Archive for the ‘Russia’ Category

May 14 — The European Union Hits the Big Five-Oh

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Having reached the 50th anniversary of the great experiment in European integration, it is time to take stock of the united Europe. Has the integration of new members been successful? What does the debate on Turkey’s membership say about the future of EU integration and its changing demographics? (more…)

May 21 — James Schoff tells us: What to do with North Korea?

Monday, May 5th, 2008

There could be no headache awaiting the next president that’s bigger than North Korea, with its nukes and crisis-ridden economy. That’s why James Schoff has to worry that “the six party talks” doesn’t sound like much of a party at all. (more…)

May 4 — Senator Richard G. Lugar on “Indiana and the World”

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Sometimes it seems that Barack Obama’s main constructive foreign policy message is: “I like Dick Lugar.” Come to Marian college to find out why this is not a bad argument when Senator Lugar delivers his first public speech to the renamed Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. (more…)

April 16 — Anders Åslund on “Russia’s Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed”

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The Russian market economy in the 1990s — born in blood, tears, and conspicuous mafiya consumption — had no stronger supporter among Western economists than Anders Åslund. So why is he so down on Putin today? (more…)

May 28 — John Clark on “Great Decisions indeed: Why Indianapolis needs its own foreign policy”

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Consider the eight topics of the Great Decisions series: unending war in Iraq, the EU, grudging diplomatic discussions with our enemies, policy for an overstretched military, Latin America’s Leftists, undemocratic Russia and Putinism, trade with China, private philanthropy and foreign aid. All apparently disconnected from one another, all far away … but they all intimately touch Central Indiana, and we have a chance to contribute to solutions. (more…)

May 21 — Living with a Resurgent Russia

Monday, January 28th, 2008

How can the US handle a Russia that doesn’t want to do what we tell it to do … and has the clout to stand up to intimidation? (more…)

April 16 — Talking to our enemies

Monday, January 28th, 2008

What’s the point of talking to countries like Iran, Syria, North Korea … and the growing list of other countries that wish us ill? Susan Erickson will explain. (more…)

March 1 — “The US in the World: Global Issues the Candidates and the Electorate Should Be Talking About”

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Some very bright analysts of international relations are teaching in the smaller colleges and universities of Indiana, refining their insights far from the distractions of DC (or even of Bloomington and Lafayette). Hear what they have to say at the Indiana Consortium for International Programs (ICIP) conference. (more…)

April 22 — Dinner with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the Chicago International Trade Commissioners Association

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Get your networking groove on in a joint program with the World Trade Club of Indiana, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and CITCA (Chicago International Trade Commission Association). This will be a significant trade delegation visiting Indianapolis and looking for trade opportunities. (more…)

February 26 — “Where is Russia Going?”

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

During his two terms as president, Vladimir Putin has attempted to remake Russia into a major, independent world power. Some of his recent policies have provoked concern in the U.S. and Europe. With a 2008 Russian presidential election expected, what course will Russia take? (more…)