The Return of Fred Friendly! 6th Annual Seminar on Int'l Affairs & Foreign Policy
Elizabeth Chalecki
Dear Gep-Eders/AESS folk-
After a one-year hiatus, Fred Friendly returns! (not really, he’s been dead since 1998, but his spirit lives!) For five years we have run a Fred Friendly Seminar in International Affairs – an interactive role-playing scenario where we grapple with interesting and timely foreign affairs scenarios at the intersection of IR, ethics, security, and environment. So far we have covered public health in Sudan, energy security in the Arctic, petro-states like Venezuela, and food security in the Horn of Africa. This year’s scenario will center around a potentially nuclear Iran.
The format is that of an unfolding scenario in which the panelists are assigned roles to play and have to think on their feet, make decisions with incomplete information, and react to live developments in the story. Both panel and audience found it interesting, and now I am recruiting new panelists! It’s a fun panel, but not merely so - this format is an ongoing attempt to inject some policy applicability into international studies, which IMO ISA needs. The deadline for submission is tomorrow (where did May go?), so if anyone would like to participate, drop me an e-mail and tell me your area of expertise. See you in Honolulu!
Aloha,
-Beth
Elizabeth L. Chalecki, PhD
Asst Professor, International Relations
Department of Political Science
University of Nebraska – Omaha
ASH 275 | 6001 Dodge St. | Omaha, NE 68182
Skype: bchalecki13
