Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Annual Report 2009-2010 Cover Art from Einaudi Center events and the Fall 2009 graduate students photo competition (from top left, photo credits in parenthesis): Jonathan Kirshner with Barry Eichengreen, Robert Kuttner and Eswar Prasad (photo by Shai Eynav); “Vegetable Cart,” India (by Emme Edmunds); Steve Coll (by Patrick Farnach); former Einaudi Center Director Nicolas van de Walle with David Patel (by Shai Eynav); “Hope Springs Eternal,” Vietnam (by Edmund Oh); former Einaudi Center Interim Director Gilbert Levine with Asaf Shariv (by Cornell University Photography); Thomas Christensen (by Patrick Farnach); “Gracinha and Marcelinho,” Brazil (by Sarah Reynolds); “Metallic River” Iceland (by Jason Rostein); Fernando Henrique Cardoso with a student (by Shai Eynav); Director of Einaudi Center Fredrik Logevall with Charles Cramton (by Shai Eynav); Mahmood Mamdani with a student (by Patrick Farnach); “Enlightened Watermelon,” China (by Bob Beazley); student at Annual Reception (by Shai Eynav); “Alcazar Tombs,” Spain (by Matthew Mornick). ii Table of Contents 1. Report of the Director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies ..................................................................................................................... 1 2. International Relations Minor ............................................................................ 11 AREA STUDIES PROGRAMS 3. Cornell Institute for European Studies .............................................................. 17 4. East Asia Program ............................................................................................... 29 5. Institute for African Development ..................................................................... 43 6. Latin American Studies Program....................................................................... 49 7. South Asia Program ............................................................................................. 55 8. Southeast Asia Program ...................................................................................... 65 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES PROGRAMS 9. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program ..................................................... 79 10. Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development ...... 83 11. Global Health Program ....................................................................................... 91 12. International Programs of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ....... 99 13. Population and Development Program ............................................................ 107 THEMATIC STUDIES PROGRAMS 14. Program in Comparative Economic Development ......................................... 111 15. Comparative Muslim Societies Program ......................................................... 117 16. Global Business Education Program ............................................................... 123 17. International Political Economy Program....................................................... 127 18. International Programs at the Law School ..................................................... 129 19. International Studies in Planning Program .................................................... 137 20. Peace Studies Program ...................................................................................... 141 iii iv 1. Report of the Director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies was established in 1961 to stimulate, support, and coordinate the University's long established work in and about the world. Since then it has launched, catalyzed, and enhanced a wide variety of international research, teaching, and outreach activities in an interdisciplinary spirit across the university community. The Center has made key contributions to Cornell’s reputation for excellence in international area studies such as current events, history, and culture, and on global issues such as economic development, agricultural and rural development, environmental sustainability, democratization, peace studies, human rights and law, gender issues, tourism, trade, and globalization. Center Administration Fredrik Logevall, Director since January 2010 and J.S. Knight Professor of International Studies Gilbert Levine, Interim Director until December 2009, Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays Advisor, Professor Emeritus of Biological and Environmental Engineering Nishi Dhupa, Associate Director since November 2009 Heike Michelsen, Director of Programming Nicky Koschmann, Outreach Coordinator since October 2009 Mark Wilson, Web Master Walter Baschnagel, Computer Systems Manager Elizabeth Edmondson, Administrative Assistant Stefan Senders, Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays Advisor, Visiting Fellow with the Peace Studies Program Faculty Four faculty chairs are under the Center’s jurisdiction. The John S. Knight Professor of International Studies resides in the Center, occupied in five-year terms by the Center Director. The three other professorships devoted to international studies were established in the Center in cooperation with the College of Arts and Sciences. These are: C. Marks Professor of International Studies (currently held by Prof. Kaushik Basu, Economics) Walter S. Carpenter, Jr., Professor of International Studies (currently held by Prof. Peter Joachim Katzenstein, Government) Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies (currently held by Prof. Valerie Bunce, Government) In addition, over 800 faculty from departments in every college of the university are affiliated with the Einaudi Center and its associated Programs. 1 Center Highlights Center Initiatives The Center invested in several new and on-going initiatives during the 2009-2010 academic year including the Foreign Policy Initiative; the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship; the Reunion 2009 Roundtable Discussion; the Forum on International Development and the Development, Governance, and Nature Initiative; the 10th annual International Education Week; and the Cornell International Education Network (CIEN). The goal of the Foreign Policy Initiative is to maximize the intellectual impact of Cornell’s existing resources in international public affairs. As part of the Initiative, the Einaudi Center coordinated a network of Cornell faculty, brought experts to campus to speak on topical themes, provided funding for activities in foreign policy studies, encouraged faculty to publish on related topics, and mobilized additional funding for the Initiative. The Foreign Policy Network currently has 40 faculty members from across the campus. In the short-term, the network serves to facilitate information exchange. In the longer run it is expected to enhance scientific consultation and collaboration among Cornell faculty and graduate students. As part of the network, the Center engaged in the following activities: Maintained a web page on foreign policy studies at Cornell with information on faculty expertise, courses, research, events etc. (see www.einaudi.cornell.edu/initiatives/fpi.asp). Organized a 2-credit undergraduate course, “Issues behind the News: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of International Current Events” (GOVT 3553), during the 2009 Fall Semester, with former Einaudi Center Director Nic van de Walle as the lead professor. He invited nine professors from Government, Development Sociology, Applied Economics and Management, and History Department to contextualize and deepen students’ understanding of elections, wars, complex humanitarian emergencies, international agreements, and other relevant international events that are in the news. Special attention was devoted to U.S. foreign policy issues as well as how U.S. foreign policies were formulated and implemented. The course exposed students to different points of view on the issues discussed. With fifty students enrolled, interest in the class remained high throughout the semester. Hosted two breakfast meetings for the Foreign Policy Network to exchange updates from the initiative and individual network members, plan the current event class, and discuss suggestions for other network activities and funding proposals. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the Center welcomed four speakers who have a position of prominence in international affairs to address topical issues from a variety of perspectives as part of our Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series. These were Asaf Shariv, Israel’s Consul General in New York; Steve Coll, staff writer at the New Yorker and President of the New American Foundation; Thomas Christensen, Professor of Politics and International Affairs and Director of the China and the World Program at Princeton University; and Mahmood Mamdani, Professor of Government at Columbia University and Director of Columbia's Institute of African Studies. 2 Moderated by Cornell's Professor of Government, Jonathan Kirshner, the Einaudi Center organized the second Lund Critical Debate Series titled, “The Great Financial Crisis: What Caused it? What is Next?” on September 15, 2009 in Call Auditorium. The debate’s three panelists were Barry Eichengreen (the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley), Robert Kuttner (Co- Editor of The American Prospect magazine, and a Senior Fellow at the New York think tank Demos) and Eswar Prasad (the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings