We are looking for students’ ideas on important current issues that will be debated at the NATO Summit in Chicago in May, including partnerships with Arab Spring countries, spending more efficiently on defense, and building transatlantic values and community. I would like to encourage your students at Roma Tre University to participate.

Winners will present their policy ideas at our conference in Berlin and receive feedback from NATO (round-trip airfare and 4 nights’ accommodation plus 500 EUR cash prize included). Students will also have a chance to collaborate with their peers in other NATO Member and Partner countries to come up with common solutions to these important transatlantic issues.

The deadline for submissions in the first category is February 23. You can find all the details here: http://www.atlantic-community.org/index/articles/view/Your_Ideas%2C_Your_NATO

Articles must be written in English, but we will be judging all submissions based on ideas and content, and will help edit and improve writing. Even if students have little or no experience writing in English, if they have great policy ideas, we want to hear from them!

I would be grateful if you could forward this email to your students. If you have any questions about the competition, atlantic-community.org, or our mission to empower young people in the transatlantic policy debate, please do not hesitate to contact us at staff@atlantic-community.org

Sincerely,

Joerg Wolf
Editor-in-Chief of atlantic-community.org

Atlantische Initiative e.V.
c/o Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance
Wilhelmstraße 67
10117 Berlin
Tel.: +49 – 30 – 206 337 88
Fax:  +49 – 30 – 246 303 633

Atlantic-community.org is the Open Think Tank on Foreign Policy with more than 6000 members. Join for free and contribute with your ideas.

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Registernummer: VR 23583Nz
Vorstand: Dr. Johannes Bohnen, Jan-Friedrich Kallmorgen

Dr. Parsi is the author of “A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran” and “Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States,” which was awarded CFR’s 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award silver medallion. He has worked for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN, where he served in the Security Council, handling the affairs of Afghanistan, Iraq, Tajikistan, and Western Sahara, and in the General Assembly’s Third Committee, addressing human rights in Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Iraq. Dr. Parsi has held the positions of adjunct professor of international relations at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute, and policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.http://www.cfr.org/educators,

Università di Trento, LSE IDEAS-Cold War Studies Programme, Università di Padova and the European University Institute are jointly convening the Fourth Annual European Summer School on Cold War History at the Università di Trento, 5-8 September 2012.

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E’ istituito presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche per l’anno accademico 2011/2012, il Master di II livello in Preparazione alla Carriera Diplomatica e alle Carriere Internazionali.

INAUGURAZIONE

CYBER DIPLOMACY – La professione del Diplomatico

Min. Stefano Baldi

Dir. dell’Istituto diplomatico del MAE

16 gennaio 2012 – ore 10.15

AULA D/4 - 009 Novoli – Polo delle Scienze Sociali, Via delle Pandette – Firenze

L’unità amministrativa sede del Master è la Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Via delle Pandette, 32 – 50127 Firenze.

Le attività didattiche si svolgeranno presso la Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Via delle Pandette, 32 – 50127 Firenze.

Il corso avrà la durata di 9 mesi (annuale).

Il Master favorisce la conoscenza e l’approfondimento di tutti gli aspetti storici, giuridici, economici, politologici e linguistici che consentono la migliore preparazione ai fini del superamento delle prove di concorso per la carriera diplomatica e di funzionariato internazionale.

I partecipanti arricchiranno il proprio bagaglio culturale e tecnico anche in vista dell’inserimento in altri settori professionali collegati alle tematiche internazionali trattate: il Master intende infatti sia formare esperti in quelle tematiche sia aggiornare chi già vi dedica la propria attività lavorativa.

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TEMPISTICA:

- scadenza consegna domanda di ammissione: 2 gennaio 2012
- pubblicazione della graduatoria degli ammessi: 3 gennaio 2012
- scadenza consegna domanda di iscrizione: 13 gennaio 2012
- inizio delle lezioni: 16 gennaio 2012.

Using an interdisciplinary and transversal approach, this Journal poses a renovation of the studies on the past, relating them and dialoguing with the present, breaking the traditional forms of thinking based on chronology, diachronic analysis, and the classical facts and forms of thinking based exclusively on textual and documental analysis. By doing so, this Journal aims to promote not only new subjects of History, but also new forms of addressing its knowledge.

Call for Papers

Download this Call for Papers HERE and distribute it among your colleagues.

Culture & History Digital Journal, edited by the Institute of History of the CCHS (CSIC), requests submissions of original articles for the forthcoming Issues. Topics concerning new historical trends and perspectives are of special interest. Single papers or complete dossiers (4-6 papers) will be considered.
Some of the proposed themes are (but not restricted to): Feelings and Emotions / Global History / Urban Culture / Unwanted Heritages / Images of the World / Nations and Cultures / Psychoanalysis and Culture / Travels and Travelers.
All papers must be written in English and conform to the author guidelines. After a preliminary consideration, the originals will be peer-reviewed by two external, independent experts.
Further information and contact for submissions: historia.digital@cchs.csic.es

We are now launching Prague Summer Schools 2012 and contacting you once again with the information, which might be of interest to you, your colleagues and students. We would be grateful, if you could forward the information bellow to those who might be interested.

The Prague’s Center for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku – CPVP) is pleased to announce the forthcoming Prague Summer Schools 2012 on the following topics:

European Summer Institute on the Future of Europe: Lobbying in Brussels

Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology

Summer School on European Union: Interests versus Culture?

Summer School on China: A World Superpower – Myth or Reality?

Where? Summer Schools will take place in Prague, Czech Republic

When? June 30 – July 7, 2012

Why? The Prague Summer Schools are seven-day academic programs designed to bring together undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.

We invite you to visit our website www.praguesummerschools.org to discover the details about the upcoming programs. The website contains detailed information on academic content, guidelines to application process including on-line application, practicalities, photos and alumni feedback.

We also suggest students to submit their applications to Prague Summer Schools by Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2012. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2012.

Should you have any questions regarding the Prague Summer Schools or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Prague Summer Schools 2012
Center for Public Policy
Vyjezdova 510
190 11 Prague 9
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 737 679 605
E-mail: info@praguesummerschools.org

We are looking forward to your application!!!

Kind regards,

Egle Havrdova, Ph.D.

Program Director

“L’Italia nelle Relazioni internazionali”

“Europa, Stati Uniti e Realtà extraeuropee nel Novecento”

15-16 dicembre 2011, Firenze

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The continued proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the most pressing security issues of our time, yet the empirically-based study of international nuclear history remains in its infancy! NPIHP’s Nuclear Boot Camp is an intensive, ten-day immersion in the history of nuclear matters ranging from the evolution of nuclear technology to the origins and development of deterrence theory and nuclear strategy through the historical roots of today’s global nuclear landscape.

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Seeking Applications for the Reaching Zero | Global Zero Student Summit at Yale University – 18/19 February 2012

Do you:

• Currently study at a university and have an interest in international affairs or social activism?
• Want to become part of an international movement for the elimination of all nuclear weapons consisting of more than 300 world leaders, civil society organizations, and student activist groups around the world?
• Want to become a leading Global Zero student organizer at your university and set up a student group?
• Have a desire to learn more about social entrepreneurship and participate in advocacy, media, and campaigning workshops led by expert practitioners and get firsthand experience of how the non-profit sector works?
• Like to travel and want to meet and exchange ideas with some of the smartest and most innovative students from universities around the world?
• Want the chance to meet world leaders in person and have some high-level conversations about how to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons?

…then apply for Reaching Zero | Global Zero Student Summit at Yale University and become part of the Global Zero Student Network!

When: 18 – 19 February, 2012

Where: Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Costs/Expenditures: Global Zero covers your travel costs and accommodation.

Reaching Zero | Global Zero Student Summit at Yale:

Global Zero will bring together more than 100 outstanding students from around the world for a special Global Zero event at Yale University, February 18-19, 2012. The student conference will serve as a springboard for a new group of Global Zero student organizers and will mark the launch of Global Zero’s 2012 campaign. Convening for two days, you as a Global Zero student representative will participate in intensive policy and campaign training and strategize on building the movement.

The program will include sessions with eminent leaders and experts on Global Zero’s goal of enlisting heads-of-government to hold a Nuclear Weapons Summit to launch the first in history multilateral nuclear arms negotiations; removal of tactical nuclear weapons from Europe; nuclear weapons and the French, Russian, and United States Presidential elections; and online and offline strategies to galvanize the campaign.

About Global Zero and the Student Network:

Global Zero is the international movement for the elimination of all nuclear weapons. Launched in December 2008, Global Zero has grown to include 300 political, military, business, and civic leaders and more than 400,000 citizens worldwide; developed a step-by-step policy plan to eliminate nuclear weapons in the next two decades; and built an international student movement with 90 campus activist groups in countries as United States of America, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Russia, Pakistan, India, Turkey and Canada.  After participating in Reaching Zero, you will return home and remain in touch with your fellow students to organize events and promote Global Zero locally at your university in concert with the global campaign. To do this you will have support from Global Zero staff around the world and access to a wide range of Global Zero resources. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to participate in other Global Zero Events to be held in 2012.

Application Process/Deadline for Students from Europe and Russia:

Only a small group of applicants who have the potential to be strategic movement organizers will be selected.

Deadline: Applications are to be submitted via email before 12th of December. Applicants needing a visa to travel to the United States should submit their application by 5th of December. As applications will be considered on a rolling basis, we strongly recommend applying earlier.

Requirements:

1. CV/Resume (1- 2 Pages)
2. Letter of Interest: Explain briefly why you think the elimination of nuclear weapons is one of the most important issues of our century  and why you would like to join the Global Zero movement (600 words max.)
3. Global Zero at your University: Explain briefly what kind of activities you would like to organize at your university to get people involved (600 words max)

Please email your complete application with the subject “Reaching Zero” to europe@globalzero.org

If you are studying outside Europe/Russia, please visit the following web page for application and  registration information: http://www.globalzero.org/en/reachingzero

NPIHP is pleased to announce the first edition of its new Working Paper series: The Elephant in the Room: The Soviet Union and India’s Nuclear Program, 1967-1989 by Balazs Szalontai.

Drawing upon extensive research in Hungarian archives, Szalontai maps the evolution of the Soviet Union’s attitude towards India’s nuclear program from 1967 through 1989. He concludes that in the time period between the negotiations for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1967 through the end of the Cold War in 1989, Soviet policy vacillated between disapproval (during the NPT negotiations), silence (in the aftermath of India’s May 1974 nuclear test), and gradually increasing technical support for India’s civilian nuclear program (from 1976 onward). Further, these changes were motivated more by specific Soviet strategic objectives than by any general principles of non-proliferation policy.

Balazs Szalontai is a Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at ECNU’s Center for Cold War International History Studies. Having received a Ph.D. in Soviet and Korean history, he has done archival research on the modern history of North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. His publications include Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Roots of North Korean Despotism, 1953-1964 (Stanford University Press and Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2005), and book chapters on North Korean and Southeast Asian economic and cultural policies. His current research projects are focused on the Korean War, Indochinese-ASEAN relations, North Korea’s involvement in the Vietnam War, and DPRK-Middle Eastern relations. He can be reached at aoverl@yahoo.co.uk.

Visit www.wilsoncenter.org/program/npihp to read The Elephant in the Room.