October 15 — Rising Powers, the US and the New Global Order
The emergence of India, China, Brazil, Egypt, and others on the world stage as increasingly more powerful actors is causing a major transformation of the global political system. What does it mean for the United States … and for Indiana.
When: Wednesday October 15, socializing and lubricating 5:30 PM; dinner 6:30 PM; talk 7:15 PM
Where: The Marten House Conference Center (Just East of St. Vincent Hospital) 1801 West 86th Street Indianapolis, IN 46260
This comes from the Stanley Foundation:
Rising Powers: The New Global Reality. This new Stanley Foundation effort is designed to raise awareness, motivate new thinking, and ultimately improve US foreign policy regarding the changing global order. Our aim is to discuss several of the countries impacting the global order, major issues which cut across national boundaries, and how all of this will affect American lives.
Dr. Michael Kraig is director of Policy Analysis and Dialogue at the Stanley Foundation in Muscatine, Iowa. In this role, he is currently managing the overall conceptual and substantive direction of several foundation initiatives: United Nations and Global Institutions; US and Global Security; US and Asian Security; US and Middle East Security; Rising Powers; and Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament. These ongoing programs are centered on widening the policy debate in the United States and within foreign capitals by discussing multilateral, cooperative policy options that could make both the United States and the world more prosperous and secure. Kraig has a Ph.D. in political science from the University at Buffalo, New York, with a concentration in international relations, US foreign policy, and comparative politics.
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The discussion of the fall of the American Empire and its implications for Indiana October 15.
And for your listening pleasure …
This is one of the Indiana Council on World Affairs’s Distinguished Speakers dinners. Reservations should be made by calling (317) 566-2036. Dinner for this special event is $22.00 per person (Members and their guests paid in advance), $24 if paid at the door. The cost for each non-member is $30.00. Please send message to cmatthewfox@gmail.com. All e-mail reservations must have ‘ICWA Dinner Reservation’ as the subject and must contain all contact information including name of each attendee, address and telephone number. All reservations, whether by mail, telephone or e-mail MUST be received by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, October 9. Since dinners are catered, all reservations must be guaranteed. Cancellation deadline is Thursday, October 9th, 2008. Canceling reservations by this deadline will avoid a financial commitment to ICWA. If you are attending the discussion only, no reservations are necessary, however, there is a $3.00 fee for ICWA members, $4.00 fee for non-members and full time students are free.
