Event Type: Cultural and International
Democracy: Hope and Window to Africaā€™s Future | A talk with Goodluck Jonathan, 14th President of Nigeria
Goodluck Jonathan is the former president of The Federal Republic of Nigeria (2010-2015). As president, he promoted democratization through the observance of the rule of law, enactment of the Freedom of Information Act, electoral reforms, and non-interference in electoral outcomes. He is committed to continuing to promote peace, democracy, and development in Africa through the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation where he serves as Chairman. This talk will be moderated by Ambassador Harry K. Thomas, Jr. and is sponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program at the Jackson School of Global Affairs. This event is open only to members of the Yale community. A Yale ID will be required for…
More InformationBetween a Dragon and a Bear: Central Asia in a Global World
Join our distinguished speakers to discuss the present and future of the Central Asian region. Our speakers: Shamil Ibragimov, 2023 World Fellow, Azis Abakirov, Founder and CEO of the High Technology Park of the Kyrgyz Republic, Erica Marat, Professor, College of Security Affairs of the National Defense University
More Information
CAS Talk: African Solutions to Africa's Problems in a Multi Polar World - Proposals by the 2023 World Fellows from Africa
African Solutions to Africa’s Problems in a Multi Polar World – Proposals by the 2023 World Fellows from Africa Featuring: Abdouramane Diallo: Increasing intra Africa trade, a Strategic Imperative for Africa Naasu Fofanah: Promoting African Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Innovative Financing Ann Iyonu: Unconventional Diplomacy in Africa Janah Ncube: Positioning the African Union to Respond to Geopolitical Pressures in a Multi Polar World
More InformationFrom scars of war to diplomatic leadership: a talk with the Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone
The International Leadership Center and the MacMillan Center Council on African Studies will host a conversation with Timothy Musa Kabba who will discuss his personal journey from child soldier to Minister of Foreign Affairs, leading his countryā€™s efforts in the UN Security Council as it navigates global food and energy shocks and regional coups. Also a former Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, he will discuss the role of natural resources in Sierra Leoneā€™s development agenda.
More Information
Global Migration and Youth Leadership in the Pursuit of Freedom
According to the UNHCR, 89.3 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes as a result of persecution, conflict or violence in 2021. That figure reached 103 million in mid-2022. Among them are nearly 27.1 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18. While these young people require support, they are also uniquely capable of effective change and leadership of mobilizing civic engagement in their home communities and in the world. Yet, the odds often seem to be stacked against them. What can be done about this? This panel tries to piece together a framework for the role of youth leadership in systemic…
More Information
War in Ukraine
The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs will host a panel discussion on the situation in Ukraine featuring the following panelists: Timothy Snyder, the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale, Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale, and Nellie Petlick, a Jackson graduate student who previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in south-central Ukraine. Attendance is limited to current members of the Yale campus community with a valid Yale ID and registration via EventBrite is required. *Please note that registration for this event is now full. The event will be recorded; the video will be posted to our website jackson.yale.edu/virtual-events
More Information
Migration Crisis in the Belarusian Borderland
Featuring: -Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram, Polish human rights lawyer and 2021 Yale World Fellow -Mauro Mondello, freelance reporter, war correspondent, documentary filmmaker; and 2020 Yale World Fellow -Maksimas Milta, MA Candidate in European & Russian Studies, Yale; and professional in higher education management, policy analysis, and media of Lithuania and Belarus Moderated by Dr. Bradley Woodworth, Program Manager of Baltic Studies Program at the MacMillan Center, Yale Sponsored by the following MacMillan Center at Yale programs and area studies councils: Baltic Studies Program; European Studies Council; Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Responses; Council on Middle East Studies Register to Attend on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3FySvrS Biographies: Mauro Mondello is a former Yale…
More Information
Political Competition as a Trigger for Instability in Africa
This webinar will explore how political competition devolve to destabilizing conflicts in Africa and the peculiar elements that make these trend rampant. It will interrogate various conflicts in the region and the nature of interventions that were deployed to address them. It will further explore the relevant steps and reforms needed to prevent these conflicts. It will also rely on firsthand account of mediators and political leaders in the panel to analyze the place of leadership and altruism in ensuring national stability and healthy democratic competition. Speakers: HE Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President Federal Republic of Nigeria (AU Special Envoy to Ethiopia) HE Mme Aminata Touré, Former Prime Minister of Republic…
More Information
Criminalizing a culture and a race — the Uyghurs’ struggle to survive China’s concentration camps and prison state
Since 2016, China has placed millions of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in the largest system of concentration camps since WWII where torture, slavery, and political indoctrination are the norm. Despite international criticism, the Chinese government has shown little to no sign of slowing down its racist erasure of Uyghur and Turkic identity. China’s repression has already reached North America, including here at Yale. A member of the Yale Community, Rayhan Asat, a World Fellow at the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, has lost her brother Ekpar Asat, a prominent Uyghur tech-entrepreneur — to one of these prison camps. The Chinese government is currently subjecting Ekpar to the torture of…
More InformationFireside Chat with Abdi Ismail
Join 2021 World Fellow Abdi Ismail for a fireside chat about his career working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Most recently stationed in Yemen, Abdi was in charge of managing the security of ICRC staff, assets, and operations in a very volatile security environment. Open to Yale students.
More Information