Dear Educator:
Happy New Year!
I write to invite you and your students to participate in our Winter/Spring 2013 Academic Conference Call series. These calls provide an opportunity for students and their professors to interact with a CFR fellow or Foreign Affairs author. Below you will find the call schedule with suggested background readings. If you do not already receive invitations for these calls and would like to, please email educators@cfr.org with your name, preferred email address, and academic affiliation.
In addition, I encourage you to take advantage of other CFR resources for educators, including Foreign Affairs magazine. We are offering a discounted bulk subscription rate for educators and students at www.foreignaffairs.com/node/64126. For more information on CFR's Academic Initiative, visit www.cfr.org/educators or email educators@cfr.org.
We look forward to having you and your students join us for these lively exchanges.
Best regards,
Irina A. Faskianos
Vice President, National Program & Outreach |
Winter/Spring 2013 Academic Conference Call Series
CFR's Academic Conference Calls connect students directly with a CFR fellow or Foreign Affairs author. To sign up, please email educators@cfr.org.
Wednesday, February 6 Academic Conference Call: "Syria Update"
with Speakers Robert M. Danin, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Background Reading: What Should U.S. Policy Be in Syria?, Proceed With Caution, Syria's Crisis and the Global Response, Pressure Points: Syria Thursday, February 21 Academic Conference Call: "Climate Change and the Obama Administration"
with Speaker Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations
Background Reading: The False Promise of Energy Independence, Energy, Security, and Climate, Global Goverance Monitor: Climate Change Wednesday, March 6 Academic Conference Call: "Business and Human Rights"
with Speaker Mark P. Lagon, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Human Rights, Council on Foreign Relations
- 1:00—2:00 p.m., (ET). Please note the special timing of this call.
Background Reading: Conservatives, Liberals, and Human Rights, Promoting Human Rights: Is U.S. Consistency Desirable or Possible?, Global Governance Monitor: Human Rights Thursday, March 28 Academic Conference Call: "U.S.-Mexico Relations"
with Speaker Shannon K. O'Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Background Reading: Refocusing U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation, Mexico’s Age of Agreement, Latin America’s Moment: Mexico Wednesday, April 10 Academic Conference Call: "Economic and Democratic Transitions: Lessons Learned"
with Speaker Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations
Background Reading: Democracy in Development, Development Channel Thursday, April 25 Academic Conference Call: "China, Cybersecurity, and Crisis Stability"
with Speaker Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Background Reading: Changes and Challenges for China in 2013, The Cyber Trade War, Asia Unbound: China About CFR
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About CFR’s Academic Initiative
CFR’s Academic Initiative connects educators and students at the college and graduate level with CFR’s research and nonpartisan analysis. The Academic Initiative offers a wealth of resources for the classroom, including an Academic Conference Call series, student briefings, and online Academic Modules, which feature teaching notes by authors of CFR publications. For more information, please contact Jamie Weiss-Yagoda, assistant director for Outreach, Academic Initiative, at 212.434.9846 or educators@cfr.org.
About the Educators Portal on CFR.org
CFR's Educators Portal, www.cfr.org/educators, is a "first stop" on the Internet for members of the academic community seeking information on and analysis of U.S. foreign policy and global developments. In addition to a wide range of CFR materials—including interviews with experts, meeting transcripts, and new backgrounders—educators will find free customized academic modules built around a primary CFR text designed to assist in supplementing their course syllabi.
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