Diplomacy and International Politics

A seminar with Lisa Wedeen, Mary R. Morton Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, on her new book Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria from the University of Chicago Press. 

A conversation with Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate and Hauser Leader, Center for Public Leadership, moderated by Amb. Wendy Sherman, Director, Center for Public Leadership and Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, HKS. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Public Leadership.

Please join the Belfer Center and the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for speech by Madame Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces of France, followed by a discussion with Professors Ash Carter, Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs, and Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations. 

RSVPs are required and space is limited. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early for a possible bag check by security and bring an ID. Open to HUID holders only. 

A seminar with Dr. Kristen Kao, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Program on Governance and Local Development, University of Gothenburg.

A seminar with Dr. Amy Austin Holmes, fall 2019 Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar, Middle East Initiative and Associate Professor of Sociology, American University in Cairo.

China’s rise cannot be meaningfully assessed without a close look at the digital domain. Disputes related to digital technologies feature front and center in the U.S.-China trade war, as China continues making digital inroads on the European Continent. Meanwhile, debates over regulatory measures like GDPR serve as a reminder of the differences between the American and European approaches to data governance. Just how far has China gotten in its quest to primacy in digital technologies like 5G? What underlies China’s fervid pursuit of an AI-fueled national strategy? As American tech firms face sustained pushback from European governments in the latter’s renewed call for “digital sovereignty,” how feasible is a coordinated U.S.-EU response to China’s digital expansion? Finally, how might this all be engendering a new balance between individual right to privacy, corporate interest and state power on a global scale? Join a panel of experts from an array of backgrounds in a vibrant discussion of these pressing topics. 

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion on Latin America's current political disturbances and what it means for the future of the region with Senior Fellow, Ambassador Thomas Shannon Jr, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. State Department, moderated by Professor Nicholas Burns.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy for a discussion on the current state of the U.S. State Department with two former Under Secretaries of State for Political Affairs and career diplomats: Ambassadors Thomas Shannon, Jr. and Nicholas Burns. Combined, the two have nearly 6 decades of experience in the Department and have served in positions ranging from Ambassador to Brazil, State Department Spokesman, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Ambassador to NATO. 

Lunch will be served. 

With the Costa v. ENELdecision of 1964, the European Court of Justice began building European Union Law through its legal interpretations. Since the decision issued by the Luxembourg Court more than 55 years ago, many things have changed.

The European Union has grown from its six core member states into its current twenty-eight, while along the way, Germany has been reunified and now, one of its most prominent members, the United Kingdom, may leave during 2020.

This event will review the historical evolution of the fundamental principles of European Union Law as well as the main challenges that have existed and continue to exist for the functioning of the Union, its form of government and its citizens.

Join the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) for an event with Pierre Vimont, former Executive Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) about the Future for Europe’s Foreign Policy.

Location: Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall, Center for European Studies