How may global governance and multilateral cooperation evolve in a world without US leadership?
Thursday, April 30, 2026 223 Philosophy Hall 12 - 2:30 PM *Lunchtime talk*
Panelists:
Philip Yun - IIS Senior Fellow and President, Commonwealth Club of California Steve Vogel - UC Berkeley Professor of Political Economy Amy Hawthorne - Expert...
Join IIS and Ethan Chorin, Founder and Director Red Sea Futures, for a lunchtime talk to discuss the intense competition between regional and global powers in the Red Sea. Over one fifth of the world’s trade passes through this critically important waterway.
Mary Saunders in conversation with Debra Miller Glass, PhD
As artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum technologies, and other innovations rapidly advance, global standards - rather than binding regulations - are increasingly shaping how these tools are developed, governed, and deployed.
April 9, 2026 | 3:30 - 5 PM | 223 Philosophy Hall IIS Spring 2026 Speaker Series - Rupture: The U.S. and the Fate of World Order Register
Rupture #3: Trade
Is the Trump administration’s winner-take-all, “America First” embrace of economic nationalism and protectionism sustainable economically, politically and environmentally?...
Professor Sahar Razavi - Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of the Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies Center, and Faculty Scholar at the SWANA Center, Sacramento State University.
Professor Razavi earned her PhD in Political Science at...
February 5, 2026 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM | 223 Philosophy Hall
Denise Dresser is an academic, public intellectual, columnist, and activist. Her work focuses on Mexican democratization, corruption, the construction of citizenship, and political economy issues from a comparative perspective.
Conversations Host Harry Kreisler welcomes writer Mark Danner for a discussion of the Iraq War and foreign policy in the Bush administration. Informed by history, Danner's analysis includes comparison of Bush and Reagan, draws attention to change in U.S. policy on torture, and examines the options for future U.S. policymakers.
