Reactionary? Progressive? Localist? Globalist? How do our climate politics line up? This panel will explore the history of environmentalism as a way of thinking about the spectrum of political positions in climate response. Recall that the oil shock, acid rain, nuclear energy protests at Wyhl, concern over DDT, all in the 1970s generated a new environmental activism: citizens initiatives in civil disobedience against business and state. In Germany and elsewhere very disparate interests came together to form what was understood as a new progressive political party: the Greens.

This seminar will provide an overview of the historical, legal, institutional, and policy dimensions of the EU’s evolution as an international security actor. It will examine the development
of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) and will analyze the EU’s partnerships with core strategic partners, as well as the EU’s inter-organizational cooperation with the UN and NATO in the context of rising geopolitical rivalries. This will also include the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, shifting international alliances, and the future of European strategic

Hrishabh Sandaliya, Co-Director of European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM)
In this session he will speak candidly, offering insight from his "lived experience as a migrant,

Global Literary Encounters book discussions are pre-lecture discussions that align with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lecture's Ten Evenings series. Global Literary Encounters put prominent world authors and their work in a global perspective in order to provide additional insight on writers and engaging issues.

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Christine DeLucia of Williams College and Ms. Lorén Spears, Executive Director of the Tomaquag Indian Museum, Exeter, RI. All those who RSVP will receive a boxed lunch from Roux Orleans. Please RSVP using the link and to choose a lunch.

Join Angela Alonso (University of São Paulo) for our second Speaker Series event! Angela will present her research in "The mosaic protest cycle: state-social movements dynamics and the 2013 Brazilian case". This event will be presented in English. Light lunch provided! Please register using this link: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/content/clas-event-registration

This event will be in English.

Join us for this special event, moderated by Ariel Armony, Pitt's Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, as we discuss Argentina's recent elections. Armony, an expert in international relations, will lead the conversation with our presenters - Anibal Pérez-Liñán and Gisela Sin - on the election's key aspects, political players, and global implications. This event will be presented in English.