Do more developed countries have an obligation to help less developed countries? Should developed countries provide military or humanitarian aid to countries facing a crisis? Should developed countries consider human rights records when making foreign aid decisions? What is the future of foreign aid by developed countries?
CEHV's Civil Discourse Forums are planned and moderated by our undergraduate Civil Discourse Fellows. They are part of our Civil Discourse for Citizenship initiative, which provides opportunities for students to engage in vigorous and respectful discussion anchored by the 4Cs: Be Curious, Be Charitable, Be Conscientious, Be Constructive.
Please contact CEHV Civil Discourse Program Director Kathryn Joyce (Joyce.173@osu.edu) if you require any accommodations to participate in this event.
Speakers:
Jessica Trisko Darden, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jessica Trisko Darden is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University and founding Director of the (In)Security Lab. She is the author of three books, Aiding and Abetting: US Foreign Assistance and State Violence (Stanford University Press, 2020), Women as War Criminals: Gender, Agency, and Justice (Stanford University Press 2020, with Izabela Steflja), and Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (Georgetown University Press 2019, with Alexis Henshaw and Ora Szekely).
Her public commentary has been published by the Conversation, the Economist, the Guardian, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and the Washington Post, among others. She has been featured in reporting by the BBC, CNN, NPR, Politiken (Denmark), the Today Show, and the Wall Street Journal, in addition to other outlets.
Jason M. Chung, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Jason M. Chung is a senior adviser (non-resident) with the Project on Prosperity and Development at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He previously served as U.S. alternate director and then as the U.S. director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with the rank of ambassador, where he represented the United States on the Board of Directors of the ADB from August 2018 to January 2021. Ambassador Chung was nominated by the president of the United States on November 21, 2019, and confirmed by unanimous consent by the U.S. Senate on August 6, 2020. Ambassador Chung led the U.S. Mission to the Asian Development Bank and provided leadership in promoting U.S. policy goals and interests before ADB departments and offices as well as foreign dignitaries and counterparts. From January 2017 to July 2018, Ambassador Chung served in the U.S. Treasury Department as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs and as an international affairs adviser, where he worked on issues related to international economics, development finance, trade, and the bilateral relationship between the U.S. Treasury and ministries of finance, central banks, regulators and aid agencies of other countries.
Moderatored by Civil Discourse Fellows:
Sophia Markley
Sophia is a first-year student majoring in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). She is involved in Model United Nations, and also serves as the Civic Engagement Chair within the Smith-Steeb Community Council Executive Board. Sophia has worked as both a Law Intern and an International Business Intern and has been passionate about politics and civics since she joined high school.
Sarah Spencer
Sarah is a second-year student double majoring in EEDS (environment, economy, development, and sustainability) and World Politics, specializing in both international development and world economics. She is also minoring in Nonprofit Organization Management. In her time at OSU, she has founded a nonprofit organization called HARVEST, focused on providing aid to developing and low-income areas of the world through the implementation of sustainable agriculture and infrastructure systems, and she currently serves as the organization’s President.