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The Ashburn Institute places a special attention into bringing together future leaders around the world. In particular, using state of the art communication tools, it focuses on bringing together university students, leading them into high level global discussions on today's hottest international issues.
These debates seem to accomplish the admirable goal of connecting future leaders across the globe, a goal that may well be the key to future world peace!
Not only do students benefit from face-to-face interaction with each other, but they also very often come to realize that, after all, we are "one world" facing common problems, and dialogue is the first step toward common understanding.
Students bring academic excellence to the work of the Ashburn Institute and stay involved with us long after their participation in our programs.
Today, the Ashburn Institute is sustaining two student videoconference series on the following themes:
| An annual series on European Union and Transatlantic Relations (January-March 2004 and January-March 2005) |
| In the midst of organizing the final phases of our international conference - "Redefining Europe" , the Ashburn Institute launched an exciting new program for graduate students across the world. The program was a series of five videoconference debates, held between January and March 2004, where...[more] |
A series on Globalization and Democracy
(November 2004-January 2005) |
Understanding the concept of globalization and the importance of sustaining democratic systems is a vital educational experience for young people today. Ashburn Institute is organizing a series of four university videoconferences aimed [more] |
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