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Policy Scenarios

Summer Seminar Scenarios 2009-2002

Summer Institutes for Teachers 2007-2003

World Affairs Institute Foreign Policy Scenarios:

-Europe at the Crossroads

-Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the New Obama Administration

-China: What Does the Future Hold?

-India at Center Stage

-Iran and the World: What Kind of Future?

-Global Trends: Implications for the United States  

-Russia & the U.S.: Cooperation or Confrontation in a Changing World? 

-Looking South: Prospects for Democracy in Latin America 

-Europe In Transition: Responding To New Challenges 

-Globalization: What is it? Why Does it Matter? 

-Africa In Transition: Prospects For A New Century

International Student Summit - Cyber Security and Civil Liberties

September 17, 2010

The Student Summit will connect students in the Pittsburgh region to students in countries around the world through video conference and webcast, engaging them in a dialogue exploring the tensions between cyber security and civil liberties issues.

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40th World Affairs Institute for Student Leaders
Forecasting Global Trends: Your World in 2020 and Beyond

November 17, 2010

The World Affairs Institute is an annual daylong conference sponsored by Rotary International and the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.

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U.S. Foreign Policy Scenarios

Ready-to-use policy problem-solving scenarios for teachers to utilize with students in small group simulations to promote critical thinking on complex policy issues.

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Summer Seminars on World Affairs

2009 Summer Seminar Scenarios
Pakistan and Afghanistan: New Strategies
AFRICOM: A Symptom (of What)?
The Changing Dynamics of America and Asia
The Future of U.S.-European Relations
The U.S. and the New World Order

2008 Summer Seminar Scenarios
Foreign Policy Challenges Facing a New Administration
Africa in Conflict: Transformation or Recovery?
The Changing Dynamics of America and Asia
Latin America: Venezuela Under Chavez
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Prospects for Peace?

2007 Summer Seminar Scenarios
The Changing Dynamics of America and Asia; A New Deal for Africa?; Central Asia: Opportunities and Challenges; Defining America’s Role in the World; Middle East Politics: A Tangled Web

2006 Summer Seminar Scenarios
U.S. Foreign Policy; Iraq 2006: The Turmoil in Iraq: Implications for the Region and the U.S.; A New Deal for Africa?; U.S. Policy Toward Latin America; The Changing Dynamics of America and Asia

2005 Summer Seminar Scenarios
U.S. Foreign Policy: Defining America’s Role in the World, The Challenge of Nonproliferation; Iraq 2005: Ongoing Dilemma; A New Deal for Africa?; The Changing Dynamics of America and Asia; International Trafficking in Persons: The Modern Slave Trade

2004 Summer Seminar Scenarios
U.S. Foreign Policy: Defining America's Role in the World; A New Deal for Africa?; Iraq and the Contemporary Foreign Policy Debate in America; Europe in Transition: Implications for Transatlantic Relations; The Changing Dynamics of America and

2003 Summer Seminar Scenarios
Defining America's Role in the World; U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges in Latin America Post-9/11; The Desperate Situation in Liberia; The Road Map to Peace in the Middle East; China, SARS, and American Foreign Policy in Asia.

2002 Summer Seminar Scenarios
American Foreign Policy: New Challenges; Africa: Challenges and Prospects; Crisis in Kashmir; Crisis in the Middle East; Is it Time to Re-Engage China?

Summer Institutes for Teachers

2007 Summer Institute
The U.S. and the War in Iraq – Challenges to Mobilizing the Instruments of American Power

2005 Summer Institute
Globalization: Where do we go from here?

2004 Summer Institute
Interventionism and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Challenges for U.S. Policy; EU - U.S. Relations: Dealing with the Next Crisis in the Transatlantic Partnership

2003 Summer Institute
U.S. and the World - Responsibilities of a Superpower; Nation Building: Challenges Facing the Balkans; Afghanistan and Central Asia: Prospects for Stability.

World Affairs Institute Foreign Policy Scenarios

2009 World Affairs Institute
Europe at the Crossroads

A foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

2008 World Affairs Institute
Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the New Obama Administration

The First 100 Days --
a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

2007 World Affairs Institute
China: What Does the Future Hold?

China's Role in the World -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

2006 World Affairs Institute
India at Center Stage

India's Role in the World -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

2005 World Affairs Institute
Iran and the World: What Kind of Future?

Iran's Role in the World -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

2004 World Affairs Institute
Global Trends: Implications for the United States
The U.S. in 2025 -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

2003 World Affairs Institute
Russia & the U.S.: Cooperation or Confrontation in a Changing World?

U.S. Reaction to Terrorism in Russia -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

2002 World Affairs Institute
Looking South: Prospects for Democracy in Latin America

U.S. Engagement with Cuba -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups

2001 World Affairs Institute
Europe In Transition: Responding To New Challenges

Maintaining an International Coalition in the War Against Terrorism -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

2000 World Affairs Institute
Globalization: What is it? Why Does it Matter?

Reinvigorating the U.S.-Chinese Relationship -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.

1999 World Affairs Institute
Africa In Transition: Prospects For A New Century

Finding Peace In Congo -- a foreign policy scenario for discussion groups.



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