World Policy Institute
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The World Policy Institute, a non-partisan policy institute which claims to develop policies that require a progressive ideology. WPI focuses on cooperative policies in order to achieve : an inclusive and sustainable global market economy, engaged global civic participation and effective governance, and collaborative approaches to national and global security.
WPI’s Fellows program, regular public and private events, collaborative policy development, media activities, and flagship World Policy Journal
provide a forum for solution-focused policy analysis and public debate. Its programs seek to introduce fresh ideas and new voices from around the world on critical shared global issues including migration, climate change, technology, economic development, human rights, and counter-terrorism.
More than 30 senior fellows and program staff—a group of accomplished policy analysts, journalists and writers—give the institute a distinctive voice in national and international affairs.
, a university in Greenwich Village
, New York City. In 2007, the World Policy Institute was re-incorporated as a free-standing institution, which works in active collaboration with like-minded organizations around the world.
In any given year, there are up to 30 key policy analysts serving as senior fellows of the World Policy Institute. Their research, publications, public appearances and commentary in the print and electronic media comprise a body of work that makes the Institute a leader in the national and international policy arenas.
Eric Alterman
, Senior Fellow in American foreign policy; media criticism
Alon Ben-Meir, Senior Fellow in Middle East
Ian Bremmer
, Senior Fellow in Eurasian states in transition; nation and state-building, US foreign policy, global emerging market risk
Belinda Cooper, Senior Fellow in Armenian genocide/Turkey, genocide, Germany, Guantanamo, historical memory, Human rights, international courts, international law, torture, transitional justice, truth commissions, war crimes, women's rights
Patricia DeGennaro
, Senior Fellow in US Foreign Policy, International and National Security, Civil Military Affairs, Terrorism, Democratic Transitions and State Building, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Middle East, Balkans, Afghanistan and South Asia
Michael Deibert, Senior Fellow in Africa-EU relations, Brazil, Central America, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, drug trafficking, Europe, foreign investment, France, Guatemala, Haiti, human rights, immigration, Jamaica, journalism, natural resources in conflict, West and Central Africa, world music
Siddharth Dube, Senior Fellow in poverty, public health, development, AIDS, gay rights, sex work, the UN, land reform, India
Claudia Dreifus, Senior Fellow in Global women's leadership; the democratization of science; higher education
Edward Gonzalez-Acosta, Project Leader in Democracy and Governance; Migration; Remittances; Political Parties; Political Clientelism; Political Participation
Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Senior Fellow in Central and South America; Mexico; Post-Communist Societies Migration; Media; Civil Liberties; Global Youth
Paul Hockenos, Senior Fellow in Germany, Central and South Eastern Europe; Migration and Development; European Union; Protest and Social Movements; Racism and Nationalism; Globalization and Conflict; Transatlantic Relations
Mira Kamdar, Senior Fellow in Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Equity, Food Security, France, India, Global Warming, Globalization, Immigration, Immigrant Diasporas, Industrial Agriculture, Indian Diaspora, Minority Integration, Security, South Asia, Sustainability, U.S.-India Relations, Women in the Evolving Global Economy
Peter Kaufman, Senior Fellow in Broadcast media, publishing, Russian affairs
Nina Khrushcheva, Senior Fellow in European policy, Russia, U.S.-Russian relations
Todd Lester, Senior Fellow in Africa; Conflict Prevention; Human Rights; Immigration and Asylum; Media; Natural Disaster Response; Southern Caucasus; Middle East; Art & Culture; Refugee Services; Humanitarian Response
Jeffrey Madrick, Senior Fellow in U.S. Economic Policy, Finance, Computers and Productivity
James N. Nolt, Senior Fellow in U.S.-East Asia relations; International political economy
Silvana Paternostro, Senior Fellow in AIDS, Colombia; Cuba; Latin America; revolutionary movements; women's issues
William Powers, Senior Fellow in Post-conflict humanitarian intervention; food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; green trade; Bolivia; Liberia; West Africa; indigenous peoples; globalization
Kavitha Rajagopalan, Senior Fellow in Migration, integration, immigrant identity formation, comparative migration policy, migration in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany, Muslim immigrant communities in the West, regional spheres of migration, displacement and statelessness, financial access in immigrant and minority communities, urban sociology, socioeconomic marginalization, the informal economy, undocumented migration, corporate social responsibility
Shaun Randol, Senior Fellow in Conflict Transcendence; Regional Conflict Resolution/Prevention; International Relations Theory (general); Soft Power; Collective Security and Security Communities; Global Governance; Peace; China; Sino-Indian relations; Constructivism; Private Military Firms
Swadesh Rana
Andrew Reding, Senior Fellow in Human rights, democracy, and associated multilateral institutions in Europe and the Americas; the European Union (Reding is a dual citizen of Belgium); Mexico and Central America
David Rieff, Senior Fellow in American foreign policy; immigration policy; European policy; Balkan policy, particularly Bosnia and Kosovo; humanitarian aid issues
Sherle R. Schwenninger,Senior Fellow; founding editor, World Policy Journal. Expertise: global economic policy; NATO; U.S. foreign policy
Kim Taipale, Senior Fellow in Information technology and policy, foreign intelligence surveillance, information warfare, data mining, cybercrime, surveillance society
Masaru Tamamoto, Senior Fellow in Japan-China relations; Japan international relations; Japan politics and society; Japan-US relations; National identity issues
Martin Walker
Lissa Ree Weinmann
Alan Wolfe
, Distinguished Senior Fellow
Michele Wucker, President
WPI’s Fellows program, regular public and private events, collaborative policy development, media activities, and flagship World Policy Journal
World Policy Journal
World Policy Journal is a magazine on international relations published by SAGE Publications for the World Policy Institute. It contains primarily policy essays, but also book reviews, interviews, and historical essays...
provide a forum for solution-focused policy analysis and public debate. Its programs seek to introduce fresh ideas and new voices from around the world on critical shared global issues including migration, climate change, technology, economic development, human rights, and counter-terrorism.
More than 30 senior fellows and program staff—a group of accomplished policy analysts, journalists and writers—give the institute a distinctive voice in national and international affairs.
Mission statement
The World Policy Institute, a non-partisan center for progressive global policy analysis and thought leadership, focuses on complex challenges that demand cooperative solutions in an increasingly interdependent world: an inclusive and sustainable global market economy, engaged global civic participation and effective governance, and collaborative approaches to national and global security. WPI’s Fellows program, regular public and private events, collaborative policy development, media activities, and flagship World Policy Journal provide a forum for solution-focused policy analysis and public debate. Its programs seek to introduce fresh ideas and new voices from around the world on critical shared global issues including migration, climate change, technology, economic development, human rights, and counter-terrorism.History
Founded in New York City in 1961 as the Fund for Education Concerning World Peace through World Law, the World Policy Institute has its origins in the post-World War II movement of moderate internationalists. Its founders—the banker Harry B. Hollins, and the banker and public servant C. Douglas Dillon inspired by the World Federalist thinker Grenville Clark—sought to develop international policies to prevent future carnage and devastation like what the world had just experienced. In 1963, the Institute’s name was shortened to World Law Fund. In 1972, it merged with the Institute for International Order, founded in 1948 and run by Earl D. Osborn. The combined organization adopted a new name, the Institute for World Order. In 1982, the World Policy Institute adopted its current name to reflect a shift from a primarily educational focus to incorporating a strong policy element, and founded World Policy Journal. From 1991-2007, the Institute was part of The New SchoolThe New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
, a university in Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
, New York City. In 2007, the World Policy Institute was re-incorporated as a free-standing institution, which works in active collaboration with like-minded organizations around the world.
Governance
Senior Fellows and Project LeadersIn any given year, there are up to 30 key policy analysts serving as senior fellows of the World Policy Institute. Their research, publications, public appearances and commentary in the print and electronic media comprise a body of work that makes the Institute a leader in the national and international policy arenas.
Eric Alterman
Eric Alterman
Eric Alterman is an American English teacher, historian, journalist, author, media critic, blogger, and educator. His political weblog named Altercation was hosted by MSNBC.com from 2002 until 2006, moved to Media Matters for America until December 2008, and is now hosted by The...
, Senior Fellow in American foreign policy; media criticism
Alon Ben-Meir, Senior Fellow in Middle East
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer is an American political scientist specializing in US foreign policy, states in transition, and global political risk. He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm...
, Senior Fellow in Eurasian states in transition; nation and state-building, US foreign policy, global emerging market risk
Belinda Cooper, Senior Fellow in Armenian genocide/Turkey, genocide, Germany, Guantanamo, historical memory, Human rights, international courts, international law, torture, transitional justice, truth commissions, war crimes, women's rights
Patricia DeGennaro
Patricia DeGennaro
Patricia DeGennaro is an adjunct professor at New York University's Department of Politics and a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute ....
, Senior Fellow in US Foreign Policy, International and National Security, Civil Military Affairs, Terrorism, Democratic Transitions and State Building, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Middle East, Balkans, Afghanistan and South Asia
Michael Deibert, Senior Fellow in Africa-EU relations, Brazil, Central America, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, drug trafficking, Europe, foreign investment, France, Guatemala, Haiti, human rights, immigration, Jamaica, journalism, natural resources in conflict, West and Central Africa, world music
Siddharth Dube, Senior Fellow in poverty, public health, development, AIDS, gay rights, sex work, the UN, land reform, India
Claudia Dreifus, Senior Fellow in Global women's leadership; the democratization of science; higher education
Edward Gonzalez-Acosta, Project Leader in Democracy and Governance; Migration; Remittances; Political Parties; Political Clientelism; Political Participation
Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Senior Fellow in Central and South America; Mexico; Post-Communist Societies Migration; Media; Civil Liberties; Global Youth
Paul Hockenos, Senior Fellow in Germany, Central and South Eastern Europe; Migration and Development; European Union; Protest and Social Movements; Racism and Nationalism; Globalization and Conflict; Transatlantic Relations
Mira Kamdar, Senior Fellow in Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Equity, Food Security, France, India, Global Warming, Globalization, Immigration, Immigrant Diasporas, Industrial Agriculture, Indian Diaspora, Minority Integration, Security, South Asia, Sustainability, U.S.-India Relations, Women in the Evolving Global Economy
Peter Kaufman, Senior Fellow in Broadcast media, publishing, Russian affairs
Nina Khrushcheva, Senior Fellow in European policy, Russia, U.S.-Russian relations
Todd Lester, Senior Fellow in Africa; Conflict Prevention; Human Rights; Immigration and Asylum; Media; Natural Disaster Response; Southern Caucasus; Middle East; Art & Culture; Refugee Services; Humanitarian Response
Jeffrey Madrick, Senior Fellow in U.S. Economic Policy, Finance, Computers and Productivity
James N. Nolt, Senior Fellow in U.S.-East Asia relations; International political economy
Silvana Paternostro, Senior Fellow in AIDS, Colombia; Cuba; Latin America; revolutionary movements; women's issues
William Powers, Senior Fellow in Post-conflict humanitarian intervention; food aid; climate change and deforestation; ecological tourism; green trade; Bolivia; Liberia; West Africa; indigenous peoples; globalization
Kavitha Rajagopalan, Senior Fellow in Migration, integration, immigrant identity formation, comparative migration policy, migration in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany, Muslim immigrant communities in the West, regional spheres of migration, displacement and statelessness, financial access in immigrant and minority communities, urban sociology, socioeconomic marginalization, the informal economy, undocumented migration, corporate social responsibility
Shaun Randol, Senior Fellow in Conflict Transcendence; Regional Conflict Resolution/Prevention; International Relations Theory (general); Soft Power; Collective Security and Security Communities; Global Governance; Peace; China; Sino-Indian relations; Constructivism; Private Military Firms
Swadesh Rana
Andrew Reding, Senior Fellow in Human rights, democracy, and associated multilateral institutions in Europe and the Americas; the European Union (Reding is a dual citizen of Belgium); Mexico and Central America
David Rieff, Senior Fellow in American foreign policy; immigration policy; European policy; Balkan policy, particularly Bosnia and Kosovo; humanitarian aid issues
Sherle R. Schwenninger,Senior Fellow; founding editor, World Policy Journal. Expertise: global economic policy; NATO; U.S. foreign policy
Kim Taipale, Senior Fellow in Information technology and policy, foreign intelligence surveillance, information warfare, data mining, cybercrime, surveillance society
Masaru Tamamoto, Senior Fellow in Japan-China relations; Japan international relations; Japan politics and society; Japan-US relations; National identity issues
Martin Walker
Martin Walker
Martin Walker is a former Director of Hull City football club.He joined Hull City in June 2007 as part of a consortium with Paul Duffen and Russell Bartlett...
Lissa Ree Weinmann
Alan Wolfe
Alan Wolfe
Alan Wolfe is a political scientist and a sociologist and is currently on the faculty of Boston College and serves as director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life...
, Distinguished Senior Fellow
Michele Wucker, President