The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) at Princeton University convened the 12th annual colloquium for the Program on Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations (PORDIR) in Jerusalem on June 9-12, 2019. This year’s program theme was “Religion and Mediation”. Hosted in a city rich with history and ripe with political…
The global health impact of pharmaceutical products, access to essential medicines, and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were the focus of a workshop convened by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination on Friday, May 10, 2019, at Princeton University. The workshop was organized by LISD’s Project on Self…
A new report by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University (LISD) and the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York, "Self-Determination in Conflict…
The latest LISD Issue Report, "The Future of Mobility and Migration within and from Sub-Saharan Africa," analyzes the drivers, dynamics, and consequences of African migration. Originally written as a foresight…
The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination convened a Crisis Diplomacy lunch seminar, "The Iran Nuclear Agreement: The Triumph and Failure of Diplomacy," on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. in 019 Bendheim Hall, with Amin Saikal, University Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic…
Student Fellows in LISD's Project on Gender in the Global Community (GGC) presented their year-long research projects as part of a day-long symposium convened at Princeton University on Saturday, April 27,…
The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination held a lunch seminar, "The Daunting State of Global Relations," on Friday, March 29, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. in 019 Bendheim Hall, with José Manuel Durao Barroso, former president of the European Commission and a non-resident senior fellow with LISD. The lunch session was co…
Joschka Fischer, former German Foreign Minister, former Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, and former chair of the German Green Party spoke on "The End of the West as We Have Known It?," at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination on Friday, April 5, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. in 019 Bendheim Hall. Fischer…
In a new LISD Commentary, "Letter from Seoul: 'Memory and Hope'," Wolfgang Danspeckgruber with Hans Ulrich Seidt discuss the geopolitical, cultural and regional factors affecting a potential reunification of North Korea and the Republic of South Korea. They detail that "most Koreans, regardless whether they are in favor of reunification or not, do feel like one people. The South believes the North is separated and lives under an authoritarian regime, and new initiatives should eventually lead to a softening of the border, thus opening possible long-term perspectives of reunification."