From Council on Foreign Relations
| Dear Educator:
On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you and your students to participate in the next session of the Fall 2023 CFR Academic Webinar series via Zoom on Wednesday, October 11, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (EDT).
Landry Signé, senior fellow in the global economy and development program and the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution and executive director and professor of the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, will lead the conversation about Africa on the global stage.
If you would like to join this interactive webinar, please sign up by emailing cfracademic@cfr.org with your name, title, and academic affiliation. We encourage you to forward this invitation to students and educators in your network who might be interested. We will send the meeting access instructions on Tuesday.
As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:
- Tim Murithi, “Order of Oppression: Africa’s Quest for a New International System,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2023.
- John F. May and Jack A. Goldstone, “The Global Economy’s Future Depends on Africa: As Others Slow, a Youthful Continent Can Drive Growth,” ForeignAffairs.com, May 18, 2023.
- Ebenezer Obadare, “A ‘New Scramble for Africa’?” Africa in Transition, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, May 2, 2023.
- Landry Signé and Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, “Africa’s Seat at the Table: Why the G-20 Needs the African Union,” ForeignAffairs.com, April 26, 2023.
- Mo Ibrahim, “Africa’s Past Is Not Its Future: How the Continent Can Chart Its Own Course,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2022.
We look forward to you and your students joining us for a lively exchange!
Best regards,
Irina
Irina A. Faskianos
Vice President, National Program and Outreach
Council on Foreign Relations |
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