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Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library
Events at this venue
Hacks, Trolls, and Fake News: What’s Russia Got to Do with It?
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryWhere: The Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library Join the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies and the UNC School of Media and Journalism for a panel discussion examining media disinformation and manipulation strategies that have been attributed to … Read more
THE RISE OF CYBER WARFARE: The New Frontier of National Defense
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryThis roundtable discussion of critical cyberwarfare issues will include Dr. Deborah Frincke, Research Director at the National Security Agency, Dr. Daniel Gonzales, Senior Scientist at the Rand Corporation, Jessica Nye, Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI Cyber Squad, and Dr. … Read more
TRADE WAR: The U.S.-China Rivalry and what to do about it
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryLecture & discussion with Sitao Xu, Chief Economist and Partner at Deloitte China Sitao XU is Chief Economist and Partner of Deloitte China. He spearheads Deloitte's economic and industry research. Prior to Deloitte, from 2004 to 2014, he was Chief … Read more
Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryNOWHERE TO CALL HOME provides a rare glimpse into the world of a Tibetan farmer, torn between her traditional way of life and her desire for her son to have a better future in the city. Shot in the slums … Read more
Great Power Competition in Eurasia: the View from Azerbaijan
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryLecture & discussion with Counselor Vugar Gurbanov (Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Azerbaijan, Washington, DC) Mr. Gurbanov is a Political Counselor and Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the United States. He is … Read more
Ireland, the European Union & BREXIT: What Now?
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryLecture & discussion with Ambassador Daniel Mulhall, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, and former Irish Ambassador to the UK and to Germany
The Polarization of Congress after Watergate
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryJohn Lawrence is the former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, House of Representatives minority leader and former speaker. He worked on Capitol Hill for thirty-eight years, the first thirty being with Congressman George Miller of California as his Chief … Read more
Donald Trump & North Korea: An Assessment
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryLecture & discussion with Ambassador Christopher Hill (former head of the U.S. delegation to the Six Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, 2005-09) (former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2005-09); former U.S. Ambassador … Read more
The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from 20th Century Statesmanship
Pleasants Family Room, Wilson LibraryProf. Bruce Jentleson 'The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from 20th Century Statesmanship' has been published in April 2018 by W.W. Norton. Bruce Jentleson is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University, where he previously served as Director of … Read more
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