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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University March 5, 2007 | Vol. 36 No. 24
 
Foreign Affairs Symposium Kicks Off Wednesday

By Amy Lunday
Homewood

Each year, the undergraduates behind the Foreign Affairs Symposium bring influential, distinguished and high-powered individuals from the world of politics, academia and the media to the Homewood campus.

The theme for the 2007 symposium, which opens this week, is Ideologies in Flux: Examining Divergent Political Strains in Geopolitics. The students say each event will be a study of the various movements and power shifts, both political and economic, that are changing the face of the world. Their goal is to examine the continuously changing world in an attempt to educate their peers at Johns Hopkins and the community at large.

The series will begin with a panel discussion at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, when panelists will discuss global human trafficking, focusing on the sex trade and child soldiers. It will take place in 26 Mudd Hall.

Other events on the schedule are as follows:

Tuesday, March 20, 8 p.m., Shriver Hall. Lecture followed by a book signing: Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics at Columbia University, will be talking about solutions to poverty in underdeveloped nations. Sachs is leader of the United Nations Millennium Project and wrote the book The End of Poverty. He is well-known for his groundbreaking work and his association with other activists like Bono, Bob Geldof and Angelina Jolie. His book will be sold a week in advance of the event at Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.

Tuesday, March 27, 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion. Lecture followed by a book signing: Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor at The Washington Post and former chief of its Baghdad bureau, will discuss the current situation in Iraq. His New York Times best-selling book Imperial Life in the Emerald City will be sold a week in advance of the event at Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.

Thursday, April 5, 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion. A panel discussion on Asian security: Experts on China, South Korea and Japan will address the political situation in the region, with a focus on North Korea.

Tuesday, April 10, 8 p.m. 26 Mudd Hall. A panel discussion on the rise of socialism in Latin America, with a focus on Hugo Chavez and Bolivarian movements: The panel will include an ambassador from Venezuela to the U.S. and a representative from the State Department.

Tuesday, April 17, 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion. Lecture followed by a book signing: Azar Nafisi, professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, will discuss international relations and human rights with a focus on Iran and the Muslim world. Nafisi is the author of the best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran, which will be sold a week in advance of the event at Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.

Wednesday, April 25, 8 p.m., Glass Pavilion. A discussion on Wal-Mart as a case study of American corporate globalization: The panelists will focus on the entrance of Wal-Mart into foreign markets such as India and China and its effects on those markets. Participants will include a representative from Wal-Mart's International Affairs Office and Charles Fishman, author of the best-selling book The Wal-Mart Effect. After the event, Fishman will be signing his book, which will be available a week in advance of the event at Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.

Monday, April 30, 6 p.m. Mukhtar Mai, founder of the Mukhtar Mai Women Welfare Organization in Pakistan, will be discussing women's rights in Pakistan and her personal journey from victim to activist.

For more on the Foreign Affairs Symposium, go to www.jhu.edu/fas.

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