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From: Intelligence Squared To: j <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: New Event: Anne-Marie Slaughter on How Networks Can Change the World Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:22:37 +0000 2Inteingence —ihrunvaru to a trienu r. Rview nl onsw ;`,Anne-Marie Slaughter on How Networks Can Change the World Monday 3rd April, 7pm, Emmanuel Centre Speaker What is happening in global affairs in 2017? The rise of populism G. Anne-Marie Slaughter in Europe and Donald Trump's 'America First' policy are causing Leading American political scientist, who was much handwringing. The model of international cooperation and the first woman to serve as Director of Policy open, win-win politics that has dominated for the last 50 years Planning at the U.S. State Department. She is seems to be in decline as nations turn in on themselves and President and CEO of the New America prioritise their own interests. Many of us want to oppose what's Foundation and is former Dean of Princeton's happening but feel powerless to take practical action. What is the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and concerned citizen to do? International Affairs. Her forthcoming book is The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Enter Anne-Marie Slaughter, one of America's leading foreign- Connection in a Networked World. Previous policy experts and former adviser to Secretary of State Hillary publications include A New World Order and Clinton. who is coming to the Intelligence Squared stage to share Unfinished Business: Women Men Work her analysis of the current state of geopolitics and put across an Family, named one of the best books of 2015 empowering vision of her own. by the Washington Post. the Economist, and NPR. For Slaughter, the only way forward is to use networks. While statecraft may be for states, webcraft, as she calls it, is for everyone. So what does that look like? It looks like Wikipedia, Chair Change.org, Occupy and Black Lives Matter, all of which are peer- driven, open and participatory, and can be created out of nothing To be announced. more than the stuff of human connection plus 21st century technology. It looks like conscious capitalism, such as Starbucks' Advance Praise for The Chessboard and the pledge to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in response to Trump's travel ban, a move that is inspiring other companies to do Web the same. Or Google posting disguised anti-Isis advertisements to "A profound and insIghtlul view of geopolitics from one of the prevent jihadi recruitment. greatest living foreign policy thinkers. This book should be required reading for any student or practitioner of international What Slaughter calls the chessboard or Game of Thrones style of relations. It will only become more relevant and prescient over politics - the model which dominated for centuries when the great time - Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman. Alphabet Inc. powers struggled to advance their own interests in a deadly competition - is enjoying a resurgence. But it doesn't have to win Perfectly timed, thoughtfully argued. and utterly convincing on the out, she will claim. People who want to oppose power can stand nature. complexity, and criticality of the networks essential to together and use modern technology to act at scale. In our new success in today's environment. Soon to be a dog-eared. heavily world of shifting paradigms, is this an effective form of opposition underlined guide used by our most effective leaders - Gen. (Ret.) the ordinary citizen can take? Or is it pie-in-the-sky 'clictivism' that Stanley McChrystal makes people feel good but achieves little? EFTA00635952  Slaughter's book applies well beyond the field of foreign policy It Join us at the Emmanuel Centre on April 3rd, hear the arguments speaks directly to the needs of global business to rethink the and have your say. architecture and culture of their business models. organizations and strategies" - Torn Pritzker. Executive Chairman, Hyatt Hotels Corp irace000n rb,i Witter TUU1111Je sounacroua 2 Intelligence Squared is proudly supported by its media partner VANITY FAIR Unsubstribe Intelligence' Ltd, Newcombe House, 45 Notting Hill Gate, London WII 3LQ Copyright (4) Intelligence' Ltd. All rights reserved. EFTA00635953