North Allegheny Senior High School students discuss Turkey's role in the world with Gerald Robbins of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

The Global Affairs Interactive Network (GAIN), hosted by the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh in collaboration with South Side Area School District, is a ground-breaking teaching tool which brings world class speakers to students directly to their classrooms, or their iPods.

GAIN goes beyond the mortar and brick of the traditional classroom by enabling students to discuss pressing international issues with experts, and then engage in an online discussion with other students to further explore complex issues and important events. In collaboration with South Side Area School District.

GAIN can be used for in- and out-of-class assignments.  GAIN can be used as a discussion point, with teachers talking to their students about the topic, or students can blog assignments on the online message board. 

For more information or access to the site, please email Christina Unger, Program Officer, at christina@worldpittsburgh.org.

Nuclear Proliferation: Joseph Cirincione, Senior Fellow and Director for Nuclear Policy at the Center for American Progress
 
Africa Education in the U.S.: Florizelle Liser,  Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
 
Iraq: No End in Sight?: Col. Paul Hughes, Director of Iraq Programs, Peace & Stability Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)

Foreign Policy in an Election Year: Steve Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation

The Middle East:  Jerrold Green, Former Senior Advisor for the Middle East & South Asia, RAND

Turkey at a Crossroads: Gerald Robbins, Associate Scholar, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Human Rights Law in Russia: Karinna Moskalenko, Founder, International Protection Centre in Moscow

Ethical Realism: A 21st Century Foreign Policy: John Hulsman, Alfred von Oppenheim Scholar in Residence, German Council on Foreign Relations