It's a Funny World
With the Taliban going strong and the polar ice caps melting away, we wouldn’t blame you for feeling like there's nothing to laugh about - until now. You may not have thought policy wonks were funny, but we’re about to prove you wrong with a special evening of international stand-up comedy benefiting World Policy Journal
featuring professional comedians and friends of the World Policy Institute:
- Ophira Eisenberg
- WPI Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer
- Kevin Bleyer
- Robert George
- Emcee Christian Finnegan
Monday, September 13
7 -8:30 pm
at COMIX, 343 West 14th Street
The End of the Free Market
WPI Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer recounts the battle between state capitalism and the free market. Detailing the rise of state-owned firms in China, Russia, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Iran, Venezuela, and elsewhere, he demonstrates the growing challenge that state capitalism will pose for the entire global economy.
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
Todd Lester -North Africa, forced migration
William Powers - Liberia
American Foreign Policy
Eric Alterman
Ian Bremmer
Mira Kamdar - US-India
Nina Khrushcheva - US-Russia
James Nolt - US-East Asia
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
Stephanie Elizondo Griest- Mexico
Silvana Paternostro - especially Cuba, Colombia
Andrew Reding - Mexico
Lissa Weinmann - Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia
Michele Wucker - Dominican Republic, Haiti, Argentina
Edward Gonzalez-Acosta - Democracy and Governance; Migration
William Powers - Bolivia, food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; indigenous peoples
Energy and the Environment
Mira Kamdar- resource shortages, agriculture
William Powers - Bolivia, food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; indigenous peoples
Kim Taipale - energy security
Ian Bremmer
Karl Meyer
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
Patrick Radden Keefe - China, human smuggling
Todd Lester - Africa, Asylum policy
Silvana Paternostro - Colombia, Identity
David Rieff
Michele Wucker - Economics and politics; remittances; political participation
Edward Gonzalez-Acosta - Migration; 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
Stephanie Griest - Civil liberties
Patrick Radden Keefe - Human smuggling; national security & civil liberties
Todd Lester - Human rights; asylum; refugees
Silvana Paternostro - Women's issues
Andrew Reding - Human rights in the Americas
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
Middle East
Alon Ben-Meir
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
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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