of 'Responsive State' requires a shift in service provision from customers receiving a standard offering, to service providers adapting their offering to customers' needs. In this article, Mark Pegg outlines the challenges such a change in focus of provision poses for leaders in the public sector, and how providers of executive education can help them prepare better for this role.
Faith Complex: Katie Paris on Faith in Public Life
Katie Paris, Program and Communications Director at Faith in Public Life, a Washington, DC nonprofit organization, speaks with Jacques Berlinerblau about faith as a unifying force in public life.
Faith Complex: (with Ross Douthat, Op-Ed Writer, New York Times)
New York Times opinion writer Ross Douthat tells Jacques Berlinerblau about Tiger, Brit Hume and why America needs a more robust public discussion about religion.
Faith Complex: Hadar Susskind on the Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Lobby
Hadar Susskind discusses the value of an alternative lobbying group to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Information Evolution in the Arab World: Philip Seib, University of Southern California
Philip Seib, of the University of Southern California, delivers a lecture entitled "New Media and Public Diplomacy in the Arab World"
Policy Changes Facing Mexico: Session Six
Georgetown University hosts a series of six panel discussions entitled, ?Law, Justice, and Public Security: Challenges for Mexico and Its Neighbors.? The purpose of the seminar is to promote a deeper understanding of the root causes of public insecurity in Mexico and the prospects for reform in the remaining three years of President Felipe Calderon?s administration?and beyond.
Policy Changes Facing Mexico: Session Five
Georgetown University hosts a series of six panel discussions entitled, ?Law, Justice, and Public Security: Challenges for Mexico and Its Neighbors.? The purpose of the seminar is to promote a deeper understanding of the root causes of public insecurity in Mexico and the prospects for reform in the remaining three years of President Felipe Calderon?s administration?and beyond.
Policy Changes Facing Mexico: Session Three
Georgetown University hosts a series of six panel discussions entitled, ?Law, Justice, and Public Security: Challenges for Mexico and Its Neighbors.? The purpose of the seminar is to promote a deeper understanding of the root causes of public insecurity in Mexico and the prospects for reform in the remaining three years of President Felipe Calderon?s administration?and beyond.
Policy Changes Facing Mexico: Session One
Georgetown University hosts a series of six panel discussions entitled, ?Law, Justice, and Public Security: Challenges for Mexico and Its Neighbors.? The purpose of the seminar is to promote a deeper understanding of the root causes of public insecurity in Mexico and the prospects for reform in the remaining three years of President Felipe Calderon?s administration?and beyond.
Road Safety and Health in Developing Countries: Expert commentary by James Habyarimana
Public policy professor James Habyarimana discusses his research on policies to combat road safety issues as well as adherence to drug regimens in Africa.
Zywicki on Debt and Bankruptcy
Todd Zywicki, of George Mason University Law School, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolving world of consumer debt and how institutions and public policy have influenced consumer access to debt and credit. Zywicki defends consumer credit as a crucial benefit to consumers and that innovation has made credit cheaper and more effective. He also talks about how misleading it can be to look at only one piece or another of credit picture. The conversation concludes with a discussion
Nye on the Great Depression, Political Economy, and the Evolution of the State
John Nye of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Great Depression, the evolution of the State, and attitudes people have toward free markets. Nye argues that support for modern capitalism is fragile because people have trouble trusting the market process which is based on anonymous exchange with strangers. So when a crisis comes, it leads to demands for a larger role for top-down decision making. Nye sees the Great Depression as part of a larger public disillus
