IIS's programming on foreign policy operates at the intersection of scholarship and practice. We convene events and create learning opportunities that bring Berkeley faculty, students, and the public into conversation with diplomats, policymakers, and foreign service professionals.
We examine how institutional structures, executive power, and political constraints shape foreign policy decisions. Recent events examine the impacts of the collapse of USAID, discussions on U.S.-Latin America relations, and the ways in which recent shifts in U.S. foreign policy objectives affect trade, democracy, global security, and multilateralism.
- Prof. Amitav Acharya, American University | The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West, September 17
- Barrister Eva Buzo, humanus | Human Rights for Victims of Conflict in a Fragmenting World, September 28
- Prof. Jane Vaynman, Johns Hopkins University | Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control, October 7
- Brad Potter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | A Day in Life at the U.S. Department of State, October 12
- Uzra Zeya, Scott Busby and Bennett Freeman, former Deputy Assistant Secretaries of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor | U.S. Human Rights Diplomacy: FRom Disruption to Resurrection and Reinvention? November 5
- Rupture 1: Support for Democracy & Human Rights
Watch on YouTube | Event Synopsis - Rupture 2: Global Security
Watch on YouTube | Event Synopsis - Rupture 3: Economic Cooperation
Watch on YouTube | Event Synopsis - Rupture 4: Multilateralism
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Politics of the Red Sea: A Conversation with Ethan Chorin of Red Sea Futures
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The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide with Howard French
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Mexico, Venezuela and the U.S. in the Era of Democratic Backsliding and the “Donroe” Doctrine with Denise Dresser
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"Who's Flying This Thing?" Thoughts on U.S. military action in Venezuela, the “Donroe” Doctrine, and U.S. relations with Latin America with Ambassador John Feeley
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Topics
Comparative Politics topic page, Cold War topic page, Conflict Resolution topic page, Diplomacy topic page, Foreign Policy topic page, Geopolitics topic page, International Economy topic page, International Law topic page, International Relations topic page, Leadership topic page, Military topic page, U.S Congress topic page, U.S Foreign Policy topic page, World Order topic page, Development topic page, Finance / Trade topic page, Foreign Policy topic page, Global / Transnational topic page, Governance / Democracy topic page, Human Rights / Norms topic page, Science / Environment topic page, Security / Defense topic page
