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March 3, 2010
Dr. Ruchi Anand participated in a round table panel on the theme: "Obama: One Year Later" with Harry Sullivan, Consul General of the US in Lyon, France, and journalist Jon Davies from the European TV network Euronews.
The round table was organized by Rotary International and CEFAM in Lyon on January 20, 2010 and anchored by Euronews's Stefan Grobe.
The various areas debated were Obama's impact on economy, America's Image Worldwide, political issues including Guantanamo, health care, and race relations.
The panel brought in an interesting blend of an academic perspective, a diplomatic perspective and a media perspective.
January 28, 2010
Dr. Ruchi Anand authored a chapter in the book published by Palgrave Mac Millan's: The World Views of the US Presidential Election: 2008 (November 2009), edited by Matthias Maass, a former professor at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy.
This book gives an investigation and analysis of the perception of the 2008 US Presidential election by various countries across the globe, and shows how these countries often saw it as a global event where their own national politics were at stake.
Dr. Anand wrote the chapter on France, entitled "Oh La La: Obamania à la Française".
January 9, 2010
On the occasion of the Copenhagen summit, the international TV network France 24 invited Dr. Ruchi Anand on December 28 to participate in a debate about how the meat industry affects the environment through its impact on climate change.
According to the U.N. report "Livestock's Long Shadow - Environmental Issues and Options"(2006) the meat producing industry is responsible for 18% of global greenhouse gas emission worldwide.
Dr. Anand brought her expertise on environmental issues and policies to discuss this problem.
View France 24's "Face Off" show "Eat less meat to save the planet?"
November 26, 2009
Dr. Ruchi Anand just published her second book entitled Self Defense in International Relations (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2009). It is an interdisciplinary study that provides an analysis of power, security, and polarity in the international context, looks at the impact of the recent rise of non-state actors on the primacy of state sovereignty, and addresses issues of self-defense with regards to international law and international politics.
"The right to individual and collective self-defense in international law and politics has always been a controversial issue. Using the example of how the US employs self-defense against Iraq, this book uncovers new dimensions, which lead to innovative and practical strategies and analysis. It takes into account legal norms, politics and scholarly debates on self-defense in the post cold-war world and shows how power, security, polarity and the primacy of sovereign states play out in an international context. Three overarching themes constitute the backdrop, namely international anarchy, unipolarity and the decentralized nature of international law." (Source: Palgrave-MacMillan's website)
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April 20, 2009
Dr. Ruchi Anand's second book, entitled Self Defense in International Relations, will be published in October by Palgrave MacMillan Publishers.
It is a"an interdisciplinary study of how power, security, polarity and the primacy of sovereign states play out in an international context that has witnessed the rise of non-state actors. It provides an updated analysis of the complex relationship of anarchy, power and politics by addressing issues of self-defense in a unipolar order." (Description from Palgrave Mac Millan's online catalog)
Ruchi Anand's first book, International Environmental Justice: A North-South Dimension was published by Ashgate in 2004.
March 2, 2009
Dr. Ruchi Anand presented a paper entitled International Environmental Justice: Where are We Heading With Biofuels? at the 50th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA). The convention was held on February 15th-18th in New York, around the theme "Exploring the Past, Anticipating the Future". Dr. Anand also participated in an ICC Moot Court Simulation: "Prosecuting a Junta for Allegedly Preventing a UN Security Council Humanitarian Aid Mission as a Prosecutor".
August 1, 2008
Dr. Ruchi Anand is working on a chapter entitled 'International Environmental Justice: Twenty Years Later' which will be published by Ashgate in The Ashgate Research Companion to Ethics and International Relations. Dr. Anand will also author a chapter on 'How France Perceives US Elections 2008' in a book entitled The Global Election: How the World Views the 2008 US Presidential Election, to be published by Palgrave-Macmillan and edited by Matthias Maas.
May 17, 2008
On May 16th, Dr. Ruchi Anand appeared on the international news TV channel France 24 to comment on the tropical cyclone in Burma/Myanmar last May and the right of the international community to intervene in such situations.
October 17, 2007
Dr. Ruchi Anand is scheduled to participate in the 49th Annual ISA Convention in San Francisco (USA) on March 26th - 29th 2008. The International Studies Association's annual convention is a major international scholarly event, including over 800 panel sessions and involving participants from more than 50 countries. The theme of this 2008 convention is Bridging Multiple Divides with Jack S. Levy as ISA President.
July 22, 2007
In July 2007, Dr. Ruchi Anand headed out to Princeton University, New Jersey, to teach a capsule on US Foreign Policy to graduating highschool seniors working towards their admission in the Ivy League Colleges in the US. She taught a program called the Junior Statesmen of America that has now existed for 60 years. Every year, over one thousand outstanding highschool students with a passion for government and politics gather on five campuses (Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and Northwastern) to immerse themselves in politics and debate. Dr Anand has offered this capsule on US foreign policy at Georgetown (2001) and Princeton (since 2003).
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The knowledge I acquired at AGS as well as my inter-personal and diplomatic skills, developed during my AGS days, come in handy today when dealing with different government officials, staff from various UN agencies, and even my colleagues in UNESCO who come from different cultural backgrounds.