Policy Statements
In preparation for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego, you are invited to participate in any of the following online threaded discussions. Each is led by a different IR/PS professor and will culminate in policy statements for the Pacific region. The discussions will be open from February 4 to April 4. The policy statements will be presented in a press conference style forum during the 20th Anniversary Celebration on May 2, 2008.
The following discussions can be accessed in one of two ways:
1. Through the FirstClass client: just log in and open the Alumni Forum. These discussions are in the folder Pacific Policy Discussions.
2. Through a web browser: Click on these links and log in using your FirstClass userid and password.
If your FirstClass account has expired, please email irpshelp@ucsd.edu to get it restored. Give us your name and grad year, and we'll set it up right away.
To see a list of all of the discussions, click here.
To gain access to an individual discussion, click on the links below.
1. Bridging the Digital Divide – Peter Cowhey
2. China's Global Role – Barry Naughton
3. Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility – Peter Gourevitch
4. Environmental Issues in the Pacific Rim – Lisa Schaffer
5. Fragility of the Global Financial System – Takeo Hoshi
6. Future of APEC: Regional Institutional Architecture for the Pacific Rim – Richard Feinberg
7. Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation – Roger Bohn
8. Japan's Security Policies: The Future? – Ellis Krauss
9. Language Passport for the Pacific Rim - Yashy Tohsaku
10. Political Economy of Korea: North and South – Stephan Haggard & Jong Sung You
11. Reforming US Immigration Policy – Gordon Hanson
12. Security in Northeast Asia – Susan Shirk & Tai Ming Cheung
13. Terrorism in the Pacific Rim – Barbara Walter
14. The New Left in Latin America: How New? How Left? – Richard Feinberg
15. Globalization and Supply Chain Management – Roger Bohn
Please contact Kevin Knight with any questions. For technical questions, you may contact Gary Hoffman. We look forward to your participation!
We hope to see you in May.
