IR/PS Events

Commencement 2008

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the class of 2008. For more information, please visit the commencement page.

IR/PS Awards Night

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The IR/PS Awards Night establishes commencement weekend not only the marking of the next step in IR/PS students' lives, but also as a celebration of the achievements of our students and alumni.

The event is an opportunity for students and their families to celebrate with fellow students, local alumni, faculty, and staff. Traditional student awards given at commencement will now be awarded on this evening. The graduating class will officially join the prestigious ranks of IR/PS alumni. We have also started another new tradition and award the second annual "IR/PS Alumni Associate Outstanding Achievement Award."

Awards to be presented: Allison, Grunwald, Wyman, Doming Liu, Language Achievement, and IR/PS Alumni Association Outstanding Achievement Award.

Click here for directions to the UC San Diego Faculty Club.

The Mexican Electoral Reform

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Mauricio Merino has a doctorate degree in Political Science from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. Currently, he is a visiting fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. In addition, he is a professor and researcher in the Public Administration Division of the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City. He is national researcher level II of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) and regular member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. He has undertaken research projects in various areas: public policy, local governments, professionalization and civil service, transparency, and ethics in the public sector. He has written and coordinated several books and papers addressing these topics. Some of his more recent publications include: El régimen municipal en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (2007); La gestión profesional de los municipios en México (2006); Los desafíos del servicio profesional de carrera en México (2006); and La transición votada (2003).

Video conference in English.

Part of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Research Seminar Series.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or e-mail.

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Dean's Roundtable: Thinking Multidimensionally About China's Power

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Based on his forthcoming book entitled The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds (UC Press 2008), David M. Lampton, Director of China Studies and Dean of Faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, will assess China's changing power capabilities, how its neighbors look at those changes, and how the United States and other powers might productively respond.

David Michael Lampton specializes in Chinese domestic politics and leadership, Chinese foreign policy, the policy–making process, and U.S.–China relations. He is Dean of Faculty, George and Sadie Hyman Professor, and Director of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He also is Senior International Advisor on China for Akin Gump. Before assuming those posts he was president of the National Committee on United States-China Relations in New York City from 1988-1997. From May 1998 to May 2006 he also was affiliated with The Nixon Center as the founding director of its Chinese Studies Program. Prior to 1988, Dr. Lampton was founding director of the China Policy Program at the American Enterprise Institute and Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University.

Lampton is the author of numerous books and articles on Chinese domestic and foreign affairs. His most recent books and monographs include, Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing United States–China Relations 1989-2000 (University of California Press, 2001, Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2003) and (editor) The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform, 1978-2000 (Stanford University Press, 2001).

Registration is required for this event. Please contact Priscilla Venegas at pvenegas@ucsd.edu or 858-534-0348.

How Should the State Intervene in Markets

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

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Please join us for a public lecture with Pacific Leadership Fellow Sir Donald Gordon Cruickshank. A reception will follow.

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Cruickshank has served on the Board of Directors at Qualcomm since June 2005. He was chairman of Clinovia Group Ltd. from 2004 to 2006 and Formscape Group Ltd. from 2003 to 2006 and has been a member of the Financial Reporting Council, the body responsible in the U.K. for oversight of the accountancy and actuarial professions and for corporate governance standards, since 2002. Sir Donald has extensive experience in a number of areas, including European regulation and telecommunications. His career has included assignments at McKinsey & Co. Inc., Times Newspapers, Virgin Group plc., Wandsworth Health Authority and the National Health Service in Scotland. Sir Donald served as chairman of the London Stock Exchange plc. from 2000 to 2003 and as director general of the U.K.’s Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) from 1993 to 1998. From 1997 to 2000 he served as chairman of action 2000, the U.K.’s Millennium Bug campaign. In 1998, Chancellor Gordon Brown appointed him as chairman of the government’s review of the U.K. banking sector and from 1999 to 2004, he served as chairman of SMG plc. one of Scotland’s leading broadcasters. Sir Donald is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and has received M.A. and L.L.D. degrees from the University of Aberdeen, and a M.B.A. degree from Manchester Business School.

Immigrant Context and the Policy Preferences of Native White Americans

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Zoltan Hajnal joined the Political Science Department at UCSD in 2001. Currently he is a visiting scholar at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. His areas of research include racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, direct democracy, and political behavior. In addition, his works have appeared in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Social Science Quarterly, and other journals and edited volumes. His published work has focused on minority representation, racial segregation, interest group politics, and neighborhood poverty. He is currently working on a book manuscript that examines the impact of black mayoral leadership on white racial attitudes and voting behavior. In a new, but related project, he is examining the multiple dimensions of Independent party choice. Hajnal was a former research fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California and a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Brandeis University.

Part of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Research Seminar Series.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or e-mail.

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Becoming Mexican-American: Assessing Mexican-origin Assimilation in the United States

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

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The Mexican-origin population is like no other in the United States. Its history includes colonization, protracted periods of immigration, and mass deportations. Individuals in this population range from those crossing the border today to individuals whose families were in the southwestern territory when it was still Mexico. Its uniqueness has sown confusion about how to understand where ethnic Mexicans fit in America’s racial and ethnic landscape. Are they following a path of assimilation forged by earlier waves of immigrants? Are they group destined to be an underclass? Or, are they forging a new, uncharted path of assimilation? An expert panel of social scientists takes up these questions in a one-day conference on Mexican-origin assimilation. Six leading social scientists will draw on original, cutting-edge research in the areas of sociology, economics and political science in order to shed light on how America’s largest ethnic group is becoming Mexican-American.

Political Dimensions of Assimilation:
Marisa Abrajano, UC San Diego
Lisa García Bedolla, UC Irvine
Wayne Cornelius, UC San Diego (discussant)

Economic Dimensions of Assimilation:
Frank Bean, UC Irvine
Enrico Marcelli, San Diego State University
Gordon Hanson, UC San Diego (discussant)

Social Dimensions of Assimilation:
Tomás Jiménez, UC San Diego
Edward Telles, UCLA
David Fitzgerald, UC San Diego (discussant)

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, contact Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or by e-mail.

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Health Selectivity and SES-Health Gradients in Mexico-U.S. Migration and Return: A Bi-National Perspective on Older Adults

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Fernando Riosmena is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Currently, he is a visiting fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. He received his B.A. in Marketing from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Guadalajara, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests intersect the fields of formal and social demography with an emphasis on how demographic processes are associated with the social mobility, well-being, and development in Latin American societies and immigrant communities from said region in the United States. He has done work on the formal demography of labor migration; the role of social ties and their legal status in explaining inter-country differences in US migration dynamics in Latin America; and the association between migration and other life course events. Besides these issues, Fernando is currently doing research on the health selectivity of U.S.-bound and return migration of Mexicans while looking at differences between self-reported measures and clinical reports, and the potential role of ecological conditions (i.e. health and socioeconomic characteristics) in origins.

Part of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Research Seminar Series.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or e-mail.

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Peace and Prosperity: Prospects for Improving Hemispheric Relations

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Sponsored by the Latin America Student Organization (LASO) and the Center on Pacific Economies.

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The Shared Ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and Nandalal Bose: Their Relevance for Todayâ€™s World

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Trans-Nationalism in the Art of Nandalal Bose with an introduction by Sonya Quintanilla, Ph.D., Curator of Asian Art, San Diego Museum of Art.

Program:
4:00 p.m. Tea and light refreshments
4:30 p.m. Address by Ambassador Sen.

This event is free and open to the public.

Event sponsored by the San Diego Museum of Art, the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the San Diego Indian American Society.

Dean's Roundtable: China, Climate Change Superpower and the Clean Technology Revolution

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Margret Jung-Jin Kim is Senior International Climate Change Counsel and China Program Director for the Air Resources Board and the California Environmental Protection Agency. Ms. Kim currently serves as Chair of the International Energy & Resources Transaction Committee of the American Bar Association’s Natural Resources & Environment Section. She is a member of the Commission on Environmental Law of IUCN (World Conservation Union) and was appointed to its Specialist Groups on Environmental Governance and Energy & Climate Change. She was visiting professor and Fulbright Senior Specialist at Beijing University Law and visiting scholar at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy. Margret is also a co-founder of Ecolinx Foundation (a California non-profit to assist China transition to a more sustainable energy and environmental future).

Robert E. Jones is President and co-founder of the EcoLinx Foundation and serves on the Board of the South Bay Business Environmental Coalition, is a founding member of the California Sustainable Business Council and is on the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of Sacramento. He is also Chairman of the Clean Tech Forum at the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and Strategic Advisor to the Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy. Robert has embraced the concept of environmentally and socially responsible cause marketing in his eco-products company, by using recycled and other materials from sustainable sources in the rainforest and providing employment for the physically and mentally challenged. His interest in the environment has taken him to most of the countries of East and South East Asia (and many in the Pacific) where he witnessed first-hand, the degradation of the environment, particularly the destruction of tropical rainforests.

Registration is required for this event.

This presentation is part of the Sempra Energy Environmental Speaker Series.

Education in Mexico: An Overview of the System, its Triumphs, and Remaining Challenges

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Bryant Jensen, is a Ph.D. student in educational psychology at the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at Arizona State University. He has been a research associate with the National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics, where he wrote synthesis papers on the cognitive and linguistic development of Hispanic children and presented findings with researchers, practitioners, and policymakers nationally. Bryant is interested in quantitative analysis of large sample data, mixed methods research designs, and in the evaluation of educational policy and practice for immigrant students in the United States, and for traditionally marginalized student populations—including rural and indigenous groups—throughout the Americas. Bryant is currently on a Fulbright Fellowship in Mexico where he is collaborating with the Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación on his dissertation.

Adam Sawyer is a Guest Scholar at UCSD's Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS). A doctoral candidate in International Education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, Adam's work focuses on policy issues within the Mexican education system and the schooling of Mexican immigrant and other Latino/a students in the United States. Previous to his graduate studies, Adam worked as a Spanish bilingual elementary school teacher in East Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, California, and as an Academic Consultant to the Mexican Ministry of Education. His current project, conducted under the auspices of CCIS' Mexican Migration Field Research and Training Project (MMFRP), explores the educational outcomes of a binational sample of students from a prominent migrant sending community in Oaxaca, Mexico and its U.S. satellite in San Diego County.

This event is part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. Click here for a complete schedule of events.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or e-mail.

Global Business Series: Destination China

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Destination China, part of the Global Business Series, is a fast–paced three–day executive course. The course follows a carefully planned sequence to develop a framework for understanding the Chinese business environment offering practical knowledge about sourcing from, selling to, and investing in China.

Program fees and registration are required. Click here for more information about Destination China, or contact Christine Federovitch, Ph.D., Program Manager at (858) 822-0079, or email.

The Global Business Series is sponsored by the the UC San Diego Rady Center for Executive Development in partnership with the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.

IR/PS 20th Anniversary Celebration

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

IR/PS 20th Anniversary Celebration

Celebrating 20 Years of Shaping Leaders
for the Pacific Century.

IR/PS will celebrate 20 graduating classes of pacific leaders with four days of events featuring faculty, students, alumni, and community supporters.

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Questions, comments, and ideas can be directed to Portia Bibb.

Migration, Inequality, and Schooling in Mexico

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Gabriel González-König earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics at Georgetown University. A current visiting fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, Dr. González-König has held academic positions at American University (Washington, DC), the Universidad de Guanajuato (Guanajuato, Mexico), and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Tijuana, Mexico). His main research interests are labor migration, poverty, and income distribution. He has done consulting work at The World Bank's poverty groups in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department for Latin America and Africa, at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), and at the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE). He is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI).

Part of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Research Seminar Series.

There is no cost of admission and the event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, contact Mr. Greg Mallinger by telephone at (858) 822-1696 or by e-mail.

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The Mexican Dream: The Imagined Return Among International Migrants From Two Mexican Townsâ€

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Javier Serrano Aquino began his studies in social anthropology at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) in Argentina. He later completed his master’s and doctorate at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) in Mexico. Currently, he is a Joint Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies. His work on migratory processes has focused on the Patagonia region of Argentina and several states in western and southern Mexico. In the past, he has done work on economic phenomenon from a cultural perspective. Currently, he is carrying out research on the hopes and aspirations of labor migrants and preparing his manuscript “The Mexican Dream: The imagined return among international migrants from rural Mexico” for publication.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or by e-mail.

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The Rise of Judicial Liberalization at the WTO

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Over the last fifteen years the focus of GATT/WTO trade regulation has moved from a negotiated legislative process to the judicial process. GATT negotiations created a regulatory system that substantially liberalized trade, but also enabled some powerful protectionist sectors to remain entrenched in industrialized countries. We are entering a period of "judicial liberalization" at the WTO, led by the Appellate Body. This development is reminiscent of the influence of the European Court of Justice in the years leading up to the Single European Act.

Richard H. Steinberg is Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Faculty Director of the International Human Rights Program at UCLA School of Law. He is also Visiting Professor and Senior Scholar at Stanford's Division of International, Comparative, & Area Studies, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and he serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of International Law and International Organization. Click here for a full biography.

For questions regarding the event, please email the IICAS Event Coordinator or call (858) 822-5297. Anyone needing special arrangements to accommodate a disability is encouraged to contact the IICAS Event Coordinator two weeks in advance of the event. Click here for directions and parking information.

This event is a presentation of the Project on International Affairs. Event co-sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS), the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, and the Department of Political Science.

Challenges and Opportunities of Cross-Border Relations

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Part of Charles Nathanson Lecture Series in Collaboration with the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

Presentation in Spanish with/ Simultaneous Translation

RSVP at usmex@ucsd.edu or by calling (858) 534-4503

José Guadalupe Osuna Millán obtained his undergraduate degree in economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) and earned a master's degree in industrial economics from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN). He has specialized in economic research due in part to his extensive experience as a professor of economics as part of the faculty at UABC and in the Department of Graduate Studies at IPN. He was also the Assistant Director of the Faculty of Economics at UABC and Director of the Institute for Economic Research at UABC. He has written numerous articles and published essays in magazines such as Federalismo y Desarrollo en Banobras, The Economist, Ciclos, and others.

Gov. Osuna Millán served as Director of Public Investments, Assistant Secretary of Public Investments for the Government of Baja California, Federal Director of Real Estate in Tijuana, Director of the State Public Utilities Commission of Tijuana, he was Mayor of Tijuana, Director of the State Water Commission, and the Federal Delegate for Baja California. His extensive experience as a public servant offers a very broad perspective of the economic and development activities of the city of Tijuana of the State of Baja California.

This event is part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. Click here for a complete schedule of events.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please click here to visit the Center for U.S. - Mexican Studies website. For additional information, contact Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or e-mail.

Murder as Politics in Contemporary Mexico

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pablo Piccato is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Columbia University, and currently a visiting fellow at the Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies. His area of focus is on the social and political history of modern Mexico, with particular interest in crime, honor, and the development of the public sphere. He received his B.A. from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1989 and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997. His published work includes City of Suspects: Crime in Mexico City, 1900-1931 (Duke University Press, 2001), Congreso y Revolución: El parlamentarismo en la XXVI Legislatura (Cámara de Diputados, 1991), the edition of El Poder Legislativo en las décadas revolucionarias (Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana, 1997), and, with Cristina Sacristán, of Actores, espacios y debates en la historia de la esfera pública en la ciudad de México (Instituto Mora, 2005). Forthcoming books include the edition, with Robert Buffington, of Mexican Crime Stories: Case Studies, Causes Célèbres, and Other True-to-Life Adventures in the Social Construction of Deviance (University of New Mexico Press), and The Tyranny of Opinion: Honor in the Construction of the Mexican Public Sphere (Duke University Press).

This is a joint event with the Department of History.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or e-mail.

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Alumni Spring Connections 2008

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

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Hiding the Bodies: Public Opinion, Criminal Procedure,and the Decline of the Death Penalty in Mexico, 1920-1930

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Joint Seminar with the Department of History

Dr. Ev Meade joined the History Department at UCSD in 2004. He spent the previous ten years in Chicago, where he taught courses in U.S. and Latin American History, Human Rights, and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago, DePaul University, and Richard J. Daley College. He also served on the advisory board of the University of Chicago Human Rights Program, and worked in a variety of capacities for the Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center. Professor Meade is currently revising his manuscript, “Anatomies of Justice and Chaos: Capital Punishment and the Public in Mexico, 1900-1975,” for publication. In a new, but related project, he is compiling a database of Mexican nationals on death row in the United States and tracking the efforts of the Mexican government to prevent their executions over the last century. Building on his work on behalf of detained immigrants and refugees in the Midwest, Meade has embarked upon another major research project to explore the historical, legal, and political origins of immigration detention in the contemporary United States. He has published editorials, presented papers, and participated in a wide variety of forums addressing this issue, and he hopes to turn his findings into a book.

This event is part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. Click here for a complete schedule of events.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Assessing Developments in Tibet and Taiwan: Implications for Beijing

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Join a panel of UCSD China specialists to examine the recent unrest in Tibet and the outcome of the Presidential election in Taiwan and the implications for the leadership in Beijing. The speakers will consider the political, geo-strategic, security, socioeconomic and religious dimensions of these two events and whether they represent a major challenge to the authority of the Chinese state.

Susan Shirk is director of the University of California system-wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and professor of political science. Shirk first traveled to China in 1971 and has been doing research there ever since. During 1997-2000, Shirk served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, with responsibility for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mongolia. She founded in 1993 and continues to lead the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD), an unofficial “track-two” forum for discussions of security issues among defense and foreign ministry officials and academics from the United States, Japan, China, Russia and the Koreas. Shirk served as a member of the U.S. Defense Policy Board, the Board of Governors for the East-West Center (Hawaii), the Board of Trustees of the U.S.-Japan Foundation, and the Board of Directors of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and an emeritus member of the Aspen Strategy Group. As Senior Adviser to The Albright Group, Shirk advises private sector clients on China and East Asia.

Tai Ming Cheung is a research fellow and research coordinator at IGCC. His responsibilities include managing the institute's track two program the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD), which brings together senior foreign ministry and defense officials as well as academics from the United States, China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Russia for informed discussions on regional security issues. He also teaches at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at UCSD. Cheung is a long-time analyst of Chinese defense and national security affairs. He was based in Asia from the mid-1980s to 2002 covering political, economic, and strategic developments in greater China. He was also a journalist and political and business risk consultant in northeast Asia. He received his Ph.D. from the War Studies Department at King's College, London University in 2006.

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Measuring the Cost of Migration for Mexico

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Agustín Escobar Latapí is currently a visiting fellow at the Center for U.S. – Mexican Studies. Concurrently, he is a researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social en Occidente (CIESAS). Dr. Escobar is a member of the Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL) and of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) at the highest level. In 1994, he received the national award for scientific research in social sciences from the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias to which he is also a member. He has authored or been co-author of 8 books and over 90 articles and chapters. Until 2006, he was director of the “Mexico – US Migration Management: a Binational Approach”. From 1999 to 2005, he oversaw the qualitative evaluation of Oportunidades, Mexico’s main social policy program. His most recent publications include: Pobreza y migración internacional (CIESAS, 2008) and “The Economy, Development and Work in the Final Report of the GCIM” International Migration (4: 2006).

This event is part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. Click here for a complete schedule of events.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Employer Outreach Trip - Washington, D.C.

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

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Religion and Geo-Politics: Can Islam and Democracy Live Together?

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

As the war in Iraq winds down and that in Afghanistan continues, the issue of America’s interface with the two billion strong Islamic world resonates in the media. At its center is a critical question posed by the Bush administration but still lacking any clear answer; Is Islam compatible with democracy?

To tap the views of Muslims living and working in the US and Britain, Amedee Turner, formerly a Member of the European Parliament for Britain and Queen’s Counsel, recently conducted a survey of discussions among well-informed Muslims living in the US and Britain in 38 groups involving 250 hours recorded comments.

Event sponsored by IR/PS and the "Religion and Politics" Series, St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla, CA.

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Migration and Developing Countries: More Coherent Policies for Better Development

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Thursday, March 13
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Carretera Escénica Tijuana - Ensenada, Km. 18.5 San Antonio del Mar, Tijuana
Auditorio Guillermina Valdés-Villalva

“Policies in Migrant-Sending Countries for Greater Gains from Migration and for Integrating Migration into Development Strategies”

Francisco Alba, El Colegio de México
Jorge Bustamante, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Eduardo Mendoza, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Francisco Venegas-Martínez (Moderator), Escuela Superior de Economia, IPN

Friday, March 14
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

UC San Diego
Center for US-Mexican Studies
Institute of the Americas Complex: Weaver Center

“Economic Consequences of Migration in Sending Countries: Remittances and Poverty and Inequality Reductions”

Denis Drechsler, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Agustín Escobar, Center for US– Mexican Studies
Gabriel González-König, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Jorge Mora, El Colegio de México and Tecnológico de Monterrey
René Zenteno (Moderator), Center for US-Mexican Studies

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Joint conference with the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Center on Pacific Economies. For a PDF version of the flyer, please click here.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Developments on the Korean Peninsula: the Alliance and Elections

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Six Party Talks on North Korea’s nuclear program are unfolding against the backdrop of two other important developments: ongoing debate about the future of the US-Republic of Korea military alliance; and the recent and upcoming elections in South Korea and the United States. This half-day symposium, co-sponsored by the Korea Economic Institute and the Korea-Pacific Program at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, brings together leading experts from Washington and UCSD to discuss these issues.

2 - 3:15 p.m.

Transforming the US-ROK Military Alliance

Moderator:

Professor Susan Shirk, IR/PS, Director of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, author of China: Fragile Superpower, and convenor of the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue

Panel Members:

Lt. Col. Mike Finnegan, Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs. Formerly Senior Country Director for Korea in the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Professor Bruce Bechtol, U.S. Marine Corps University, author of Red Rogue: The Persistent Challenge of North Korea

3:30 - 5 p.m.

Prospects for US and Korean Policy

Moderator and Commentor:

Professor Stephan Haggard, Director, Korea-Pacific Program, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies, co-author with Marcus Noland of Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform

Panel Members:

Kurt Campbell, CEO, Center for New American Security. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and the Pacific

Professor Susan Shirk, IR/PS

Professor Jong-sung You, IR/PS, Associate Director, Korea-Pacific Program

Scott Rembrandt, Korea Economic Institute

Event sponsored by the IR/PS Korea-Pacific Program and the Korea Economic Institute.

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Socioeconomic Status Gradients among Mexicans in the U.S. and in Mexico: A New Twist to the Hispanic Paradox on Health Outcomes

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Alberto Palloni received his Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Washington. He is currently the Board of Trustees Professor in Sociology and is a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. He is co-principal investigator of two large research projects collecting information on elderly persons in Mexico (MHAS) and Puerto Rico (PREHCO). He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California. His current research interests investigate the relationship between early health status and social stratification and inequality and poverty in the United States, determinants of health and mortality disparities among ethnic groups in the United States, families and households in Africa and Latin America, aging and mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the application of mathematical and statistical models to the study of health and mortality determinants, fertility, social stratification, and the spread of disease, in particular for HIV/AIDS.

Joint seminar with the Center on Pacific Economies and the Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine. For a complete schedule of USMEX events, please click here.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Microfinance Support for Women in Developing Nations

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8^th), the Women's Global Network (WGN) is launching their Global Business Partners (GBP) program, which connects San Diego women with microfinance programs that make small loans to women-owned businesses in developing countries. Their March 5 dinner program is co-sponsored by the IR/PS students' Development Club and will focus on the stories of three San Diego women who are already changing the world.

The first speaker is Katharine Kubichan, President of the United Nations Association of San Diego. She will be discussing how the UN is helping women in developing nations through micro-lending initiatives. The United Nations made its number one millennium goal to halve poverty by 2015.

The second inspiring panelist is Carolle Jean-Murat, MD. Dr. Carolle grew up in impoverished Haiti, a strong caste society wherein women are still considered second-class citizens. Due to political instability, the country is plagued with an 85 percent illiteracy rate and 80 percent unemployment rate. In spite of these challenges, she was given tremendous support from her relatives (her grandmother was a recipient of microcredit), which eventually allowed her to pursue her dreams to become a doctor. Dr. Carolle will tell her amazing story and discuss her efforts to help women around the world.

The presentation willl conclude with a discussion from WGN member, Francesca San Diego, on how women in San Diego can get involved with microfinance programs. Through its Global Business Partners program, sister WGN branches throughout the world are being linked, creating support networks that connect women and inspire them to achieve their full potential. In effect, a WGN branch and their members adopt and become partners to women in villages in the developing world, raising awareness and encouraging their own communities to share their resources in a way that supports empowerment.

In addition to the panel and networking, attendees will enjoy authentic cuisine from the Pacific Rim and wonderful wine from South America.

Cost to attend is $55.00, and registration is required. Please click here by March 2, 2008 for event information and registration.

Is There Law in China? Is There Justice?

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Pacific Leadership Fellow Jerome Cohen will present the 2008 DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture. A panel discussion will follow with:

Yingjin Zhang, Director, Chinese Studies Program, UC San Diego (Moderator)
Susan Shirk, Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Richard Madsen, Chair, Department of Sociology, UC San Diego
James M. Cooper, Director, International Legal Studies Program, California Western School of Law

Cohen is an adjunct senior fellow for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a professor at the New York University School of Law, where he teaches Chinese criminal justice and business law. Cohen will be in residence at the Center on Pacific Economies through the end of March.

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China Over the Next Five Years: Expectations from the National People's Congress

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

China’s parliament meets this March to appoint new government leadership and unveil political and policy initiatives for the next five years.

Join a panel of leading China watchers in a town-hall speaker panel to assess what the 17th Party Congress means for:

The state of politics and the dynamics of leadership succession over the next five years;

The direction, pace, and prospects for China’s economic development and reforms;

The implications for Chinese foreign policy and its place in the world;

The trends in national security and the place of the military in politics.

This series of panel talks will take place over the next year, and explores the leadership and political changes in democratic and authoritarian regimes extending across the Asia-Pacific region from Pakistan to Japan and including major outside powers.

The event is brought to you by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), the Center on Pacific Economies (CPE), and China Focus.

Visit the IGCC website for more information.

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4th Annual UCIBC Career Fair

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The University of California International Business Consortium (UCIBC) and its member schools will hold the 4th Annual International Business Career Fair with MBA and Master’s students from our founding seven top University of California programs in one location. UCIBC is designed to provide global businesses an efficient way to recruit, in one location, MBA and Master’s business candidates, who are bilingual and bicultural.

Dean's Roundtable: Sustaining Our Ocean's Fisheries

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Mr. Lischewski is currently the President and CEO of Connors Brothers / Bumble Bee Foods, the largest, branded seafood company in North America. He has held this position since 1999. In his presentation, he will discuss the state of global fisheries, current fishery management regimes and what Bumble Bee Foods is doing to support improvements in global fisheries management and sustainability.

During a career that has encompassed management consulting with A.T. Kearney and executive positions with H. J. Heinz and ConAgra Foods, Mr. Lischewski has been recognized for his strength in restructuring troubled businesses, developing executable business strategies, completing and integrating synergistic acquisitions, achieving low cost operations and achieving profitable market growth. In his current position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bumble Bee Foods, LLC and its parent company Connors Bros. Income Fund, he has transformed a company that was in bankruptcy into the largest seafood company in North America and one of the premier seafood and canned protein companies in the world.

Mr. Lischewski has a BS in Finance and Accounting and an MBA in International Finance from the University of Southern California.

Registration is required for this event. Please contact Priscilla Venegas at pvenegas@ucsd.edu or 858-534-0348.

This presentation is part of the Sempra Energy Environmental Speaker Series.

Direct and Indirect Effects of a Poverty Alleviation Program on Migration: The Case of Progresa

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Celia Badillo Bautista is a Ph.D. student in Economics at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom and currently serves as a research fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. Her main fields of specialization are program evaluation and the economics of migration. Her dissertation focuses on the direct and indirect effects of Progresa (Oportunidades) in domestic and international migration and the crowding out effects of remittances due to an exogenous transfer. She has also collaborated on a research project for the Home Office in the U.K., a government department responsible for internal affairs, to estimate the size of the U.K. illicit drug market.

This event is part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. For a complete schedule of events, please click here.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

International Intervention in Humanitarian Crisis

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

From l997 to 2003, Ms. Sorensen served as Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations on appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. She was responsible for outreach to non-governmental organizations and was the contact point for the Secretary-General with parliamentarians, the academic world, religious leaders and other groups committed to peace, justice, development and human rights.

Prior to that, Mrs. Sorensen served from 1993 to 1996 as Special Adviser for Public Policy on appointment by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali where her duties included directing the UN’s global Fiftieth Anniversary observances in l995. She led the planning of conferences, debates, documentaries, concerts and exhibits; the preparation of books and curricular materials, and the coordination of the UN50 Summit at in which l80 Presidents and Prime Ministers participated.

Mrs. Sorensen earlier served for over 12 years (1978-1990) on appointment by Mayor Edward I. Koch as New York City Commissioner for the United Nations and Consular Corps, head of the City’s liaison with the world’s largest diplomatic community. Her responsibilities included matters related to diplomatic security and immunity, housing and education, and other cultural and business contacts between the host city and over 30,000 diplomats. She secured Federal reimbursement to New York for the costs of diplomatic protection, which continues to this day. During this time, she was described as ‘the diplomat’s diplomat” by the New York Times.

Gillian Sorensen is a graduate of Smith College and studied at the Sorbonne. In the fall of 2002, on leave from the UN, she was a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government (Institute of Politics) at Harvard University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow at the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy. Previously, she served as a Board Member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on appointment by the President of the United States. In addition to her public service, she has been active in politics and was a delegate to three national Presidential conventions.

This event is sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS), the International Affairs Group (IAG), the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), and the United Nations Association (UNASD).

For more information, please visit the IICAS website, email IICAS-events@ucsd.edu or phone (858) 822-5297.

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The Second Korean Summit, Government Change, and Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Chung-in Moon is one of the leading analysts of the Korean peninsula and has served in important advisory and policy positions in both the Kim Dae Jung and Roh Moo Hyun governments. A prolific scholar and author or editor of over 40 books, he is known for his pioneering work on South Korea’s political economy and his early and influential defense of the strategy of engagement with North Korea.

He attended the first North-South summit with Kim Dae Jung in 2000 as a special delegate, served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative, under the Roh Moo Hyun administration, and attended the second North -South summit in October 2007. He has represented Korea in a number of public and private forums including as chair of the ASEAN Regional Forum’s Expert and Eminent Persons Group. He is a board member of the Korea Foundation, the Sejong Foundation, and the East Asia Foundation, and Editor-in-Chief of Global Asia, an important new quarterly magazine covering political developments in the region.

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Book Presentation: "The Farmworkers' Journey"

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dr. Ann López is currently a Research Associate with the Center for Agro ecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UCSC. She completed a University of California Office of the President post-doc in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley in 2006. She is an emeritus professor at San José City College and has taught courses in biology, environmental science, ecology and botany in the biology department for many years. Her research addresses the human side of the binational migration circuit from the subsistence and small producer farms of west central Mexico to employment in California’s corporate agribusiness. She is currently completing the paperwork for the establishment of a non-profit organization, designed to benefit farm workers and their family members on farms in Mexico; Center for Farmworker Families.

Book will be available for sale at event.

This event is a joint event with the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies. For a complete schedule of USMEX events, please click here.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Dean's Roundtable: The Collapse of the Euro Area

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. He is also Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, England). In 1997-98 he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (class of 1997). He is the convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and economic officials. He has held Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships and has been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin).

His books include The European Economy Since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond (Princeton University Press, 2007), Toward an East Asian Exchange Regime, co-edited with Duck-Koo Chung (Brookings Institution Press, 2007), and Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods (MIT Press, 2006). He was awarded the Economic History Association's Jonathan R.T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2002 and the University of California at Berkeley Social Science Division's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2004. He is also the recipient of a doctor honoris causa from the American University in Paris.

Registration is required for this event. Please contact Priscilla Venegas at pvenegas@ucsd.edu or 858-534-0348.

Industrial Development and Strategies: The TV Industry in Baja California in the Context of Global Restructuring and Chinaâ€™s Competitiveness

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dr. Jorge Carrillo-Viveros, is a sociologist and visiting fellow at the Center for US-Mexican Studies. He has been a researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) in Tijuana, since its foundation in 1982. He is a member of The National Researchers System (SNI) level 3. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from El Colegio de México. He has participated in 40 research projects spending periods in Spain, France, Japan, and in the United States. He is the author of seven books and the coordinator of fifteen edited volumes. He has written 82 chapters in books and many more scientific articles in Spanish, English, German, Portuguese and Japanese. Some of his publications include: Maquiladoras fronterizas. Evolución y heterogeniedad en los sectores electrónico y automotriz; El medio ambiente y la maquila en México: un problema ineludible; Globalism/Localism at Work.

This event is part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. For a complete schedule of events, please click here.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Quality as an Obstacle to Innovation, Too Much of a Good Thing?

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Robert Cole, Executive Director of the Leadership Excellence and Advancement Program (LEAP), a joint program between the Management of Technology Program (MOT) and the e-TQM College in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will speak on observations from Toyota and Japanese Industry. His areas of research and interest are technology management, Japanese organizations, quality, and organizational transformation.

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The United States in Northeast Asia; Where We Are, Where We Are Going

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Kathleen Stephens will review the present state of U.S. policy toward Northeast Asia, with a particular focus on regional institution-building and the activities of the Six Party Talks that are responsible for negotiating an end to North Korea’s nuclear program.

Stephens was closely involved in the Six Party Talks negotiations, as well as the management of U.S. relations with Japan and Korea. Stephens is a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, which she joined in 1978. From 2003 to 2005, she was Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, focused on addressing Kosovo’s future status, completing the NATO-led mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and accelerating the integration of the western Balkans in Euro-Atlantic institutions.

Event sponsored by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego.

Resolving South Korea's Credit Card 'Hangover': An Analysis of the Individual Debtor Rehabilitation Act (IDRA)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The Center on Pacific Economies and the Korea-Pacific Program present a public lecture by Jasper S. Kim. Please click here for the event flyer.

Jasper S. Kim is an associate professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Women’s University (Seoul, Korea), and is an adjunct lecturer for the Korea Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea. He is the author of Crisis and Change: South Korea in a Post-1997 New Era, and has also published numerous articles in journals at Harvard, Columbia, Seoul National University, and in the Korea Journal of Defense Analysis. Kim received his B.A. in economics from UC San Diego, an M.Sc. in economics and economic history from the London School of Economics, and his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law. He has worked for Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse, and Barclays Capital.

Fair Trade, Transfair, and Corporate Social Responsibility

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Paul Rice is the founding President & CEO of TransFair USA, the only Fair Trade certification organization in the U.S. today. Unparalleled in the U.S., TransFair has introduced Fair Trade Certified coffee, tea, cocoa, fresh fruit, and, most recently, rice and sugar to the U.S. market. This has helped open the U.S. market to over 1.2 million small family farmers around the world who are now getting a fair price for their harvests and making dramatic gains in their living standards.

For more information on Paul Rice or TransFair, please visit www.transfairusa.org.

Event sponsored by UC San Diego Department of Sociology, NetImpact, and IR/PS.

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HIV and Hepatitis in Drug Users in West Central Mexico

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dr. Octavio Campollo is an M.D. from the Universidad La Salle and completed a Ph.D. in liver diseases at the Royal Free Hospital (University of London, 1989) with a postdoc in pharmacology and molecular sciences at Johns Hopkins University. He has worked on alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, and more recently became involved in epidemiology of drug addictions and prevention in youths. He has been awarded a scholarship from the Office of Academic Affairs at UNAM (Mexico), the Overseas Research Students award (UK), the CB Smith Grant from the University of Texas and the Misión México-Canada on two occasions. He teaches courses on research methodology of clinical trials, and mathematics in medicine at the medical school at the University of Guadalajara (UDG). He founded and is head of the Center for Studies on Alcohol and Addictions at the UDG, and recently opened the Smoking cessation clinic at the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara. Major projects include risk factors for drug use by students; viral hepatitis and HIV in drug addicts, and content analysis in television and printed media related to alcohol and drugs.

This event is part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. For a complete schedule of events, please click here.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Globalization, Democratization, and the Transformation of Korean Welfare Capitalism

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dr. Chung obtained Ph.D in Political Science from Indiana University at Bloomington, and is currently Professor, Department of Public Administration, College of Government and Busness, Yonsei University, Wonju. His major research areas include The Welfare State, Social Policy, Comparative Public Policy, Comparative Political Economy, Government and Bureaucracy. His current research focuses on comparing welfare regimes in East Asian states from the perspective of varieties of Capitalism.

Conflict & Health in Iraq: A Man-made Disaster

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

For the last 28 years Iraq as a nation has undergone major tribulations unlike any other nation in recent history. During this 28 year period an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Iraqi have suffered premature death.

Dr. Al-Delaimy’s presentation will touch on recent history from the point of view of public health and the consequences of the internal and external conflicts that helped produce one of the worst man-made health disasters. He will present his personal experiences and literature documenting the events.

Dr. Al-Delaimy completed his medical and public health training in Baghdad, where he practiced as a physician, and has a PhD in Epidemiology from Otaqo University in New Zealand. He worked with the World Health Organization and Harvard University prior to his current position at the UCSD School of Medicine. Involved in public health advocacy for the last 10 years, he has presented on the topic internationally.

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This event is part of the 2007-2008 America and the World Lecture Series sponsored by IICAS, an IGCC campus program, and IR/PS.

Studies on HIV/AIDS in the Mexico-US Border Region

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Video Conference in English

Steffanie A. Strathdee is an infectious disease epidemiologist who has spent the last two decades focusing on under-served, marginalized populations in developed and developing countries. Since January, 2004, she has been the Harold Simon Chair and Chief of the Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University. Her recent work has focused on the prevention of blood borne infections and barriers to care among injection drug using populations, specifically HIV and viral hepatitis. In the last decade, she has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications on HIV prevention and the natural history of HIV infection. She is the principal investigator of several behavioral intervention studies among drug users and has played a leading role in evaluations of needle exchange programs in Canada and the United States. Currently, she is engaged in research projects in a number of international settings, including Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Pakistan, India, Tajikistan and Russia. She leads a cross-border HIV prevention training program as a TIES partnership between UCSD, San Diego State University, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte and Universidad Autónoma de Baja California at Tijuana.

This event is part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. Joint seminar with the Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine and El Colegio de la Fronter Norte (COLEF).

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Korea, North and South: A Cinematic Perspective

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

For complete festival program information and daily schedules, visit the Korea, North and South web site.

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is proud to present the first North American Korean film festival dedicated to both Republic of Korea (ROK) and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) contemporary films.

This three-day event features five ROK and five DPRK feature films plus a documentary film about Korean immigrants in the former Soviet Union, all with English subtitles. The event also includes lectures and panel discussions delivered by distinguished film directors, film producers, and scholars including UCSD's Korean studies faculty. The films offer perspectives of modern, contemporary Korean society, history, culture, and people on the divided Korean peninsula.

This event is sponsored by the UCSD Libraries, the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), Korea-Pacific Program (KPP), Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), UCSD Center for the Humanities, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), The Korea Foundation, The Korea Times-Los Angeles,Inc., The Korean Cultural Center-Los Angeles, and Hyundai Motor.

Thanks to MANNAM, the IR/PS Korean student organization, for their help.

For more information, click here to view the event web site, or contact Maria R. Adams, (858) 534-1413 or Jim Cheng, (858) 534-7788.

Whither NAFTA after 2008?

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Gustavo Vega-Cánovas is Director of the Center for International Studies at the prestigious Colegio de México, where he is also a professor. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, where he specialized in international relations, comparative politics and international political economy. He is an expert in U.S.-Mexican economic relations and North American integration, having studied and written extensively on the topic for the past 15 years. His current line of research looks at the implications of 9/11 on the future of NAFTA and his recent publications include: “Unfair Trade Practices and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Free Trade Agreements of the Americas: The Experience of North America and Chile” (2001, in Spanish), "NAFTA and the EU: Toward Convergence?" (an edited volume by Jeffrey J. Anderson 1999), and an edited volume produced from two conferences cosponsored by the Watson Institute and the Luso-American Foundation in Lisbon. Professor Vega-Cánovas has been a member of five binational panels under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He is member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) of Mexico's Education Ministry.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Winter Connections 2008

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Alumni currently working in New York, Washington, DC, Seattle, and San Francisco return to IR/PS on January 17 to share career advice with current students. Winter Connections is an annual event dedicated to strengthening the connections between current students and alumni, as well as a chance for alumni to reconnect with each other, IR/PS staff, and faculty.

This event is open to current MPIA students, alumni, and selected guests.

US Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

In August 2007 David H. McCormick was sworn in by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. as Under Secretary for International Affairs. Serving as principal advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on international economic issues, Mr. McCormick oversees policies in the areas of international finance, trade in financial services, investment, economic development, and international debt policy. He also coordinates financial market policy with the Group of Seven industrialized countries.

David McCormick will be visiting IR/PS in conjunction with the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, a dynamic two-day conversation among Southern California and Australia's premier leaders in both the public and private sectors, and will be the featured speaker for the January 14th Dean's Roundtable. Event seating is limited. RSVP soon!

Please click here for Mr. McCormick's complete biography.

Are today's nuclear weapons policies compatible with nuclear non-proliferation?

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Michael May is Professor Emeritus (Research) in the Stanford University School of Engineering and a senior fellow with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He is also Co-Director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Arms Control, which undertakes a wide array of studies of security matters under the guidance of a multidisciplinary group of faculty members.

Spending most of his career at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Professor May served as director from 1965 to 1971. His research work there centered on nuclear explosion theory, nuclear weapons design, radiation transfer, astrophysics, and general relativity. In addition to research and administrative positions, Professor May taught graduate science courses for several years in the Department of Applied Science at Livermore, a part of the School of Engineering of the University of California at Davis.

Professor May's present research interests center on the influence of nuclear weapons on relations among states and on the security and environmental problems which may arise from the increased demand for energy worldwide.

San Diego Alumni New Year Happy Hour

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Come mix, mingle, and network with fellow IR/PS alumni at Jack's La Jolla. (7863 Girard Ave La Jolla, CA 92037 858-456-8111).

Hors D'oeuvres will be provided by the IR/PS San Diego Alumni Chapter.
Please RSVP and tell a friend!

For more information, contact:

Joe Bassett
IR/PS San Diego Chapter Leader
jwbassett@gmail.com
858-454-7560

or

Katie Mayfield
IR/PS Alumni Coordinator
kmayfield@ucsd.edu
858-534-1465

Korea: Becoming a Power House in the World of Telecommunications

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The Center on Pacific Economies invites you to join us for a public lecture. Pacific Leadership Fellow Daeje Chin will discuss how Korea has come from behind to become a world leader in telecommunications. A reception will follow the lecture. Please click here for the event flyer.

Dr. Chin is a South Korean businessman and former politician. He studied electronic engineering at Seoul National University (B.S. and M.S.), the University of Massachusetts (M.S.) and Stanford (Ph.D). From 1985 he worked for Samsung, and served as president of their Digital Media Business from 2000 to 2003. In 2003, he became minister of information and communication. He resigned from the government in 2006, and ran for the governorship of Gyeonggi Province on the ruling Uri Party ticket. Although he lost to the Grand National Party candidate Moon-Soo Kim, as part of the wide-spread electoral revolt against the incumbent party, he was one of only two Uri Party candidates in the entire country to collect more than 30% of the vote. In 2006, Chin started a VC/private equity fund, Skylake Incuvest & Co, focusing on ICT sector investment.

Return Migration from the U.S. and Occupational Mobility in Mexico

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Joint seminar with the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies

David Lindstrom received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago with specializations in Demography and Statistics, and joined Brown University in 1994. He is Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the Graduate School, and a core faculty associate of the Population Studies and Training Center. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics, survey research, and migration. His research examines the determinants and consequences of migration in economically developing societies, the transition into adulthood, and the changing dynamics of reproductive health and behavior. He has received grants for his research in Mexico, Guatemala, and Ethiopia from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, RAND, the Packard Foundation, and the Compton Foundation. He currently directs a major longitudinal study of adolescent health and transitions into adulthood in southwestern Ethiopia, and is lead author on a book on Mexico-U.S. Migration and the Life Course.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Rethinking Nuclear Terrorism

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Michael A. Levi is a fellow for science and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations, director of the Council on Foreign Relations Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, and the project director for the council-sponsored Independent Task Force on Climate Change. Dr. Levi also teaches at Columbia University as an adjunct assistant professor of international and public affairs.

Dr. Levi is the author of the forthcoming book On Nuclear Terrorism (Harvard University Press, 2007) and coauthor with Michael O'Hanlon of The Future Of Arms Control (Brookings Institution Press, 2005). His essays have been published in Foreign Policy, Nature, Scientific American, and the New Republic, among others. His op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times.

Dr. Levi's book On Nuclear Terrorism:

To wreak mass destruction, it is often said, terrorists must succeed only once -- but to stop them, we must prevail every time. On Nuclear Terrorism turns that conventional wisdom on its head. Council on Foreign Relations Fellow Michael Levi takes us inside nuclear terrorism and behind the decisions and hurdles a terrorist leader would confront in pursuing a plot. Drawing lessons and using analogies from areas as diverse as nuclear physics, the cocaine trade, human smuggling, fine art, conventional terrorism, and baseball strategy, Levi identifies obstacles, large and small, that such a terrorist scheme might encounter, and sheds light on a host of ways that any plan might succeed -- and more importantly might be foiled. Click here for a more detailed overview of the book.

This accessible account challenges the silver bullet solutions peddled across the political spectrum, showing how a wide-ranging defense can multiply, intensify, and compound the possibility that nuclear terrorists will fail. Levi cautions that obsession with worst-case scenarios distorts strategy and obscures opportunities, leading us to do less to defend ourselves and making nuclear terrorism more likely to happen. He proposes a series of concrete steps that governments must take to fix the problem.

As long as we live in a nuclear age, no defense can completely eliminate nuclear terrorism. But reminds us that the right strategy can minimize the risks and shows us how to do it in On Nuclear Terrorism.

America and the World 2007-2008 Lecture Series Sponsored By IICAS, an IGCC campus program, Council on Foreign Relations, and IR/PS

Dean's Roundtable: A Paradox: Better Science, Lower Cost and Faster Results

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Sempra Energy has opened many opportunities by sponsoring our Sempra Energy Speaker Series. IR/PS is pleased to welcome Dan Goldin, former head of NASA, to this Dean's Roundtable.

Daniel Goldin was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx. During his youth, he grew interested in space and rocketry, leading him to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering from the City College of New York. After graduation, Goldin began his career at NASA and then became its longest serving administrator. During his tenure at NASA, Goldin worked hard to transform America’s aeronautics and space program. He pursued aggressive management reforms leading to a $40 billion reduction from prior budget plans. The budget reforms streamlined major programs and allowed the major savings to be reinvested to improve the science and planetary exploration at NASA. Some of Goldin’s other achievements at NASA included the promotion of cooperative endeavors with the Russian Space Agency and the redesign of the Space Station Program. Since leaving NASA in 2001, Daniel Goldin has worked with robotics research at the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California.

USMEX -â€œThe Replenished: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigration, and the Dynamics of Ethnic Identityâ€

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Tomás Jiménez received his B.S. from Santa Clara University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Before coming to UCSD, he was a Congressional Fellow in the office of U.S. Congressman Michael Honda. His research focuses on immigration, race, ethnicity, inequality, and assimilation. He is currently completing a book manuscript which examines how Mexican immigration influences the assimilation of established, long-standing Mexican Americans. Professor Jiménez is also a fellow at the New America Foundation and a visiting research fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. at UCSD. His areas of specialization are race and ethnicity, immigrations, assimilation, inequality, and Mexican Americans.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Developments on the Korean Peninsula: the Summit, Six-Party Talks, Elections

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Recent weeks have seen a number of important developments on the Korean peninsula, including agreement on a new road map with respect to denuclearization and the Kim-Roh summit. Press on these events has generally been positive, but favorable movements in the Six Party Talks have met disappointment before. The ambitious economic promises of the summit may or may not facilitate reform in the North, which the communiqué largely avoided. Moreover, all of these events are unfolding under the shadow of forthcoming elections that are likely to see a partisan shift in the Korean presidency.

Join us for a roundtable as IGCC and IR/PS scholars reflect on recent developments on the Korean Peninsula.

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Exploring the Idea of a Pacific Culture Through Building Parks

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

James Hubbell, a San Diego artist, sculptor, and builder, has been inspired by nature to create places that foster the creative human spirit. For over 20 years he has been fascinated by what appears to be a new and dynamic culture in the Pacific. James Hubbell and many friends created the Pacific Rim Parks Organization in an effort to explore ideas such as: What is the Pacific Rim Culture? How do you set out to make it live?

The parks are designed and built by architecture students from various Pacific Rim Countries working and living together for a month to create a park that is a gift to the people of the pacific. To date, the Pacific Rim Parks Organization has built 4 parks beginning in Vladivostok, Russia in 1994 followed by parks in; San Diego, CA in 1998; Yantai, China in 2001 and Tijuana, Mexico in 2004.

The parks attempt through built structures to express what the students understand the pacific culture to be. They are currently working on bringing a park to Korea in the summer of 2009.

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Expat Entrepreneurs in Vietnam: Open the Taps, Avoid the Traps

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

The Center on Pacific Economies and the Pacific Leadership Fellows program present a public lecture on entrepreneurship in Vietnam.

Kien Pham, Pacific Leadership Fellow, and Tuan Pham, Senior Visiting Scholar, will discuss case studies of foreigners and overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs who have been successful in Vietnam, with particular focus on the biggest opportunities as well as the most significant challenges they faced.

Reception to follow.

Panel on International Education Jobs

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Please check back for more information.

Class of 2008 Leadership Luncheon

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

The Class of 2008 Leadership Luncheon is a unique opportunity for community supporters to join IR/PS student leaders and faculty to discuss current issues that are affecting the Pacific region. Building on previous years' success, this event will conclude the International Advisory Board meeting.

Please click on the REGISTER button to RSVP. Contact Priscilla Venegas for further information.

2007 U.S.-Mexico Binational Conference on Migration and Social Policy Research

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Please click here for the conference agenda.

Scope of the Conference

Household survey data have become an essential tool for social policy research, including work on the dynamics of welfare use, the impact of social programs, and the evolution of poverty and inequality. Micro data are particularly useful for developing a better understanding of the connection between migration and family well-being and between migration and regional development. In Mexico, the Mexican Family Life Survey, the Mexican Migration Project, the Mexican Health and Aging Study, and the Mexico National Rural Household Survey are important examples of rich data sources on demographic, economic and social outcomes in Mexico.

The purpose of this conference is to assemble faculty and doctoral students from Mexico and the United States to present and discuss empirical research on migration and social policy in Mexico. Topics include:

Selectivity of migration
Migration and labor markets
Migration and health
Income and social inequality
Rural and urban poverty
Migration and living standards
Remittances and family well-being
Migration and social capital
Migration and the well-being of stayers
Return migration

International Advisory Board Reception

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

To aid the Dean in achieving the vision and mission of IR/PS, the International Advisory Board (IAB) was formed in 1986 and continues to be a driving force in the growth and success of IR/PS. Members of the IAB provide counsel on current issues that affect IR/PS' role as an established leader for international affairs and international management education focused on the Pacific Rim. This event provides a great opportunity for alumni and invited guests to mingle with such a distinguished board of scholars.

Inside North Korea: Livelihood and Human Rights

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Venerable Pomnyun Sunim was one of the first to focus public attention on the famine in North Korea and began humanitarian assistance projects to the country very shortly after the 1995 floods. He has published reports on the “North Korean Food Crisis,” “North Korean Refugees Situation,” and the “Comprehensive Reports on the Human Rights Issues in North Korea.”

He is the Chairperson of the Join Together Society (JTS), which provides humanitarian assistance to North Korea. As the Chairperson of the Good Friends: Centre for Peace, Human Rights and Refugees he has been a consistent voice for both peace and for human rights for North Korean people. He also chairs the Peace Foundation, which seeks to foster peace on the Korean peninsula through enhancing dialogue between the North Korea and South Korea, North Korea and the United States, and the progressives and conservatives within South Korea.

Venerable Pomnyun Sunim was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award for the Peace and International Understanding in 2002.

Click here for event flyer in English.
Click here for event flyer in Korean.

The Roles of Migratory Policies, Family Networks, and Labor Markets in the Emigration of Moroccans and Ecuadorians to Spain

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

We will present preliminary results from a cross-national research project that seeks to explain the outcomes of immigration control policies in Spain and the United States. We will deal with the results of the survey taken within the Ecuadorian and Moroccan migrant communities in Spain regarding the role that migratory policies, family networks, and the labor market exert on the migratory patterns of migrants from Ecuador and Morocco.

These seminars are open to all members of the UCSD community, as well as faculty and students from other universities and the general public. For directions to CCIS, visit our website. Parking permits can be purchased at the information booth on North Point Drive (north end of campus). Visitors may also use metered parking spaces (max. 2 hours) in the North side parking lot. Papers previously presented at CCIS seminars can also be downloaded from our website under “Working Papers.” For further information, please contact Ana Minvielle, (858) 822-4447.

Democratic or Demagogic? "People Power" Reconsidered - In the Philippines and Elsewhere

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Unarmed mass uprisings, celebrated as ‘people power’ revolutions, have ended authoritarian regimes in the Philippines and elsewhere. But have these movements ushered in polities that fulfilled democratic expectations? The record is disappointing, and especially so in the Philippines after the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos. Why? Much of the answer lies in the ability of elites to ride on, hijack, and redirect the trajectories of “people power” movements. Such elites are called upon by the masses to represent them and run the country, even as they defend their own new-found power. Faced with no institutional foundation for popular rule, elites utilize existing forms of institutional technology created by the former regimes to wield power. Recourse to such stratagems may in time trigger the formation of new “people power” movements against these self-entrenched incumbents—prolonging the cycle and preventing the conversion of contingent power into legitimate authority.

Prof. Amado Mendoza’s current research is on the political economy of organized crime and anti-state violence in the Philippines. His many writings on the Philippines include a book-in-progress on tax reform and two edited volumes, Debts of Dishonor (1992) and From Crisis to Crisis: A History of BOP [Balance of Payments] Crises in the Philippines (1987). He has been a visiting scholar at Tufts University, the Jean Monnet Institute, the University of Turku (Finland), and the Amsterdam Institute for International Relations. In addition to his academic career, he has worked as a business journalist, a merchant banker, a stock broker, and on development issues for an NGO.

Light refreshments to be provided after the talk.

Dean's Roundtable: OAS and Terrorism Expert

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700

José Miguel Insulza was elected OAS secretary general on May 2, 2005, and took office on May 26 of that year. The Chilean politician has an accomplished record of public service. At the beginning of his five-year term as secretary general, he pledged to strengthen the organization's "political relevance and its capacity for action." A lawyer by profession, he has a law degree from the University of Chile, did postgraduate studies at the Latin American Social Sciences Faculty (FLACSO) and has a master's in political science from the University of Michigan.

Following the coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet into power, Insulza went into exile for 15 years, first in Rome (1974-1980) and after that in Mexico (1981-1988). In Mexico City, he was a researcher and then director of the United States Studies Institute in the Center for Economic Research and Teaching. He also taught at Mexico's National Autonomous University, the Ibero-American University and the Diplomatic Studies Institute, and is the author of numerous publications. In 1988, after Chileans voted against Pinochet's continued rule in a plebiscite, Insulza returned to his home country and helped to lead a political movement toward democratic elections in 1990.

Since his commencement in governmental affairs, Insulza has served as Chilean ambassador for international cooperation, director of multilateral economic affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and vice president of the International Cooperation Agency. In March 1994, under the administration of President Eduardo Frei, Insulza became under-secretary of foreign affairs and in September of that year was appointed minister of foreign affairs. In 1999, he became the minister secretary general of the presidency, and the following year he became President Ricardo Lagos' minister of the interior and vice president of the republic. When he left that post in May 2005, he had served as a government minister for more than a decade, the longest continuous tenure for a minister in Chilean history.

To read more about Insulza, click here.

Hire San Diego Career Fair

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

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Book Presentation: North America Labor Market Integration Center for U.S. - Mexican Studies

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Joint Seminar with El Colegio
de la Frontera Norte

Panelists:

Dr. Sárah Martínez
Department of Public Administration, COLEF

Dr. Eliseo Díaz
Department of Economics, COLEF

Clemente Ruiz Durán is head of the Graduate School of Economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and is a Macro-economist concerned with the broad interplay between economics, politics, and society. Currently he is conducting research on Financial Innovation comparing Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil and Mexico. He published in 2006 a report with the Secretaria General Iberoamericana titled “El Sistema Financiero Mexicano. Acceso a los Servicios de Ahorro, Crédito y Medios de Pago por parte de los Grupos de Bajos Ingresos”. In 2007 UNCTAD will publish his work on Mexico: strategies and policies on Transnational Corporations – SME Linkages, and he published in 2006 his work on “Value Chains and Software Clusters in Mexico” in the book Upgrading to Compete (Harvard University Press). He has worked on industrial relations problems (and on development finances, including low income groups financing. Ruiz Duran’s publications include 17 books as well as numerous journal articles.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Exploring Condoleezza Rice: Book Talk with Glenn Kessler

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Glenn Kessler works as a diplomatic correspondent for the Washinton Post and is the author of The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy (St. Martins Press, Sept. 4). In his book, Kessler provides inside details on how RIce has handled issues such as Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, U.S.-European Relations, North Korea, and other hot topics.

With such positive press reviews, this book talk is sure to spark the interests of both foreign policy specialists and general readers alike.

To read more about the book click here.
To downlaod a .pdf format flier, click here.

CANCELLED: Dean's Roundtable: Re-building International Order: A Perspective from a Close Ally

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

This event has been cancelled. Please see the events calendar for more information on the Dean's Roundtable lecture series.

Leadership and Political Change in Pakistan

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

It now appears inevitable that military rule in Pakistan will be replaced by civilian government. Neil Joeck will talk about the political changes in Pakistan and policy options for the United States and Pakistan to understand what missteps have been taken in the past and how they may be avoided in the future.

Dr. Joeck will offer a perspective on:

What the Pakistan military has learned and has not learned since the 1999 coup,
Political learning since the last democratic era,
The effects of terrorism on Pakistan’s future and how it will influence U.S.–Pakistan relations, and
The implications of political transition in Washington and Islamabad.

Neil Joeck is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Security Research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a research associate of the Center for South Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. He has served in the National Security Council and the Department of State.

UCSD Near You - East Los Angeles

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

IR/PS Alumni Relations will be following the UCSD Near You program to East Los Angeles. The main program will feature China: Fragile Superpower, a revealing book by Susan Shirk of the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. The book discusses the internal political insecurities China's government faces in light of its rapidly growing economy. Shirk's discussion will deal with the growing economy of China - a dramatic turnaround that alarms many Westerners. Shirk will be exploring where the real dangers lie in Chinese politics, in the deeply rooted insecurities of the country's leaders and not the growing economy.

This event will provide a great opportunity for attendees to increase their understanding of the potential conflict the U.S. faces if the U.S. does not come to understand China's internal situation.

To register for this event, please visit the UCSD Near You website.

Immediately preceding UCSD Near You's L.A. stop, IR/PS alums will gather at Bar Celona restaurant. Please join Portia Bibb, Katie Mayfield and Kathy Masey along with other IR/PS'ers for good company and conversation before Susan Shirk speaks.

IR/PS Near You
Bar Celona (a modern Spanish Tapas restaurant)
46 E. Colorada Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91105
626.304.1000
5:00 p.m.

RSVP on this page now!

UCSD Near You - West Los Angeles

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

IR/PS Alumni Relations will be following the UCSD Near You program to West Los Angeles. The main program will feature Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation director, Susan Shirk, who recently published China: Fragile Superpower, a revealing book which discusses the internal political insecurities China's government faces in light of its rapidly growing economy. Shirk's discussion will deal with the growing economy of China - a dramatic turnaround that alarms many Westerners. Shirk will be exploring where the real dangers in Chinese politics lie, in the deeply rooted insecurities of the country's leaders and not the growing economy.

This event will provide a great opportunity for attendees to increase their understanding of the potential conflict the U.S. faces if the U.S. does not come to understand China's internal situation.

To register for this event, please visit the UCSD Near You website.

IR/PS will be holding an event in conjunction with UCSD Near You's West Los Angeles stop. Stay tuned for more details.

Confronting Poverty and Inequality in Mexico: The Challenge of Social Policy

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Mexico is a nation marked by profound contrasts and diversity. Living conditions for Mexicans vary dramatically across regions and urban-rural areas. These contrasts pose major challenges for the country’s prosperity as access to goods and public services are differentiated. To address these issues, the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies is honored to welcome Beatriz Zavala Peniche who will speak on Confronting Poverty and Inequality in Mexico: The Challenge of Social Policy.

Born in Mérida, Beatriz Zavala holds a degree in Sociology from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in Mexico and a Masters in Sociology from the University of Kentucky. She has been a member of the National Action Party (PAN) of Mexico since 1995 and has occupied positions as the party’s advisor and member of the National Executive Committee. She has extensive legislative experience having served as congressional representative in the 62nd and 59th Federal Legislature, and in the 56th State Legislature of Yucatán – Beatriz Zavala initiated the approval of the General Law on Social Development in 2004. She was a Senator in the 60th Federal Legislature, where she also served as President of the Commission on Education.

There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858)822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Fall Connections-Welcome Back

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

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USMEX- Mexico: The Illusion of Democracy

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Lorenzo Meyer is widely recognized as the foremost historian and political analyst in Mexico. Dr. Meyer is a professor at the most prestigious academic institution in Mexico, El Colegio de México. Dr. Meyer is also an editorialist at the leading national newspaper Reforma. Since the late 1970s Dr. Meyer has published numerous books and academic articles on Mexican history, politics, culture, among other subjects. He received a PhD in international relations from El Colegio de México and did postdoctoral research in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers and has been a visiting professor in numerous universities such as the University of California, San Diego; Columbia University; University of Chicago; and Stanford University.

There is no cost for admission. Events are open to the public. Parking permits are required at UCSD and can be purchased at the Pangea Drive parking structure. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website at http://usmex.ucsd.edu. For additional information, call Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or by e-mail at gmallinger@ucsd.edu.

Reclaiming Control of U.S. Security in the Middle East

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Lawrence J. Korb is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior advisor to the Center for Defense Information. Prior to joining the center, he was a senior fellow and director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. From July 1998 to October 2002, he was council vice president, director of studies, and holder of the Maurice Greenberg Chair. Additionally, Dr. Korb served as assistant secretary of defense from 1981 through 1985. For his service in that position, he was awarded the Department of Defense's Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Dr. Korb's 20 books and more than 100 articles on national security issues have appeared in journals such as Foreign Affairs, Public Administration Review, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and International Security. Over the past decade, Dr. Korb has made over 1,000 public appearances as a commentator on international affairs on shows such as the Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, and Larry King Live.

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Books by Lawrence J. Korb

A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Three Options Presented as Presidential Speeches

Reshaping America's Military: Four Alternatives Presented as Presidential Speeches

Articles by Lawrence J. Korb

Beyond the Call of Duty, August 7, 2007
A Broken Army , July 27, 2007
Arming All Sides , July 20, 2007

To read more about Lawrence J. Korb and view more articles he has written, click here.

UCSD Near You - Silicon Valley

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

IR/PS Alumni Relations will be following the UCSD Near You program to Silicon Valley. The main program will feature Scripps Institution of Oceanography head, Tony Haymet, and Rady School of Management dean, Robert Sullivan, in a conversation about global climate change. It will be a wonderful opportunity to hear these two world-renowned experts speak on one of today's hottest topics. To register for this event, please visit the UCSD Near You website.

Vice chancellor for marine sciences, Tony Haymet will share how Scripps is working closely with state agencies and other institutions to respond to the profound climate challenges. Furthermore, Scripps is closely working with UCSD's Rady School to cultivate a new generation of "green collar" business leaders in hopes of broadcasting conservation and green practices in the corporate arena.

Immediately preceding UCSD Near You's Palo Alto stop, IR/PS alums will gather at MacArthur Park. Please join Portia Bibb, Katie Mayfield and Kathy Masey along with other Bay area IR/PS'ers for good company and conversation before Dr. Haymet and Dr. Sullivan speak.

Details:

IR/PS Near You
MacArthur Park
27 University Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
5:00 p.m.
RSVP on this page now!

UCSD Near You - San Francisco

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

IR/PS Alumni Relations will be following the UCSD Near You program to San Francisco. The main program will feature Scripps Institution of Oceanography head, Tony Haymet, and Rady School of Management Dean, Robert Sullivan, in a conversation about global climate change. It will be a wonderful opportunity to hear these two world-renowned experts speak on one of today's hottest topics! To register for this event, please visit the UCSD Near You website.

Immediately preceding UCSD Near You's San Francisco stop, IR/PS alums will gather at the lounge at Americano Restaurant at Hotel Vitale. Please join Portia Bibb, Katie Mayfield and Kathy Masey, along with your fellow San Francisco IR/PS'ers for good company and conversation before hearing Dr. Haymet and Dr. Sullivan speak.

Details:

IR/PS Near You San Francisco
Americano Restaurant at Hotel Vitale
8 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
94105
5:00 p.m.
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Dean's Reception

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Part of student orientation.

IR/PS Career Management Orientation - Impressive First Impressions

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Landing a job or internship and obtaining professional advancement and promotions are often based on impressions. Research shows that within 30 seconds (or less) people form impressions of you. You've only got one shot at making a strong first impression. If you make a bad first impression, you may not get a second chance to make a better one. This session will cover how people perceive these images we portray and how to become aware of our self-image and how to understand the perceptions of others. This interactive workshop is for people who want to improve areas such as their networking, presentation, client relations, sales teaming, and negotiation skills.

Vu H. Pham, Ph.D. is the founder and head of Spectrum Knowledge, Inc., a research, consulting, and training organization. He currently serves as a researcher in the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, as well as the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Previously, he held a research fellow position through the University of California Office of the President. He has been featured on national and international multimedia venues, such as CNN, MSNBC, Voice of America, the Los Angeles Times, KSCI International Television, Asian Week, Radio Free Asia, and the Orange County Register. His experience includes having worked with companies as large as those from the Fortune 500 to those in governmental and nonprofit sectors. Having completed his doctoral degree from Cornell University, Dr. Pham's specialties include the areas of culture, organizational development and leadership.

Career Management Orientation

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

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IR/PS Alumni - Europe Chapter

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Friday, 7 September 2007

21:00 Dinner - Location TBD
23:00 Drinks at F12 lounge (modern Swedish)

Saturday, 8 September 2007

10:30 Vasa Museum visit
12:00 Brunch at Riddarbageriet - Riddargatan 15, Tel: +46 8 660 33 75
14:00 Tour of the city - by boat or bus or hot air balloon… or on foot…
16:00 Suggestions of things to do:

Gamla Stan - Stockholm's old town walk + shopping
Relaxing afternoon at the spa + massage at Centralbadet or Sturebadet
Visit of the Stadshuset (City Hall)
Walk around the Djurgarden

Coffee break suggestions:
Kaffeekoppen (order the apple cake with custard)

19:30 Drinks at Absolut Ice Bar
20:30 Dinner at Bakfickan - Jakobs Torg 12, Operahuset, Kungsträdgarden Tel: +46 8 676 5809
23:00 Drinks at Nox terrace - Grevturegatan 30, 114 38 Stockholm - Tel +46 8 545 82 400

Sunday, 9 September 2007

12:00 Brunch at Haga Forum - 44- Annerovägen 4, 16970 Solna, Tel: +46 8 33 48

Before/after lunch... see suggestions above...

Open House for Prospective Students

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Meet with alumni, students, career management, and admissions staff during this open house. Learn how to advance your career and pursue your international passion in this unique, challenging program.

Bring your MPIA application materials and receive a preliminary evaluation. For the evaluation, bring any of the following materials: essays, resume, photocopies of transcripts, or test scores.

Registration is required - register for this OPEN HOUSE here.

Alumni Board Meeting

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Bimonthly meeting of the IR/PS Alumni Board.

Toward a Clash of Titans? Geopolitical Implications of Energy Insecurity

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The IR/PS Alumni Association invites alumni for a breakfast roundtable discussion on the
implications of the rising energy consumption in the United States, China, India, and elsewhere in the world amid the uncertainties surrounding future energy availability.

The session will be led by three policy experts, who will map out the key trends in global energy markets, and analyze their implications to global politics and U.S. energy and foreign policy options.

Panelists

Robert Ebel - Chairman of the Energy Program, CSIS
Tracey McMinn - Manager of international government relations, Shell Oil
Robert S. Walker – Chairman, Wexler & Walker and former member of U.S. House of Representatives

Please RSVP by responding to dcbreakfast@irpsmail.ucsd.edu.

Continental breakfast will be served.

Commencement 2007

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the class of 2007. For information on the speaker, directions, and contact information, please visit the commencement page.

IR/PS Awards Night

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The IR/PS Awards Night establishes commencement weekend as not only the marking of the next step in IR/PS students’ lives, but also as a celebration of the achievements of our students and alumni.

The event is an opportunity for students and their families to celebrate with fellow students, local alumni, faculty, and staff. Traditional student awards given at commencement will now be awarded on this evening. The graduating class will officially join the prestigious ranks of IR/PS alumni. We will also start another new tradition and award the first annual “IR/PS Alumni Association Outstanding Achievement Award”.

Awards to be presented: Allison, Grunwald, Wyman, Doming Liu, Language Achievement, and IR/PS Alumni Association Outstanding Achievement Award.

Click here for directions to the UC San Diego Faculty Club.

USMEX-Financial Development in Mexico Conference

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700

CONFERENCE ON FINANCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: BANKING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN MEXICO

Sponsored by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
For more information and conference schedule: http://usmex.ucsd.edu

A strong link exists between economic growth and the depth of financial markets and infrastructure. Recent evidence indicates that Mexican financial markets lag behind those of Latin American competitors. This conference will bring together leading policy-makers, academics and private sector actors to examine policy options for the improvement of financial markets in Mexico.

Questions to be addressed

• What must be done to stimulate more competition in the banking sector? Will entry by new players (e.g., Azteca, Walmart) expand access to the currently unbanked?
• Should restrictions on investments by pension funds be relaxed so that these funds can play a larger role in financing private sector development in Mexico?
• Has the 2002 law establishing a regulatory structure for popular sector financial institutions been successful?
• What is the role of the private sector in infrastructure investments?
• What changes are necessary to make public private partnerships more transparent and viable?

Alumni Reception: Energy & the Environment in the Pacific Rim

Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Click here to read more about Dean Peter Cowhey.
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Public Lecture, Book Signing & Reception: Dr. Susan Shirk

Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Click here to learn more about Professor Susan Shirk.
Click here to learn more about China: Fragile Superpower.
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Parking
Visitor spaces are located on the top level of the Pangea parking structure. Please puchase a parking permit at the machine ($3 for three hours). For further information, please contact Katie Mayfield at (858) 534-1465 or kmayfield@ucsd.edu.

Robert Hormats: Public Lecture, Book Signing & Reception

Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars

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Parking
Visitor spaces are located on the top level of the Pangea parking structure. Please purchase a parking permit at the machine ($3 for three hours). For further information, please contact Priscilla Venegas at (858) 534-0348 or pvenegas@ucsd.edu.

Asameshikai & The IR/PS Development Club Present a Career Talk with Ron Bevacqua

Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Ron Bevacqua is a specialist in the political economy of East Asian development. He spent 10 years in Tokyo as a chief economist for Merrill Lynch and Commerz Securities. Since 2004 he has written on East Asian economic matters as a contributing editor to the Economist Intelligence Unit, a division of the Economist newspaper of London. His writings have also been published by the Asian Wall Street Journal, the UCLA Center for East Asian Studies and the Japan Policy Research Institute.

In 2005 Ron joined the global non-profit organization PlaNet Finance as the executive director of its Tokyo office. Having established PlaNet Finance Japan, Ron is currently focusing on building the organization's operations in Tokyo. The organization is the first NGO in Japan specializing in microfinance activities, which uses small-scale loans and other financial services to alleviate poverty in developing countries.

First Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Meeting and Panel

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

PMF finalists and second year students Phillip Loosli, Brett Hamsik, and Kristofor Erickson will share their insights and recommendations with first year students who are planning on applying for the PMF program next fall. The application deadline will probably be in October, so it isn't too early to start planning.

The purpose of the PMF program is to attract to the federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs.

Luncheon & Lecture: Dr. Alex Rusli

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Dean's Roundtable: "A World Connected: How Traders, Preachers, Warriors and Adventurers Shaped Globalization"

Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Nayan Chanda is the Director of Publications and the Editor of YaleGlobal Online Magazine at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. For nearly thirty years before he joined Yale Chanda was with the Hong Kong-based magazine the Far Eastern Economic Review as its editor, editor-at-large and correspondent. In 1989-90 Chanda was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. From 1990-1992 Chanda was editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, published from New York.

He is the author of Brother Enemy: The War After the War and co-author of over a dozen books on Asian politics, security and foreign policy including Soldiers and Stability in Southeast Asia and The Political Economy of Foreign Policy In Southeast Asia. His most recent book is The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11, which he co-edited with Strobe Talbott. He is the recipient of the Shorenstein Award for 2005. The Award honors a journalist not only for a distinguished body of work, but also for the particular way it has helped an American audience understand the complexities of Asia. It is presented jointly by the Shorenstein Forum at Stanford and the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University.

He is a frequent contributor to the opinion page of the International Herald Tribune and is a member of the Advisory Council for the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Invited guests, please register on-line for this event, or contact Priscilla Venegas at pvenegas@ucsd.edu or (858) 534.0348 for additional information.

IR/PS and China Focus Lecture Series: â€œChinaâ€™s Uyghur Problemâ€

Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Dru Gladney is currently president of the Pacific Basin Institute and professor of anthropology at Pomona College. Previously, Dr. Gladney was a professor of Asian studies and anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his Ph.D. in social anthropology from the University of Washington, Seattle, has been a Fulbright research scholar twice to China and Turkey, and has conducted long-term field research in Western China, Central Asia, and Turkey.

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This event is for IR/PS students.

Tribute to Friends Reception

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

IR/PS's annual "thank you" event to our community friends.

Come and enjoy "Pacific Sounds".

Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call: Oil Dependency and Energy Security

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Participate in the next session of the Council on Foreign Relations' Academic Conference Call Series.

David Victor, the Council's adjunct senior fellow for science and technology, will lead the discussion on oil dependency and energy security.

In addition to his position at the Council, Dr. Victor is director of the program on energy and sustainable development at Stanford University. He teaches international environmental politics in the political science department at Stanford University and energy law at Stanford Law School.

Department of State: Individual appointments with Peter Kovach, Diplomat in Residence

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Peter Kovach will meet with students one-on-one who have questions about working for the U.S. Department of State and Foreign Service. He can answer questions about working conditions, the application process, security clearances, foreign service exam, etc.

Peter Kovach is a member of the senior foreign service and holds the rank of Minister-Counselor. Kovach currently is diplomat in residence at UCLA serving all of Southern California. He served recently as counselor for public affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, director of the Office of Public Diplomacy for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, director of the State Department's three foreign press centers, director of a secretariat that coordinated U.S. government international public information efforts with allies and international organizations. Kovach has also served overseas in Tokyo, Japan; Amman, Jordan; Rabat, Morocco; Manama, Bahrain; and Sanaa, Yemen. He ran the International Visitor Leadership Program for North Africa, the Near East and South Asia and served as a senior director of communications policy both in the Near East bureau and for the former U.S. Information Agency.

Halting America's Declining Influence in Asia

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Please join us for the 1st annual New Friends Reception on Thursday, April 26 at 4:30 p.m. The featured speaker will be the Honorable Douglas Berueter. Berueter is the current president of the Asia Foundation and is also on the IR/PS International Advisory Board. He served 26 years in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979-2004) and was a leading member of the House International Relations Committee and ranking minority member of the Human Rights Subcommittee.

The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region. The foundation supports programs in Asia that help improve governance, law, and civil society; women’s empowerment; economic reform and development; and international relations. Drawing on 50 years of experience in Asia, the foundation collaborates with private and public partners to support leadership and institutional development, exchanges, and policy research. Countries served include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pacific Island Nations, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

For invited guests, please register for this event using the on-line registration form. Contact Priscilla Venegas, pvenegas@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-0348 for additional information.

Information Session: International Rescue Committee

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a humanitarian aid organization that specializes in assisting refugees and displaced persons. They operate in 25 countries, providing emergency relief aid, development expertise, resettlement services and advocacy for victims of armed conflict.

Guest speaker Jodi Nelson - Director of Policy at IRC - will provide IR/PS students with insights on the organization. Jodi holds doctorate in Political Science from Columbia University, is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the Advisory Board of the Humanitarian Practice Group of the Overseas Development Institute in London. She has taught at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and will begin to teach in New York University’s Politics Department in the fall of 2007. She also serves on the Board of Directors of two small organizations working to improve education for African children, the Antelope Foundation in New York, and Mzuzu Academy in Malawi.

To attend this event, please register at IRPSCAREERS

USMEX- Thirty Years of Research and Policy Analysis on U.S.-Mexican Migration

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Featured Panelists:

Gilberto Cárdenas: Director, Institute of Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame
Manuel García y Griego: Director, SW Hispanic Research Institute, University of New Mexico
Tonatiuh Guillén: President, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
José Angel Pescador: Former Mexican Consul-General in Los Angeles
Christopher Woodruff: Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego
Rene Zenteno: Executive Director, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego

Reception Following

This conference will address the past, present and future of research and policy analysis in US-Mexican migration. The event will also be held in honor of Dr. Jorge Bustamante and Dr. Wayne Cornelius whose pioneering work was crucial not only to the development of research in international migration, but also for the creation of solid academic institutions in Mexico and the United States. Dr. Bustamante is an expert in the field of international migration with over 200 publications in scholarly journals, primarily dealing with Mexican immigration to the United States and the US-Mexico border phenomenon. He is also the founder of El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Dr. Cornelius is a leading authority on Mexican migration to the United States and on migration patterns in Europe and Japan. He is the founder of UCSD’s Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies. They will joined by a distinguished panel of peers to discuss issues in U.S.-Mexican migration and the contribution of those being honored.

For further information, please contact Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or gmallinger@ucsd.edu

For directions to the Weaver Center, please view the following PDF: Directions to the Institute of the Americas

For the full list of events taking place at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, please view: Spring 2007 Calendar

Admitted Students Day

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

IR/PS will host prospective members of the class of 2009. Attendees will be able to meet and interact with students, faculty and staff.

For more information, please click here.

China's Changing Urban Landscape

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Live from Shanghai, a glimpse of how China's urban transformation is changing Shanghai's traditional way of life. Join the Chinese Language Film Society at UC San Diego as we present writer and photographer Howard French and documentary filmmaker Shu Haolun for an interactive webcam talk.

The event will feature photographic works and a talk from the New York Times senior writer and Shanghai bureau chief Howard French from his new work, Disappearing Shanghai. For more information on French and his work, please visit www.howardwfrench.com.

Also featured will be Shu Haolun's award-winning documentary, "Nostalgia," a look back at the director's vanishing childhood neighborhood. His film documents both the growth of "urban reconstruction" and the loss of a fondly remembered way of life. The director will be joining us live from Shanghai to discuss the film. 70 minutes with English subtitles. For more information on Shu Haolun and his film, please visit his blog at http://haolunshu.spaces.live.com.

This special event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

Alumni Spring Connections 2007

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Students will have the opportunity to gain career insights and interact with IR/PS alumni from the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

Alumni presentations and sector panels to be followed by a networking dinner.

Register for this event online at IRPSCAREERS

USMEX- Un/Sequined Corporealities and the Politics of Latinidad in Salsa Clubs

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Cindy García received her Ph.D. in culture and performance from UCLA and has taught courses on the politics of salsa and urban anthropology. Her current project, Salsa Across Borders: Dancing Mexican-ness, Latinidad, and American-ness in México, D.F., embarks on an ethnographic analysis of social performances, focusing on how local salsa economies are inextricably linked to trans-local international exchanges. The study explores effects of circulation of Los Angeles-based salsa practices in Mexico on codes of femininity, sexuality, race, class, and nation within the salsa space.

For further information, please contact Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or gmallinger@ucsd.edu

For directions to the Deutz Room, please view the following PDF: Directions to the Institute of the Americas

For the full list of events taking place at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, please view: Spring 2007 Calendar

China and India: New Global Players and Cultural Leaders

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Vishakha N. Desai, president of the Asia Society, will discuss the relationship between culture and international relations. Dr. Desai will examine how the rise of China and India will fundamentally alter the geopolitical and economic world order by 2050, and how their increasing political and economic clout relates to their role in the fields of contemporary art and culture.

Dr. Desai will join Peter Cowhey, Dean of IR/PS and Derrick Cartwright, Director of the San Diego Museum of Art, in a conversation-style lecture.

This event is cohosted by IR/PS and the San Diego Museum of Art.

Europe Alumni Chapter Meeting

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Please contact Liliana Pao for more information.

Class of 2007 Leadership Luncheon

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

This luncheon event will be an opportunity for interaction between IR/PS student leaders, community members, and IR/PS faculty. Each table will be asked to discuss a provided topic, and IR/PS students will then report their table’s ideas to the larger group at the conclusion of the lunch. Building on the resounding success of last year’s similar event, students, faculty, and community members will have a unique opportunity to get to know one another.

Dean's Roundtable: Sempra Energy Environmental Speaker Series: "China, America, and Climate Change"

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

William K. Reilly is a senior advisor to TPG, an international investment partnership, and he was a founding partner of Aqua International Partners, a private equity fund dedicated to investing in companies engaged in water and renewable energy. Reilly served as the first Payne Visiting Professor at Stanford University (1993-1994), Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989-1993), president of the World Wildlife Fund (1985-1989), president of the Conservation Foundation (1973-1989), and director of the Rockefeller Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth from (1972-1973). He was head of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Earth Summit at Rio in 1992.

Reilly is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of the World Wildlife Fund, Co-Chair of the National Commission on Energy Policy, chair of the Advisory Board for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, chair of the San Francisco Mayor’s Clean Tech Advisory Council and a director of the Packard Foundation, the American Academy in Rome and the National Geographic Society Education Foundation. He also serves on the board of directors of DuPont, ConocoPhillips and Royal Caribbean International. He holds a B.A. degree from Yale, J.D. from Harvard and M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University.

Hosted by the Sempra Energy Environmental Speaker Series

Japan's Foreign policy and its Effect on the Asian Economic Outlook

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Speakers

Minister Masafumi Ishii, Political Affairs, Embassy of Japan
Mr. Atsushi Yamakoshi, Director, Keikanren USA
Mr. Kaz Moriguchi, Director, Strategic Planning Department,
Corporate Planning Division, Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Moderator

Ms. Valerie Ploumpis, Associate Director, Keidanren USA

Wine Reception following the presentation hosted by Keidanren USA

Cosponsored by

School of International Relations & Pacific Studies
Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana

Career Talk with President & Founder of Operation USA

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Richard M. Walden is President, CEO and Founder of Operation USA, a Los Angeles-based nongovernmental organization specializing in disaster relief as well as international and domestic health care and economic development projects. Walden will present an overview of his career and his current position, professional challenges/triumphs, hot topics in the field and share advice with students, especially those interested in international development.

Background

Privately funded, Operation USA has worked in 90 countries since 1979 and has provided over $250 million in aid and development assistance. Operation USA currently has long-term development projects planned, supervised and evaluated by Walden in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Iran, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia and Ethiopia. Operation USA has also been active in Iraq, the Balkans, Turkey, Georgia, China, Taiwan, North Korea and East Timor. In response to the conflict in Afghanistan, Operation USA sent $1.2 million worth of medicines; and, to Iraq, in 2003, $1.8 million in hospital supplies. After the 2004 quake in Bam, Iran, Operation USA sent a 747 cargo jet with emergency supplies and funded a health center and women’s clinic in Bam. The 2004 Tsunami and 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were among Operation USA’s most daunting challenges—managing a relief and recovery program involving airlifts and sea shipments of $11.5 million in supplies and expenditures of $4 million for the Tsunami-affected region; and, over $700,000 in cash grants to health clinics and $8 million in emergency supplies to the affected Gulf Coast states.

Worth Magazine (December 2001) named Operation USA one of “America’s Best 100 Charities”. Charity Navigator gives Operation USA its top (4-star) rating.

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Dean's Roundtable: Admiral Bobby R. Inman

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Registration for this event has been closed

Admiral Bobby R. Inman will be the keynote speaker at a special Dean’s Roundtable dinner event in conjunction with The American Assembly’s Next Generation Project: West Coast Assembly.

Inman has served a distinguished career in the U.S. Navy. He was director of the National Security Agency and deputy director of Central Intelligence. He was named an adjunct professor at The University of Texas at Austin in 1987 and was appointed to the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy in 2001. In 2005, he was interim dean of the LBJ School.

The West Coast Assembly, the second of six meetings in The American Assembly's ambitious multi-year Next Generation Project, will take place at the University of California, San Diego on February 22-24, 2007. The Assembly is co-sponsored with the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, led by Dean Peter F. Cowhey.

5:30 pm: Reception
6:30 pm: Dinner
8:00 pm: Keynote Address

To read Admiral Inman’s complete bio, please click here.

To learn more about the Next Generation Project, please click here.

Economic and Political Developments on the Korean Peninsula

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

A Workshop Sponsored by:
The Korea-Pacific Program, IR/PS, UC San Diego
The Korea Economic Institute, Washington D.C.
The San Diego World Trade Center

8:30.
Continental breakfast

9:00-10:30.
Panel 1: Economic and Business Developments in South Korea

Jerald Schiff, International Monetary Fund, “Prospects for the Korean Economy”

Jeffrey Schott, the Institute for International Economics, “The Korea-US Free Trade Agreement: Prospects and Challenges”

Robert Neilson, “Recent Economic Developments: A Private Sector View”

10:30-10:45
Coffee

10:45-12:00
Panel 2: Political Issues on the Korean Peninsula: Relations with the North and Developments in the South

Professor Stephan Haggard, Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies, IR/PS, “Economic and Political Developments with the North and the Status of the Six Party Talks”

Scott Rembrandt, Korea Economic Institute, “Engagement or Appeasement? The Kaesong Industrial Complex”

Professor Jong-Sung You, IR/PS UCSD, “Political Developments in the South”

Click here for directions. Parking is available in the Pangea Parking Structure.

For further information, contact Ms. Katie Mayfield, 858-534-1465 or email Katie Mayfield.

"Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics"

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Commentators across the world laud Germany for admitting and repenting its World War II aggression and atrocities. Japan, by contrast, is criticized for it reticence to admit and apologize for its atrocities during war and colonization. Examining the role of atonement in international reconciliation in the cases of Japan-South Korean relations and Franco-German reconciliation, Professor Lind finds that atonement is not always necessary or helpful. Countries need to strike a careful balance between remembering foreign victims and answering to domestic constituents without creating backlash from either.

Jennifer Lind is an assistant professor in the department of government, Dartmouth College and an alumna of IR/PS (1996). Her research centers on security issues and foreign policies of East Asia. Her book, Sorry States: Apologies and International Politics, will be published next year by Cornell University Press. Lind has worked as a consultant for RAND and for the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense, and has lived and worked in Japan. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Presented by the Korea-Pacific Program and Mannam.

Corporate Governance and Competitiveness in Korea

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Ha-Sung Jang is a professor of economics, and one of the leading scholars in the field of corporate governance and corporate governance reform in the Asia-Pacific. Jang received his Ph.D. in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987, and taught at the Wharton School and University of Houston before returning to Korea.

In addition to his scholarly work, Jang has been a leading figure in the shareholder rights movement in Korea, including through the Council for Economic Democracy, an NGO that he founded and heads. In the wake of the Asian financial crisis, Jang pressed the issue of shareholder rights vis-a-vis major chaebol groups and as an advisor to members of the National Assembly crafting reform legislation.

In 1999, the Asian edition of Business Week magazine recognized Jang's work by including him on its list of the 50 most important Asians. The Financial Times selected him as one of five "prominent figures in the world of corporate governance" in December, 2004.

This event is sponsored by the Center on Pacific Economies, the Korea-Pacific Program and Mannam.

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The Role of Greece in Southeastern Europe and Beyond

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Alexandros P. Mallias became ambassador of Greece to the United States in October 2005. He previously served as chairman of the Coordinating Committee for the Greek EU presidency's program for the Balkans (2002-03), director of the A3 South Eastern Europe (Balkan Affairs) Department (2000-present), national coordinator at the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe (2002-03), and ambassador to Albania (1999-2002). In 1995, he served as head of division for Bulgaria and Romania at the Department for Balkan Affairs, during which time he was appointed the first head of mission at the Liaison Office of the Hellenic Republic in Skopje. In addition, he served as head of the European Community Monitor Mission Regional Office in Sofia, deputy director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Foreign Minister, and first counselor for political affairs at the Greek Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York from 1989 to 1993. Ambassador Mallias was also involved with the Greek Delegation to the Charter of Paris for a New Europe (CSCE), serving as head of the delegation in 1990. From 1984 to 1986, he served with the Middle East Department, the General Inspection, the West Europe Department and the Cabinet of the Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry.

Career Talk with Dr. William Overholt

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Dr. Overholt has served as Head of Strategy and Economics at Nomura’s regional headquarters in Hong Kong from 1998 to 2001, and as managing director and head of research at Bank Boston's regional headquarters in Singapore. During 18 years at Bankers Trust, he ran a country risk team in New York from 1980 to 1984, then was regional strategist and Asia research head based in Hong Kong.

Dr. Overholt was a Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Executive Committee member of the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong, both for six years. He serves on advisory boards for Harvard University’s Asia Center; the Hang Lung Center for Organizational Research at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; and Chinavest Ltd.

He has been a consultant on strategic planning and foreign affairs to the Conference Board, the U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute, the Foreign Service Institute, Dean Witter Reynolds, A.G. Becker, and numerous corporations. He has served as political advisor to several of Asia's major political figures and has done consulting projects for the Korea Development Institute, Korea's National Defense College, the Philippine Ministry of Agrarian Reform, and Thailand's Ministry of Universities.

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This event is for IR/PS students.

Dean's Roundtable: Does the Future Lie with China or India?

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

William H. Overholt holds the Asia Policy Research Chair at RAND’s California headquarters and is Director of the Center for Asia Pacific Policy.

For his full bio, please click here.

Susan Shirk hosts an evening with San Diego Alumni featuring an overview of the new Center on Pacific Economies

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

About the Center on Pacific Economies

Launched with a $500,000 gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs in Fall 2006, the new Center on Pacific Economies is addressing central questions about economic growth, equity, and market change in the Pacific, as well as our other research centers and institutes. Central to the new center will be launching and maintaining a network of Pacific leaders through the new Pacific Leadership Fellows program that will focus on tackling the major challenges of the Pacific region.

Under the leadership of Professor Gordon Hanson, the Pacific Leadership Fellows program and the new center will be an integral part of IR/PS. They will also be important to UCSD’s effort to achieve its potential for public service in the Pacific region. More importantly, the programs will be long-term building blocks for lasting results. While we can envision many short-term benefits –to the fellows, our faculty and students, and the San Diego community– our goal is to create a force that will shape public policy in the Pacific over the coming decades, and to establish San Diego as a hub for thought and initiative in the Pacific Community.

Directions to Susan Shirk's Home:

5441 Soledad Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
858-272-1133

Take the I - 5 to the Balboa/Garnet Exit
Turn on Garnet heading west toward the ocean
Go right on Soledad Mountain Road at stop light
At the first stop light, go left on Beryl Street
At the second light, go right on Lamont Street
Continue on Lamont up the hill past the park where
Lamont becomes Soledad Mountain Road
The house is the fourth house on the right (brown house)

IR/PS Admissions Reception at the Brookings Institution

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

IR/PS Admissions Director Dan Chatham will be in Washington to conduct admissions interviews with applicants and invites you to attend a special reception at the Brookings Institution.

There will be a panel discussion with alumni from the area, a brief update about admissions and recent activities at IR/PS, and refreshments will be provided. It is an excellent opportunity to learn first hand what the IR/PS experience is like from people that have been in your shoes.

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Click here for directions to the Brookings Institution.

Dean's Roundtable: "Economics and Politics of Globalization"

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Matthew J. Slaughter was nominated by President Bush on September 22, 2005 to serve as a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers. He is also currently a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Economics, and a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations. In recent years he has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary Fund, and a Consultant at the World Bank and the U.S. Department of Labor.

Click here to read Dr. Slaughter's full bio.

US-India Civilian Nuclear Agreement and Beyond

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Ambassador Ronen Sen played a critical role in negotiations that led to a U.S.-India agreement on civilian nuclear power -- and its December passage in Congress. He will talk about what is next for Indo-U.S. relations. This public lecture is co-organized by Calit2 and IR/PS, and is co-hosted by Ramesh Rao and IR/PS Dean Peter Cowhey.

Ambassador Sen was born on April 9, 1944. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1966. From May 1968 to July 1984, he served in Indian missions/posts in Moscow, San Francisco and in Dhaka and in the Ministry of External Affairs, and had also been secretary to the Atomic Energy Commission of India.

From July 1984 to December 1985, Ambassador Sen was Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. He was thereafter Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of India from January 1986 to July 1991, responsible for foreign affairs, defence and science & technology.

Ambasador Sen was Ambassador to Mexico from September 1991 to August 1992; Ambassador to the Russian Federation from October 1992 to October 1998; Ambassador to Germany from October 1998 to May 2002; and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from May 2002 to April 2004.

Ambassador Sen participated in summit meetings in the United Nations, Commonwealth, Non-Aligned Movement, Six Nation Five Continent Peace Initiative, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, IAEA, G-15 and other forums and also in over 160 bilateral summit meetings. He had several assignments as special envoy of the Prime Minister of India for meetings with heads of state or governments of neighboring and other countries.

Ambassador Sen assumed charge as Ambassador of India to the United States in August 2004.

Remembering the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

The UCSD Libraries, IR/PS, and several academic and community sponsors will be hosting this 2-day event. The activities featured are a Cultural Revolution poster exhibition, films, book talk, lectures, and panel discussions which are led by distinguished scholars in the fields of sociology, history, literature, art, library science, economics, political science, and film studies. With the exception of an invitation-only reception on opening night, the event is otherwise open to the public, without charge.

For details of the event and program, please click here.

Alumni Winter Connections for IR/PS Students

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Agenda:

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Registration of Alumni
4:00 - 4:55 p.m. Pre-Connections: Q&A Panel
5:00 - 5:30 p.m. Heavy hors d'oeuvres
5:30 - 5:35 p.m. Welcome - Dean Peter Cowhey
5:35 - 6:30 p.m. Sector Connections (Private, Public & Nonprofit)
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. One on One Connections (Dessert/Networking)

Chinese Foreign Policy Toward Northeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Professor Chu Shulong is a leading specialist in Chinese foreign policy and is currently a Visiting Fellow for the 2006–2007 academic year at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies. He is a Professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of International Strategic and Development Studies, School of Public Affairs, Tsinghua University. He is the editor of Peaceful Rise and Development: China's Foreign Strategy and Policy (Peking University Press, August 2006).

Brought to you by IR/PS and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).

Free and open to the public.

Seminar in Development and International Economics

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Joint IR/Ps and Economics Department seminar

Seminar in Development and International Economics

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Joint IR/Ps and Economics Department seminar

The Challenge of Communicating Development & Social Issues in Bangladesh

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Dr. Golam Rahman Md. (b.1951) is Professor and Chairperson (1990-93, 2004-05) of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is conducting (October 2006 - March 2007) his postdoctoral research as a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the University of Oklahoma, U.S.A. He did his Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Mysore University, India in 1986, a degree which is the first of its kind offered by an Indian University in this discipline. He also served the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) as National Media Specialist for a brief period. He was Editor, Communication Journal, Bangladesh and Associate Editor, The Dhaka University Studies (1995-97). He has published about 40 research articles in international and national reputed journals, and published and edited 10 books and manuals.

Recently, Dr. Rahman worked as Communication Consultant for the project on Development and Implementation of a Communications Strategy on Public Sector Development Issues: Implications and Solutions, with a Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) - a joint service of the World Bank and IFC, is working closely with IFC’s South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) under Unisocial-Unitrend banner during April-June, 2006. He also produced “Migration, Trafficking, Drugs – Increased Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: a Study on Newspaper Response in Bangladesh”, conducted under UNDP- Rotary Joint Project. A paper on the basis of the study presented on June 4, 2001 at National Consultation on ‘AIDS – A Development Issue and Media’, sponsored by UNDP and Rotary Club of Dhaka. Professor Rahman is married and has two daughters and a son.

Seminar in Development and International Economics

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Joint IR/Ps and Economics Department seminar

Seminar in Development and International Economics

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Joint IR/Ps and Economics Department seminar

Film Presentation: "The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon"

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Latin American Student Organization (LASO) presents:

Award winning filmmaker John Carlos Frey exposes the harsh realities of life for thousands of day laborers in Southern California

Mr. Frey spent a year filming the lives of undocumented Mexican immigrants living in clandestine shacks and shantytowns within eyesight of multi-million dollar mansions. He traveled alone carrying his sound, camera and lighting equipment. Many of the migrants were initially reluctant to talk to Mr. Frey but as his trips to the canyon became more frequent, the migrants began to trust and invite him into their homes for a personal look at their lives.

The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon is a never before seen expose of migrant life and the untold side of the immigration debate.

Mr. Frey’s work has been recognized by Amnesty International, the Anti Defamation League, Human Rights Watch, National Immigration Forum, National Center for Farmworker Health, The League of United Latin American Citizens, The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), The Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice as well as the Hispanic Congressional Caucus in Washington D.C.

For more information about The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon, visit www.invisiblemexicans.com

International Education Week

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Experience a variety of international cultures through interactive displays, food, art, films, and timely, topical lectures on such issues as political change in Latin America and the economy in North Korea.

For more information, please click here.

The North Korean Nuclear Crisis

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800

North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon raises a serious challenge to the international community. How are the US, China, South Korea, and Japan responding? What are the consequences of sanctions for North Korea's own economic and political situation? What are the prospects for reviving the Six Party Talks?

Susan Shirk is a professor of political science at IR/PS and the director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC). She has visited North Korea twice and had originally planned to be there in early October. She is the author of China: Fragile Superpower (Spring 2007).

Stephan Haggard is a professor of Korea-Pacific studies and director of the Korea-Pacific Program at IR/PS. His current research has focused on the political economy of engagement with North Korea. He is the co-author of Famine in North Korea: Aid, Markets and Reform.

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Come hear John Wood discuss his experience in both the private and non-profit sectors and how he used both to create one of the most effective nonprofit organizations in the world.

Through his efforts with Room to Read, John Wood has has had an impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of children across the world. He has been a representative of the nonprofit world as a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum in Davos and was named one of Asia’s Heroes by Time Magazine Asia. Room to Read itself is frequently recognized as one of the world’s most efficient and effective nonprofit organizations. It currently has operations in Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Laos and Sri Lanka and South Africa.

For more information, visit the Room to Read website.

IR/PS Events

Commencement 2008

IR/PS Awards Night

The Mexican Electoral Reform

Dean's Roundtable: Thinking Multidimensionally About China's Power

How Should the State Intervene in Markets

Immigrant Context and the Policy Preferences of Native White Americans

Becoming Mexican-American: Assessing Mexican-origin Assimilation in the United States

For a copy of the conference agenda, please click here.

Health Selectivity and SES-Health Gradients in Mexico-U.S. Migration and Return: A Bi-National Perspective on Older Adults

Peace and Prosperity: Prospects for Improving Hemispheric Relations

The Shared Ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and Nandalal Bose: Their Relevance for Todayâ€™s World

Dean's Roundtable: China, Climate Change Superpower and the Clean Technology Revolution

Education in Mexico: An Overview of the System, its Triumphs, and Remaining Challenges

Global Business Series: Destination China

IR/PS 20th Anniversary Celebration

IR/PS 20th Anniversary Celebration

Celebrating 20 Years of Shaping Leaders for the Pacific Century.

Migration, Inequality, and Schooling in Mexico

The Mexican Dream: The Imagined Return Among International Migrants From Two Mexican Townsâ€

The Rise of Judicial Liberalization at the WTO

Challenges and Opportunities of Cross-Border Relations

Murder as Politics in Contemporary Mexico

Alumni Spring Connections 2008

Hiding the Bodies: Public Opinion, Criminal Procedure,and the Decline of the Death Penalty in Mexico, 1920-1930

Assessing Developments in Tibet and Taiwan: Implications for Beijing

Measuring the Cost of Migration for Mexico

Employer Outreach Trip - Washington, D.C.

Religion and Geo-Politics: Can Islam and Democracy Live Together?

Migration and Developing Countries: More Coherent Policies for Better Development

Developments on the Korean Peninsula: the Alliance and Elections

2 - 3:15 p.m. Transforming the US-ROK Military Alliance

3:30 - 5 p.m. Prospects for US and Korean Policy

Socioeconomic Status Gradients among Mexicans in the U.S. and in Mexico: A New Twist to the Hispanic Paradox on Health Outcomes

Microfinance Support for Women in Developing Nations

Is There Law in China? Is There Justice?

China Over the Next Five Years: Expectations from the National People's Congress

4th Annual UCIBC Career Fair

Dean's Roundtable: Sustaining Our Ocean's Fisheries

Direct and Indirect Effects of a Poverty Alleviation Program on Migration: The Case of Progresa

International Intervention in Humanitarian Crisis

The Second Korean Summit, Government Change, and Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations

Book Presentation: "The Farmworkers' Journey"

Dean's Roundtable: The Collapse of the Euro Area

Industrial Development and Strategies: The TV Industry in Baja California in the Context of Global Restructuring and Chinaâ€™s Competitiveness

Quality as an Obstacle to Innovation, Too Much of a Good Thing?

The United States in Northeast Asia; Where We Are, Where We Are Going

Resolving South Korea's Credit Card 'Hangover': An Analysis of the Individual Debtor Rehabilitation Act (IDRA)

Fair Trade, Transfair, and Corporate Social Responsibility

HIV and Hepatitis in Drug Users in West Central Mexico

Globalization, Democratization, and the Transformation of Korean Welfare Capitalism

Conflict & Health in Iraq: A Man-made Disaster

Studies on HIV/AIDS in the Mexico-US Border Region

Korea, North and South: A Cinematic Perspective

Whither NAFTA after 2008?

Winter Connections 2008

US Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs

Are today's nuclear weapons policies compatible with nuclear non-proliferation?

San Diego Alumni New Year Happy Hour

Korea: Becoming a Power House in the World of Telecommunications

Return Migration from the U.S. and Occupational Mobility in Mexico

Joint seminar with the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies

Rethinking Nuclear Terrorism

Dean's Roundtable: A Paradox: Better Science, Lower Cost and Faster Results

USMEX -â€œThe Replenished: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigration, and the Dynamics of Ethnic Identityâ€

Developments on the Korean Peninsula: the Summit, Six-Party Talks, Elections

Exploring the Idea of a Pacific Culture Through Building Parks

Expat Entrepreneurs in Vietnam: Open the Taps, Avoid the Traps

Panel on International Education Jobs

Class of 2008 Leadership Luncheon

2007 U.S.-Mexico Binational Conference on Migration and Social Policy Research

International Advisory Board Reception

Inside North Korea: Livelihood and Human Rights

The Roles of Migratory Policies, Family Networks, and Labor Markets in the Emigration of Moroccans and Ecuadorians to Spain

Democratic or Demagogic? "People Power" Reconsidered - In the Philippines and Elsewhere

Dean's Roundtable: OAS and Terrorism Expert

Hire San Diego Career Fair

Book Presentation: North America Labor Market Integration Center for U.S. - Mexican Studies

Exploring Condoleezza Rice: Book Talk with Glenn Kessler

CANCELLED: Dean's Roundtable: Re-building International Order: A Perspective from a Close Ally

Celebrating 20 Years of Shaping Leaders
for the Pacific Century.

The Mexican Dream: The Imagined Return Among International Migrants From Two Mexican Townsâ€

2 - 3:15 p.m.

Transforming the US-ROK Military Alliance

3:30 - 5 p.m.

Prospects for US and Korean Policy

USMEX -â€œThe Replenished: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigration, and the Dynamics of Ethnic Identityâ€

IR/PS and China Focus Lecture Series: â€œChinaâ€™s Uyghur Problemâ€