Money, Power, and Politics of International Finance - led by Christopher Smart

I. U.S. Financial Diplomacy in the 21st Century (Feb. 18)

This session will review the wide range of topics that crosses the desks of the President’s top economic team, how these issues are coordinated within the U.S. government and how strategies are developed to engage with other countries.  Beyond standard issues of global growth and trade, a partial list might include negotiating limits on carbon emissions, formulating economic assistance packages to Egypt and Pakistan, reviewing national security concerns around Chinese investments, protecting trans-Atlantic data-sharing regimes, reforming the International Monetary Fund and boosting electricity investment in Africa.

Room: Faculty Dining Room, HKS

***All study groups are off-the-record and not for media coverage***