GSIPM Colloquium Yearbook
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The document describes an annual spring colloquium hosted by the Graduate School of International Policy and Management. Each year, the colloquium focuses on a different globally significant theme and brings in guest speakers who are leaders and practitioners in the field. Speakers give lectures and engage in coursework with students to connect theory and practice. The colloquium aims to foster diverse discussion through participation of both students and local community members. Prior year themes included economic diplomacy, global security challenges, emerging markets, nation building, and carbon markets.
GSIPM Colloquium Yearbook
- 1. Annual Spring Colloquium Semester long guest speaker series with global leaders and practitioners. Coursework and lecture to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Diverse classroom setting with local community participants and students from varying degree tracks.
- 2. 2014: Economic Diplomacy and Statecraft The Graduate School of International Policy and Management Key Topics: Economic sanctions & The evolving global trading system, The practice of diffused and smart power in a multi-polar world, Sustainable development, rising Africa, climate change, and other areas of global importance. Francis Fukuyama, Political Scientist, Economist and Author Steven Pifer, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Rufus Yerxa Former Deputy Director General, WTO
- 3. 2013: Evolving Global Security Challenges: From Traditional to Nontraditional Security The Graduate School of International Policy and Management Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Topic: Cybersecurity/Cyberwarfare Michael Kugelman, Senior Program Associate for South and Southeast Asia, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Topic: Food Insecurity and Farms Race Featured Speakers included: Key Topics: What are crucial issues on the nonproliferation agenda? What is the connection between global warming and conflict? Does promoting democracy abroad really work?
- 4. 2012: Emerging Markets: BRICS and Beyond The Graduate School of International Policy and Management Ambassador Faizel Ismail, Ambassador of South Africa to the WTO Topic: Developing Countries in Global Trade Governance Bill Lewis, Retired Senior Partner of McKinsey & Co. Inc. Topic: The Power of Productivity: A Comparison of Russia and India Featured Speakers included: Key Topics: Debating the rise of China, India and others with practitioners, academics, and political and business leaders. What explains their emergence? What does it mean for the global system?
- 5. 2011: Nation Building The Graduate School of International Policy and Management James Dobbins, Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Topic: Nation Building in Post-Conflict Societies: Lessons Learned Kees Steenken, Coordinator UN Inter Agency Working Group on Disarmament Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Topic: Nation building from the UN perspective Featured Speakers included: Key Topics: Speakers addressed the security, human rights, environmental, and cultural issues governments, international aid organizations, and civil society encounter when trying to re-build a country.
- 6. 2010: Carbon Markets The Graduate School of International Policy and Management Michael Walsh, Executive Vice President, Research, Chicago Climate Topic: The Role of Exchanges and Standardization in Reducing Emissions at Scale Chris Kelly, California Program Director, The Conservation Fund Topic: Using carbon credits to promote conservation Featured Speakers included: Key Topics: Developing Countries and the Next Clean Development Mechanism, the carbon market and its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the link between climate, human rights and development.
- 7. The Graduate School of International Policy and Management Spring 2015 theme and speakers coming soon go.miis.edu/colloquium