Dr. Huguette LaBelle, Chair of the Board of Transparency International, gives public keynote lecture "Corruption: Key Challenges for Local, National, and International Institution" as part of the Conference on Grand and Petty Corruption in Developing States: Business, Citizens, and the State.

For more information and to view PDFs of panelist remarks, please visit the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University website: http://ceas.yale.edu/events/freedom-and-fear-hong-kong-media-xiang-gang-mei-ti-zi-you-he-qu-he-cong. The ouster and subsequent stabbing attack on Ming Pao Daily News ex-Chief Editor Kevin Lau have drawn protestors into Hong Kong's streets and put a global spotlight on the future of the city's autonomy and press freedoms under "One Country, Two Systems."...

Former U.S. senator for Indiana Richard Lugar presented the George Herbert Walker Jr. Lecture in International Studies at Yale on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Titled "Modern American Foreign Policy in an Uncertain World," his talk was delivered at 4:30 p.m. in Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Sponsored by the Yale MacMillan Center.

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002-2004) and deputy prime minister (2004-2005) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications. Muasher began his career as a journalist for the Jordan Times. He then served at the Ministry of Planning, at the prime minister's...

On Monday, Congress will resume and one of its first tasks will be a decision about the US reaction to what was, according to intelligence sources, the use of chemical weapons in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21. How should America react?

Mo Ibrahim, founder of Celtel International, one of Africa's leading mobile telephone companies, and The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which supports good governance and great leadership in Africa, gives the Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale Lecture.

Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers and public intellectuals, gave a series of four lectures at Yale's MacMillan Center on "What Happened to National Liberation?" The series, the Henry L. Stimson Lectures on World Affairs, took place over four days spanning two weeks, April 3-11. The first lecture, "The Paradox of National Liberation: India, Israel, and Algeria," will take place on Wednesday, April 3. The second lecture, "The Paradox Illustrated: Zionism against...

Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers and public intellectuals, gave a series of four lectures at Yale's MacMillan Center on "What Happened to National Liberation?" The series, the Henry L. Stimson Lectures on World Affairs, took place over four days spanning two weeks, April 3-11. The first lecture, "The Paradox of National Liberation: India, Israel, and Algeria," will take place on Wednesday, April 3. The second lecture, "The Paradox Illustrated: Zionism against...

Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers and public intellectuals, gave a series of four lectures at Yale's MacMillan Center on "What Happened to National Liberation?" The series, the Henry L. Stimson Lectures on World Affairs, took place over four days spanning two weeks, April 3-11. The first lecture, "The Paradox of National Liberation: India, Israel, and Algeria," will take place on Wednesday, April 3. The second lecture, "The Paradox Illustrated: Zionism against...

Michael Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers and public intellectuals, gave a series of four lectures at Yale's MacMillan Center on "What Happened to National Liberation?" The series, the Henry L. Stimson Lectures on World Affairs, took place over four days spanning two weeks, April 3-11. The first lecture, "The Paradox of National Liberation: India, Israel, and Algeria," will take place on Wednesday, April 3. The second lecture, "The Paradox Illustrated: Zionism against...

Colin Coleman, a former anti-apartheid activist who is currently head of Goldman Sachs Sub Saharan Africa, gave a behind-the-scenes account of South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy. Sponsored by the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presents the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture in International Studies at Yale on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Titled "Shaping Solutions for a World in Transition," his talk is sponsored by the MacMillan Center.

Raghuram Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, gives The Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale Lecture titled, "Are Capitalism and Democracy Failing Us? The Challenges Facing the Post-Crisis Industrial World". This Talk was sponsored by the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International Studies at Yale, the Yale School of Management and the Yale Law...

Peter Hart, a leading analyst of public opinion in the United States, delivered a talk on this year’s national elections, on Thursday, March 22 at 4 p.m. in Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Titled “Election 2012—America in a Transformational Era,” the talk is the Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale Lecture, sponsored by the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, the Yale Law School, and the Yale School of Management. Since 1971, Hart has been chair...

James Logan Jones, former U.S. National Security Advisor and a retired U.S. Marine Corps General, will present the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture in International Studies at Yale on Tuesday, October 11. Titled “National Security in the 21st Century,” his talk will be given at 4 p.m. in Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave., Room 203. Sponsored by the MacMillan Center.

Sir John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, gave the George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture in International Studies at Yale on November 30 on the topic of “Fantasy to Reality: The World that Lies Ahead.” Sponsored by the MacMillan Center and the Center for the Study of Globalization.

Muhtar Kent, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, delivered the Coca-Cola World Fund at Yale Lecture on Monday, October 4. The lecture was sponsored by the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, the Yale Law School, and the Yale School of Management. Kent discussed the rise of women’s economic and social empowerment in the coming decade and its impact on the global economy, business strategy and sustainability...