This webinar will offer insight into the currents events taking place in Sudan. Please register to attend.

Speakers
Dr. Nisrin Elamin, University of Toronto
Dr. Mai Hassan, MIT
Dr. Deen Sharp, London School of Economics

Moderator
Dr. Mostafa Minawi, Cornell University

Strategic empathy is one of many capabilities the US Army War College seeks to enhance in its students, who are rising senior leaders in their respective armed forces and agencies. Government actors become more effective when they apply strategic empathy and thereby more fully understand the nuanced perspectives of their allies, partners, competitors, and adversaries.

Colonel Dena Goble will share her insights regarding the importance of strategic empathy as a US Army Reserve military police and civil affairs officer recently responsible for leading 800 soldiers during US resettlement operations for Afghan refugees. Brigadier General Bhat from the Indian Army will give the audience an opportunity to improve their own strategic empathy for India as he candidly explains the historical challenges, current dilemmas, and emerging opportunities for India as it navigates the great power competition between the United States and China.

Panelists

Brigadier General Atul Bhat is a senior officer in the Indian Army with 30 years of service. His various assignments, including command of an infantry company during counterinsurgency operations in Kashmir, command of an armored regiment and an armored brigade, and as deputy commander of an armored brigade at extreme high altitude in the Himalayas.

Colonel Dena Goble has over 35 years of Army Reserve service with expertise in military policing, detainee operations in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, and civil affairs operations enhancing the integration of women into the Jordanian military, supporting intergovernmental coordination for the Syrian refugee crisis, and resettling Afghan evacuees in the United States.

Presented by the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

World in Focus: Einaudi Center Democracy Roundtable

Join the Einaudi Center and Bakhti Nishanov of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe for this dinnertime discussion about how human rights and democracy are faring in the former Soviet republics and across Eurasia.

We encourage undergraduate and graduate students to attend Nishanov's expert briefing from the policy world, with food, conversation, and informal Q&A. Hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, the event is part of Einaudi's work on democratic threats and resilience.

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Speaker

Bakhti Nishanov joined the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)—also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission—in 2021 as a senior policy advisor specializing in Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, and the Mediterranean. Previously Nishanov served as deputy director for Eurasia at the International Republican Institute, where he helped oversee a portfolio of democracy and governance programs. He has also held numerous consulting positions with the World Bank, USAID, and other organizations.

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About Democratic Threats and Resilience

Democratic threats and resilience is one of the Einaudi Center's global research priorities. Researchers across the Einaudi Center are monitoring evolving democratic norms and threats to democracy in the United States and around the world. This work is vital today, as our ability to address a range of global challenges—from pandemics and climate change to human rights—often hinges on the strength of representative institutions that provide voice and access to diverse societal interests and actors.