Faculty Feature: Global Affairs Office of the Alumni Association

Mark Beissinger, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics and Director, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, discusses the conflict in Ukraine and how it emerged as well as its global repurcussions and impact on world politics. Presented during the 2014 Academic Mini Reunions program.

Anne Case *83 *88, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, presents data on the growth of HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, the impact on the region’s health care systems, and the consequences of premature parent death from AIDs on children’s futures throughout the region. Presented as part of Alumni Day 2012.

Michael Cook, Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies, explains the origins and evolution of the Islamic state, the Muslim ideologies of monotheism and political egalitarianism, and their application to present-day Middle Eastern politics. Presented as part of the Alumni Studies course, "Religion Today," Spring 2009.

Miguel Centeno, Professor of Sociology, discusses his involvement in the ongoing Growing Knowledge of Globalization project and some of its findings. Presented during the 2005 Fall Football Lectures series.