BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f48736d-4f19-4b80-ae6d-de25ddc12a0c.171980@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20160928T214335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160928T214335Z LOCATION:Meyer Library\, Duane G. 101 SUMMARY:Africa Rising: A Presentation by Retired U.S. Diplomat Steven McDo nald DESCRIPTION:Steven McDonald will present on the "Africa Rising" scenerio - is it real\, what does it mean for Africa's global rule and U.S. policy?   He will review continental growth and development progress in the last decade\, with a focus on economic integration and its implications (inclu ding the new AU African passport and move towards a United States of Afri ca) and the movement of private sector investment capital\, growth of the middle class and regional economic communities.  He will also touch on t he emerging economic powers\, BRICS\, South Africa\, Nigeria and increasi ng attention from India\, Brazil\, China\, Japan\, Turkey\, Indonesia\, S audi Arabia\, etc. He will contrast U.S. involvement and policy direction s.\n\n\nMcDonald is a retired U.S. Diplomat and Political Science alumni.   He spent four decades focused on peace building\, conflict resolution\, democracy and governance in Africa\, Northern Ireland\, Timor Leste and Brazil. He worked with South Africans\, including Nelson Mandela\, to bri ng about the change from Apartheid to majority rule in 1994. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>St even McDonald will present on the "Africa Rising" scenerio - is it real\, what does it mean for Africa's global rule and U.S. policy?&nbsp\; He wi ll review continental growth and development progress in the last decade\ , with a focus on economic integration and its implications (including th e new AU African passport and move towards a United States of Africa) and the movement of private sector investment capital\, growth of the middle class and regional economic communities.&nbsp\; He will also touch on th e emerging economic powers\, BRICS\, South Africa\, Nigeria and increasin g attention from India\, Brazil\, China\, Japan\, Turkey\, Indonesia\, Sa udi Arabia\, etc. He will contrast U.S. involvement and policy directions .</p>\n<p>McDonald is a retired U.S. Diplomat and Political Science alumn i.&nbsp\; He spent four decades focused on peace building\, conflict reso lution\, democracy and governance in Africa\, Northern Ireland\, Timor Le ste and Brazil. He worked with South Africans\, including Nelson Mandela\ , to bring about the change from Apartheid to majority rule in 1994.</p>< /body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161018T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161018T210000 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR