The James Chace Memorial Speaker Series features leading figures in international affairs discussing topical and timely issues of global concern at The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and the Levin Institute in Manhattan. They conclude with an opportunity for participants to converse with the speakers. Events are held once a month, typically on a Thursday evening, and are open to the general public. Please e-mail mccully@bard.edu if you would like to reserve your space at a talk. If you would like to view clips from past lectures, please visit http://www.youtube.com/user/BGIAProgram
About James Chace
BGIA was founded by the late James Chace, a diplomatic historian, Managing Editor of Foreign Affairs, the World Policy Journal, and the Paul W. Williams Professor of Government and Public Law at Bard College. He authored numerous articles and books on international affairs, including Acheson: The Secretary Of State Who Created The American World, and 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs-The Election that Changed the Country.
Thursday, February 5, 2009 Michael A. Levi, Council on Foreign Relations' David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change
Fixing Global Finance
Thursday, February 26, 2009 Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times and author of Fixing Global Finance, at the Levin Institute, 116 E. 55 St., 6:30 PM
Rise and Fall of Hyperpowers
Thursday, March 12, 2009 Amy Chua, Professor at Yale Law School and author of Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance- and Why They Fall, at the Levin Institute, 116 E. 55th St, 6:30 PM
The Great Experiment: Globalization
Thursday, April 16, 2009 Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution and author of The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States and the Quest for a Global Nation, at the Levin Institute, 116 E. 55th St, 3:00PM
The Future of Pakistan
Thursday, April 30, 2009 Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program Director, New America Foundation and Jonathan Paris, Associate Fellow, International Centre for the Study of Radicalization, King's College London, at the Levin Institute, 116 E. 55th St., 6:30 PM
Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO and Founder of Acumen Fund and author of Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, Levin Institute, 116 E. 55th St, 6:00 PM