EVENTS

Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing: Triggers for R2P

Discussion
Closed to the Public - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
May 30, 2008 - May 31, 2008

Moderator: Robert Rotberg, Chair

Related Project: Intrastate Conflict Program

Academics and researchers met to discuss if there are bright lines between when mass murder becomes ethnic cleansing and when ethnic cleansing becomes genocide. The group discussed the basis for R2P and whether quantitative and/or qualitative measures can be useful when determining if and when the lines of human rights violations have been crossed.

Corruption and World Order II

Conference
Closed to the Public - AAAS, House of the Academy
May 15, 2008 - May 17, 2008

Moderator: Robert Rotberg

Related Project: Intrastate Conflict Program

Robert I. Rotberg again convened, along with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, experts who had attended the December meeting, and others, for a second meeting on corruption and world order. The papers presented at the conference will consitute a book to be published in 2009.

Corruption and World Order

Conference
Closed to the Public - Not on the KSG Campus
December 6, 2007 - December 8, 2007

Moderator: Robert Rotberg
Speaker: Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University

Related Project: Intrastate Conflict Program

Corruption is a serious and growing problem throughout the world. With the goal of understanding and adding to public policy choices in this regard, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is instituting a project on Corruption and World Order. Under the leadership of Professor Robert Rotberg, an Academy fellow, Kennedy School faculty member, and President of the World Peace Foundation, this project will convene experts to identify emerging issues on this topic. The Academy, in collaboration with the Program on Intrastate Conflict of the Kennedy School of Harvard University, will hold a workshop at its Cambridge headquarters.

From Apartheid To Democracy

Forum Event
Open to the Public - Harvard Kennedy School Campus
November 7, 2007
6:00 p.m.-

Moderator: Robert Rotberg

Related Project: Intrastate Conflict Program

A discussion with F.W. De Klerk, former president of South Africa from 1989-1994; Tony Leon, former leader of the Democratic Alliance and the Official Opposition, South African Parliament; and Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution.

China-Africa: the Yin and the Yang

Special Event
Open to the Public
October 24, 2007

Speaker: Robert Rotberg

Related Project: Intrastate Conflict Program

A panel, comprised of Mia Farrow, actress and activist; Michael Sata, leader of the Zambian Patriotic Front; and Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution at the Belfer Center, discussed the positive and negative impact of China's increasing presence on the African continent.

China in Africa: Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Considerations

Conference
Closed to the Public - Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor
May 31, 2007 - June 2, 2007

Moderator: Robert Rotberg

Related Project: Intrastate Conflict Program

At a meeting in late May/early June 2007 at the Kennedy School of Government, senior African, Chinese, American, and European diplomats, practitioners, businessmen, NGO leaders, and scholars evaluated the yin and yang of China’s mixed impact on contemporary Africa. They welcomed China as a force for GDP growth in Africa; simultaneously, they worried that China was a malign influence—a modern colonial colossus intent on stripping Africa of its wealth without leaving sustainable structures behind. At present, there is little technology transfer, little capacity building, and little attention given to good governance and effective institutions. China’s slapdash approach to safety issues, especially in mining, has also been exported to Africa.

Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling: New Perspectives on an Old Problem

Conference
Invitation Only - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
December 7, 2006 - December 9, 2006
7:00-4:00 p.m.

Related Projects: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Intrastate Conflict Program

How to Achieve Enduring Success in Darfur

Discussion
Open to the Public - Wiener Auditorium
November 29, 2006
6:30-8:00 p.m.

Speaker: Robert Rotberg

Related Projects: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Intrastate Conflict Program, External Program

The Sudan: Between Peace and War

Conference
Invitation Only - Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor
March 2, 2006 - March 4, 2006
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Related Projects: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Intrastate Conflict Program

Are There Terrorists in the Horn of Africa?

Brown Bag Lunch
RSVP required - Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor
December 12, 2005
12:00-1:30 p.m.

Speaker: Barbara Bodine, Robert Rotberg

Related Projects: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Intrastate Conflict Program