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MPI and SPP host migration policy seminar with high-ranking Greek officials

May 22, 2013
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On 13-14 May, the Migration Policy Institute and the CEU School of Public Policy organized a high-level seminar exclusively for members of the Greek government and parliament who face urgent migration-related challenges. As part of the Athens retreat, senior United Nations and European Union officials as well as experts in the field of migration policy contributed their views and facilitated the dialogue, touching upon various migration concerns connected to the current crisis in Greece.

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SPP Dean Reinicke Explores Cooperation with the American College of Greece

May 20, 2013
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On the occasion of School of Public Policy's Migration Leaders Policy Retreats held in Athens, Greece, on May 13&14, 2013, Dean Wolfgang Reinicke of CEU's School of Public Policy met with Claudia Carydis Benopoulos, Vice President of the American College of Greece (DEREE) at their Athens campus to explore possible partnership options between the two institutions in the field of student recruitment, executive education and public events.

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Challenges to Peace in the Balkans Remain, Practitioners Say at SPP, DISC Roundtable

May 14, 2013
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There is indeed peace in the Western Balkans, 20 years since the Dayton Peace Agreement ended armed conflict, and five years since Kosovo’s independence. While this represents major progress, there is evidence that this peace remains fragile. At a roundtable hosted by CEU’s School of Public Policy (SPP) and the Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC) May 9, practitioners discussed the current state of affairs, urging an honest confrontation with the past and a vision for a better future for Kosovo.

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Drug Policy Must Return to Focus on Public Health, SPP Panelists Say

April 12, 2013
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Global drug policy must move away from stigmatizing and criminalizing users and focus on the public health issues at stake, panelists concluded at the third drug policy debate hosted by CEU’s School of Public Policy and the Open Society Foundations’ Global Drug Policy Program on April 11. Panelists expressed hope that the current momentum in this direction will result in significant changes at the United Nations drug policy summit slated for 2016.

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A Crisis of Governance Causes Turmoil Across Arab World, Williams Says

April 10, 2013
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Authoritarian structures have crumbled in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen, and civil war rages in Syria due to a crisis of governance affecting regimes both conservative and radical, according to Michael Williams, distinguished visiting fellow at the Royal Institute for International Affairs and a governor of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London.

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