As reported in the Fremont Tribune, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar William Inboden spoke with students and participated in a panel discussion at Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska on October 4th. As part of the school’s Academic Encounter Day, Professor Inboden, along with other foreign policy experts, discussed how the United States should proceed in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as how these issues will impact the 2012 election.

The University of Texas Inequality Project, directed by Professor James Galbraith, will host a conference titled “Can the ‘Modest Proposal’ Save Europe?” on November 3-4, 2011 at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. This conference will focus on the financial crisis in the Eurozone and more specifically on a program known as the “Modest Proposal.” Professor Galbraith, who is a Senior Scholar of the Levy Economics Institute, Chair of the Board of Economists for Peace and Security, and world-renowned economist and author, spoke with Professor Kate Weaver about the current Eurozone crisis.

In a commentary for CNN, the Strauss Center’s Jeremi Suri gives a few pieces of advice on how to leave Afghanistan strong and able to build on the achievements that have already been made.

The Social Conflict in Africa Database (SCAD) Version 2.0, released yesterday by the CCAPS Program, is a growing resource for research and analysis on social and political unrest in Africa. The database includes a range of social conflict events not systematically tracked in other conflict datasets, including riots, strikes, protests, coups, and communal violence. By tracking forms of conflict not covered in traditional datasets on civil and interstate war, SCAD gives policymakers and researchers new tools to analyze conflict patterns.