WCFIA Roundtable on World Affairs

"Europe in the Grip of a Refugee Crisis: Perspectives from the Region" Speakers: Iphigenia Kanara, Fellow. Diplomat, Consul General of Greece in Boston. Marzena Rogalska, Fellow. Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry Entrepreneurship, and SMEs...

"Why Ukraine Matters—Three Perspectives: Poland, Germany, United States" Speakers: Sebastian Domżalski, Fellow. Former Deputy Head of Mission, Polish Embassy in New Delhi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland. Ludger Siemes, Fellow. Former Head of...

"Civil-Military Cooperation in Stabilization Operations: The Case of Afghanistan" Speakers: Yin He, WCFIA Fellow. Associate Professor, China Peacekeeping Police Training Center, China. Thomas O’Steen, WCFIA Fellow. Colonel, United States Army. Oliver...

"Responding to New Realities in the Middle East: Syria, Iraq and ISIS" Speakers: Amine Jaoui, Fellow, WCFIA Fellows Program. Former Policy Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, United Arab Emirates. Thomas O’Steen, Fellow, WCFIA Fellows Program. Colonel...

“Boundaries of State Responsibility for Expropriation: Lessons from History and from the Financial Crisis” Speaker: Piotr Kobielski, Fellow. Diplomat and Attorney; Expert, Department for Proceedings Before International Human Rights Protection Bodies...

“Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Promoting National Security: An Assessment of the Policy Toolkit and Comment on Korean Military” Co-sponsored by The Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute, Harvard University. Speakers...

"The Challenges to Anticipating and Preventing Mass Violence: The Different Tools of Humanitarian Response" Light lunch available at 12:15pm. Speakers: Jennifer Leaning, Faculty Associate. François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and...

"Crisis and Wartime Behaviors: Media, Democracy, and International Conflict" DiscussantSung-Yoon Lee Former Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.Co-Sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum...

"Women, Rights, and Development: Issues and Insights" Speakers: Jacqueline Bhabha, Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School; Director of Research, Francois Bagnoud Xavier Center for Health and Human Rights; University Adviser on Human...

"Hiroshima, the Geneva of Asia" Co-sponsored by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. Speaker: Osamu Yoshida, Professor and Chair, Hiroshima University Partnership Project for Peace Building and Capacity Development (HiPeC).