BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal: Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.16.12// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Ical BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.1270917.field_date.0@carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu DTSTAMP:20210228T235130Z DESCRIPTION:\n The new geopolitical environment taking shape in many parts o f the world tends toward increasing authoritarianism and nationalistic com petition. Inwardly focused governments are pursuing individual agendas\, a nd eventually\, these differing agendas will collide.\n\n\n\n In this talk\ , the career diplomat and former United Nations High Commissioner for Huma n Rights \;Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein \;will argue that the world’s peo ple deserve better. Despite the demagoguery and isolationism that some lea ders are pursuing\, he believes it is possible to pursue thoughtful diplom acy and a system of connectivity\, coalitions\, and partnerships to reform institutions and change policies. Through the power of alliances and lead ership working together to solve the planet’s problems\, there is great po tential for success.\n\n\n\n A longtime advocate for the protection of fund amental human rights\, Al Hussein will show that threats to global stabili ty posed by racism\, xenophobia\, nationalism\, and authoritarian leaders can be countered through vision\, energy\, and generosity of spirit.\n\n\n \n This event is free and open to the public.\n\n\n\n Cosponsored by the Rad cliffe Institute for Advanced Study\n\n\n\n Register here\n\n\n\n  \;\n \n\n\n Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein:\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n\n\n Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein s erved as the sixth UN high commissioner for human rights from 2014 to 2018 \, the first Arab and Muslim to hold the post. A veteran Jordanian diploma t and champion of international justice\, he was also a central figure in the establishment of the International Criminal Court.\n\n\n\n During his t erm as high commissioner\, Al Hussein spoke forcefully against prominent h uman rights abuses and criticized the regimes who perpetrated them\, drawi ng attention to atrocities committed in Nicaragua\, Syria\, and Venezuela and by ISIS\; to the treatment of migrants and refugees in Libya\; and to the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. He announced he would not seek a second term due to the trying task of dealing with governments and the limited po wer of the UN Security Council. \;In his final UN address\, Al Hussein shared his concern about the threat to global stability posed by increasi ng nationalism and warned world powers against undermining civil liberties .\n\n\n\n A veteran multilateral diplomat\, Al Hussein was Jordan’s permane nt representative to the UN from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2014. From 2007 to 2010\, he was Jordan’s ambassador to the United States. He a lso served as Jordan’s deputy permanent representative to the UN with the rank of ambassador from 1996 to 2000. He holds a BA from Johns Hopkins Uni versity and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.\n\n\n\n  \;\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20200211T173141Z LOCATION:Knafel Center | 10 Garden Street Cambridge\, MA 02138 SUMMARY:The New Geopolitical Order URL;TYPE=URI:https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/new-geopolitical-orde r END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR