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SUMMARY:Alumni-Faculty Forum — Shifting Global Powers: What Comes Next?
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Princeton University \nModerator:\nJacob N. Shapiro\nVice Dean for Strategic Initiatives\, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; John Foster Dulles Professor in International Affairs \n  \nPanelists:      \nJim Timbie ’66\nAnnenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution\, Stanford University \nTensai Asfaw ’01 \n Mike Gallagher ’06\nHead of Defense\, Palantir Technologies \nCara Abercrombie *03\nSenior Adviser\, The Cohen Group \n  \n\nMODERATOR\nJacob N. Shapiro\nJacob N. Shapiro co-founded the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project and leads Princeton’s Accelerator initiative to advance research on the information environment. Shapiro has published extensively on conflict\, economic development\, security and technology\, including “The Terrorist’s Dilemma” (2013) and “Small Wars\, Big Data” (2018). His fieldwork spans Afghanistan\, Colombia\, India and Pakistan. A recipient of the 2016 Karl Deutsch Award from the International Studies Association\, he has advised government agencies\, NGOs and tech companies on security policy and foreign influence. Shapiro holds a Ph.D. in political science and an M.A. in economics from Stanford University\, and a B.A. from the University of Michigan. He is also a U.S. Navy veteran and recently served in the U.S. government. \n  \nPANELISTS\nJim Timbie ’66\nAs a scientist and senior adviser at the State Department from 1971 to 2016\, Jim Timbie played a central role in negotiating the nuclear arms reductions agreements with the Soviet Union and Russia\, and the nuclear agreement with Iran. In 2016\, he retired from the State Department and joined the Hoover Institution to work with former Secretary of State George Shultz ’42\, and he now co-manages the Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) Initiative that continues to explore issues that mattered to Shultz. Timbie is also chair of the National Academy of Sciences’ Track II dialogue with the Russian Academy. He has a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University. \nMike Gallagher ’06\nMike Gallagher is head of defense for the software company Palantir Technologies and a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute. He represented Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District (2017-24) and was chairman of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party\, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber\, Information Technologies\, and Innovation\, and a member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. From 2019 to 2021\, he served as co-chairman of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. \nCara Abercrombie *03\nCara Abercrombie is a national security expert and senior adviser at a Washington\, D.C.-based strategic advisory firm. Previously\, she held numerous senior positions in the Pentagon and White House during a two-decade civil service career. During the Biden administration\, she served as acting deputy under secretary of defense for policy\, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary of defense for acquisition. From 2021 to 2023\, she served as deputy assistant to the president and coordinator for defense policy and arms control at the White House National Security Council. Throughout her time in government\, Abercrombie worked to advance U.S. relations with partners across the Indo-Pacific\, strengthening alliances and initiating groundbreaking defense cooperation with India. Abercrombie is a passionate advocate for epilepsy awareness and research. She is a member of CURE Epilepsy’s research committee and co-chair of the KPTN Alliance. \n 
URL:https://reunions.princeton.edu/event/shifting-global-powers-what-comes-next/
LOCATION:Robertson Hall\, Arthur Lewis Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Alumni-Faculty Forum
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SUMMARY:Governing Beyond the Headlines: A #PrincetonStar Forum
DESCRIPTION:Viral headlines and social media clips may dominate our news feeds\, but we should not mistake them for the actual work of governing. What does it mean to advance good policy in the face of short attention spans and public distrust? How can we better understand the signals amidst the noise? This panel will include timely insights from Dean Amaney Jamal and SPIA alums working at the United Nations and in various state government agencies. \nFeaturing Karthick Ramakrishnan *02\, Amaney Jamal\, Gizem Sucuoglu Keehn *22\, Julieta Cuellar *19\, and Gillian Morejon Gutierrez *06 \nSponsored by the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) and the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA)
URL:https://reunions.princeton.edu/event/governing-beyond-the-headlines-a-princetonstar-forum/
LOCATION:Robertson Hall\, Arthur Lewis Auditorium
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SUMMARY:Alumni-Faculty Forum — No Place Like Home: Confronting America’s Housing Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Alumni Association of Princeton University \nPanelists:      \nRalph Bennett ’61 *66\nProfessor Emeritus\, University of Maryland School of Architecture\, Planning and Preservation; Founding Partner\, Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects \nTom Wright ’91\nPresident and CEO\, Regional Plan Association \nDana McKinney White ’11 \n\nPANELISTS\nRalph Bennett ’61 *66\nRalph Bennett graduated with an A.B. in architecture from Princeton in 1961. After two years in the Army\, he completed his M.F.A. in architecture at Princeton. He then worked in Boston for Kallmann and McKinnell and Jose Luis Sert before co-founding Massdesign Architects and Planners. He also taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for five years. A project in Baltimore brought him to Maryland in 1977; he established Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects with two former students for residential work at all scales. He started teaching studio design\, theory and drawing at the University of Maryland School of Architecture\, Planning and Preservation\, attaining the rank of professor\, and\, now\, professor emeritus. Bennett has taught two courses on sustainability since his retirement in 2008. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a charter signer of the Congress for the New Urbanism. \nTom Wright ’91\nAs president and CEO of Regional Plan Association (RPA)\, Tom Wrights leads a 100-year-old civic organization that develops and advocates long-range plans for the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region. RPA priorities include charging drivers to enter the Manhattan Central Business District; cutting carbon emissions and scaling up renewable energy sources; creating healthy\, affordable housing; modernizing the New York City subways; and other infrastructure investments\, including a new commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River connected to a renovated and expanded Penn Station. A frequent public speaker and commentator on regional governance\, economic growth and development\, and transit investments\, Wright is the chair of the New Jersey State Planning Commission and has been a visiting lecturer at Columbia and Princeton.
URL:https://reunions.princeton.edu/event/no-place-like-home-confronting-americas-housing-crisis/
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