Amici di Bologna
9th Annual
Symposium and Celebration

Saturday, October 29
Clyde Frazier's Restaurant
485 10th Avenue
New York, NY
5:30pm to 10:30pm


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OUR SPONSORS


Platinum Level
Alison & James von Klemperer
Anonymous Donor

Gold Level
Melissa Moye

Silver Level
Jackie Kaiko
Daniela & Ajay Kaisth
Eric & Pamela Melby
Marshall Millsap
Kathleen & Thomas Tesluk
Jack & Carol Wasserman





Symposium



Our Moderator


Paul Cruickshank B'03,'04
CNN's Terrorism Analyst, Editor in Chief, CTC Sentinel

Our Panel



Sandra Babcock B'85, JHU'86
Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School

Human Rights in an Age of Populism
At their national conventions, the rhetoric and platforms of Republicans and Democrats offered different glimpses of policy choices that will have profound implications for the country’s human rights practices at home and abroad. Will the winner of the November elections imperil or strengthen the United States’ human rights record?
Alan Kuperman '96
Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Nuclear Weapons Modernization: Spending Billions to Make Us Less Secure?
President Obama has embraced modernizing U.S. nuclear weapons to make them more usable, by increasing their precision and reducing their yield. Will the next president continue down this road that makes nuclear war more likely?
Michael Plummer B'82
Director, SAIS Europe, and Eni Professor of International Economics

What Happens When Rhetoric Meets Economic Reality after November?
Candidates for both parties have presented economic programs that will require extensive elaboration once in office. Which known unknowns will be of greatest concern?