In his new book, The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World, diplomat and negotiator Stuart E. Eizenstat provides a history of the major international agreements that have defined today’s world. Eizenstat examines cases from the treaty to end the Vietnam War to the Kyoto Protocols and the Iranian Nuclear Accord.
When 12 mysterious spacecraft arrive to Earth in the 2016 film Arrival, they bring with them an eerie question: Why are they here? To answer that question, the U.S. military enlists the help of a top linguist, played by Amy Adams, who is tasked with deciphering the extraterrestrial’s language.
How do leading experts view the intersection of religious and political ideologies in relation to human expansion into space?
The Space Intersections symposium, led by Jack Traphagan, ASU Interplanetary Initiative's 2023-2024 fellow, will explore how political and religious ideologies are employed in relation to space expansionism.
May 13-14, 2024 // 8-4 p.m. EST
ASU Barrett and O’Connor Washington Center
1800 I St NW
Washington, DC 20006
In recent years, place-based innovation has attracted renewed attention from policymakers and major new funding, including over $80 billion in current federal support for historically overlooked regions. Awarded an NSF Regional Innovation Engine grant in early 2024, the North Carolina Textile Innovation and Sustainability Engine (NCTISE), along with its key partners, is developing technologies for manufacturing advanced fibers and recycling waste textiles into new fibers. These innovations hold promise for various sectors, including construction, advanced materials and healthcare.
The prospect of space exploration has forever captivated the human imagination, but opportunities to do so are still limited to a select few countries despite decades of advancement in spaceflight technology and infrastructure.
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred substantial debate over how to rapidly develop new vaccines, produce billions of doses, and distribute them globally. Central to these debates are the roles of intellectual property, technology transfer, and public funding.
In recent years, place-based innovation has attracted renewed attention from policymakers and major new funding, including over $80 billion in federal support for historically overlooked regions.
We invite you to join us for the Global Conversations taking place in Washington D.C. highlighting 11 award-winning journalists and communication professionals who are part of the prestigious Humphrey Fellowship program, based at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The session will go over the following topics:
This is a virtual information session for both IRLS Fellows and ASU Law Students who would like to learn more about working with Joanna Naples-Mitchell from the Zomia Center’s Redress Project. Please follow the URL link below to register, and you will receive the Zoom link for this event.
ASU’s International Rule of Law and Security program invites you to join Richard Gordan, former senior staff member of the International Monetary Fund, Valentina Lana, professor of law at SciencesPo and Jean-Pierre Brun, senior financial sector specialist at the World Bank, to discuss international anti-corruption law and global financial integrity.
Lunch will be provided for all attendees.