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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
“Dilemmas of Democracy: 1989 Echoes of the 1789 French Revolution” (more…)
Born Valhyna Martynava in 1981 in Minsk, Valzhyna Mort is famed throughout Europe for her poetry and how she reads it … or more accurately, how she performs it. (more…)
NUVO gives Provocate 2007 Cultural Vision Award
Provocate featured in Indianapolis Monthly
"Award combines film, activism: Festival to recognize social justice of Sept. 11, Congo in discussions,"
Indiana Lawyer April 16, 2008 ... on Provocate's Eric Parker Social Justice Award at the Indianapolis International Film Festival
