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#CGAat15 Faculty Interview Series: Waheguru Pal S. Sidhu

March 31, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

This year, The Center for Global Affairs (CGA) celebrates its 15th Anniversary. To mark this occasion, the Global Affairs Review (GAR) sat down with Professor Waheguru Pal Singh (W.P.S.) Sidhu, to discuss his CGA journey and experience. Dr. Sidhu is an associate professor at the CGA and the Director of the United Nations specialization. Concurrently, he is an associate fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and a guest faculty at the NATO Defense College. Dr. Sidhu has more than 25 years of experience in traditional and non-traditional security issues, specifically in arms control and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction – particularly nuclear weapons – and the role of emerging powers, especially India, in the evolving global order. His previous academic and professional positions include vice president of programs at the EastWest Institute, and director of the innovative New Issues in Security Course at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Dr. Sidhu has also served as a consultant to the UN and its affiliate agencies, and to other intergovernmental agencies. In addition to his pedagogic experience, he regularly organizes and conducts track-two projects with institutions in the US, Europe, China, India, and Pakistan to facilitate a dialogue among young scholars on international peace and security issues. He is the author of multiple books, chapters, and articles dealing with defense and security issues. His latest publication is Shaping the Emerging World: India and the Multilateral Order.

#CGAat15 Faculty Interview Series: Jennifer Trahan

March 10, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

This year, The Center for Global Affairs (CGA) celebrates its 15th Anniversary. To mark this occasion, the Global Affairs Review (GAR) sat down with Professor Trahan, to discuss her CGA journey and experience. Professor Trahan is a Clinical Professor teaching International Law; Human Rights in Theory & Practice; International Justice; Transnational Justice; and U.S. Use of Force and the “Global War on Terror.” Professor Trahan also leads a global field intensive to The Hague, Bosnia, and Serbia, and one to Rwanda. She serves on numerous professional associations, including the Executive Board of the American Branch of the International Law Association and as its Co-Director of Studies, the Use of Force Committee of the International Law Association, and the Council of Advisers on the Application of the Rome Statute to Cyberwarfare. She has authored numerous publications, including “Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity: A Digest of the Case Law of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda” (HRW 2010), and “Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity: A Topical Digest of the Case Law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia” (HRW 2006). Her latest book “Legal Limits to the Veto Power in the Face of Atrocity Crimes,” will be released in 2020 by Cambridge University Press.

#CGAat15 Faculty Interview Series: Jens Rudbeck

March 3, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

This year, The Center for Global Affairs (CGA) celebrates its 15th Anniversary. To mark this occasion, GAR sat down with Professor Rudbeck to discuss his tenure at the CGA and his current position as head of the International Development and Humanitarian Assistance Concentration. Professor Rudbeck earned an MS in development studies and a PhD in political science, focusing on democratization in sub-Saharan African. His research has focused on the interaction between social movements and the state. Professor Rudbeck currently teaches classes focusing on development, humanitarian assistance, food security, and social movements.

#CGAat15 Faculty Interview Series: John Kane

February 27, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

This year, The Center for Global Affairs (CGA) celebrates its 15th Anniversary. To mark this occasion, the Global Affairs Review (GAR) sat down with Professor John Kane, to discuss his CGA journey and experience. Professor Kane’s primary research interests include political psychology and behavior, and experimental research methodology. His research has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and Social Science Quarterly. He has taught undergraduate courses on human rights and global environmental politics, political ideology and foreign policy, as well as graduate courses covering research methods, statistics and data analysis.

#CGAat15 Faculty Interview Series: Mary Beth Altier

February 18, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

This year, The Center for Global Affairs (CGA) celebrates its 15th Anniversary. To mark this occasion, the Global Affairs Review (GAR) sat down with Professor Mary Beth Altier, to discuss her CGA journey and experience. Professor Altier is a Clinical Associate Professor teaching courses on Transnational Security, Transnational Terrorism, Security Sector Governance and the Rule of Law, and Analytic Skills. She also leads a Consulting Practicum with the U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center and recently led a Global Field Intensive to Belfast and London. In 2017, she received the NYU SPS Excellence in Teaching Award. Professor Altier’s research interests are in international security, foreign policy, political violence, and political behavior. Her recent work centers on the reasons why individuals support the use of political violence in developed and developing democracies as well as why they participate in acts of political violence, especially terrorism. Her current book project examines the conditions under which citizens vote for political parties associated with armed groups in developed and developing democracies and the strategies employed by armed groups and their associated parties to maximize electoral support.

Theories of European Integration

February 13, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

Author: Paul C. Saunders, February 2020.

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“…although the failure of the Euro challenges the EU’s future, there is no reason to believe that the EU, even without the United Kingdom, will disappear anytime soon. In this article, I will briefly review the history of European integration and argue that existing theories of integration, while helpful, do not fully explain the phenomenon and that new intergovernmentalism remains a work in progress.”

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Author: Paul C. Saunders, February 2020.

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“…although the failure of the Euro challenges the EU’s future, there is no reason to believe that the EU, even without the United Kingdom, will disappear anytime soon. In this article, I will briefly review the history of European integration and argue that existing theories of integration, while helpful, do not fully explain the phenomenon and that new intergovernmentalism remains a work in progress.”

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#CGAat15 Faculty Interview Series: Michael Oppenheimer

February 11, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

This year, The Center for Global Affairs (CGA) celebrates its 15th Anniversary. To mark this occasion, the Global Affairs Review (GAR) sat down with Professor Michael Oppenheimer, to discuss his CGA journey and experience. Professor Oppenheimer is a Clinical Professor at the CGA. His courses include International Relations, US Foreign Policy, and Future International Systems. He also leads a team of students each semester in a research and consulting project for the UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) on countering violent extremism. He is the originator and director of the Carnegie Corporation-funded project on alternate futures for pivotal countries, which has published China 2020, Russia 2020, Turkey 2020, Ukraine 2020, Pakistan 2020, and Syria 2018. He has authored several books, most recently Pivotal Countries, Alternate Futures, published by Oxford University Press in December 2015.

Do Mobile Phones Empower Women? An Analysis Of Policy And Advocacy Campaigns Promoting Access To Information And Communication Technology (ICT)

February 6, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

Author: Kristina Scheurle, February 2020.

“Access to ICT alone does not equate empowerment, and policies with access as a primary focus may at best fall short of supporting gender equality and at worst may actually perpetuate gender-based stereotypes, bias and violence. While owning a mobile phone may be one indicator of empowerment, it by no means guarantees it.”

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#CGAat15 Faculty Interview Series: Carolyn Kissane

February 4, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

Dr. Carolyn Kissane serves as Academic Director of the M.S. in Global Affairs and M.S. in Global Security, Conflict and Cybercrime. and Clinical Professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University where she teaches graduate level courses examining the geopolitics of energy, Comparative Energy Politics, Central Asian region, transformations in China, and energy, environment, and resource security. Complementing her academic, public service and consultant experience, Dr. Kissane is the author of numerous publications looking at China and Central Asia, the energy transition, energy diplomacy in India, and U.S. energy security, and an upcoming book on oil and the resource curse. Dr. Kissane is Coordinator of the Energy and Environmental Policy concentration at the Center and is faculty adviser to the Energy Policy International Club (EPIC). She was awarded the esteemed NYU Excellence in Teaching Award in 2007, the SCPS Award for Teaching Excellence in 2009, and nominated for the NYU-wide Distinguished Teaching Award in 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2018. She is a recipient of the Graduate Enhancement Area and Language Studies Award, Fulbright-Hayes Dissertation Award, IREX Grants, NYU Curricular Development Challenge Fund Grant, and NYU Dean’s Research Grant.She was named Breaking Energy’s Top Ten New York Women in Energy and Top Ten Energy Communicator. She hosts Fueling our Future, an energy series she moderates which bring in energy and environment experts for conversation and debate. She also serves on the boards of the Energy Forum, NYU Tandon Clean Start Advisory Board, CIV-Lab, and Art for Refugees in Transition. Dr. Kissane received her Ph.D. from Columbia University.

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Youth as a Catalyst of Change: Hong Kong

February 3, 2020 by bb53 Leave a Comment

Author: Yani Aldrich, February 2020.

“The Hong Kong youth have been catalysts for so much change in just the past seven years and they are still going forward in full force. Some youth leaders are even running for seats in the legislature (Yiu-man). As a youth-led movement, the Hong Kong protests have the power to change the future. Youth can take the necessary risks to fight back against Beijing’s continued advancements to diminish Hong Kong’s autonomy, they are innovative, and their passion leads the movement because they are fighting for the future and future generations.”

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