Is the Liberal World Order Ending? March 1-3, 2018 The 33rd Annual Norris and Margery Bendetson EPIIC International Symposium EPIIC tuftsgloballeadership.org/programs/epiic EPIIC is an integrated, multidisciplinary program that was founded at Tufts University in 1985. Through its innovative and intensive curricula and projects, EPIIC prepares young people to play active roles in their communities, whether at the local, national or global level. It is student-centered education that promotes the linkage of theory to practice and encourages moral responsibility, lifelong learning, and engaged citizenship. Each year, EPIIC explores a complex global issue that tests and transcends national sovereignty. PROGRAM Thursday, March 1 ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center Welcome and Introduction 7:30pm • David Harris, Provost and Senior Vice President, Tufts University • Carlos Irissari (A’21), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Beyond Borders: Contending with Transnational Challenges 7:40pm • Samantha Gross, Former Director, Office of International Climate and Clean Energy, U.S. Department of Energy • W. Andy Knight, Professor of International Relations, University of Alberta; Author, Remapping the Americas: Trends in Region-Making • Jonathan Prentice, Chief of Office, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration, United Nations Moderator: Lorenzo Lau (A’18), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Friday, March 2 Remarks Lane Hall, Room 100, 12:30pm • Abi Williams, Director, Institute for Global Leadership and Professor of the Practice of International Politics, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University The Changing Social Contract? Globalization and Technology in the 21st Century Lane Hall, Room 100, 12:35pm • Partha S. Ghosh, Senior Advisor to Accenture, Professor of Practice at Tufts Gordon Institute & MIT • Michael J. Handel, Associate Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University; former Labor Market Analyst, OECD • Thomas Kochan, The George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management; Author, Shaping the Future of Work • Nawaf Obaid,Visiting Fellow for Intelligence and Defense Projects, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School • Jeff Vogel, Managing Director, Bulger Partners Moderator: Kai Abe McGuire (A’18), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 The Future of R2P? Mass Atrocities and the Liberal World Order Lane Hall, Room 100, 2:40pm • Simon Adams, Executive Director, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect • Kate Cronin-Furman, Author, Just Enough: The Politics of Accountability for Mass Atrocities (forthcoming) • Sergey Kislitsyn, Research Fellow, Center for North American Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences • John Packer, Director, Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), University of Ottawa; former Senior Legal Adviser and Director, Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, The Hague Moderator: Jessica Newman (A’20), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Introduction and Presentation of the Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award 51 Winthrop Street, 6:30pm • Hayley Oliver-Smith (A’18), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Keynote Address: Is the Liberal World Order Ending? 6:40pm • Allan Rock, President Emeritus, University of Ottawa; Former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations; Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Former Minister of Health, Canada The Global Nuclear Dilemma: Power, Stability and Proliferation 51 Winthrop Street, 7:40pm • Amb. Joanne Adamson, Deputy Head, EU Delegation to the United Nations; UK Chief Negotiator, Arms Trade Treaty diplomatic conferences, UN • Mathieu Duchâtel, Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Director, Asia and China Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations • Charles K Johnson, Director of Nuclear Programs, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) Moderator: Atrey Bhargav (A’21), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Saturday, March 3 ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center A Loss of Faith: The Rise of Populism and Nationalism 10:00am • Mark Bailey, Deputy Head, Political Section, British Embassy, Washington; former Foreign Affairs Assistant, UK Prime Minister • Michael Lind, Author, Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States • Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow and Charles W. Robinson Chair, Brookings Institution Moderator: Liam Flaherty (A’18), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Welcome and Introduction 11:30am • Anthony Monaco, President, Tufts University • Jiaxun Leila Li (A’19), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Keynote Address: Repositioning the United Nations: Reinforcing Multilateralism in a Challenging Global Context 11:40am • Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations; Former Minister of Environment, Nigeria Challenging the Liberal World Order: The Rise of Alternative Forms of Governance 2:30pm • Tarun Chhabra, Fellow, Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution • Zoltán Fehér, Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Hungarian Diplomat, 2002-15 • W. Andy Knight, Professor of International Relations, University of Alberta; Author, Remapping the Americas: Trends in Region-Making • Feodor Voytolovsky, Director, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Moderator: Brendan Foley (A’21), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Expert-Led, Small-Group Discussions 4:30pm These will include sessions such as: • “The Indian Subcontinent and the Liberal World Order”, led by Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University, and Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard University (MUGAR HALL, Room 200) • “Religion: An Ally or an Opponent of the Liberal World Order?”, led by George Soroka, Lecturer Harvard University (CABOT HALL, Room 205) • “The Arctic and Energy Security”, led by Paul Berkman, Professor of Practice in Science Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; he convened the NATO advanced research workshop that became the first formal dialogue between NATO and Russia regarding Arctic security (MUGAR HALL, Room 235) • “Russian-U.S. Relations”, led by Sergei Kislitsyn, Research Fellow, Center for North American Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences (CABOT HALL, Room 206) • “Corruption and the Neoliberal Order”, led by David Dapice, Senior Economist, Ash Center for Democratic Governance, Kennedy School, Harvard University (MUGAR HALL, Room 231) Presentation of the Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Public Diplomacy Award to Feodor Voytolovsky 8:00pm • Haruka Noishki (A’21), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 The Role of the United States in the Liberal World Order: Past, Present and Future 8:00pm • Daniel Benaim, Former Speechwriter and Policy Advisor, White House, State Department, and U.S. Senate; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress • Daniel Drezner, Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Author, All Politics is Global • Anthony Dworkin, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations; former Executive Director, Crimes of War Project • Feodor Voytolovsky, Director, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Moderator: Matthew Jourlait (A’21), EPIIC Colloquium 2017-18 Participant Biographies Simon Adams Simon Adams is Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Dr. Adams has worked extensively with governments and civil society organizations in South Africa, East Timor, Rwanda, and elsewhere. Between 1994 and 2002 Dr. Adams worked with Sinn Féin and former IRA prisoners in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. He is also a former anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress in South Africa. Dr. Adams is the author of four books and numerous academic articles with a focus on international conflict. He has also written for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Australian, Huffington Post, International Herald Tribune, O Estado de S. Paulo (Brazil), Los Angeles Times and many other publications. Dr. Adams has lectured at a number of international universities. He served as Pro Vice Chancellor (International Engage- ment) at Monash University, Australia’s largest public university, and as Vice President of its South African campus between 2008-2010. Among his other commitments, Dr. Adams is currently a member of the board of Catalpa International, an East Timorese not-for-profit information technology and development organization. He is Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Skateistan, an award-winning non-profit organization ded- icated to using skateboarding to expose Afghan, Cambodian and South African children to educational and leadership development opportunities. Dr. Adams is also a member of the board of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the world’s leading professional association for the promotion of international education. Amb. Joanne Adamson Ambassador Joanne (aka Jo) Adamson, has been Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to the United Nations in New York since 1 September 2016. Am- bassador Adamson was UK Ambassador to Mali from August 2014 until August 2016, and non-Resident Ambassador to Niger from September 2015 to August 2016. Ambassador Adamson joined the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989. She has served in Cairo, Jerusalem,