Economics and Globalization Events
Barriers to Cross-Border Labor Mobility for Professionals Doing Business in Canada and the United States
June 11, 2013 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Canada Institute
Please join the Canada Institute as we launch our sixteenth One Issue, Two Voices series featuring leading national experts in best practices and policies for cross-border labor mobility.
Goodbye, Brazil, a Global Perspective on Brazilian Immigration
May 31, 2013 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Brazil Institute
On May 31st, author Maxine Margolis will discuss her new book on the growing Brazilian diaspora.
Unconventional Monetary Policies: What are the Implications?
May 30, 2013 // 10:30am — 11:45am
New analysis from the IMF on Unconventional Monetary Policies—Recent Experiences and Prospects is part of ongoing work to examine the role and effects of monetary policy during and after the global crisis.
China's Economic and Political Outlook Under Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang
May 30, 2013 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang have assumed the top party and government positions in China. Their economic and political agenda is already beginning to take shape. The million-dollar question is whether their policies will produce tangible results and overcome the many hurdles China is facing today. Dr. Junhua Wu and Mr. Kiyoyuki Seguchi will address this question and offer their analysis on the future outlook of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang's policies.
Latin America’s Global Insertion
May 29, 2013 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Latin American Program
Countries in Latin America are revising their patterns of international insertion and new patterns of economic and political integration are emerging.
Serbia's Challenges on Its Path to EU Accession
May 29, 2013 // 1:00pm — 2:00pm
European Studies
Assistant Foreign Minister of Serbia Ljubica Vasic will discuss the challenges and opportunities that the Republic of Serbia faces on its path to European integration. Vasic will address key reforms that the country has introduced so far to advance its EU accession bid, and will explain why the European integration process is important for the overall development of the country. She will outline the steps that Serbia has taken to achieve one of its main foreign policy goals – EU membership.
The State of the U.S.-Mexico Border
May 23, 2013 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Mexico Institute
As the debate over immigration reform has brought the management of the U.S.-Mexico border back into the spotlight, the Mexico Institute is pleased to invite you to the launch of its new State of the Border Report.
Business of Civil War: New Forms of Life in the Debris of the Democratic Republic of Congo
May 22, 2013 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
Africa Program
This event has been organized in order to discuss a new book authored by Patience Kabamba, Assistant Professor of International Studies at Marymount Manhattan College. In this work, Kabamba discusses the enterprises of the Nande trust networks and consequently aims to challenge the assumption that a “weak state” is synonymous with a “failed” society.
Africa: Agriculture, Structural Change and the Urban Imperative
May 22, 2013 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Comparative Urban Studies Project
Panelists will examine how African nations can manage structural and spatial change to broaden economic growth.
A Conversation with Congressman Henrique Eduardo Alves, Speaker of Brazil's House of Representatives
May 22, 2013 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Brazil Institute
On Wednesday, May 22nd, the Brazil Institute welcomes the President of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, Congressman Henrique Eduardo Alves