Union Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan: before and after the US withdrawal
February 09, 2022
Raffaella Iodice
Past Programs
“Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset” TED talk (Video)
February 21, 2014 Hans Rosling, MD, Karolinska Institute, Moderator Arvid Lundy Even the most worldly and well-traveled among us will have their perspectives shifted by Hans Rosling. A professor of global health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, his current work focuses on dispelling common myths about the so-called developing world, which (he points
US Foreign AID and Child Survival: . . . What the US could Still Accomplish
November 15, 2013 David Douglas We are living through an unprecedented decline in deaths of children worldwide from preventable diseases. U.S. foreign aid played a central role in this little-known story. Around the world 6 million fewer children will die this year than in 1990. This global effort has been collaborative,
A Writer in Exile: My Only Country: Words and Literature
October 28, 2013 Kebir Ammi, French/North African novelist/dramatist/essayist How does the world appear to a North African novelist living, writing and teaching in post 9/11 France? What do his stories tell us about the world and 21st century civilization looking at it from the perspective of a Muslim émigré?
No More Deaths: The Mexican Border and Immigration Reform
October 14, 2013 Reverends John Fife and Gene Levebre Immigration reform is stalled in Congress. That’s the bad news. The good news is that we can still put on the pressure for better legislation. The Presenters will describe what’s actually happening along the Arizona border with Mexico, an intolerable situation rife
Eyes in the Sky All of Us Can Use: What can they see? . . . How can We Make Global Security Discoveries via the Cloud?
September 30, 2013 Frank Pabian, Senior GeoSpacial Information Analyst, Los Alamos National Laboratory Analysts at various NGOs, universities, and think tanks (as well as arm-chair hobbyists) are playing a leading role in obtaining new information of relevance to global security from a variety of open-source geospatial tools. These tools include Google Earth
The European Union: America’s Friend or Foe?
June 11, 2013 Brian E. Carlson, Ambassador, experienced public diplomacy specialist and a former Career Minister in the U.S. Foreign Service Does America have anything to fear from the new EU? Are our closest allies moving away from trans-Atlantic organizations like NATO and becoming a large, powerful and competing coalition? Can the