The America’s Role in the World Conference is a nonpartisan event convening diplomats, journalists, politicians and scholars to offer expert insight on critical global affairs topics.
The ninth annual event will include discussions on urgent issues facing the next U.S. Presidential administration, AI governance, Indiana’s global economic ties, Africa’s Sahel region, economic fragility in highly indebted countries, and other key topics in global affairs. The Hamilton Lugar School will also recognize Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian human rights lawyer and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, with the Global Voices for Change award for her leadership of the Center for Civil Liberties, a human rights organization based in Kyiv.
Session 1: Welcome
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John Ciorciari, Dean, Hamilton Lugar School
Nick Cullather, Professor, Hamilton Lugar School
Session 2: The Importance of Area Studies
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Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Global Change
Co-sponsored by the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resouce Center
Co-sponsored by the Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute
LaNitra Berger, Director of African and African American Studies, George Mason University
Kenneth Pomeranz, University Professor of Modern Chinese History and the College, University of Chicago
Brian Edwards, Dean, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University
John Ciorciari, Dean, Hamilton Lugar School (Moderator)
Session 3: HLS Global Voices for Change Award
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Performance by The Indiana Slavic Choir Iryna Voloshyna, Founding artistic director of Indiana Slavic Choir; Ph.D. Candidate in Folklore
Oleksandra Matviichuk, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Centre for Civil Liberties, Kyiv, Ukraine, jointly with Ales Bialiatski, imprisoned Belarussian human rights activist, and the Russian human rights organization, Memorial.
Remarks by Oleksandra Matviichuk and Moderated Conversation with Matthew Kaminski, Editor at Large, Politico (Moderator)
Session 4: Economic Fragility, International Lenders, and Negotiating Debt Restructuring for Highly Indebted Countries
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Sponsored by the Randall L. and Deborah F. Tobias Center for the Innovation in International Development
Yinka Adegoke, Editor, Semafor Africa
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Samantha Custer, Director of Policy Analysis, AidData
Jeremy Mark, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Sarah Bauerle Danzman, Associate Professor, International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School (Moderator)
