What does the security of another state have to do with the security of United States? Increasingly think tanks, policymakers, and academics alike are recognizing the power of “soft power” in developing societies. Or rather, they are recognizing that there is a link between the economic development and empowerment of a society and its...
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Development
Reconstructing the Security Paradigm
Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Microfinance
Yesterday the CGA had the honor of having Roshaneh Zafar, founder and managing director of Kashf Foundation, come talk to us about microfinance. Zafar, a former World Bank employee, discussed the origins of her organization. At the start of her career, Zafar worked in the Water and Sanitation department of the World Bank, and...
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What did we learn from the MDG Review Summit and Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meetings?
A recent poll I stumbled upon via UN News Wire asks readers what they thought was the most important lesson learned from the 2010 UN Millennium Development Goal Summit and the Clinton Global Initiative Annual meetings, which took Manhattan and the world by storm last week.
The answer? With an overwhelming 46+ percentage of the vote,...
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Sport Imitates Life
On October 2, 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a very interesting decision that on many levels reflects the current shift in the international system. The choices: Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid. Why, with the security of Chicago or Tokyo, did the IOC choose Rio? My answer...
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Greg Mortenson at Stern School of Business
Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea and the forthcoming Stones in Schools spoke last night at the Stern School of Business in New York.
Here are a few highlights:
• The Pennies for Peace program of Mortenson’s Central Asia Institute is a grassroots campaign started by school kids to donate pennies to build schools,...
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