Int'l Politics & Economics

Critical chokepoints in global supply chains – such as Black Sea ports and the Strait of Hormuz – concentrate economic power and generate opportunities for state coercion. In this year’s International Politics and Economics Symposium, experts in energy politics and economic statecraft will examine how states use these chokepoints for leverage, how government and private actors respond, and how the Russian war in Ukraine demonstrates these dynamics.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents “A World Without Secrets: International Politics in an Era of Eroding Secracy” with Erik Lin-Greenberg.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents “A Chinese Education: Teaching and Learning from Two Generations of Students in China” with Peter Hessler.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global and International History presents “Chasing Bandits, Disrupting Order: Terrorism and Imperialism in the Long American Century” with Michael E. Neagle.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents  “Globalization and its Discontents: Stories from the Factory Floors of China and Egypt” with Leslie Chang. 

The IP&E program welcomes majors, prospective majors and faculty to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. The reception is also meant as a way for students returning from abroad to reconnect with friends and professors.

How has geography become the central infrastructure of political authority in Putin’s Russia? Dr. Sofia Gavrilova (Fung Global Fellow, Princeton and Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography), argues that that propaganda in Russia operates less through persuasion than through participation — by enrolling ordinary people in the everyday work of imperial reproduction. At the heart of the project is the concept of the “Volunteer Empire”: an empire reproduced through organized presence, care, and curated experience.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Global Fellows Program presents “Interactive Peacemaking and Coordination in Complex Peace Processes” with Susan Allen.

Please join the departments of History of Art and Architecture, International and Global Studies, International Politics and Economics, and Music for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines. 

The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.

History of Art and Architecture | Seeler Studio Theater | 2:30-3:15 pm
International and Global Studies | MAC 232 | 2:30-3:15 pm

Join us for a screening of the documentary film “Made in Ethiopia” (7:30-9 pm) followed by a group discussion with Professor Obie Porteous (9-9:30 pm). When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have their faith in industrialization tested to the  limit. More information on the film at: https://www.madeinethiopiafilm.com/.