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Reducing timber loss through responsible management of the world’s forest stock has the power to reduce poverty, conflict, and greenhouse gases. This policy paper details efforts to date and provides comprehensive proposals for much needed action.
Age of Greed
WPI Senior Fellow Jeff Madrick describes the history of how greed has bred America’s economic ills over the last forty years, and of the men most responsible for them. He recounts the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth that has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who have argued that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns.
Fellows by Area of Expertise
In any given year, there are up to 25 key policy analysts serving as senior fellows of the World Policy Institute. Their research, publications, public appearances and commentary in the print and electronic media comprise a body of work that makes the Institute an unparalleled leader in the national and international policy arenas.
World Policy Institute Senior Fellows and Project Leaders offer expert commentary on 14 broad international policy areas listed below. By clicking on a topic and fellow you will find a brief biography, detailed resume, and contact information.
Details on specific research projects at the World Policy Institute are also available.
Africa
Ruthie Ackerman -Liberia; new media; womens rights
Susan Benesch -Kenya, Libya, Cote d'Ivoire; new media and conflict
Monique El-Faizy - Egypt, Coptic Christians, sectarian conflict
Todd Lester -North Africa, forced migration
William Powers - Liberia; sustainable forestry; development
David Stevens - Southern African Politics
American Foreign Policy
Eric Alterman
Ian Bremmer
Mira Kamdar - US-India
Nina Khrushcheva - US-Russia
James Nolt - US-East Asia
Andrew Reding - US-Latin America
David Rieff
Sherle Schwenninger
Masaru Tamamoto - US-Japan
Martin Walker
Patricia DeGennaro
Michele Wucker
Arms Trade
Swadesh Rana - Small arms control
Asia
Patricia DeGennaro -Afghanistan and South Asia
Michelle Fanzo - Afghanistan
Mira Kamdar - India, South Asia: Politics & Economy
James Nolt - particularly China and Japan; US-East Asia relations
Swadesh Rana - India; Pakistan; South Asia
Masaru Tamamoto -- particularly Japan; Japan-China and Japan-US relations
Central/South America
Susan Benesch- Central America, Haiti; human rights
Stephanie Elizondo Griest- Mexico
Silvana Paternostro - especially Cuba, Colombia
Andrew Reding - Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Haiti
Lissa Weinmann - Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia
Michele Wucker - Dominican Republic, Haiti, Argentina
William Powers - Bolivia, food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; indigenous peoples
Energy and the Environment
Ian Bremmer
Erica Dingman - energy and environmental security
Mira Kamdar- resource shortages, agriculture
Karl Meyer
William Powers - Bolivia, food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; indigenous peoples
Kim Taipale - energy security
Eurasia
European Policy
David Andelman
Belinda Cooper - Germany
Paul Hockenos
Mira Kamdar - France
Nina Khrushcheva
David Rieff - Balkans; Kosovo; Bosnia
Martin Walker
Michele Wucker - comparative immigration policy
Global Economy
Ian Bremmer
Michelle Fanzo - International development, emerging markets
Jeffrey Madrick- Finance
James Nolt - International political economy
Sherle Schwenninger
Martin Walker
Michele Wucker
Global Security
David Andelman
Ian Bremmer
Patrick Radden Keefe - Cross-border crime; espionage
Kim Taipale - Surveillance society; information warfare; cyber-crime
Patricia DeGennaro
Michele Wucker
Health
Siddharth Dube- AIDS, sex work
Lissa Weinmann - Cuba's foreign doctors program
Immigration
Belinda Cooper- Germany
Stephanie Griest - Mexico; identity; impact on sending country
Paul Hockenos - Balkans, Germany, Eastern Europe, migration and development
Mira Kamdar - India, Diaspora lobbying
Todd Lester - Africa, Asylum policy
Silvana Paternostro - Colombia, Identity
Michele Wucker - Economics and politics; remittances; political participation
Kavitha Rajagopalan - integration, immigrant identity formation, comparative migration policy, Muslim immigrant communities in the West, displacement
International Law & Human Rights
Belinda Cooper- War crimes; international law; women's rights
Claudia Dreifus - Women's rights
Monique El-Faizy - Egypt, Coptic Christians, sectarian conflict
Stephanie Griest - Civil liberties
Todd Lester - Human rights; asylum; refugees
Silvana Paternostro - Women's issues
Andrew Reding - Human rights; Electoral systems and democracy; Rights of sexual minorities (LGBTI) worldwide
Michele Wucker - Immigration; Dominican Republic and Haiti
Kavitha Rajagopalan - Corporate Social Responsibility, global corporate behavior and financial systems
Media Criticism
Eric Alterman
Claudia Dreifus
Stephanie Griest
Peter Kaufman - Broadcast; publishing
Neelam Verjee
Middle East
Alon Ben-Meir
Monique El-Faizy - Egypt, Coptic Christians, sectarian conflict
Todd Lester
Patricia DeGennaro
NATO
Patricia DeGennaro
Sherle Schwenninger
Martin Walker
Russia & CIS
Ian Bremmer- Eurasia
Nina Khrushcheva - Russia; U.S.-Russia relations
Peter Kaufman
Sherle Schwenninger
Martin Walker - Russia
Science & Technology
Claudia Dreifus - Democratization of science
Patrick Radden Keefe - Privacy; national security & civil liberties
Jeffrey Madrick-- Computers & Productivity
David Stevens - Technology, Economy, and Politics.
Kim Taipale -- Global Information Society Project
Michele Wucker - impact of immigration on science
United Nations
Siddharth Dube
Michelle Fanzo
Swadesh Rana
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