A Common Word Global Leaders Forum: Muslim-Christian Relations in a 21st Century World
The opening session of 'A Common Word Between Us and You,' a two-day conference at Georgetown University where global leaders gathered to discuss and develop concrete proposals to advance global peace and security between Muslim and Western societies.
Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: (with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs)
On February 23, 2010, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Task Force on Religion and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy released its final report, which focuses on strategies for better incorporating an understanding of religion into the U.S. foreign policymaking framework. The Task Force is comprised of high level and influential policymakers, academics, constitutional lawyers and religious leaders.
Global Trade: An interview with Michael Czinkota
Business professor Michael Czinkota discusses global trade and its affect on our daily lives.
Global Communications: An interview with Jennifer Manner
Law professor Jennifer Manner discusses global communications and how new technologies will affect our lives.
Global Terrorism: An Interview with Fathali Moghaddam
Psychology professor Fathali Moghaddam discusses the psychology behind terrorism and its impact world wide, especially in the Middle East.
Global Language: An Interview with Heidi Byrnes
German professor Heidi Byrnes discusses the ways in which learning global languages is relative to international communication; especially as it relates to diplomacy, economics, world trade, and the military.
Economic Crisis and Global Challenges: A Panel Hosted by Georgetown University and Financial TImes
Georgetown and Financial Times host a panel on Economic Crisis and Global Challenges, moderated by Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Managing Editor of Financial Times.
It's Not Over: Global AIDS Funding in an Era of Uncertainty
Ambassador Mark Dybul and Dr. Peter Mugyenyi discuss their work on the global HIV/AIDS crisis and their perspectives on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
A Common Word Global Leaders Forum: Muslim-Christian Relations in a 21st Century World
The opening session of 'A Common Word Between Us and You,' a two-day conference at Georgetown University where global leaders gathered to discuss and develop concrete proposals to advance global peace and security between Muslim and Western societies.
Financing the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Expert commentary by William McGreevey
William McGreevey, Ph.D., associate professor of international health at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, discusses the costs associated with the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt: An interview with Professor Samer Shehata
Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics at Georgetown University?s Walsh School of Foreign Service, discusses his new book 'Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt.'
Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: (with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs)
On February 23, 2010, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Task Force on Religion and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy released its final report, which focuses on strategies for better incorporating an understanding of religion into the U.S. foreign policymaking framework. The Task Force is comprised of high level and influential policymakers, academics, constitutional lawyers and religious leaders.
Global Tobacco Control
Provides an introduction to global tobacco control. Presents the health and economic burden of tobacco use worldwide and highlights practical approaches to tobacco prevention, control, surveillance, and evaluation. Examines transnational tobacco control issues, including the following: the interpretation and packaging of epidemiologic evidence for policy makers, the determinants of tobacco addiction, the economics of global tobacco control, tobacco industry strategies, legal foundations for regu
Information Evolution in the Arab World: Nitin Sawhney, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology
On 'Voices Beyond Walls: The Role of Digital Storytelling and Participatory Media Programs with Palestinian Youth?
Confronting the Burden of Injuries: A Global Perspective
Confronting the Burden of Injuries- A Global Perspective is a course offered by the Department of International Health and the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. This course is intended to guide students interested in working on injury control in areas with little to no tradition in injury prevention from a public health perspective. Students will learn to define the injury problem and assess its magnitude; identify data
Indicators, Human Rights, and Global Governance: Part 2
Indicators are rapidly multiplying as tools for assessing and promoting a variety of social justice and reform strategies around the world. There are rule of law indicators, indicators of violence against women, and indicators of economic development, among m
Indicators, Human Rights, and Global Governance: Part 1
Indicators are rapidly multiplying as tools for assessing and promoting a variety of social justice and reform strategies around the world. There are rule of law indicators, indicators of violence against women, and indicators of economic development, among m
Genocide and the Impact on Culture and Mental Health of the Affected Populations (IAGS 2009)
Chair: Jutta Lindert (University of Ludwigsburg, Germany)Donna-Lee Frieze (Deakin University, Australia)Peter Balakian (Colgate University)Armen Marsoobian (Southern Connecticut State University)Jutta Lindert (University of Ludwignsburg, Germany)
The Culture of Peace
Professor Marc Gopin gives a speech in the Assad Library in Damascus, January 6, 2005. Sponsored by The Syrian Canadian Women's Club In Cooperation with The Economical Orient Group Companies and the Syrian Public Relations Association. Marc Gopin is the
Rauch on the Volt, Risk, and Corporate Culture
Jonathan Rauch, of the Brookings Institution and the Atlantic Monthly, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolution of the Chevy Volt, GM's planned electric car. Due to the transparency of GM's effort, Rauch was able to spend a great deal of time on site at GM writing a piece for the Atlantic Monthly on GM's plans and hopes. Rauch discusses the huge risks, GM's past failures, and GM's hopes that the Volt might change the company's culture. The conversation closes with a discussion
