The Young Initiative invites foreign policy experts and guest speakers to campus to engage in discussions on international relations and the global political economy with students and faculty.
Past Young Initiative Speaker Events
Young Initiative speakers give students and faculty an opportunity to expand their understanding of global issues. The Young Initiative sponsors several speakers each academic year highlighting particular aspects of global affairs and the global political economy. The Young Speakers program is devoted to highlighting the work and success of eminent international affairs experts and Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni in public service and academia.
Somer Greene's TEDx talk is a Spoken Word piece titled "RAD." Somer describes the American Dream as "untouchable" —something that cannot be taken, manipulated, or destroyed by human hands but somehow has. Somer's piece is a simple reminder to live, celebrate, and reinvent our American Dream... to be RAD.
The Young Initiative presents a lecture by one of the world's leading experts in water policy, co-sponsored by the Core Program and the Water and Power Initiative. Dr.
The John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Economy presents a talk by Ann Florini of The Brookings Institution entitled "The Role of the Private Sector in Asia." Ann Florini is a nonresident senior fellow with ,