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The Council currently offers two types of events to engage the academic community. The Academic Conference Call series provides students the opportunity to interact with a Council fellow in a forty-five minute phone conversation and is made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Webcasts of Council meetings feature policymakers and scholars in timely discussions; students and educators watch the meeting in real time via the Internet. Once a webcast of a Council meeting has concluded, it is made available as a video in the multimedia section of For Educators or as part of an Adademic Module on a related subject.
Email questions about conference calls and webcasts to Irina Faskianos, vice president, National Program and Outreach, at educators@cfr.org.
Climate Change and Copenhagen
| 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 |
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| Presider: | Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations |
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (ET)
*Email educators@cfr.org to register.
Does Public Opinion Matter? World Attitudes on Global Governance
| Speakers: | Steven Kull, Director, Program on International Policy Attitudes, WorldPublicOpinion.org |
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| Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Presider: | Marvin Kalb, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice, Emeritus, and Senior Fellow, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University |
President Obama has heralded a “new era of global engagement.” But what do publics in the United States and around the world actually think about today’s global challenges—and the international institutions to cope with them? Join us for the launch of Public Opinion on Global Issues (www.cfr.org/public_opinion), the most comprehensive digest ever assembled of existing polling data on U.S. and global public attitudes toward multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century.
Developed by CFR’s International Institutions and Global Governance program in partnership with the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, the digest consolidates global and U.S. public opinion across ten major issue areas: elements of world order, international institutions, violent conflict, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, climate change, energy security, the global economy, economic development, and human rights.
Many of the results in the digest are surprising, and they challenge long-held stereotypes about attitudes toward world order and international cooperation, both in the United States and abroad. This digest represents a compilation, analysis, and synthesis of existing polling data, rather than new survey research. Its value added lies in its comprehensive coverage of major issue areas, as well as its juxtaposition of global and U.S. attitudes toward each area. Getting a clearer picture of what citizens in the United States and abroad want is important for policymakers, because public attitudes will shape prospects for effective multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century.
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Irina A. Faskianos
Vice President
National Program & Outreach
+1.212.434.9465
ifaskianos@cfr.org
Marjorie Brands-McCarthy
Deputy Director
National Program & Outreach
+1.212.434.9564
mbrands@cfr.org
Jessica Finz
Program Coordinator
National Program & Outreach
+1.212.434.9674
jfinz@cfr.org
Elizabeth McCourt
Program Associate
National Program & Outreach
+1.212.434.9535
emccourt@cfr.org
Maureen La Clair
Program Assistant
National Program & Outreach
+1.212.434.9573
mlaclair@cfr.org
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