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From: Intelligence Squared To: j [email protected]> Subject: New Event: Jeffrey Sachs on America and a New World Order Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:51:11 +0000 nteingence Jeffrey Sachs on America and a New World Order Tuesday 21st Feb. 7pm, RGS "America first!" Donald Trump hammered out this message over and again in his inauguration speech a week ago today. He promised tariffs, a crackdown on immigration, and a restoration of American military might. He entered the White House as the least popular incoming president in 40 years. Not every liberal thinker is in a state of despair. Jeffrey Sachs was recently ranked by The Economist as one of the world's most influential political scientists. No Trump supporter himself, he comes to the Intelligence Squared stage to explain why there may be silver linings to the Trump cloud, and to set out a new world order. Take trade. Trump has threatened to tear up Nafta and slam huge taxes on Mexican imports, and has already withdrawn the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership to bring jobs back to the heartlands of America. While this strikes fear amongst free-trade supporters, there is a case to be made that globalisation has been moving faster than is politically sustainable, dividing rich from poor. Or take Trump's proposal to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure. Sachs has described this promise to rebuild America's decrepit inner cities, highways, schools and hospitals as 'a valid, indeed uplifting perspective', provided it is done in a smart and fair way. Trump's programme could be viewed as a Keynesian fiscal policy to boost competitiveness and job creation. It may, Sachs believes, be Trump's great legacy. And then there's foreign policy. As Sachs will point out. Trump has filled his administration not just with protectionists but also with business people like himself, who enjoy making a buck (in fact, billions of them) and who have profitably invested for years in Russia, China, and other emerging economies. So while the rhetoric may be all about American primacy and trade protection, we shouldn't rule out some friendly deal making with other Speaker ; t..; Jeffrey D. Sachs Renowned professor of economics, and one of the world's leading experts in sustainable development and the fight against poverty. He is a bestselling author, and his monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries. He is the co-recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the top global prize for environmental leadership. He is a professor at Columbia University and is Special Advisor to UN Secretary•General Ban Ki-moon on the Sustainable Development Goals, and previously on the Millennium Development Goals. His latest book is Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair & Sustainable. Chair Laura Kuenssberg The BBC's Political Editor since 2015. Before that, she was BBC's Newsnight Chief Correspondent and Presenter. Formerly Business Editor for ITV and Chief Political Correspondent for the BBC. EFTA00635983 countries. And while Trump's future relations with Vladimir Putin remain obscure, would it necessarily be a dangerous move if he pursues a conciliatory line with Russia? From a Russian perspective, America's meddling in Ukraine and its attempts to bring that country into NATO, which would take the US-led military alliance right up to Russia's border, look like aggression in its own historical sphere of influence. Isn't it time there were a better understanding between both countries? Sachs will argue that we are entering not a new tripolar world, dominated by the US. China and Russia. but what he calls The World Century', in which the rapid spread of technology and the sovereignty of nation states mean that no single country or region will dominate the world. For Sachs, the great foreign policy challenge will be to manage cooperation among regions, and face up to our common environmental and health crises. The idea that one place or people should have primacy over any other should be as antiquated as slavery or empire, and guard us against the senseless descent into violence. Join us for this special event at the Royal Geographical Society on February 21st, hear the arguments and have your chance to put your questions to Professor Sachs in person. rwacc000k ru,.Twiner Was uomyet pr UILIDU Intelligence Squared is proudly supponed by its media partner VANITY FAIR sounacmua Unsubscribe Intelligence' Ltd, Newcombe House, 45 Notting Hill Gate, London Wll 3LQ Copyright © Intelligence' Ltd. All rights reserved. EFTA00635984