Prof. Adil Najam, Pardee Center Director and Professor of Global Public Policy at the Boston University Department of International Relations was interviewed by various media outlets on the rapidly changing politics of Pakistan, especially relating to the resignation of Gen. Pervez Musharraf as President. Apart from others, he was interviewed on National Public Radio’s (NPR’s) […]
The Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future releases its second paper in the “Issues in Brief” series. Fostering South-South Research Partnerships, by Athar Osama, reviews the state of research collaborations between and amongst developing country scholars – South-South research collaborations and develops a rationale for a more systematic […]
“The Pardee Papers” is a new series of Pardee Center publications which will feature substantive research and foresight papers. The first paper in the series, “the Future of Space Exploration and Human Development” by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, was published in August 2008. This paper – the first in a new […]
Pardee Center Director, Prof. Adil Najam, spoke on “Global Forests Governance” on the opening day of the “Paramaribo Dialogue” in Suriname. The “Paramaribo Dialogue” is the name given to the Country-Led Initiative on Financing for Sustainable Forest Management in support of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF). The intergovernmental meeting was attended by nearly 200 […]
The next Pardee House Seminar – the first of the academic year 2008-09 – will be held on September 22, 2008 at the Pardee House (67 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215), on “Future Challenges: Beyond the Energy Crisis.” The lunch seminar will feature Prof. Cutler Cleveland, Prof. Uday Pal and Moeed Yusuf, who will […]
The second edition of China Since Tianamen: From Deng Xiaoping to Hu Jinto by Pardee Center Research Fellow Joseph Fewsmith has been published by Cambridge University Press. Part of the Cambridge Modern China Series, the book provides an analysis of the changes in politics and society in China since the Tianamen Square crackdown in 1989. […]
Pardee Center Visiting Fellow Pablo Suarez gave a presentation before the U.S. Congress’ Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on Tuesday, July 22. During the briefing on global health and climate change at the Capitol building, Suarez discussed the humanitarian dimensions of the climate crisis based on his experiences working with Oxfam America […]
Pardee Center Research Fellow Kevin P. Gallagher has accepted an offer to serve as a monthly columnist for The Guardian (UK) newspaper, where he will write on globalization and development. The paper was founded in 1821 and receives approximately 3 million visitors to its web page each day and has 1.2 million print subscribers. His […]
Seven Pardee Fellows gathered at the Pardee House on August 4 for the first in a series of informal meetings in which they will discuss their research and share ideas. Post-doctoral Fellow Alexandra Crampton and Visiting Fellows Pablo Suarez and Roshan Mailk joined Graduate Fellows Grant Marlier, Rachel Thrasher, Jordan Winkler and Moeed Yusuf to […]
Pardee Center Research Fellow Kevin Gallagher has written two op-ed pieces that have appeared recently in the on-line version of The Guardian. In the July 8 issue, in an opinion piece titled "Free Trade’s “false promises” he cautions that NAFTA has not delieved its promised prosperity to Mexico and that the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement "seems to […]