Nancy Lindborg speaks at 2018 Pearson Global Forum
President of the US Institute of Peace Nancy Lindborg speaks at the inaugural Pearson Global Forum held in Chicago in 2018.
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Nancy Lindborg speaks at 2018 Pearson Global Forum
President of the US Institute of Peace Nancy Lindborg speaks at the inaugural Pearson Global Forum held in Chicago in 2018.
Anne Ryan / The Pearson Institute
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The Corridor of Liberty or the Road to Ruin?
Political and economic freedom has been a revolutionary development in society. Historically, states have either been too weak to protect individuals or too strong for people to protect themselves from authoritarianism. James Robinson joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to explain how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to totalitarianism in others.
Pearson Global Forum 2019 Highlights
Just weeks before the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, the second annual Pearson Global Forum was both a reflection on the prospects for change once envisioned, as well as a discussion of our current global reality. As the international community continues to deal with dozens of active conflicts, and the quickly shifting relationships between and among nations, it essential to look beyond existing walls – both symbolic and literal – and deconstruct conflict in order to find paths towards resolution, peace, and stability.
Oil, Security and Geopolitical Risk: Lessons from the Saudi Oil Attacks
On November 6, 2019, EPIC and The Pearson Institute hosted a conversation on energy geopolitics and their economic implications with Robert McNally, the president of The Rapidan Group and a former senior director for international energy at the National Security Council; Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution; and Harris Public Policy Professor Ryan Kellogg, an EPIC affiliated scholar who studies the economics of oil markets. The event was moderated by EPIC Visiting Fellow in Journalism and The Atlantic reporter Robinson Meyer.
Humanizing Conflict: Uyghur Reality
Jewher Ilham is the daughter of Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, an internationally noted moderate voice who was dedicated to bridging the gap between the Uyghur people and the Han Chinese. Jewher arrived in the United States in 2013, following the detention of her father at the Beijing airport, as both prepared to travel to Indiana University for Professor Tohti’s fellowship. This video was presented at The Pearson Global Forum 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
ENADE 2019
Institute Director James Robinson presents at ENADE 2019 at Fundesa Guatemala in Guatemala City.
Pearson Institute Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Ben Rhodes
Provost of the University of Chicago and Emmett Dedmon Professor Katherine Baicker moderates a discussion with Ben Rhodes, former deputy US National Security Advisor in a 2019 edition of The Pearson Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series.
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Pearson Institute Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Ben Rhodes
Provost of the University of Chicago and Emmett Dedmon Professor Katherine Baicker moderates a discussion with Ben Rhodes, former deputy US National Security Advisor in a 2019 edition of The Pearson Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series.
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