School of International and Public AffairsColumbia UniversityCelebrating 60 Years

School of international & public affairs -- saturday, October 28, 2006

 
session Three -- PANEL two
 

Is the World Still Unipolar? (Was it Ever?)

 


Senior diplomats working in Washington will discuss the problems and opportunities of dealing with the world's most powerful nation. How does the presumed unipolarity of international politics affect their work? How are other countries adapting to this situation? How is the United States adapting? Is the "unipolar moment" passing?

Moderator: Stephen Sestanovich, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Affairs at SIPA

Discussant: Robert Jervis
, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University

Alumni Panelist:

• Gunnar Lund, MIA ‘72, Swedish Ambassador to the U.S.

Q&A