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2009-2010 IICAS Research:
IICAS is pleased to announce that the 2009-2010 conference grants, faculty research planning/travel grant, and student travel grants have been awarded. Click here to view the awardees.
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IICAS Event Recordings:
IICAS is now providing audio recordings of guest speaker events to further promote international research presented and discussed in IICAS events. The new feature makes it easy to listen to a recorded IICAS event anywhere, anytime.
If you've missed an IICAS guest speaker event, check the new audio recordings page to see if it has been recorded. Recent recorded events include Siddharth Kara's presentation on "Sex Trafficking," and MIT Professor Abhijit Banerjee's lecture exploring "Improving State Performance in India." Click here to check out the new audio recordings page and available recorded talks.
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Author, Siddharth Kara, "Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery" - Lecture Recording Available via Audio Stream
IICAS hosted Siddharth Kara, for a lecture and discussion on May 4, 2009. The lecture and discussion covered the topic of Sex Trafficking.
In this first-of-its kind journey spanning four continents, Siddharth Kara investigates the mechanics of the global sex trafficking industry and takes stock of its devastating human toll. Applying his background in finance, Kara provides a rare business analysis of sex trafficking, focusing on the local drivers and global macroeconomic trends that gave rise to the industry. Ultimately, he concludes that to eradicate sex trafficking, aggressive financial punishments must be applied to decrease demand among owners, traders, and customers by making it unprofitable.
Siddharth Kara is a former investment banker and business executive. Kara set aside his corporate career to pursue anti-slavery research, advocacy and writing, and more recently, a law degree. He currently serves on the board of directors of Free the Slaves, an organization dedicated to abolishing slavery worldwide.
To listen to the lecture, please click here.
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Jounalist and Visting Instructor at the University of San Diego, Aboubakr Jamai - Lecture Recording Available via Audio Stream
IICAS Middle East Studies lecture hosted Aboubakr Jamai, for a lecture and discussion on April 28, 2009. The lecture and discussion covered the topic of Moroccan Democrazation.
Aboubakr Jamai teaches Middle Eastern Politics and Political Islam at the
University of San Diego. He was the publisher of Morocco's leading weekly newspaper, Le Journal
Hebdomadaire. His paper has tackled tough topics such as government corruption, corporate
impropriety, and other taboo political subjects in Morocco. He co-founded Le Journal
Hebdomadaire in 1997, and Assahifa al-Ousbouiya, an Arab language weekly, in 1998. In
January 2008, Jamai won Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications' Tully
Center Free Speech Award. He won the Committee To Protect Journalists' International Press
Freedom Award in 2003. Jamai was a Nieman Fellow in 2007 at Harvard University, was selected
by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader for 2005, and was a Yale World Fellow in
2004 at Yale University.
Aboubakr Jamai began his career in finance, co-founding Morocco's first independent investment
bank in 1993. After two years advising international emerging market funds with holdings in
North Africa, the company, Upline Securities, became the first Moroccan-based bank ever selected
to manage a privatization project in Morocco. In 1996, Jamai joined the Executive Secretariat of
the Middle East and North Africa Economic Summit as a financial and economic adviser. This
organization was set up by the sponsors of the Middle East peace process to foster economic
cooperation in the region. Jamai holds an M.B.A. from Oxford University, and an M.P.A. from
Harvard University.
To listen to the lecture, please click here.
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IICAS Faculty publications
Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Governance
IR/PS Professor Miles Kahler has edited a new book entitled, Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Governance. The book was produced by a project sponsored by IICAS, the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, and the Center of International Studies at the University of Cambridge, and received financial support from the IGCC. It is available here.
Description: The concept of network has emerged as an intellectual centerpiece for our era. Network analysis also occupies a growing place in many of the social sciences. In international relations, however, network has too often remained a metaphor rather than a powerful theoretical perspective. In Networked Politics, a team of political scientists investigates networks in important sectors of international relations, including human rights, security agreements, terrorist and criminal groups, international inequality, and governance of the Internet. They treat networks as either structures that shape behavior or important collective actors. In their hands, familiar concepts, such as structure, power, and governance, are awarded new meaning.
National Insecurity and Human Rights
IICAS director Gershon Shafir and Professor Alison Brysk from the University of California, Irvine have edited a book entitled National Insecurity and Human Rights: Democracies Debate Counterterrorism. The book is available here.
Description: All too often, the first casualty of national insecurity is
human rights. How can democracies cope with the threat of terror while protecting human rights? This timely
volume compares the lessons of the United States and Israel with the "best-case scenarios" of the United Kingdom, Canada,
Spain, and Germany. It demonstrates that threatened democracies have important options, and democratic governance, the
rule of law, and international cooperations are crucial foundations for counterterror policy.
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Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization
University of Cambridge Press, 2006
Edited by Miles Kahler and Barbara Walter
Based on original research funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. More
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Empire to Nation: Historical Perspectives on the Making of the Modern World
Rowman & Littlefield, 2006
Edited by Joseph Esherick, Hasan Kayali, and Eric Van Young, UCSD |
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New UCSD European Studies Minor
UC San Diego now offers a new undergraduate minor in European Studies. The program offers unparalleled opportunities to study this dynamic, multicultural region in an interdisciplinary framework. The European Studies minor will help provide basic expertise in the region and is a great supplement to students who have strong European interests and/or are planning for a career in the international arena. For more information on the European Studies minor, click here.
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Need Accommodation for an IICAS Event?
Anyone needing special arrangements to accommodate a disability is encouraged to contact IICAS two weeks in advance of the event.
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June 2009 IICAS Newsletter
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2008-2009 Events
Thank You to IICAS Supporters IICAS events for the 2008-2009 academic year have concluded, and IICAS would like to thank everyone who co-sponsored, supported, and participated in IICAS programs. Stay tuned for 2009-2010 IICAS events, which will continue to be announced in IICAS newsletters and on the IICAS web page. We look forward to your continued support in 2009-2010, and welcome donations and sponsorships. To make a donation, provide feedback, or suggestions, please contact IICAS.
For more information about IICAS Speaker Series, please click Here.
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