Worldview Institute | Spring 2012
The Worldview Institute | Winter 2012 Semester
SEMINAR 1: January 11, 2012
An Insider's Guide to the United Nations
This seminar will offer an overview of the United Nations' multifaceted presence and impact around the globe shedding light on the history, key players and current role on the world stage. The program will help demystify how the UN works and examines its accomplishments and challenges in dealing with international conflicts, promoting human rights and development and providing humanitarian aid.
Guest lecturer: Linda Fasulo, author of An Insider's Guide to the UN and longtime independent reporter for NPR
SEMINAR 2: January 19, 2012
Foreign Policy and BRIC Contingency
Guest lecturer: Thomas J. Trebat, Executive Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University
SEMINAR 3: January 25, 2012
A Visit to the United Nations
A private tour of the United Nations with fellow Worldview participants, with the opportunity to discuss your impressions at dinner following the tour.
SEMINAR 4: February 1, 2012
A Fractured Friendship: US-Pakistan Relations and the End-Game in Afghanistan
We will analyze the historical and current relationship between the United States and Pakistan and put it in a regional context, with a view to coming up with ideas for repairing it. There will be a focus on Pakistan's internal policy and politics and how that affects the relationship with a class of narratives on both sides.
Guest lecturer: Shuja Nawaz, Director of the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council of the United States
SEMINAR 5: February 8, 2012
The European Union
Guest lecturer: Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, European Union Head of Delegation to the United Nations
SEMINAR 6: February 21, 2012
Does Diplomacy Have a Role in Fighting Terrorism?
Diplomats have always been the targets of terrorists. But what role can diplomats play in combating terrorism? Isn't terrorism a problem that the military and security services need to tackle? Taking a historical perspective, Alexander Evans will set out how diplomats can be useful — and how.
Guest lecturer: Alexander Evans is a senior fellow at Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, and a counsellor in the British diplomatic service. He is speaking in a personal capacity.
SEMINAR 7: February 22, 2012
The Asia-Pacific Century: Fulfilling a Promise
The Asia-Pacific region has achieved significant economic growth and poverty reduction in the last decades, and has shown resilience during the recent economic and financial crisis. Yet, it is still home to more than half of the world's poor, and will not achieve many of the non-income millennium development goals by 2015. The presentation will discuss achievements and challenges for the region, which is posed to account for nearly half of the world's gross domestic product by 2050, and must make difficult choices to ensure the social and environmental sustainability of this development.
Guest lecturer: Alessandro Pio, Resident Director General, Asian Development Bank, North American Representative Office
SEMINAR 8: February 29, 2012
UN Action to Counter Terrorism
In January 2011, the Security Council elected Ambassador Puri, the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, as the chair of the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) for that year. In this seminar, Ambassador Puri will take us through the mandate and recent work of the CTC, effective counter terrorism policies, the complexities of bringing terrorists to justice and the importance of international cooperation to fight terrorism.
Guest lecturer: Ambassador Hardeep Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
SEMINAR 9: March 7, 2012
Working Effectively With China
China's rapid growth and impact on the global economy has presented a range of challenges to business. How can we best understand the deep value differences, communication challenges and expectations in the business arena in China to effectively work there? This seminar will focus on deeper understanding of the Chinese perspective and examination of fundamental issues confronting organizations working with China, with discussion of real life experiences and situations.
Guest lecturer: R. Barry Spaulding, a Asian-Western management consultant and global executive coach
SEMINAR 10: March 29, 2012
The Question of Palestine at the United Nations
Guest lecturer: Terje Rød-Larsen, President, International Peace Institute
March 30, 2012
Worldview Winter 2012 Graduation Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Ioannis Vrailas, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
Location: The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York
