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GREAT DECISIONS 2012
 
 

March 13       Topic 2: Promoting Democracy

 Speaker:        Marcia K. Wong
                       Director for Intergovernmental Affairs,
                          United States Institute of Peace

 

    

 

The U.S. has had a history of advancing and supporting democracy around the world. What place does democracy promotion have in U.S. foreign policy today? With a choice of tools ranging from economic aid to military force, what are the appropriate yet effective methods that the U.S. should use to promote democracy? Briefing Book excerpt.


Where:  Boston Public Library
 The Boston Room, 1st Floor (Boylston Street Entrance)

 

Date: Tuesday, March 13

 

Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

 

Cost: Free and open to the public

 

WorldBoston's GREAT DECISIONS 2012 lecture and discussion series
is made possible by a generous grant from The Lowell Institute.

 


 GREAT DECISIONS 2012 Topics

All discussions on the following Tuesdays
at the Boston Public Library:

Middle East Realignment - February 14

 

Promoting Democracy - March 13

 

Mexico - April 10

 

Cybersecurity - May 8

 

Exit from Afghanistan and Iraq - September 11

 

State of the Oceans - October 9

 

Indonesia - November 13

 

Energy Geopolitics - December 11

 

  

 

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Created by the Foreign Policy Association of New York (FPA), GREAT DECISIONS is the name of a briefing book and a program designed to engage citizens in learning about critical global issues and U.S. foreign policy.

 

GREAT DECISIONS Spring 2012

Arab Realignment (February 14)

Prof. Denis Sullivan, Director of the International Affairs Program and
The Middle East Center, Northeastern University
 Karim Haggag, Career diplomat in Egypt's Foreign Service with expertise
in Middle East regional security, arms control, and Arab-Israeli diplomacy
Foreign Policy Association Video

GREAT DECISIONS Fall 2011

The Caucasus (December 6)

Monica Toft, Ph.D., Director, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs,

The Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

 

Global Governance (November 8)
 Craig Murphy, Ph.D., Co-Director, Center for Governance and

Sustainability, The McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston

View the Great Decisions Fall Update

 

Banks, Governments, and Debt Crises (October 11)
 Charles Kane, Senior Lecturer in Finance, The MIT Sloan School of Management; Board of Directors, One Laptop Per Child
 View the Great Decisions Fall Update

 

Horn of Africa (September 13)
Ambassador Charles Stith, Director of the African Presidential Archives

and Research Center, Boston University; Former Ambassador to Tanzania
 View the Great Decisions Fall Update

 

GREAT DECISIONS Spring 2011

National Security After Bin Laden (May 10)
 Kelly Greenhill, Ph.D., Associate Professor of International Relations,

Tufts University; Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center

Foreign Policy Association Video

 

Germany Ascendant (April 12)
 Paul Vallet, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, The Fletcher School,
Tufts University; Adjunct Faculty, Sciences-Po (Paris)
 Foreign Policy Association Video

 

Rebuilding Haiti (March 8)
Pierre Cremieux, Ph.D., President, Community Health International
 Foreign Policy Association Video

 

Sanctions and Nonproliferation (February 8)
Jim Walsh, Ph.D., Research Associate, Security Studies Program,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Foreign Policy Association Video

 

 


Academic WorldQuest
 
 

Spring 2012: WorldBoston's 5th Annual Competition
 

What is it? A fun, friendly, and powerful way for high school students to learn about international affairs.  Academic WorldQuest tests students' global knowledge.  It's a flagship education program of the World Affairs Councils of America. And WorldBoston is excited to host our 5th Annual Academic WorldQuest competition! Learn more!

Contact us today to register your high school team this fall for the 2012 local contest, and the chance to represent Eastern Massachusetts at the national competition next April 21st in Washington, D.C.!

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2011-2012 AWQ Study Topics: 

Middle East

 

Afghanistan/Pakistan

 

China

 

NATO

 

UN Millennium Goals: Child Health

 

Azerbaijan

 

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