John Casellas Connors and Bruce Anderson, a postdoctoral associate and a Faculty Research Fellow, respectively, at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently traveled to Beijing Normal University (BNU) for a week-long visit to develop collaborations with researchers at the Chinese university. During their visit, Connors and Anderson gave talks on […]
On September 28, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a forum titled “Economic Expansions, Past and Present: How America’s Experience Connects to Modern-Day China.” In late 2013, the Chinese leadership launched the ambitious Belt and Road strategy to counter industrial overcapacities and economic downturn. Economic priorities have driven the […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a public forum titled “China’s Global Future and the Future of the Globe: How the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is Quietly Changing China and Surrounding Countries” on Monday, April 3, from 5:00-6:30 pm at the BU Photonics Center’s 9th Floor […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos was interviewed during a live segment on National Public Radio affiliate WBUR on June 9 about the leading role cities are playing in adopting measures to address the impacts of climate change. Prof. Janetos was interviewed on the Morning Edition program in relation to the announcement this week that in […]
On March 21, a panel of experts spoke about the implications of China’s “one belt, one road” initiative for transnational investment, foreign diplomacy, and regional geopolitics at a seminar hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. The seminar, which was attended by about 50 people, was titled “The […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a seminar titled “The New Silk Roads: Will China’s Investments Enrich the World?” on Monday, March 21 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Terrace Lounge on the 2nd floor of the George Sherman Union. In late 2013, China launched the […]
Prof. Kevin Gallagher, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was quoted in a recent Financial Times story titled “Capital controls no longer taboo as emerging markets battle flight.” In the article, Gallagher calls on policymakers to use capital controls given the unprecedented capital outflows from emerging markets […]
Prof. Min Ye, a Faculty Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently awarded an International Security and Foreign Policy Fellowship from the Smith Richardson Foundation (SRF). The grant will support a research project titled “Rising China’s Rising Strategy: New Silk Road, Domestic Sources, and Regional Impacts,” specifically by […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Center for the Study of Asia co-sponsored a seminar titled “Pathways to Emissions Reduction in China and India: Politics, Policy, and Administration” on April 16 at the Pardee Center. Bruce Gilley, Associate Professor of Political Science at Portland State University, spoke about the greenhouse gas […]
China and India Comparative Seminar Series Thursday, April 16, 2015 from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Pardee Center Seminar Room, 67 Bay State Road China and India will largely determine the future of the global climate. How are they doing in emissions reduction? How can they do better? Prof. Bruce Gilley explains and contrasts China’s “state-signaling” and […]