2007 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
From Passion to Politics: What Moves People to Take Action? - April 20-21, 2007
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Highlights from the Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs - April 23-24

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Friday, April 23, 2004

10:00am

Opening Plenary
“Out of Chaos: NGO Challenges in Afghanistan and Iraq”

Moderator: Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Founding Director, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination; Lecturer, Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Panelists: Denis Dragovic, Country Director, IRC-Iraq; H.E. Ms. Rend Rahim Francke, Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, Founder, The Iraq Foundation; William Maley, Professor and Foundation Director, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at the Australian National University; Barbara Stapleton, Advocacy and Policy Coordinator, Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief; Andrew Wilder, Director, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit

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1:00pm

Keynote Address
“The US and Iraq: The Road Ahead”

Speakers: H.E. Ms. Rend Rahim Francke, Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, Founder, The Iraq Foundation; Brigadier General Jeffrey J. Schloesser, Assistant Division Commander, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Moderator: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

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3:00pm

“Lessons from the Frontline: NGOs as Nation-Builders”

Moderator: Sara Curran, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology, Princeton University
Panelists:
Azizulla Gaziev, Visiting Scholar, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies; Nancy Lindborg, Execuive Vice President, Mercy Corps; Vasuki Nesiah, Senior Associate, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ);
Frederick Wherry, MPA '00, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, Princeton University; Co-author, Do Transnational Organizations Promote Civil and Political Liberties: Cross-National Evidence from Southeast Asia, 1978-2000

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“Art is Action: Culture, Violence, Civil Society”

Moderator: Stanley N. Katz, Lecturer with rank of Professor of Public and International Affairs, Faculty Chair, Undergraduate Program, Director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Panelists: John Cannelli, Executive Director, Lifebeat; Dudley Cocke, Director, Roadside Theater; Daniel Glass, Founding Board President, LIFEbeat; Susan Koscis, Director of Communications, Search for Common Ground; Mark J. Stern, Professor of Social Welfare and History, University of Pennsylvania

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5:00pm

“Building or Breaking Democracy?: The Effect of Interest Groups, Civic Associations, and NGOs on Governments”

Moderator: Larry Bartels, Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Panelists: Richard A. Harris, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Walter Rand Institute of Public Affairs, Rutgers-Camden; Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor, Politics Department, Princeton University; Graeme Robertson, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Columbia University; Frances Seymour, MPA '86, Program Director, Institutions and Governance, World Resources Institute;
Daniel Tichenor, Associate Professor, Political Science, Rutgers-New Brunswick

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“Faith & AIDS: The Role of Faith-based Organizations in Combating AIDS”

Moderator: Rev. Dr. Thomas Breidenthal, Dean of Religious Life and Dean of the Chapel, Office of Religious Life, Princeton University
Panelists:
Rachel Baggaley, Head, HIV Unit, Christian Aid; João Biehl, Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, Princeton University; Kristin Kalla, Director, Communities Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Initiative and Director of HIV/AIDS Unit, CARE; Naisaidet Mason, Senior Adviser Human Rights and Advocacy, Office of Director, HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization;
Pernessa C. Seele, Founder and CEO, The Balm in Gilead, Inc.

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Saturday, April 24, 2004

9:00am

Keynote Address
Assistance to Afghanistan: Not How Much, But How

Speaker: Sarah Chayes, Director: Bakhtar Agriculture and Livestock Cooperative, Kandahar Afghanistan: Field Director, Afghans for Civil Society, Kandahar Afghanistan, 2002-2004; Reporter: National Public Radio, 1996-2002; ABC Person of the Week, December, 2003

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10:30am

“Ethical Dilemmas and Challenges: Stories From the Field"

Moderator: Smitu Kothari, Visiting Lecturer of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Panelists:
William Carmichael, MPA ’52 (Ph.D. ’60 Economics), Former Vice President, Developing Country Programs, The Ford Foundation; Julius Coles, MPA ’66, President Africare; Kevin Henry, MPA ’81, Advocacy Director, CARE; Stephen W. Jackson, MPA ’94 (Ph.D. ’03 Anthropology), Associate Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, Social Science Research Council; Sue Lautze, MPA ’95, Director, Livelihoods Initiatives Program, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University; Andrew Pugh, MPA ’91, Advocacy Coordinator, CARE

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“Who Watches the Watchdogs? Regulation and Accountability in the NGO Sector”

Moderator: Christopher Eisgruber, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs, Director, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Panelists:
John Fonte, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture, Hudson Institute; Deborah N. Pearlstein, Director, U.S. Law and Security Program, Human Rights First; Visiting Fellow, Center for Democracy Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University;
Peter Spiro, Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law

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1:00pm

Keynote Address
"The Role of Civil Society in Strengthening Democratic Governance"

Speaker: President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Founder, Fernando Henrique Cardoso Institute; Chair of the Secretary-General's Panel of Eminent Persons on Civil Society and UN Relationships; President of Brazil, 1995-2002

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3:00pm

“Access versus Incentives: Are Cheaper HIV/AIDS Drugs a Humanitarian Victory or Market Failure?”

Moderator: Christina H. Paxson, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Director, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Panelists:
James Love, MA '85, Director, Consumer Project on Technology, Center for Study of Responsive Law; Jeffrey L. Sturchio, Vice President, External Affairs, Human Health--Europe, Middle East & Africa, Merck & Co., Inc.;
Rachel Cohen, U.S. Director, Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières; F. Michael Scherer, Aetna Professor Emeritus, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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“NGOs and States: Partners or Rivals?”

Moderator: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Panelists: Sarah Chayes, Director: Bakhtar Agriculture and Livestock Cooperative, Kandahar Afghanistan; Field Director: Afghans for Civil Society, Kandahar Afghanistan, 2002-2004; Reporter: National Public Radio, 1996-2002; ABC Person of the Week, December, 2003; John Clark, Project Director, UN Secretary-General’s “Panel of Eminent Persons on UN-Civil Society Relations”; Ann Florini, MPA '83, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution; Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Government, Cornell University

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4:30pm

Closing Conversation
"Foundations as Drivers of New Norms"

Moderator: Ann Florini, MPA '83, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution
Panelists:
Paul Brest, President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Kathryn Bushkin, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer United Nations Foundation; Kennette M. Benedict, Director, International Peace and Security; Senior Advisor on Philanthropy, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi, Head, International Development, Al-Khoei Foundation, London; Editor, Dialogue

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