Academic Module: God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Author: Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
December 8, 2008
This module features teaching notes by Walter Russell Mead, author of God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World, along with other resources to supplement the text. In his book, Mr. Mead recounts how the British and their American heirs built an unrivaled global system of politics, power, investment, and trade over the past three hundred years.
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Speaker:
David Miliband, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Member of Parliament for South Shields, United KingdomPresider:
Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International
3:45-4:00 p.m. - Reception
4:00-5:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Symposium ⁄ Minneapolis
2008 Foreign Policy Symposium: Democracy and America’s Role in the World
Speakers:
Lorne W. Craner, President, International Republican Institute, Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc., Vin Weber, CEO, Clark & Weinstock, Ken Wollack, President, National Democratic Institute for International AffairsPresider:
J. Brian Atwood, Dean, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
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A Conversation with Condoleezza Rice
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Symposium ⁄ New York
Religion and the Open Society
8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
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Symposium ⁄ New York
Evangelicals and U.S. Foreign Policy Symposium: Evangelicals and Foreign Policy Today - Session II
Presider:
Adrian Wooldridge, Washington Bureau Chief, EconomistSpeakers:
Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals, Eugene F. Rivers, Special Assistant to Presiding Bishop for Government and Policy; President, Church of God and Christ; National Ten Point Leadership Foundation, Clyde Wilcox, Professor of Government, Georgetown University
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Symposium ⁄ New York
Evangelicals and U.S. Foreign Policy Symposium: Historical Trajectories - Session I
Presider:
Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
William F. Martin, Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow for Religion and Public Policy, Rice University, Andrew Preston, Professor of History, Clare College, Cambridge University, Leo P. Ribuffo, Society of the Cincinnati George Washington Distinguished Professor of History, George Washington University
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Academic Conference Call
American Values and U.S. Foreign Policy
Speaker:
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Board Director, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
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General Meeting
God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Speaker:
Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, Author, "God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World"Presider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing
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Speaker:
Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group LLC; former United States Secretary of State; and author, "The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs"Presider:
George E. Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee
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