Event Archives: 2013

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New America NYC: Dirty Wars: A Social Cinema Screening

Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 6:30pm

Please note that this event will be held at the CORE: club, not our SoHo space.

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Genocide in Our Hemisphere

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 2:00pm

On May 10, 2013, Guatemala made history when General Efraín Ríos Montt became the first former head of state to be tried and convicted for genocide in the courts of his own country.

The trial revisited one of the most brutal cases of government repression in the Western Hemisphere—a 34-year civil conflict forged by the Cold War in which military-dominated regimes engaged in the systematic killing, rape, torture, and abuse of its own people. By the war’s end in 1996, an estimated 200,000 people had been killed, and 1.5 million had been displaced.

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Online Radicalization: Myths and Realities

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 12:15pm

The Boston Marathon attacks thrust the issue of online radicalization to the front and center of the debate about homegrown violent extremism in the United States. The elder of the two Tsarnaev brothers behind the attacks had posted videos lauding violent jihad on his personal YouTube channel, visited online jihadist forums, and read Inspire, the English-language magazine published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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What’s Next for Pakistan’s New Government?

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 12:15pm

On May 11, Pakistanis turned out to the polls in record numbers to vote in a momentous election: the country’s first transition from one democratically elected government to another. The party of former two-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif quickly surged ahead on Election Day, easily winning a simple majority in parliament. But Sharif and his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz face a range of thorny problems, from a vicious insurgency to a crippling energy shortage.

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Democratizing Wealth and a Sustainable Future

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 12:15pm
Never before have so many Americans been more frustrated with our economic system, more fearful that it is failing, or more open to fresh ideas about a new one. In his new book, Gar Alperovitz presents a case for democratizing wealth as a foundation for a new and sustainable economy. He describes what it means to build a new system to replace the crumbling one, and offers specific policy ideas for how we might begin the process by starting with a transformation of the banking industry and health care sector.
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The Next Generation University

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:00am

The seemingly incompatible needs for U.S. colleges and universities to expand access, increase completion, improve student learning and reduce costs have created new pressures as well as enormous opportunity for innovation in higher education. 

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Jihad and Politics in North Africa

Monday, May 20, 2013 - 12:00pm

French intervention in Mali earlier this year quickly dislodged insurgents from their strongholds in the northern part of the country, but even before victory had been secured, Paris began making moves to bring its troops home. Most of the 4,000 French troops sent to Mali remain there today, but they plan to hand over security operations to a UN-mandated African force in the coming weeks. With continued unrest and regular attacks by insurgents, any withdrawal at this stage leaves northern Mali vulnerable to becoming a safe haven again for al-Qaeda and others.

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Unfinished Business: Wireless Competition and the FCC Transition

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 12:15pm
The nomination of Tom Wheeler as the next Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) marks the start of what could be a lengthy confirmation process. Although President Obama has designated Commissioner Mignon Clyburn as Acting Chair, the transition to new leadership at the FCC often results in important decisions being put on hold. However, with consumer demand for mobile broadband exploding, the FCC is already behind the curve and must keep moving.
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Drone Wars: Counterterrorism and Human Rights

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 12:15pm

On March 15, Ben Emmerson, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism, released a statement that categorically declared the CIA drone program a “violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty.” That statement followed three days of secret meetings with Pakistani officials, who told Emmerson that they had confirmed 400 civilian deaths in drone strikes since the program began in 2004.

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New America NYC: Which Cities Will Survive the 21st Century?

Monday, May 13, 2013 - 6:30pm

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