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Fukuyama calls for a new doctrine and regional approach in American foreign policy

Posted on: 4/28/2008 Addressing the foreign policy woes soon to be left behind by the Bush Administration, Francis Fukuyama (’74) called for a new approach to U.S. engagement in the world community at his lecture on April 23rd. The Director of the Einaudi Center, Nic van de Walle, introduced Professor Fukuyama as a speaker in the Center’s Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.

Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards $290,000 Grant to Cornell

Posted on: 4/25/2008 The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded Kathleen Vogel, Assistant Professor of the Department of Science and Technology and the Peace Studies Program at Cornell University, a grant for her project "'Living Legacy': An Oral History of U.S. & Soviet Bioweaponeers and Its Implications for Understanding Past, Present, and Future Biosecurity Threats."

Cochran wins Levenson Prize in Chinese Studies

Posted on: 4/23/2008 Sherman Cochran, the Hu Shih Professor of Chinese History in the Department of History at Cornell, has been awarded the annual Joseph Levenson Prize in Chinese Studies (post-1900 category) for his book, "Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China and Southeast Asia" (Harvard University Press, 2006).

General Zinni’s advice to the new U.S. President: Truly understand the new world order and rebuild relationships

Posted on: 4/23/2008 On Tuesday April 15th, Anthony C. Zinni, retired General in the United States Marine Corps, former Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command, and the Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of 1956 Professor gave a talk entitled “The New World Order.” Director of the Mario Einaudi Center, Nic van de Walle, introduced General Zinni as a speaker in the Center’s Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.

The Einaudi Center announces winners of seed grant competition

Posted on: 3/3/2008 The Einaudi Center has awarded four seed grants from a pool of 11 submitted proposals as part of the Winter 2008 Seed Grant Competition.

New current event class gets high marks from faculty and students

Posted on: 1/31/2008 The Einaudi Center launched a new undergraduate course in Fall 2007, Issues Behind the News: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of International Current Events (GOVT 355), in which faculty experts deepened students' understanding of issues on the front pages such as elections, wars, international agreements, and emerging global health crises.