North America Events
New Scholarship in Race and Ethnicity
Black Ethnic Options: Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Politics of Incorporation
June 16, 2005 // 12:00am
United States Studies
Promise and Peril: Canada-U.S. Trade Policy
June 15, 2005 // 5:00am — 6:00am
Canada Institute
The Canada Institute and Canada25 hosted a roundtable discussion on Canada-U.S. trade policy in which speakers addressed the current challenges for policymakers on both sides of the border.
Competition for Commodities: China and the North American Response
June 10, 2005 // 8:00am — 11:00am
Canada Institute
The Canada Institute and Program on Science, Technology, America and the Global Economy hosted a roundtable discussion on the response of Canada and the United States to China's growing role in the global competition for commodities.
Book Launch -- Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East
June 09, 2005 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
With author Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute; and commentators Patrick A. Mulloy, Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and Philip Levy, Office of Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State
Freedom: A Power for Environmental Stewardship
June 08, 2005 // 10:00am — 11:00am
Environmental Change and Security Program
Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton says freedom—combined with private property rights and respect for the rule of law—creates an atmosphere conducive to environmental cooperation and security.
Book Launch -- The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India: A Divided Leviathan
June 08, 2005 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Program on America and the Global Economy
With author Aseema Sinha, Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow and Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and commentator Ambassador Teresita C. Schaffer, Director, South Asia Program, CSIS
Book Launch -- Outsourcing America: What's Behind Our National Crisis And How We Can Reclaim American Jobs
June 07, 2005 // 5:00pm — 6:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
Video of this event is now available.A discussion with co-author Ronil Hira and commentators Aaron Bernstein, BusinessWeek; Bruce Mehlman, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti Inc.; and Shang-Jin Wei, IMF and the Brookings Institution
The Long-Term Budget Challenge: Public Finance and Fiscal Sustainability in the G-7
June 04, 2005 // 8:30am — 6:00pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
This conference, sponsored by the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Institute for Research on Public Policy, will bring together scholars and policy experts who can address the nature and scope of public finances and fiscal sustainability issues in individual countries and relevant cross-national themes and perspectives.
Book Launch -- Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization
June 01, 2005 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
With author Pat Choate, Co-Director, Manufacturing Policy Project, and coauthor of The High-Flex Society; America in Ruins; Being Number One; and Save Your Job, Save Our Country with Ross Perot
New Scholarship in Race and Ethnicity - Black Immigrants in the New Urban Landscape: The Case of Haitians in Boston
May 23, 2005 // 12:00am
United States Studies