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Transnational Currents in the Gulf: People, Money & Ideas: Session 1
Experts from a variety of disciplines met for a three-session conference on topics relating to the Gulf region. The first session focused on money issues, including the debt crisis in Dubai and the relationship between Asian and GCC (Gulf Cooperation [...]Council) markets.
Hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on March 25, 2010.
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Human Development: A Retrospective and Prospective
Dr. Jeni Klugman delivers the Pardee Distinguished Lecture, focusing on the Human Development Reports (HDR) commissioned by the United Nations Development Program in 1990. She discusses how these reports serve as an independent assessment of the [...]progress that countries have made in promoting human development.
Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future on February 23, 2010.
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Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future
Would the world be a better place if we somehow curbed the world's desire for material consumption? Professor Saleem H. Ali discusses his new book, Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future, at the Pardee House Seminar. The talk [...]was moderated by Professor Adil Najam, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on October 23, 2009.
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Future Challenges: Science, Diplomacy and Development
Zulfiqar Bhutta, professor and chair of the department of pediatrics and child health at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, Harry Barnes, former U.S. ambassador to Romania, India, and Chile, and Patricia Wrightson, director of the [...]Committee on Scientific Communication and National Security at the National Academies, speak about the challenges of public health science, science diplomacy, and the importance of international scientific cooperation in Central Asia, South Asia, and East Africa. Gerald Keusch, a School of Public Health professor of international health and associate dean for global health and Medical Campus associate provost for global health, moderates.
Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on July 23, 2009.
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Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World
There is no question that global warming exists, but there is little action among the government and society at large to take steps to combat it. Economist Frank Ackerman argues that the standard economic models used to calculate the global cost of [...]protection, versus the cost of destruction of the planet, focus on an incomplete cost-benefit analysis.
Hosted by The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 28, 2009.
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Energy and Environment: How Is China Responding?
The seminar focuses on the longer range implications of China's response to energy and environment challenges - not only for China, but for the region and the world. It is part of the Pardee Center's ongoing discussion following a conference on [...]China's future held in December 2008. Joanna Lewis of Georgetown University makes a presentation, followed by a commentary by Xiaowei Xuan of Harvard University.
Hosted by Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Boston University Latin American Studies Program on March 6, 2009.
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Three Decades of Reform and Opening: Where Is China Headed? Politics
An international group of scholars addresses the future of China's politics, religion, law, economics, energy, health care, and environment. The 14 panelists examine China's evolving policies to predict where the country is headed. Each scholar [...]presents a paper, which will be collected and published in a book in 2009.
Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on December 8, 2008.
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Three Decades of Reform and Opening: Where Is China Headed? Social Order
An international group of scholars addresses the future of China's politics, religion, law, economics, energy, health care, and environment. The 14 panelists examine China's evolving policies to predict where the country is headed. Each scholar [...]presents a paper, which will be collected and published in a book in 2009.
Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on December 8, 2008.
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Three Decades of Reform and Opening: Where Is China Headed? Keynote Plenary
An international group of scholars addresses the future of China's politics, religion, law, economics, energy, health care, and environment. The 14 panelists examine China's evolving policies to predict where the country is headed. Each scholar [...]presents a paper, which will be collected and published in a book in 2009.
Hosted by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on December 8, 2008.
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