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PREVIEW
Spring 2012
Center for Global Affairs
NYU-SCPS

PREVIEW Spring 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Message From the Divisional Dean
1
Center for Global Affairs: Academic Update
2
Master of Science in Global Affairs Spotlight
2
Continuing Education Spotlight
3
Q&A: A Conversation With Michael F. Oppenheimer
4
Public Events
6
In Print With James F. Hoge, Jr
6
Conflict, Security, and Development: Issues, Actors, and Approaches 7
Global Leaders: Conversations With Alon Ben-Meir
8
Worldly Perspectives With Clyde Haberman
9
International Careers: Practical Advice and Real-Life Experience 15
Peace Corps Information Sessions
15
CGA in the Field: Africa
10
CGA Library: Faculty Publications
16
Special Events
18
Administration, Faculty, and Advisory Board
19
The Last Word
20
Spring 2012 Program Calendar
Inside Back Cover
PUBLIC EVENT REGISTRATION
We welcome the general public to our events at no charge.
Space is limited and reservations are required. Register by phone at
(212) 992-8380 or visit www.scps.nyu.edu/cga.events to register on-line.
More information also is available on our website. You will receive a registration
confirmation after your on-line registration is complete. Unless otherwise
indicated, all public events are held at:
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global affairs, please call (212) 992-8380 or visit scps.nyu.edu/cga.
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A MESSAGE
FROM THE
DIVISIONAL
DEAN
In my fall message I wrote about my trip to Ghana with our
graduate students. This time I want to swing over to another
region, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which faculty
members Sylvia Maier, Carolyn Kissane, and I visited this
past October. Our purpose was to lay the groundwork for
an important workshop, Realizing Potential: Emirati Women
at the Forefront of Social Change, which will be held in Abu
Dhabi April 16 and 17, 2012. The initiative has been made
possible by funding from the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute.
Imagine leaving New York on a Friday evening and arriving
on Saturday evening. Far from being tired (I slept all the
way), I checked into our lovely hotel, and after receiving
assurances that it was perfectly acceptable for a single
woman to be out at night, I took a walk on both sides of the
Corniche. Even in the dark, the innovative architecture and
gorgeous setting were impressive, but all the more so the
next morning when I retraced my steps. What struck me
was the spotlessness, manicured lawns, uniformly trimmed
trees, and attention to flowers and landscaping. Missing
was the hum and bustle of street life. One did see workers,
primarily non-Emiratis, as well as Emirati women and men in
traditional dress, but not many. In stark contrast to Ghana,
where it is de rigeur to greet strangers, eye contact is not
the norm in tradition-bound Abu Dhabi society.
That said, what we encountered in our individual meetings
with women leaders in education, government, and the
private sector was completely different—and completely
inspiring. The women spoke frankly about how they
achieved professional success by melding tradition and the
requirements of family life with their careers. From CEOs
and directors of private companies to leaders in government
and education, they were amazing: animated, well educated,
thoughtful, and fully cognizant not only of what they had
accomplished but of the challenges that remained.
We have had an amazingly positive response to our
workshop which will bring together about 25 leading women
in education, government, and the private sector. Together
we will explore the policies, politics, and strategies that have
led to the remarkable professional achievements of women
in the UAE; identify remaining challenges; and establish a
network for continuing dialogue. In the meantime, I look
forward to seeing you this spring, whether in our classrooms
or at one of our public events.
With all best wishes for the New Year and for our continued
growth as a community,
Vera Jelinek
Divisional Dean
Center for Global Affairs
NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies
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ACADEMIC UPDATE
Master of Science in Global Affairs (MSGA)
Academic Update
This past June, CGA ran its first field intensive related to justice in the former Yugoslavia.
Professors Jennifer Trahan and Belinda Cooper and a group of 13 students started out in The
Hague, where they interviewed prosecutors, judges, defense lawyers, and members of the
media at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International
Criminal Court. They also observed the ongoing trial of the former leader of the Bosnian
Serbs, Radovan Karadžic. They then travelled to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where they
interviewed NGOs, academics, media, and court officials of the Sarajevo war crimes chamber
and observed trials. The group also took a somber bus trip to view the Srebrenica-Potocari
Memorial which commemorates the Srebrenica massacre, and which was preparing for the July
11 reburial of victims whose remains had been located over the prior year. Finally, the group
traveled to Belgrade, Serbia, where they met with NGOs, academics, and court officials of the
Belgrade war crimes chamber and observed war crimes trials. The professors and students
returned with a sense of the dedication of many involved in war crimes prosecutions and other
facets of transitional justice in the former Yugoslavia, but also with an awareness that the
ethnic tensions in the region are still very much alive, and that various communities still do not
acknowledge the crimes perpetrated in their names. CGA plans a return trip for June 2012.
For more information
about our Master of
Science in Global
Affairs degree, please
call (212) 998-7100 or
visit: scps.nyu.edu/cga
Top: Memorial listing the names of
children killed during the siege of
Sarajevo.
Bottom left: “Mladic to The Hague!” A
sign at the Youth Initiative for Human
Rights, an NGO the group visited in
Sarajevo.
Bottom right: The group gathers in front
of the International Criminal Court.
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Continuing Education Update
In Summer 2012, CGA will introduce new programs that equip students planning to start their
own NGOs and will continue to offer popular intensive programs, including a long-running
field intensive in Geneva.
Creating a Nonprofit in a Global Landscape:
A Comprehensive and Practical Approach
Learn the essential elements of creating and launching a charitable organization in this
week-long intensive program. Address the basic logistical issues of a start-up organization
and explore a variety of techniques and resources available for creating and sustaining the
organization.
June 4 to 8, 2012, for more information visit: www.scps.nyu.edu/cga.nonprofit
The UN and International Organizations in Geneva
Since 1994, CGA has led a field intensive program in Geneva focused on the UN and other
international organizations working in humanitarian and development fields. The program
now includes MSGA as well as nondegree students who spend a week at the Palais des
Nations being briefed by senior staff of the UN and its affiliate agencies. Site visits to
diplomatic missions add the perspectives of different countries on issues such as trade and
human rights. Students in the program include lawyers, health care professionals, and NGO
staff members who want to gain a global perspective on the issues they encounter in their
professional lives.
June 16 to 22, for more information visit: scps.nyu.edu/cga.geneva
Left: Site visits to organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent allow students to
understand how other international organizations complement the mission of the UN
Right: The Palais des Nations, original home of the League of Nations, hosts the CGA group for the week-long program in Geneva
The Summer Institute in Global Affairs
For students who wish to complete their Certificate in Global Affairs within a short time
frame, CGA offers a month-long Summer Institute in Global Affairs. Students in this program
come to CGA from around the country (and the world) for a rigorous month of full-time
study. Special programs offered Fridays are a unique feature of the Intensive. In 2011, the
group participated in site visits to the International Rescue Committee, Human Rights Watch,
the United Nations, and the U.S. Mission to the UN. Finally, students participated in a crisis
simulation which allowed them to experience how bi- and multi-lateral negotiations are
conducted as urgent situations unfold.
July 9 to August 3, for more information visit: scps.nyu.edu/cga.si
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Q&A
A Conversation With Michael F. Oppenheimer,
Clinical Associate Professor, NYU-SCPS Center for Global Affairs
In Spring 2008, Preview featured a conversation with Michael F. Oppenheimer about
his development of “scenarios” as a
foreign policy tool. Since that time, he
has conducted a number of additional
workshops examining countries in which
U.S. foreign policy interests lie. Preview
caught up with him to talk about why
he conducts these exercises and to look
back at his initial CGA Scenario project,
“Iraq 2010.”
PREVIEW: You have described Scenarios
as a project that “encourages us to
think about the future in the presence
of uncertainty.” How do you identify
the regions where uncertainty has the
greatest potential to affect U.S. foreign
policy?
OPPENHEIMER: Uncertainty characterizes
much of the world—a consequence of
globalization and its mismanagement,
which has exposed all populations to
a combination of global change and
economic stagnation. Some governments
and institutions have the legitimacy and
resilience to deal politically with frustrated
expectations, but many don’t. So it’s easy
to identify countries/regions subject to Michael F. Oppenheimer
uncertainty, and choosing countries for
scenario study is mostly a matter of their importance—now and in the future—for U.S. foreign
policy. Iraq, Iran, Russia, China, Turkey, Ukraine, Pakistan—all meet these criteria. They are all
important, and all are facing economic stresses and political uncertainties. Some will survive
in their present form, and some won’t.
PREVIEW: Your first Scenarios project at CGA examined some alternate futures for Iraq post
2010. Now that we are looking ahead to 2012, have you re-assessed the results of that initial
project?
OPPENHEIMER: Iraq post 2010 was the first study we did, in 2007, and I’ve had another
look at it in light of recent and disturbing news, of renewed sectarian strife in the wake of
U.S. withdrawal. The scenarios hold up very well, bringing real insight to the shape of Iraq as
it potentially reverts to its authoritarian and/or violent past. The scenarios we described in
our report suggest that internal conflict will escalate, and that recent political upheavals in
the Arab world will make it more difficult for regional powers to act collectively to prevent
Iraqi violence from spreading across its borders: in other words, the worst case scenario of
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the three, namely internal and regional conflict, now seems more likely and
demands that we prepare for this future.
PREVIEW: What region would you like to put on your agenda for upcoming
Scenarios projects?
OPPENHEIMER: Ideally, the next countries should include India, Germany,
Brazil, and Mexico, with possibly another look at Iraq, China, and Russia.
PREVIEW: How has the Scenarios-based analysis translated into the
classroom?
OPPENHEIMER: I teach a course on international futures, in which the class
learns the art of scenario development, speculates on alternate futures, and
constructs alternate scenarios for important countries. Most of the students
who worked with me on the scenarios studies took this class.
PREVIEW: What impact have you seen Scenarios have on policy-making?
“
Uncertainty characterizes
much of the world
—a consequence of
globalization and its
mismanagement, which has
exposed all populations to
a combination of global
change and economic
stagnation. Some
governments and institutions
have the legitimacy and
resilience to deal politically
with frustrated expectations,
but many don’t.
”
OPPENHEIMER: Policy impact
is hard to measure. I believe
we have advanced the state-
of-the-art in developing
scenarios and maximizing
their value for policy makers.
The best indication of this
is the increasing number of
policy makers participating
in our workshops, and their
testimony that they have
found the discussions and
results quite useful. For
Pakistan, for example, we
had three key officials in
attendance, from the White
House, the State Department,
and the Senate. They all have
reported on the value of
the exercise.
For more information about Scenarios and to read the latest report,
“Pakistan 2020,” visit http://cgascenarios.wordpress.com/
Join us on Tuesday, March 27 to discuss the results of the Pakistan
Scenarios project (see page 18 for details).
CREATING GLOBAL CITIZENS
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PUBLIC EVENTS
In Print With James F. Hoge, Jr.
This series features James F. Hoge, Jr., counselor, Executive
Office, Council on Foreign Relations; chairman, Human Rights
Watch; and CGA advisory board member, in conversation with
leading journalists and authors.
Books are available for sale following the event.
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TRITA PARSI—A SINGLE ROLL OF THE James F. Hoge, Jr.
DICE: OBAMA’S DIPLOMACY WITH IRAN
Monday, February 27, 6.30–7.45 p.m.
Have the diplomatic efforts of the Obama administration toward Iran
failed? Was the Bush administration’s emphasis on military intervention,
refusal to negotiate, and pursuit of regime change a better approach?
How can the U.S. best address the ongoing turmoil in Tehran? Through
interviews with 70 high-ranking officials from the U.S., Iran, Europe,
Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Brazil, Parsi uncovers the previously
unknown story of negotiations during Obama’s early years as president,
the calculations behind the two nations’ dealings, and the real reasons
for their current stalemate.
MICHAEL T. KLARE—THE RACE FOR WHAT’S LEFT:
THE GLOBAL SCRAMBLE FOR THE WORLD’S LAST RESOURCES
Tuesday, March 20, 6.30–7.45 p.m.
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion
encompassing shortages of coal and natural gas, copper and cobalt,
water, and arable land. Michael T. Klare takes us from the Arctic to
war zones to deep ocean floors, from a Russian submarine planting
the country’s flag under the North Pole to the large-scale buying up
of African farmland by Saudi Arabia and other nations. As he explains,
this frenzy of extreme exploration and acquisition carries grave
consequences including environmental risks, border disputes, and
greater likelihood of military confrontation.
DAVID ROTHKOPF—POWER, INC: THE EPIC RIVALRY BETWEEN BIG
BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT-AND THE RECKONING THAT LIES AHEAD
Tuesday, April 3, 6.30–7.45 p.m.
Power, Inc. examines how we have reached a point where thousands of
companies have greater power than all but a handful of states. David
Rothkopf traces the jockeying for influence right up to today’s financial
crises and resulting battles over the proper role of government and
markets. He argues that these recent developments, coupled with the
rise of powers like China and India, may not lead to the triumph of
American capitalism that was celebrated just a few years ago. Instead,
he considers an unexpected scenario, a contest among competing
capitalisms offering different visions for how the world should work, a
global ideological struggle in which European and Asian models may
have advantages.

CONFLICT, SECURITY, AND DEVELOPMENT:
ISSUES, ACTORS, AND APPROACHES
This brown-bag lunch series is a collaboration with the Center for Human Rights and Global
Justice at the NYU School of Law, the Office for International Programs at the NYU Robert F.
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and the NYU Master’s Program in Public Health.
It examines new research, creative policy approaches, and recent innovations in addressing
security and development challenges in conflict and post-conflict contexts.
Location: NYU Wagner at the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
THE USES, ABUSES, AND LIMITATIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR
HUMANITARIAN MONITORING IN UNSTABLE AREAS
Richard Garfield, Henrik H. Bendixen Clinical Professor of International
Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME:
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN REVERSE
Brad Heckman, chief executive officer, New York Peace Institute
MEGA-DAMS, OIL, AND ‘TERRORISTS’:
BLOWBACK FROM U.S. GEOPOLITICS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Claudia Carr, associate professor, Department of Environmental Science,
Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
THE UNITED STATES AND ITS COVERT WAR IN MEXICO:
WHO’S WINNING?
Ginger Thompson, Washington correspondent, The New York Times
ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES OF HUMANITARIAN AID:
WHAT IS IT AND HOW CAN IT BE MEASURED?
Mark Foran, attending emergency physician, Bellevue Hospital Center and
NYU Langone Medical Center; assistant professor of emergency medicine,
NYU School of Medicine
THE POLITICS OF TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION:
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ARGENTINA, CHILE, PERU, AND URUGUAY
Dr. Vilma “Nina” Balmaceda, director, Center for Scholarship and Global
Engagement; associate professor of political science, Nyack College
Tuesday
January 31
12.30–1.30 p.m.
Tuesday
February 7
12.30–1.30 p.m.
Tuesday
February 14
12.30–1.30 p.m.
Tuesday
February 21
12.30–1.30 p.m.
Tuesday
February 28
12.30–1.30 p.m.
Tuesday
March 6
12.30–1.30 p.m.
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Global Leaders:
Conversations With
Alon Ben-Meir, Ph.D,
Senior Fellow, Professor of
International Relations,
NYU-SCPS Center for
Global Affairs
Alon Ben-Meir, professor of international relations,
journalist, and author, hosts leaders from around
the world in conversations that probe critical
global issues and explore the policies designed
to address them. Distinguished guests include
ambassadors and high-level diplomats from Arab
and European states.
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Alon Ben-Meir
Topics addressed have ranged from Iran and
Turkey’s rise in the Arab world to the failed
European and U.S. efforts to make peace between
Israel and the Palestinians to challenges faced in
securing Iraq’s stability. Informed by the firsthand
experience of the distinguished guests and Dr.
Ben-Meir, these conversations continue the tradition of excellence
that has characterized this series from its inception five years ago.
Save these dates for upcoming conversations. Further details,
including guest names, to be announced soon.
Monday, February 6
6.30-7.45 p.m.
Thursday, March 29
6.30-7.45 p.m.
Thursday, April 12
6.30-7.45 p.m.
Please visit our events calendar at www.scps.nyu.edu/cga.events
for more information and to register for the series.

Worldly Perspectives
With Clyde Haberman
In this popular and candid series that cuts to the
heart of world affairs, Clyde Haberman, New York City
columnist for The New York Times and veteran foreign
correspondent, talks with renowned journalists. Avoiding
sound bites and the clichés of studio-bound pundits,
Haberman’s more leisurely approach consistently yields
thoughtful conversation and insightful observations
from many corners of the world.
Clyde Haberman
MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
Chief Architecture Critic, The New York Times
Michael Kimmelman has been the chief architecture critic for The New
York Times since July 2011, and has written on issues of public housing,
public space, community development, and social responsibility. He was
the paper’s longtime chief art critic and, in 2007, created the Abroad
column, covering culture, political and social affairs across Europe and
elsewhere. From Fall 2007 to Summer 2011, he was based in Berlin
covering, among other subjects, the crackdown on cultural freedom in
Vladimir Putin’s Russia, life in Gaza under Hamas, Négritude in France,
Czech humor in the context of political protest, and Holocaust education
for a new generation of Germans. A finalist for The Pulitzer Prize in 2000,
he also contributes regularly to The New York Review of Books.
DAVID E. SANGER
Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
In David E. Sanger’s 25-year career at The Times, he has reported
from New York, Tokyo, and Washington, covering a variety of issues
surrounding foreign policy, globalization, nuclear proliferation, and
Asian affairs. Twice he has been a member of Times reporting teams
that won The Pulitzer Prize, first for an article exploring the causes of
the space shuttle Challenger disaster, and then for an article about the
Clinton administration’s struggles to control exports to China. He was
correspondent and then bureau chief in Tokyo for six years. He was
named a senior writer in March 1999, and White House correspondent
later that year. He was named Chief Washington Correspondent in
October 2006.
CELIA DUGGER
Deputy Science Editor, The New York Times
Celia W. Dugger became deputy science editor in September 2011.
Previously, she was co-bureau chief in Johannesburg for The Times. She
joined The Times as a metro reporter in March 1991 and served as co-chief
of the New Delhi bureau from 1998 to 2002. From 2002 to 2003, she was
an Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From
2003 to 2008, Dugger served as a foreign correspondent covering global
poverty. Dugger was the co-recipient of the 2009 George Polk Award for
Foreign Reporting for coverage of the violence in Zimbabwe surrounding
the disputed re-election of the authoritarian president. In addition, she was
the co-recipient of an Overseas Press Club Award and she won the Robert
F. Kennedy Journalism Award for international reporting in 2005.
Wednesday
February 16
6.30–7.45 p.m.
Wednesday
March 21
6.30–7.45 p.m.
Thursday
April 5
6.30–7.45 p.m.
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CENTER FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS
CGA in the Field: Africa
In addition to our global field intensive programs in South Africa and Ghana, CGA students
and alumni are engaged in their own efforts towards peacebuilding and development in
Africa. Their reports and images on the following pages highlight both the challenges facing
many African countries and the potential inherent in African people and resources.
KATIE WALTER: PEACEBUILDING IN LIBERIA
Last summer, for two months, I worked at the Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation
with Cori Zaccagnino, another MSGA student. The Institute is part of the University of Liberia,
but also partners with NGOs and various government ministries on projects throughout the
country. During our time there, Cori and I were student consultants and had the amazing
opportunity to assist in the creation of peace education modules, to analyze data collected
on sexual gender-based violence, to conduct community trainings in conflict management
skills, and to lecture graduate students on peacebuilding and civil society, conflict analysis,
and conflict sensitivity.
Liberia is a fascinating post-conflict country emerging from a devastating civil war and
transitioning into a stable democracy. Liberians are making great strides in rebuilding
their country and dealing with the wounds of their past. I was fortunate enough to learn
from and practice peacebuilding with those who underwent the most challenging of life’s
circumstances – running away from bullets, living life in refugee camps, and coping with the
loss of family members.
This experience reinforced my desire to work on projects that deal with grassroots
peacebuilding and human rights promotion. I am forever indebted to everyone I met who
taught me to hope for a changed world. I am also incredibly thankful for the Workshop in
Applied Peacebuilding course at the CGA which prepared me for my first experience in
fieldwork.
At the Kofi Annan Institute for
Conflict Transformation, I was able
to participate in projects I never
dreamed of: working on peace
education modules for high school
students in Liberia; struggling
through grant writing with colleagues;
teaching civil society, peacebuilding,
and conflict analysis to university
students; and leading a workshop
on communication skills and conflict
for the community of Clara Town
as part of a pilot project. I also met
weekly with Clara Town and with the
university students to collaborate with
the community to solve some of their
development needs.
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Katie with Jemaima, a high school student engaged in creating
peacebuilding workshops through the University of Liberia.

PREPARING GLOBAL CITIZENS
BURGAN SHEALY: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IN UGANDA
Mend is a subdivision of Invisible Children, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of
former child soldiers. Mend was designed to create a personal connection between products
and their makers while facilitating financial independence and development for vulnerable
women in northern Uganda. In this
social enterprise, women produce
handbags for sale in the U.S.
market, with each bag featuring
the name of the woman who made
it. While working, the women
receive psychosocial support and
training.
Mend supports 17 seamstresses
who are former abductees, forced
to become child soldiers or wives
to the Lord’s Resistance Army
(LRA) rebel commanders. Those
lucky enough to escape are
ostracized due to their affiliation
with the rebels. They lack basic
education and were taught sewing
as a part of their brief rehabilitation, although opportunities for employment are sparse. Mend
offers these women a chance for stability and a means to support the children, siblings, and
community members who depend upon them.
As the production manager, I implement new product designs, oversee international
shipments, source raw materials, identify new suppliers, and oversee psychosocial programs
in conjunction with our social worker. These include functional adult literacy, health trainings,
business trainings, and savings and investment trainings.
Above:
The seamstresses
model Mend’s
newest bag.
(photo credit Ashley
Guitierrez)
Left:
Two seamstresses
discuss the
construction of a
canvas tote.
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ELIZABETH CANTRELL AND MARA TSHIBAKA:
FINDING HOPE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
This summer we traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Referred to as Africa’s
world war, the DRC conflict has claimed the lives of over 5 million people and has been
characterized by systematic sexual violence. We set out on a mission to uncover hope for
the future and found it in abundance. We traveled to the Eastern Kivu region of the DRC with
filmmaker Jesse Doland to document the experience.
When we arrived in Bukavu we didn’t know what to expect, but we quickly realized solutions
for the Congo lie not in the number of aid dollars but in the resilience and ingenuity of the
people. Our conversations and interviews ranged from holding the hands of rape survivors to
controversial exchanges with military officers to facilitating a panel discussion with brilliant
young leaders—leaders who have visions of a Congo transformed from a humanitarian
graveyard into an oasis of peace and tourism.
One of the most powerful examples of change on the ground came from an extraordinary
young Congolese couple. Camille and Esther Ntoto created an organization called Un Jour
Nouveau (A New Day) and in the process are starting a revolution. Un Jour Nouveau works
in many capacities throughout the city of Goma and beyond. Through radio programming,
leadership classes, and social activism they are changing the way an entire generation thinks
and solves problems. They are challenging Congolese youth to become active participants in
the fight to reclaim control of their country. Through the Ntotos, we encountered intelligent
youth whose passion and zeal for a better Congo was contagious. The hope we found was in
the eyes of the youth and the leaders helping them reach their full potential.
There is a lot of darkness, violence, and corruption in the DRC, and we don’t seek to minimize
the ongoing crisis. However, we firmly believe that if the international community wants to
see sustainable results, solutions can be found in building the capacity of, and investing in,
the Congolese people themselves.
Mara (l.) and Elizabeth with a former child soldier now engaged in social activism.
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Above: “Collywood”—an organization dedicated to supporting young Congolese artists in Goma and becoming the
DRC’s answer to Hollywood.
Below: Mara and Elizabeth with Justine Masika Bihamba, coordinator for Synergy of Women for Victims of Sexual Violence, a
women’s human rights organization working in the DRC. Synergy is formed by a coalition of 35 local organizations providing care
for victims of sexual violence.
M.S. in Global Affairs
The Master of Science in Global Affairs provides an indispensable context for understanding
critical issues in international politics, economics, dispute settlement, law, human rights,
energy, the environment, and related areas. Knowledge and familiarity in these areas is critical
for those preparing for careers in virtually every arena: international or nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), the United Nations and its affiliated agencies, diplomatic missions,
foreign offices, government agencies, international business, press and media, law firms,
foundations, and a host of allied institutions and professions.
Our courses offer a unique and pragmatic approach, placing the requisite academic theory of
global affairs into a practical, real-world context. The program, which may be completed on
a part-time or full-time basis, takes into account the knowledge and the tools necessary to
understand today’s complex interconnected society and to function effectively within it.
To learn more about our graduate program and for spring information session dates, please
visit www.scps.nyu.edu/cga.msga
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Bad Company: Conversations
About The New Global
Underworld with Mark Galeotti,
Academic Chair, Clinical Professor,
NYU-SCPS Center For Global Affairs
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Mark Galeotti
Crime pays, and criminals are actors on the world stage
whose powerful (if often hidden) role in the modern world has fully yet to be understood.
Criminals run globe-spanning businesses that supply narcotics, trafficked people, and
illegal services. They arm insurgents and destabilize governments. They bypass national
and international regulations on everything from financial transactions to environmental
standards. Professor Mark Galeotti, CGA academic chair and an expert on transnational and
organized crime, hosts a series of conversations with scholars and security analysts that
illuminate the workings of the global underworld: what it does, how it does it, and what this
means for us all.
DARKMARKET:
CYBERCRIME, CYBERWARFARE AND CYBERESPIONAGE
Misha Glenny, Journalist; Former Correspondent, BBC
The benefits of living in a digital, globalized society are enormous; so too
are the dangers. We bank online; shop online; date, learn, work, and live
online. But have the institutions that keep us safe on the streets learned to
protect us in the burgeoning digital world? Have we become complacent
about our personal security—sharing our thoughts, beliefs, and the details
of our daily lives with anyone who might care to relieve us of them?
Glenny, formerly of the BBC, is an investigative journalist and broadcaster
who first tackled the interconnections of the global underworld in his
McMafia (2008), and has most recently written DarkMarket: cyberthieves,
cybercops and you (2011), drawing on interviews with hackers, victims
and law enforcers alike. He will discuss the challenges of this new virtual
underworld and what—if anything—can be done about them.
A DEADLY NEXUS:
CRIME, CORRUPTION AND CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN
Colin Clarke, project associate, RAND Corporation
Afghanistan is now the longest running war in American history.
Following 10 years of American military intervention in the country, it
still ranks among the poorest and weakest states in the world. At the
core of this instability is a nexus of crime, corruption, and conflict that
intersect to undermine the legitimacy of the government while at the
same time emboldens the insurgents who seek to overthrow it. Clarke,
an alumnus of the CGA’s Masters program, is a project associate for the
RAND Corporation who spent time embedded with Coalition forces in
Afghanistan. He is currently writing his dissertation on the importance of
resources and leadership in insurgency at the University of Pittsburgh’s
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA).
Monday
February 13
6.30–7.45 p.m.
Tuesday
March 6
6.30–7.45 p.m.

International Careers:
Practical Advice and
Real-Life Experience
Intrigued by an international career? Ready for life with at least
one foot across sovereign borders? Are you a new job seeker
or transitioning to a new career? This popular series provides
an opportunity to meet international insiders who offer
practical advice and share their real-life experiences.
Panelists representing a variety of career trajectories to
be announced. Visit scps.nyu.edu/cga.events for panelist
information and to register.
INTERNATIONAL CAREERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Moderated by Steve Godeke, Principal, Godeke Consulting.
INTERNATIONAL CAREERS WITH NGOS
AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
Moderated by Brad Heckman, Chief Executive Officer,
New York Peace Institute.
INTERNATIONAL CAREERS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND
MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS
Moderated by Robin Ludwig, Former Senior Political Affairs Officer,
United Nations Department of Political Affairs.
INTERNATIONAL CAREERS WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
Moderated by Judith Siegel, Former Deputy Coordinator
of the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State.
Peace Corps Information Sessions
Thursday, February 23, 1-2 p.m.
Friday, April 6, 4-5 p.m.
Thursday
February 9
6.30–7.45 p.m.
Wednesday
February 15
6.30–7.45 p.m.
Wednesday
February 22
6.30–7.45 p.m.
Tuesday
February 28
6.30–7.45 p.m.
Peace Corps volunteers provide technical assistance to nonprofits, NGOs, local governments,
communities, schools, health posts, and small businesses in more than 70 countries around
the world in the fields of business, health, education, agriculture, urban youth development,
forestry, NGO development, social work, community development, and the environment.
Positions are available for U.S. citizens with a wide variety of backgrounds.
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THE CGA LIBRARY
In addition to their work as instructors and mentors, CGA faculty are also practitioners and
experts who publish frequently in their areas of expertise. Preview is pleased to share the
following list of recent and forthcoming publications written by CGA faculty.
For a more complete listing of faculty publications, including links to online articles, please
visit our faculty blog: nyuglobalcitizen.wordpress.com.
FULL-TIME FACULTY
MARK GALEOTTI, academic chair, clinical professor
Chapter: “Crime in Post-Soviet Societies”, in M Herzog-Evans (ed), Transforming Criminology,
Vol. I (Olsterwijk: Wolf Legal, 2011).
Article: “Crime, Trafficking and Local and Global Solutions,” Perspectives on Politics
(September 2011).
Article: “Digging out a History of Organised Crime,” Law, Crime & History 1, 1 (2011)
Article: “Mohawk Mafia - Smuggling in North American Reservations,” Jane’s Intelligence
Review (July 2011).
MICHAEL OPPENHEIMER, clinical professor
Chapter: “The U.S. and Europe Face the BRICs: What Kind of Order?” Transatlantic 2020:
Tale of Four Futures, (Center for Transnational Relations, 2011).
JENNIFER TRAHAN, clinical assistant professor
Article: “A Meaningful Definition of the Crime of Aggression: A Response To Michael
Glennon,” Pennsylvania Journal of International Law (2011).
Article (forthcoming): “An Overview of the Newly Adopted International Criminal Court’s
Definition of the Crime of Aggression,” St. John’s School of Law.
Article: “Negotiating the Amendment on the Crime of Aggression: Proceedings at the
Kampala Review Conference on the International Criminal Court,” International Criminal Law
Review 11 (2011).
Article (forthcoming): “Potential Future Rome Statute Amendments,” New England Journal
of International and Comparative Law.
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
ADJUNCT FACULTY
JESSE CAMERON-GLICKENHAUS, adjunct instructor
Article: “The North-South Debate” and “Carbon Emissions (Personal Carbon Footprint),”
Green Issues and Debates: An A-to-Z Guide (Sage Publications, 2011).
ANN LEE, adjunct instructor
Book: What the U.S. Can Learn from China: An Open-Minded Guide to Treating Our Greatest
Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher, (Berrett-Koehler 2011).
MARIE-HELEN MARAS, adjunct assistant professor
Article: “The Social Consequences of a Mass Surveillance Measure: What Happens When We
Become the ‘Others’?” International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, (2011).
Article: “The Economic Costs and Consequences of Mass Communications Data Retention:
Is the Data Retention Directive a Proportionate Measure?” European Journal of Law and
Economics, (2011).
Article (forthcoming): “While the European Union was Sleeping, the Data Retention Directive
Was Passed: The Political Consequences of Mass Data Retention,” Hamburg Review of Social
Sciences, (2011).
Book: Co-author with Regoli, R. M. and Hewitt, J. D., Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials
(2nd edition), (Jones and Bartlett, January 2012).
PATRICK REED, adjunct professor
Article (forthcoming): Co-author with Philip Yale Simons & Jerry P. Wiskin, “Court of
International Trade Decisions During 2010 Under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i) Residual Jurisdiction,”
Georgetown Journal of International Law (2011).
Article (forthcoming): “International Economic Law in North America: Recent Developments
in Dispute Settlement under Regional Economic Agreements,” European Yearbook of
International Economic Law, vol. 3, Christoph Herrmann & J.P. Terhechte, eds., (Berlin &
Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2012).
PIRO REXHEPI, adjunct instructor
Chapter: “Democratic Institution Building in Kosovo: Between National and International
Administrations,” in Stockemer, D. Ed., Democratization Around the World: New Insights from
South East Asia, Turkey, Kosovo, Taiwan and Ghana. (Edwin Mellen Press Ltd., 2010).
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SPECIAL EVENTS
WATER: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF OUR FUTURE
Friday, March 23, 9.00 a.m.
Can a world with exponential population growth and an insatiable demand
for water be sustainable? The water crisis consumes more lives yearly
than all the wars and AIDS-related deaths combined, yet it isn’t wellpublicized.
With water scarcity starting to affect the developed world as
well as its continued disproportionate impact on developing countries,
how do we, as a global community, address this challenge for our
collective future?
The Melody for Dialogue Among Civilizations Association, in conjunction with the Center for
Global Affairs, will spend a day examining the implications of this underreported crisis as part
of its global series of conferences. Join keynote speakers Forest Whitaker and Alexandra
Cousteau for a series of panels and debates featuring academics, members of the private
sector, government, the UN system and civil society to not only discuss the crisis, but also
explore what can be done about it.
The Center for Global Affairs at NYU-SCPS is proud to be a member of the UN
Academic Impact, a global initiative that aligns institutions of higher education
with the United Nations in actively supporting 10 universally accepted
principles in the areas of human rights, literacy, sustainability and conflict
resolution.
PAKISTAN: A SCENARIOS UPDATE
Tuesday, March 27, 6.30 p.m.
In April 2011, CGA clinical professor Michael Oppenheimer facilitated a Scenarios Initiative
workshop focused on alternate futures for Pakistan, and for U.S.-Pakistan relations. The
workshop brought together 15 Pakistan experts from Asia, Europe, and America. The project
is funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation, and previous workshops have focused
on China, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Join Michael Oppenheimer and past Scenarios participants for an insightful roundup of the
results of the Pakistan project, discussing three alternate futures for Pakistan in 2020.
For CGA news, including new event announcements, subscribe to our e-mails. Call
(212) 992-8369 or send a message to scps.global.affairs@nyu.edu to receive updates
about our programs and events.
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CENTER FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS AT NYU
ADMINISTRATION
Vera Jelinek, Divisional Dean
Mark Galeotti, Academic Chair
and Clinical Professor
Alice Eckstein, Director
Cori Epstein, Associate Director
Michelle D’Amico, Associate Director
Patrick Hunnicut, Program
Administrator
Erica McGibbon, Program Administrator
Katherine Wilkins, Graduate Program
Support
Anna Mosher, Administrative Support
Holly Frei, Public Programs and
Nondegree Administrative Support
SPRING FACULTY
Full-Time
Alon Ben-Meir, Senior Fellow
in Global Affairs
Mark Galeotti, Clinical Professor
Thomas Hill, Clinical Assistant
professor
Carolyn Kissane, Clinical Associate
Professor
Sylvia Maier, Clinical Assistant Professor
Everett Myers, Clinical Assistant
Professor
Michael Oppenheimer, Clinical
Professor
Jens Rudbeck, Clinical Assistant
Professor
Jennifer Trahan, Clinical Assistant
Professor
Adjunct
Jerusa Ali, scholar, International Law
and International Relations; Former
Foreign Service Officer for the
Bahamas
Peter Brorsen, founder, Social Capital
Bank
Barbara Borst, Journalist Specializing
in International Affairs
Ralph Buultjens, Historian; Author;
Recipient, Tonybee Prize in Social
Sciences
Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus, Former
Climate Change Advisor, Palau Mission
to the UN
Marc Chandler, Global Head of
Currency Strategy, Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co.
Patty Chang, Research Scholar
and Consultant—Disarmament
and Peacebuilding
Michael Cheah, Senior Portfolio
Manager, SunAmerica Asset
Management
David Cheney, Consultant; Former
Division Chief, International
Monetary Fund
Belinda Cooper, Senior Fellow,
World Policy Institute
Carla de Ycaza, Research Consultant
Tressa Finerty, Officer, U.S. Foreign
Service; Deputy Political Counselor, U.S.
Permanent Representative to the UN
Christopher Gadomski, Analyst,
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Steven Godeke, Principal,
Godeke Consulting
Brad Heckman, Chief Executive Officer,
New York Peace Institute
William F. Hewitt, Environmental
Professional, Activist, Writer, and Editor
Sophia Johnson, Research Scholar—
Development Economics
Stephen Kass, International
Environment Lawyer; Founder,
Environmental Practice Group
Hill Krishnan, Science and
Engineering Scholar
Andrew Little, Research Scholar—
Democratic Development
Youssef Mahmoud, Former Under-
Secretary-General, UN
Marie-Helen Maras, Former Law
Enforcement Specialist and Command
Investigator, U.S. Navy
Erica Marat, Research Fellow, Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute; Transnational
Security specialist
Colette Mazzucelli, Educator, Fulbright
Scholar
Marianne Møllmann, Senior Policy
Advisor, Amnesty International’s
International Secretariat
Lawrence Moss, Special Counsel,
Human Rights Watch
Catherine Murphy, Sociologist and
Documentary Filmaker
Naira Musallam, Research Scholar—
Peacebuilding and NGOs in Conflict
Zones
Patricio Navia, Latin American Politics
Scholar; Master Teacher, Liberal Studies
Program, NYU
John Nelson, Churchgate Partners
Ashley Orbach, U.S. Department of
State, U.S. Mission to the UN
Carter Page, Managing Partner, Global
Energy Capital, LLC
Catherine Pierce, Former Director, UN
Population Fund, Office for the Pacific
Ted Perlmutter, Technology Consultant;
Conflict Resolution Specialist
Jelena Prosevski, Managing Principal,
Avala Associates, LLC
Patrick Reed, International Trade
Lawyer, Simons & Wiskin
Piro Rexhepi, Writer-in-Residence, New
York Public Library’s Wertheim Study
Maya Sabatello, Lawyer and Permanent
NGO representative to the UN
Patricia Samwick, President, SMG
Lisa Schumann-Ponti, Research
Scholar, Economic and Financial
Literacy
Christine Shaw, Former Senior
Economic Affairs Officer, UN
Department for Economic and Social
Affairs
Mona Shomali, Environmental Policy
Consultant, Islands First
Judy Siegel, Consultant; Former
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State
Joseph Stephanides, Former Senior UN
Official; Former Director of the Security
Council Affairs Division
Sacha Thompson, Research Scholar
and Consultant, Sustainable Technology
and Microfinance
John Zindar, Consultant, International
Economics and Business Development
ADVISORY BOARD
Edward Bergman, President, Innovative
Development Services Inc.; Executive
Director, Africa Travel Association
Marc Chandler, Global Head of
Currency Strategy, Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co.
Michael Druckman, Chairman, Schools
That Can
James F. Hoge, Jr., Counselor,
Executive Office, Council on Foreign
Relations; Chairman, Human Rights
Watch
Nicholas Kourides, Deputy General
Counsel and General Counsel for
Worldwide Life Insurance, American
International Group
Jay Kriegel, Senior Advisor,
The Related Companies
Peter Nitze, Chairman,
Nitze-Stagen, Inc.
Robert Pietrzak, Partner, Sidley Austin
LLP
Leslie B. Samuels, Esq., Partner, Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Ernest Stern, Partner,
The Rohatyn Group
Jason Wright, Principal, Geer Mountain
Holdings, LLC
Honorary Members of the Board
H.R.H. Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein,
Ambassador of the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan to the UN
Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador–
at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
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THE LAST WORD
A woman escapes the heat and rests at the end of a long and busy night in the old quarter of Hanoi.
Photograph by Marcie Cook, a MSGA student who took part in the Global Field Intensive in Vietnam.
About the CGA
The Center for Global Affairs (CGA), within the NYU School of Continuing and Professional
Studies (NYU-SCPS), facilitates change by educating and inspiring our community to
become global citizens capable of identifying and implementing solutions to pressing
global challenges. We believe that the development of solutions to global problems must
be informed by an understanding that the world’s challenges are not merely challenges
for and among states, but also challenges for and among non-state actors, urban and rural
communities, regional organizations, and traditional diplomatic outlets.
Through rigorous graduate and continuing education programs and public events, we
prepare global citizens who are at home in all of these environments—and thus effective
agents of change.
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SPRING 2012 PROGRAM CALENDAR
January
Tuesday, January 31, 12.30 p.m. (page 7)
Conflict, Security, and Development: Issues,
Actors, and Approaches*
February
Monday, February 6, 6.30 p.m. (page 8)
Global Leaders with Alon Ben-Meir
Tuesday, February 7, 12.30 p.m. (page 7)
Conflict, Security, and Development: Issues,
Actors, and Approaches*
Thursday, February 9, 6.30 p.m. (page 15)
International Careers in the Private Sector
Monday, February 13, 6.30 p.m. (page 14)
Bad Company: The New Global Underworld:
Misha Glenny
Tuesday, February 14, 12.30 p.m. (page 7)
Conflict, Security, and Development: Issues,
Actors, and Approaches*
Wednesday, February 15, 6.30 p.m. (page
15) International Careers With NGOs and Civil
Society Organizations
Thursday, February 16, 6.30 p.m. (page 9)
Worldly Perspectives with Clyde Haberman—
Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times
Tuesday, February 21, 12.30 p.m. (page 7)
Conflict, Security, and Development: Issues,
Actors, and Approaches*
Wednesday, February 22, 6.30 p.m. (page 15)
International Careers with the UN and
Multilateral Organizations
Monday, February 27, 6.30 p.m. (page 6)
In Print With James F. Hoge, Jr.—
Trita Parsi, A Single Roll of the Dice
Tuesday, February 28, 12.30 p.m. (page 7)
Conflict, Security, and Development: Issues,
Actors, and Approaches*
Tuesday, February 28, 6.30 p.m. (page 15)
International Careers With the U.S.
Government
March
Tuesday, March 6, 12.30 p.m. (page 7)
Conflict, Security, and Development: Issues,
Actors, and Approaches*
Tuesday, March 6, 6.30 p.m. (page 14)
Bad Company: The New Global Underworld:
Colin Clarke
Tuesday, March 20, 6.30 p.m. (page 6)
In Print With James F. Hoge, Jr.—
Michael Klare, The Race for What’s Left
Wednesday, March 21, 6.30 p.m. (page 9)
Worldly Perspectives with Clyde Haberman—
David E. Sanger, The New York Times
Friday, March 23 , (page 18)
Special Event: Water: The Global Challenge for
Our Future (full-day symposium)
Tuesday, March 27, 6.30 p.m. (page 18)
Special Event: A Pakistan Scenarios Roundup
Thursday, March 29, 6.30 p.m. (page 8)
Global Leaders with Alon Ben-Meir
April
Tuesday, April 3, 6.30 p.m. (page 6)
In Print With James F. Hoge, Jr.—
David Rothkopf, Power, Inc.
Thursday, April 5, 6.30 p.m. (page 9)
Worldly Perspectives with Clyde Haberman—
Celia Dugger, The New York Times
Thursday, April 12, 6.30 p.m. (page 8)
Global Leaders with Alon Ben-Meir
* Event location: NYU Wagner at the Puck
Building—295 Lafayette St.
Check www.scps.nyu.edu/cga.events for
up-to-date information
A school in the Millennium Village Project, Bonsasso, Ghana.
Photograph by Jackie Gorham, a MSGA student who took part
in the Global Field Intensive in Ghana
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New York, NY 10007
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critical issues.
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