Democracy, Conflict, & Governance
The changing landscape of U.S. international democracy policy in 2025: Lessons from Western engagement with Zimbabwe
- What is the status of the refugee emergencies in Kosovo, Congo (DRC), the Sudan, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and other countries?
- What can international organizations do to address the growing crisis of internally displaced people, who now number 20 to 25 million?
- What role can the United Nations, NGOs, state agencies, and the international media play in preventing and responding to humanitarian emergencies? How can these various players form cooperative multilateral coalitions?
- What regions or countries could become flashpoints for the next humanitarian crisis?
Agenda
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September 21
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Keynote Address
THSVdMThe Honorable Sergio Vieira de Mello Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs<BR>The United Nations -
Moderator
JAJohn Andrews <I>The Economist</I> -
Panelists
JPJohn Prendergast Co-Founder - Enough ProjectLRLionel Rosenblatt President, Refugees International
Roberta Cohen Former Brookings Expert, Co-Chair Emeritus - Committee for Human Rights in North KoreaRGRoy Gutman Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, <i>Newsweek</i>; Co-author, <i>Crimes of War</i>THJTThe Honorable Julia Taft Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
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