http://irps.ucsd.edu IR/PS Events Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the class of 2012. Plan to arrive early. Coffee Service for Commencement Guests Begins at 8:30am. Commencement Ceremony begins 10:30am Detailed student and visitor information can be viewed on the 2012 IR/PS Commencement page. Students and families, join us on Friday evening, June 15 at the UC San Diego Faculty Club for the IR/PS Friends & Family Commencement Reception to celebrate the class of 2012 with fellow students, local alumni, faculty, and staff. Click here for reception information and to register.   View the 2011 Commencement photo gallery.  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:30:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_2011063051098.htm /media-center/events/events_2011063051098.htm The IR/PS Family and Friends Commencement Reception establishes commencement weekend as not only the marking of the next step in IR/PS students' lives but also as a celebration of the achievements of our students and alumni.The event is an opportunity for students and their families to celebrate with fellow students, local alumni, faculty, and staff. Student awards will be presented on this evening as the graduating class officially joins the prestigious ranks of IR/PS alumni. A highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the annual "IR/PS Alumni Association Outstanding Achievement Award."Click REGISTER to RSVP, listing names of friends and family also attending in the "Questions" box.  We are not limiting the number of guests, but we would like a count and to have their names by June 11, 2012. For detailed student and visitor Commencement information, visit the Student Affairs Commencement page. Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120207.htm /media-center/events/events_20120207.htm Roundtable: Simon Hix, Government Dept., London School of Economics Christina Schneider, Political Science, UC San Diego Miles Kahler, Rohr Professor of Pacific International Relations, IR/PS Moderator:Peter Gourevitch, IR/PS This event is part of the IICAS European Studies Speaker Series. Sponsored by the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS) European Studies Speaker Series, the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), and the Department of History at UC San Diego. Click here for more information. Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:30:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120514.htm /media-center/events/events_20120514.htm After a severe political and economic crisis in the 1980's, Central America started to put its house in order. Democracy returned to all countries; the economies started to grow; inflation declined; fiscal deficits became more manageable; the region integrated more to the world economy (and specially the US economy) through trade, foreign direct investment, financial flows and migration. The signing of the free trade agreement with the U.S. was the culmination of this process. The great recession put a halt in the process. The region suffered from its effects and, even though it came out better than initially expected, its weaknessess flourish increasing the challenges for the coming years. Several issues have taken priority such as security; democracy is under stress; and the emerging of China and its role in world trade could displace Central American production in export markets. Although growth has not returned to the pre-crisis levels, the economies are looking for ways to get back in track. However, the task will not be easy. The talk will address the recent evolution of the region considering three major items: i) the impact of the international financial crisis, the policy reaction and the current economic situation; ii) an analysis of the effects of CAFTA, viewed through trade, FDI flows and institutional changes, and iii) the short term economic outlook. Then the talk will explore the challenges and opportunities that will be faced in the coming years, taking into consideration not only CAFTA agreement but the implications for the region of the emerging of China in world markets, both from the point of view of its exports and also of its impact in the region terms of trade. Dr. Gutiérrez is Professor of Economics and Finance at NICAE Business School. He was the Minister of Finance of Costa Rica from 1996 – 1998 and President of the Central Bank of Costa Rica from 2002 - 2010. Dr. Gutiérrez has been a member of the board of directors of several organizations and companies in Costa Rica and has served as a consultant to international organizations. Currently his is the president of Consejeros Economicos y Financieros, S.A. (CEFSA), a well known consulting firm devoted to the analysus of the Central American economies. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Registration is required for this event.  Click here to register. A reception will follow this event, which is free and open to the public. Click here for directions to the UC San Diego Faculty Club.  Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120328.htm /media-center/events/events_20120328.htm Featuring presentations from top scholars, policy analysts, and officials from Cuba and the U.S., the Cuba Today conference will focus on important economic and political developments on the island and bilateral relations. Topics of discussion will include economic policy under Raúl Castro, changes to the Cuban Communist Party, Church-State relations, offshore oil exploration, and U.S. policy toward Cuba. Confirmed speakers and moderators include:•    Dr. Margaret Crahan, Research Scholar, Columbia University•    Daniel Erikson, Senior Advisor at Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State•    Dr. Richard Feinberg, Professor, IR/PS•    Dr. Rafael Hernández, Editor, Temas Journal•    Collin Laverty, Master’s candidate, IR/PS and President, Cuba Educational Travel LLC•    Arturo Lopez-Levy, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver•    Jorge R. Piñon, Research Fellow, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, The University of Texas at Austin•    Pamela Starr, Professor, University of Southern California•    Sarah Stephens, Executive Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas •    Dr. Juan Triana Cordoví, Professor, Center for Studies on the Cuban Economy, University of Havana •    Dr. Ray Walser, Senior Policy Analyst, The Heritage FoundationDownload the schedule of panels and presenters here: CubaTodayConferenceSchedule.pdf Registration: Click here to register for the conference plus lunch for $15. Credit card payments taken on our secure wesbsite. Click here to register for free, conference only, lunch not included, by email to Cuba Today. Please include you first and last name and the number of seats you are requesting. Conference sponsored by the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the Center for Iberian & Latin American Studies (CILAS) at UC San Diego. Tue, 22 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_2012050383026.htm /media-center/events/events_2012050383026.htm James D. Jameson is a founder and major shareholder of a number of companies in over 14 countries worldwide. His companies’ interests are in the fields of aerospace, agriculture, publishing, book distribution, and real estate.He spent eight years on the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Americas and was Chairman when he resigned to enter the U.S. Government as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development in the first Bush Administration. In that capacity, he was an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and on the Board of Directors of the Export Import Bank.Open to IR/PS students. Register at IRPSCAREERS. Wed, 16 May 2012 12:30:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120503.htm /media-center/events/events_20120503.htm From one of our most influential journalists, China Airborne: Aviation and the Future of China (Pantheon) is a timely, vital, and illuminating account of the next stage of China's modernization - its plan to rival America as the world's leading aerospace power and to bring itself from its low-wage past to a high-tech future. Over the past ten years air traffic has declined in most of the world, but in China it has more than doubled. Most of the airports under construction are being built in China, which is also where Boeing and Airbus are looking for most of their future growth in sales. But the Chinese are determined to be more than customers. In 2011, China announced its twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jump-start its aerospace industry.In China Airborne, James Fallows documents, for the first time, the extraordinary scale of China's project, making clear how it stands to catalyze the nation's hyper-growth and hyper-urbanization, revolutionizing China in ways analogous to the building of America's transcontinental railroad in the nineteenth century. Fallows explains what this latest demonstration of Chinese ambition means for the United States and for the rest of the world-and the right ways for us to respond.James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic. This interview will be conducted by Peter Cowhey, Dean of UC San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.Event is part of the Helen Edison Lecture SeriesFree and open to the publicNo tickets or reservations requiredPark at the Pangea Parking Structure. Parking is $4 after 4:30 p.m. Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_2012050382984.htm /media-center/events/events_2012050382984.htm An Environmental Policy and Business Forum event The Net Impact Chapter of IR/PS presents the Spring 2012 Environmental Policy and Business Forum.  The Forum aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, government representatives, students, and business/community members working on the environmental challenges of today's world. Panelists Dr. Gordon McCord, Moderator Dr. McCord is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego. Dr. McCord completed his Ph.D.  in Sustainable Development from Columbia University and works at the intersection of development economics, public health, and environment. Dr. Rosibel Ochoa, Commercialization Director, von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement Dr. Ochoa received her B.Sc. in chemical engineering from the National University of Honduras, and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of  Louisville. Prior to joining the von Liebig Center, Rosibel was the founder of TekDome, LLC., a technology commercialization consultancy. Lane Sharman, Entrepreneur Mr. Sharman develops sustainable business ventures as a serial entrepreneur. Having formed Solana Energy in 2005, he facilitated the establishment of Solarpack Development Corporation, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Spanish Company, Solarpack. He went on to develop its Southern California projects and assisted the company in its project portfolio development and a financial closing. Sharman's corporate and project development activities included team member management, project review meetings, interconnection meetings with utilities, submission of PPAs, civil and technical engineering oversight, permitting, entitlement, community outreach, project origination, congestion analysis, and site acquisition. He received his B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science from San Francisco State University. Kris Skrinak, President, adaptiveARC Kris brings a record of entrepreneurial successes to adaptiveARC that draws on experience from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Before his role as President at adaptiveARC, he held the same position at ClearStation.com, a web-based investment research firm. After 18 months of aggressive growth, Kris guided the sale of the company to E*TRADE Financial (NYSE: ET). Prior to this work, Kris worked at his first start-up, Capital Technologies, which developed SiteRock, an outsource system administration organization of over 100 professionals and FogLight a network monitoring system. FogLight was acquired by Quest Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT) and SiteRock by Navisite, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVI). Before these entrepreneurial ventures, Kris worked at Sun Microsystems and Goldman Sachs, where he moved from mergers and acquisitions to the quantitative strategies group run by Fischer Black where he built one of the first fully electronic trading systems. He received his B.S. in Economics and Mathematics from King’s College. Registration The evening includes a hors d'oeuvres reception, and registration is required: Non-students; business and community members:  $15 registration fee. Non-students register here through our secured registration page. Student admission is free: IR/PS students register at IRPSCAREERS. Non-IR/PS students contact David Robertson at darobertson@ucsd.edu.   The forum is a presentation of Net Impact, the Environmental Policy and Business Forum, and IR/PS.   Click here for driving directions and parking information.  Contact David Robertson at (858) 534-1104 for more information. Thu, 10 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_2012031979738.htm /media-center/events/events_2012031979738.htm Reception Following Ricardo Raphael is a journalist and political analyst at the news Informational 40 and Focus, host of Spiral of Once TV Mexico, and a columnist for El Universal and sinembargo.mx. He is the author of The Other Mexico (2011), To Understand the Public Institution (Nostra Editions, 2007), Elba Esther partners (Planeta, 2007), coordinator of the Mexico Outraged (Destiny, 2011) and coauthor of The Untouchables (Focus Today, 2008) and The Sighing 2012 (Topics of Today, 2011). He is a professor at CIDE (Mexico City) in the Division of Public Administration Research and Teaching in Economics and Coordinator of the Master in Journalism and Public Affairs at the same institution. He obtained his law degree from UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). He received a masters in political science from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France (Sciences Po), and a masters in public administration from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) of the French Republic. His doctoral studies was in Political Economy and Comparative Politics from the graduate school in Claremont, California, United States. He has published several papers on issues related to the transition to democracy, the public, the party system, rights, economic development and citizenship. To register for the event visit: http://usmex.ucsd.edu/events/event_20120426.htm. You may also contact Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696, or via email at gmallinger@ucsd.edu. There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please click here. Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120507.htm /media-center/events/events_20120507.htm FHI 360 is hiring, both for internships and full-time. This conference call will include both a recruiter and staff of the organization to answer questions about their work. FHI 360 (formerly AED) is a global development organization with a rigorous, evidence-based approach. Its professional staff includes experts in health, nutrition, education, economic development, civil society, environment and research. FHI 360 operates from 60 offices with 4,400 staff in the U.S. and around the world. Open to IR/PS students. Register at IRPSCAREERS. Wed, 09 May 2012 12:30:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120412.htm /media-center/events/events_20120412.htm This event is open to students graduating in June 2013!!!We will speak with Greta Paa-Kerner, Vice President of Wealth Management. Greta is an IR/PS alumna in London. On the phone with us will also be Amy Bestwick, Director of their Graduate Program. Greta and Amy will discuss hiring at Barclays Wealth for next year's recruiting cycle.Open to IR/PS students. Register at IRPSCAREERS. Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120426.htm /media-center/events/events_20120426.htm The Chinese and Arabic calligraphic traditions are often compared as the two of the world's finest manifestations of the written word, but never likened. Little known outside of China, the sini style of Chinese Islamic calligraphy bridges the two traditions. With his energetic command of the sini script (literally "Chinese" in Arabic), Master Calligrapher Haji Noor Deen (Mi Guang Jiang) is almost single-handedly responsible for revitalizing the centuries-old art of Chinese Muslim calligraphy and bringing it to the attention of a contemporary international audience. In this artist's talk, Haji Noor Deen will discuss the history and meaning of Islamic calligraphy in China and demonstrate various calligraphic styles. Born in 1963 in Yucheng, Shandong Province, China, Haji Noor Deen has been a practitioner of calligraphy since he was 18. Schooled first in mosques in his homeland, and then for eight years in Egypt, Haji Noor Deen is both an artist and scholar who continues to study with the finest Islamic calligraphy masters world-wide and is a prominent teacher in his own right. He is versed in the traditions of both Chinese and Arabic calligraphy separately, as well as the specific heritage of sini calligraphy – an art form developed by the Hui Chinese Muslims that dates back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). In 1997 Haji Noor Deen was awarded the Certificate of Arabic Calligrapher in Egypt, becoming the first Chinese person to be honored with this prestigious award. In 2000 Noor Deen initiated and taught the first regular and systemic Arabic Calligraphy course at the Zhengzhou Islamic College in China, where he continues to profess today. He exhibits and lectures around the world in both secular and religious settings and has his work is in such prestigious collections as the British Museum, the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, the National Museum of Scotland, and the Harvard University Art Museum. To register for this event, please click here.  Co-sponsored by UC San Diego's Department of Literature and Chinese Studies Program and The International Affairs Group. Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_2012040381151.htm /media-center/events/events_2012040381151.htm Arthur Goldhammer is a writer and translator. He is currently working on a book about democracy in America since Tocqueville and translating books by Pierre Rosanvallon and Lucien Jaume. He has translated more than 110 books from the French, with his new translation of Tocqueville's Ancien Régime and the Revolution appearing in 2011. Goldhammer chairs the Visiting Scholars Seminar at the Center for European Studies, is co-chair of the French Study Group, and is a member of the editorial board of French Politics, Culture, and Society. He writes a blog on French politics, which can be viewed at artgoldhammer.blogspot.com. Sponsored by the IICAS European Studies Speaker Series, the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), and the Department of History, UC San Diego. Click here to register for this event. Mon, 07 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120403.htm /media-center/events/events_20120403.htm For more information and to register, please visit usmex.ucsd.edu/events/mmf/ Join us at this daylong symposium to engage with prominent scholars addressing issues focused on the economic prosperity of Mexico and the key determinants to achieve success: education, regulation and competition, and social protection. Hear success stories of business models that succeeded against all odds. Learn about new alternative strategies that are financially viable and socially conscious for Mexico. Enjoy cultural activities at the Mexico Street Fair and the Best of Baja expo. Thu, 03 May 2012 08:30:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120402.htm /media-center/events/events_20120402.htm Takaomi Tomioka is a Managing Director at Carlyle Japan, focused on Japanese buyout opportunities in the consumer and healthcare sectors. For this event, Mr. Tomioka will give an overview of private equity in Japan, explain Carlyle's operations in Japan, and offer a few case studies from Carlyle's investment portfolio. 5:00pm – 5:30pm Cookies and Tea Reception in front of Room 3202 5:30pm – 6:30pm Talk on Private Equity in Japan Mr. Tomioka received his BA in law at Waseda University and his MBA. at New York University. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Tomioka worked at General Electric Capital Corporation. While at GE, he served as Director, Representative, and Manager for business development at GE Equity Japan, a private equity arm of GE. While at GE Equity Japan, Mr. Tomioka was responsible for the investment and management of portfolio companies, also serving as a board member and board advisor. Through GE Equity, he gained experience with a completed investment cycle from deal origination to exit. Mr. Tomioka served at the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan from 1985 to 1998, including nine years of corporate financing both in the U.S. and Japan. This event is sponsored by Asameshikai. Wed, 02 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120430.htm /media-center/events/events_20120430.htm This workshop is co-sponsored by SCC: Grant writing is a great skill set to have, especially in the nonprofit sector. This workshop will cover the key components of an excellent grant proposal, how to determine relevant funding sources, and how to research grants. Open to IR/PS students. Register at IRPSCAREERS. Tue, 01 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120417.htm /media-center/events/events_20120417.htm Indonesia's foreign policy has always registered a strong desire to play an active regional and international role. In the post-1998 era, after a brief period of difficult democratic transition, Indonesia once again tried to regain appropriate place in the regional and international arena by playing a more active role in Southeast Asia, projecting its international image as the world's third largest democracy and the largest moderate Muslim majority country, and positioning itself as a "bridge-builder" and "problem-solver" in the wider global community. However, the expression of such international posture has been subject to both facilitating and restraining effects of domestic political realities at home. In this context, Islam and democracy constitute two significant factors that have influenced Indonesia's foreign policy since 1998. Rizal Sukma, is currently Executive Director at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta. He received Ph.D. degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, in 1997, and has worked extensively on Southeast Asia, Security issues, ASEAN, Indonesia, Defense and Foreign Policy, Military Reform, Islam and Politics, and Domestic Political Changes in Indonesia. He is also Chairman of International Relations, Muhammadiyah Central Executive Board (second largest Islamic organization in the world); and a member of Board of Governor of the implementing agency for the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF), the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD).Registration is required for this event.  Click here to register. This event is co-sponsored by the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies and the International Affairs Group.For information regarding this event please email Pepper Lane. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_2012030678824.htm /media-center/events/events_2012030678824.htm The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are both ramping up to hire! Come to this combined info session to hear about opportunities in both agencies. Note that U.S. citizenship is required for employment at either agency.Open to all UC San Diego students, both undergrad and graduate. IR/PS Students please register for this event at IRPSCAREERS.For more information, contact Tamara Golden.Map and parking information for IR/PS. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:30:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_2012040581283.htm /media-center/events/events_2012040581283.htm Abstract: Founded on the outcomes of the Human Development Index, the essay proposes to focus on a multilateral agreement to reach a globally accepted Environmental Sustainability Index. The author highlights major environmental changes, which occurred in the last twenty years, and advocates maintaining distinct approaches to measure human development and environmental sustainability. Distinct approaches would lead to solid data and monitoring systems favoring specific quantitative goals, better-targeted public policies and well-defined responsibilities. Such distinct and convergent metrics would contribute to move away from rhetoric and induce advanced implementation of 1992 Earth Summit agreements.Jacques Marcovitch is Professor of Strategy and International Affairs at the University of São Paulo (Brazil), and a board member at the International Relations and Development Studies Institute (Geneva). He was the president of São Paulo University from 1997 to 2001. He is a member of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Latin America and the World Economic Forum and also serves as management board member to the Sustainable Amazon Foundation and on the boards of many other organizations in Brazil. Prof. Marcovitch is the author of Pioneiros e Empreendedores: A Saga do Desenvolvimento no Brasil. His recent publications are on economic growth and income distribution, and management in the Amazon. He is the coordinator of in depth study of on the economics of climate change in Brazil. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (USA) in the field of management and recipient of international recognitions as Doctor HonorisCausa, Université Lumiere, Lyon, Officier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques and Chevalier de la Legion d´Honneur (France).  As a member of scientific institutions, he was awarded Brazilians recognitions as the Grão-Cruz da Ordem de Rio Branco and the Medal of Scientific Merit. Registration is required for this event.  Click here to register. This event is free and open to the public.  Breakfast will be provided.Click here for directions to the UC San Diego Faculty Club.For information regarding this event please email Pepper Lane. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120327.htm /media-center/events/events_20120327.htm The implications of changing regional power structures in East Asia, especially for major power relations and stability in the region, continues to be an issue that raise regional concerns, including in Indonesia. In this regards, the rise of China constitutes the most salient aspects of the undergoing strategic change that is transforming the geo-political character of East Asia. Indonesia is aware that power shift taking place in East Asia points to the redistribution of power among key players. The ability of the US to exercise unchallenged primacy is bound to be affected by the rise of China. Within this context, Indonesia is concerned that East Asia would become a theatre for competition among major powers, especially between the US and China, with serious implications for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Rizal Sukma, is currently Executive Director at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta. He received Ph.D. degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, in 1997, and has worked extensively on Southeast Asia, Security issues, ASEAN, Indonesia, Defense and Foreign Policy, Military Reform, Islam and Politics, and Domestic Political Changes in Indonesia. He is also Chairman of International Relations, Muhammadiyah Central Executive Board (second largest Islamic organization in the world); and a member of Board of Governor of the implementing agency for the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF), the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD).This event is co-sponsored by the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies and the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies (IICAS).Registration is required for this event.  Click here to register. A reception will follow this event, which is free and open to the public.  For information regarding this event please email Pepper Lane. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 /media-center/events/events_20120306.htm /media-center/events/events_20120306.htm