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from the issue of September 30, 2004
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Seminars tackle U.S. role in world
Several university departments will co-sponsor two seminars Oct. 8 in the Wick Alumni Center to discuss global affairs and the United States' role.
From 10 a.m. to noon, Paul Kennedy will present "American Power in a Fractured World." Kennedy is the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and director of International Security Studies at Yale University and the author or editor of 13 books, including The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Kennedy's presentation will discuss ideological divisions, decision making, globalization, and the consequences of imperial diplomacy and hegemony.
From 2-4 p.m., three UNL professors will join Kennedy to discuss global security and stability. Tim Borstelmann of the Department of History, Craig MacPhee of the Department of Economics and David Rapkin of the Department of Political Science will debate the question, "What is the most important threat to world security and stability today?" Jim Le Sueur of the Department of History will moderate the discussion.
Both events are free and open to the public. Sponsors include the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications/NETV, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of Research.
These seminars are held in conjunction with "By the People" Citizen Deliberation Day, which will be Oct. 9 at the Nebraska Union. At this event, 100 Lancaster County citizens will gather to discuss the state of the U.S. economy and foreign policy. These people will join nearly 2,000 Americans in 17 U.S. cities in this discussion of what is at stake in the upcoming presidential election. At the end of the event, national Deliberative Polling data will be gathered to see what participants think about these issues after this discussion. Scientific analysis and results will be made public afterward. Excerpts from the event may be included in "Time to Choose: A By the People Election Special," a national program on PBS at 8 p.m. Oct. 21. The Oct. 9 event is not open to the public.
This deliberation day is co-sponsored by By the People, an initiative of PBS MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, and is locally co-sponsored by Nebraska Educational Telecommunications/NETV, UNL, the Office of Research and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center.
For more information about either day's events, contact Tarik Abdel-Monem at 472-3147 or tabdelmonem@nebraska.edu, or visit www.ppc.nebraska.edu/seminarseries/pss04/seminars04.htm#global.
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