The Great Debate: Should biofuels and the renewables be critical components of U.S. energy policy

College of Communication » The Great Debate

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave.)

Is the American Century ending?
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Debate Participants

Affirmative:

Andrew J. Bacevich
Professor of International Relations and History
Founder, REAP Coalition

Robert S. Litwak
Director of International Securities Studies
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Sarah Thomas, '10 MS
College of Communication

Negative:

Robert J. Lieber
Professor of Government and International Affairs
Georgetown University

Ruth Wedgwood
Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy;
Director of the International Law and Organizations Program
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies

Andrew Jones, '09
College of Communication

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