Resources for the Classroom

Winter/Spring 2013 Academic Conference Call Series Schedule

Wednesday, March 6, 1:00–2:00 p.m., (ET) *Please note the special timing of this call.

"Business and Human Rights" with Mark P. Lagon

Background Reading: How to Encourage U.S. Companies to Respect Human Rights; U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; Conservatives, Liberals, and Human Rights; Promoting Human Rights: Is U.S. Consistency Desirable or Possible?; Global Governance Monitor: Human Rights

Thursday, March 28, 12:00–1:00 p.m., (ET)

"U.S.-Mexico Relations" with Shannon K. O'Neil

Background Reading: Refocusing U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation; Mexico’s Age of Agreement; Latin America’s Moment: Mexico

Wednesday, April 10, 12:00–1:00 p.m., (ET)

"Economic and Democratic Transitions: Lessons Learned" with Isobel Coleman

Background Reading: Democracy in Development; Development Channel

Thursday, April 25, 12:00–1:00 p.m., (ET)

"China, Cybersecurity, and Crisis Stability" with Adam Segal

Background Reading: Changes and Challenges for China in 2013; The Cyber Trade War; Asia Unbound: China

For details or to register, email educators@cfr.org.

Academic Conference Call Audio

Syria Update

CFR Senior Fellows Robert M. Danin and Ed Husain lead a conversation on the current situation in Syria and discuss the challenges that...

Teaching Modules

Academic Module: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

Academic Module: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

These teaching notes, by CFR Fellow Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, feature discussion questions and additional projects for educators to supplement the teaching of this text in the classroom...
Academic Module: Paradise Beneath Her Feet

Academic Module: Paradise Beneath Her Feet

This module features teaching notes by CFR Senior Fellow Isobel Coleman, author of Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East, along with other resources to supplement the text...
Academic Module: More Money Than God

Academic Module: More Money Than God

Featuring teaching notes by CFR Senior Fellow Sebastian Mallaby, author of the CFR book More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, this academic module includes additional resources to supplement the teaching of the text in the classroom.

CFR at ISA

Join CFR for a luncheon discussion at the International Studies Association Convention in San Francisco.

“Globalization and the Democratic Deficit”
Thursday, April 4, from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel

For more information and to register: http://cfrisa2013.eventbrite.com

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