You are cordially invited to attend a discussion about Brand America and how it relates to the U.S. presidential campaign, with Peter David of The Economist, Walter Russell Mead of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Craig Calhoun of New York University. The conversation will be moderated by Robert McMahon of CFR.org
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About The Participants:
Peter David
Foreign EditorThe Economist
Peter David is Foreign Editor of The Economist. As Foreign Editor, Peter David is responsible for all the magazine's international reporting and analysis. David first joined the newspaper in 1984 and has served as Technology Correspondent, Business Affairs Editor and British Politics Editor. Peter David has also served as the author of the weekly "Bagehot" column from 1998 to 2002. In the summer of 2007, David wrote a 14-pages special report on Iran that addresses the building tension between American and Iran, published in the July 20th issue.
The Economist is a weekly magazine offering timely reporting, concise commentary and comprehensive analysis of global news. With objective authority, clarity and wit, The Economist presents the world's political, business, scientific, technological and cultural affairs and the connections between them. Because of its global editorial perspective, it is read by more of the world's political and business leaders than any other magazine. Edited in London since 1843, The Economist has a worldwide print circulation in excess of 1.3 million.
Walter Russell Mead
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign PolicyCouncil on Foreign Relations
Walter Russell Mead is the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and one of the country's leading students of American foreign policy. His book, "Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), was widely hailed by reviewers, historians, and diplomats as an important study that will change the way Americans and others think about American foreign policy.
His most recent book, "God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007), is a major study of 400 years of conflict between Anglophone powers and rivals ranging from absolute monarchies like Spain and France through Communist and Fascist enemies in the twentieth century to al-Qaeda today.
Mr. Mead writes regularly on international affairs for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper's, and Esquire. He serves as a regular reviewer of books for Foreign Affairs and frequently appears on national and international radio and television programs. In 1997, he was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in the category of essays and criticism.
Mr. Mead's chief intellectual interests involve the rise and development of a liberal, capitalist world order based on the economic, social, and military power of the United States and its closest allies. He is interested in the implications of this evolving world order for American foreign policy and for American and international society.
Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for scholars dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that individual and corporate members, as well as policymakers, journalists, students, and interested citizens in the United States and other countries, can better understand the world and foreign policy choices facing the United States and other governments. The Council's website, CFR.org, is a recipient of First Prize in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism, an Online Journalism Award in the Specialty Journalism category, and a Silver W3 Award in the News category.
Craig Calhoun
University Professor of the Social SciencesNew York University
Craig Calhoun (b. USA 1952) is University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University where he directs the Institute for Public Knowledge. He is also President of the Social Science Research Council, a leader in intellectual innovation and interdisciplinary research since 1923.
Calhoun received his doctorate from Oxford University. He taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 19 years, serving also as Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the University Center for International Studies. He has been a visiting professor in China, Eritrea, France, Norway, and Sudan. Last year he received an honorary doctorate from La Trobe University in Melbourne.
Calhoun's most recent books include "Nations Matter: Culture, History, and the Cosmopolitan Dream" (Routledge 2007) and two edited collections, "Sociology in America" (Chicago 2007) and "Lessons of Empire: Historical Contexts for Understanding America's Global Power" (with F. Cooper and K. Moore, New Press 2006). His new book, "The Roots of Radicalism", will be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2008.
New York University, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, was established in 1831 and is one of America’s leading research universities. It is one of the largest private universities, it has one of the largest contingents of international students, and it sends more students to study abroad than any other college or university in the U.S. Through its 14 schools and colleges, NYU conducts research and provides education in the arts and sciences, law, medicine, business, dentistry, education, nursing, the cinematic and dramatic arts, music, public administration, social work, and continuing and professional studies, among other areas.
Robert McMahon
Deputy EditorCFR.org
Robert McMahon has covered foreign affairs since 1990 for the Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and now CFR.org. Based in Washington, he helps shape editorial content for CFR.org, and contributes analysis and background reporting, with an emphasis on U.S. foreign policy. His "Capital Interview" series features conversations with leading foreign policy figures in Washington. As chief political editor of CFR.org, McMahon manages coverage on CFR’s special Campaign 2008 web site, focusing on the foreign policy aspects of the U.S. presidential campaign. A former UN correspondent for RFE/RL, McMahon has expertise in international organizations and has written extensively on UN peacekeeping, human rights, and post-conflict reconstruction.
McMahon has a masters degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He has written for publications including the Foreign Service Journal, the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, the Weekly Standard, MSNBC.com, Transitions Online, and the Economist.com’s “Democracy in America” blog. He has been interviewed by the BBC, CNN International, NPR, Voice of America, and many other broadcasters and publications.