Mobilizing to Save CivilizationA talk by Lester Brown, November 17th
In the next installment of the World Beyond the Headlines series, Lester Brown, founder and President of the Earth Policy Institute, presents his new book Plan B 4.0. The book explores the global transition to a new energy economy and how it will affect our daily lives.
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“With Immediate Effect” –The Events of 1989 Revisited
November 4-7, CIS presents a public film and discussion series reflecting on the twentieth anniversary of the transitions in Central and Eastern Europe that marked the end of the Cold War and altered the balance of power in the world.
Photograph courtesy of NATO Photos.
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David Bosco on the U.N. Security Council and the Making of the Modern World
In the latest installment of the World Beyond the Headlines lecture series, professor and journalist David Bosco reflected on the real value of the United Nations Security Council for keeping the peace.
Outreach News
This June 22-24, the Center for International Studies presented a three-day institute on the Global Economy, in conjunction with the University of Chicago East Asian, Southern Asian, Latin American, East European and Russian Eurasian, and Middle Eastern Area Studies Centers. The goal of the institute was to provide teachers with the tools to successfully teach issues pertaining to the Global Economy, specifically: Markets, Trade and Globalization, Impacts of Globalization, and The Current Global Financial Crisis.