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America And The Rising Powers - A Geopolitical Summit

Summit Schedule - Tuesday, February 24, 2009

9:00 - 11:00 am




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Plenary 1

Welcome Remarks
Dr. Modesto A. Maidique, President, FIU

Dr. Francis Fukuyama

Reconsidering Democracy and the Neoconservative Legacy

Dr. Nicol C. Rae, Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Politics and International Relations, FIU

Dr. Noble David Cook, Professor, History, FIU
Dr. Eduardo A. Gamarra, Professor, Politics and International Relations, FIU
Dr. Gail Hollander, Associate Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies, FIU

11:15 am - 12:45 pm

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Dr. Robert Kagan

The Return of History and the End of Dreams

Dr. Ralph S. Clem, Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies, FIU

Dr. Mohiaddin Mesbahi, Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations, FIU
Dr. Elisabeth Prugl, Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations, FIU
Dr. Allan Rosenbaum, Director, Institute for Public Management & Professor of Public Administration, FIU

AT&T

1:45 - 3:30 pm

 


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Plenary 3

Afternoon Welcome Remarks
Dr. Ronald M. Berkman, Executive Vice President and Provost, FIU

Mr. Parag Khanna

The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

Dr. Mary Ann Von Glinow, Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair in International Management and CIBER Director, Chapman Graduate School of Business, FIU

Dr. Jerry Haar, Associate Dean and Professor, International Affairs and Projects, CBA, FIU
Dr. Jean Rahier, Director, African and African Diaspora Studies and Associate Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies, FIU
Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg, Professor, Politics and International Relations, FIU

3:45 - 5:15 pm

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Dr. Fareed Zakaria

The Post American World

Ronald M. Berkman, Executive Vice President and Provost, FIU

Dr. Anthony P. Maingot, National Security Scholar in Residence, Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, FIU
Dr. Luis Salas, Director, Center for the Administration of Justice and Associate Vice President for Sponsored Research, FIU
Dr. John F. Stack, Jr.,  Director, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Professor, Politics and International Relations and Law, FIU

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

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