Browsing Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs by Department "International Affairs"
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(Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, 2019-05)One hundred years ago the 1918 influenza pandemic swept the globe, killing between 50-90 million people. The loss of life was so great that cities throughout the United States struggled to keep up with burials; it is ...
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(2016-08-19)Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker present their book "Counterstrike," detailing the US's war on terror and the group of military analysts at intelligence agencies and in law enforcement developed a new strategy to fight terrorism ...
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(2015-07-08)Bush School Alum, Ambassador Nasir A. Andisha, presents his doctoral thesis on the "Desirability and Feasibility of a Policy of Neutrality in Afghanistan: The Dilemma of Collective Security and Neutrality in Afghanistan."
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(2016-09-02)
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(2016-03-22)Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the future of medicine and technology in the face of new and developing diseases. He looks at recent pandemics and outbreaks and discusses how vaccine diplomacy can change the world.
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(2017-02-28): In the mid-1990s two infectious disease outbreaks – Pneumonic Plague in Surat, India and Ebola in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) - caused great concern globally. At that time the standard communication ...
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(2016-11-03)
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(2017-08-04)Nicolas Werth is a prominent French historian, and an internationally known expert on communist studies, particularly the history of the Soviet Union. He is the son of Alexander Werth, a Russian-born British journalist ...
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(2017-09-27)The international higher education community is now confronting unprecedented challenges as it pursues ongoing federal support for its long-established programs. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the need for a ...
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(2016-03-22)Ambassador Hank Cohen discusses what has helped and what has hindered economic development and democracy in Africa since the end of colonization. Inspired by his book "The Mind of an African Strongman: Conversations with ...
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(2016-09-27)
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(2017-02-28)We define Science Tikkun broadly as an added role for leading U.S. scientists to elevate the profile of their knowledge and findings, and educate leaders in the areas of government, business, religion, the military, the ...
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(2017-02-28)Quarantine will likely never be a comfortable experience for anyone, but there are concrete steps that can be taken to improve the experience and help shift perceptions of quarantine in the United States from punishment ...
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(2017-08-04)In this presentation, Kimberly Elliott discusses the role sanctions play in foreign policy and as an instrument of national power. She highlights the pros and cons to international sanctions as well as whether or not they ...
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(2017-08-01)A Global Turning Point In History and Memory, WWI. Panelists met to discuss the past and future implications of the first World War.