Okay, thank you for coming out. Its wonderful to see you here today hello, my name is Christopher Mcknight nichols, im a historian at oregon state university, scholar of intellectual history of the u. S. Role in the world. I specialize in isolationism, internationalism, and globalization. My work is called promise and peril, america at the dawn of a global age, just out in paperback, you can buy a downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this panel. Its a fascinating panel. Our panel is entitled turning. 1916, u. S. Foreign relations before and after that kept us out of war election. This is not just about u. S. Foreign relations, but also international relations. The spark for this panel is this intending all of the 1960 election in which Woodrow Wilson ran on a he kept us out of war platform, despite military intervention ongoing in the mexico and caribbean. This roundtable brings together superb historians to discuss whether 1916 should be as th
Thank you all for coming out. Its wonderful to see you here today. My name is Christopher Mcknight nichols, im a historian at oregon state university, a scholar of the u. S. International role in the world, i specialize in isolationism, internationalism, and globalization and my work that pertains to the panel today is promise in peril. You can buy it downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this really exciting panel, i think, and i hope youll agree once were done. Its a fascinating topic with tremendous contemporary relevance as well as his totori significance. Our panel is entitled turning. 1916. This the not just about Foreign Relations but also world relations, international relations. Now the spark for this panel is the centennial of the 1916 election in which Woodrow Wilson ran on a he kept us out of war platform, despite the military interventions ongoing in mexico and in the caribbean. Marking the secentennial of thi election, this round t
Globalization and my work that most pertains to our panel today is a book called promise and peril america at the dawn of a global age. Just out in paperback. You can buy it downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this really exciting panel i think and i hope youll agree once were done. Its a fascinating topic with tremendous contemporary relevance as well as historygraphical significance. U. S. Foreign relations before and after that kept us out of war election. This is really not just about u. S. Foreign relations but also world relations, international relations. Now, the spark for this panel is the centennial of the 1916 election in which Woodrow Wilson ran on a he kept us out of war platform despite the military interventions ongoing in mexico and the caribbean. Marking the centennial of this election this round table brings together superb historians with a wide array of focuses to address whether or not 1916 should be seen as the end of an
A bigger share of indonesias multibillion dollar finance industry. May 1st was an important day for the worlds poorest nations it was the day that the rich club of g. 20 nations gave debtors a payment holiday until the end of the year the hope is that debtor nations can use the money to pay for health care during the pandemic despite more than 100 countries applying to the International Monetary fund for emergency aid the i. M. F. And world bank havent been so generous insisting that nations keep paying interest on debt although the i. M. F. Has offered some relief to 25. 00 poor nations which amounts to 200000000. 00 which lets face it isnt that much of nations really do need help nigeria has received 3 point 4000000000. 00 from the i. M. F. With debts of only 30 percent of g. D. P. Youd think the country couldnt get into trouble but its dependent upon oil for 90 percent of its export earnings with crude prices cratering it has little room to service its debt which is estimated to tak
Hello im adrian figure this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business economics this week as the g 20 offers a debt payment holidays of the worlds poorest nations to fight the coronavirus pandemic is it time for private investors to do the same. Southeast asia as garment workers in the industry pay a heavy price of the pandemic millions of jobs have been lost despite patchy government support. And the sharia compliant tech start ups scrapping for a bigger share of indonesias multibillion dollar finance industry. May 1st was an important day for the worlds poorest nations it was the day that the rich club of g. 20 nations gave debtors a payment holiday until the end of the year the hope is that debtor nations can use the money to pay for health care during the pandemic despite more than 100 countries applying to the International Monetary fund for emergency aid the i. M. F. And world bank havent been so generous insisting that nations keep paying interest