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Philip Revzin
Former Publisher of Wall Street Journal in Europe & Asia
Fall 2016 Pritzker Fellow
Seminar Series: “The World is Watching: How Global Events Will Shape & Be Shaped by the 2016 Election”
Biography
Journalist Philip Revzin has reported and edited in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. for more than 40 years, including stints as publisher of the Wall Street Journal Europe and the Asian Wall Street Journal.
He was a reporter, bureau chief, editor, publisher and vice president of The Wall Street Journal in Cleveland, New York, London, Paris, Brussels, and Hong Kong. He was a senior editor for St. Martin's Press, a unit of Macmillan, acquiring bestsellers including Our Iceberg Is Melting by the Harvard Business School's John Kotter, and the Soprano State, a chronicle of 30 years of New Jersey politics. At Bloomberg News, he edited enterprise stories on the U.S. stock, bond, energy, and commodities markets.
During his tenure as Editor and Publisher of the Wall Street Journal Europe and the Far Eastern Economic Review and publisher of the Asian Wall Street Journal, he covered world economic issues that resonate today, along the way winning or sharing three awards or citations from the Overseas Press Club, for coverage of a chemical plant explosion in Italy; European unification; and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. His areas of coverage have included European political and monetary unification leading up to the creation of the euro; the political pressure leading up to and the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union; Asia’s rise as a global economic force; the U.S. economy and stock, bond, oil and commodity markets. He has interviewed leaders including Margaret Thatcher, Francois Mitterrand, Valery Giscard d’Estaing, Jacques Chirac, and Lee Kwan Yew.
Revzin holds a BA from Stanford University and an MA in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. A native of South Shore, he is a lifetime frustrated, but now hopeful, Chicago Cubs fan.
Seminars
“The World is Watching: How Global Events Will Shape & Be Shaped by the 2016 Election”
As the U.S. heads toward an historic presidential election that could reshape domestic and foreign policy for decades, it’s vital to take the pulse of the rest of the world on such topics as security, terrorism, refugees, trade, global income inequality, immigration, the balance of global power, and nuclear proliferation.
A Trump or Clinton presidency will have distinct foreign policy positions and foreign policy advisers. They will present very different faces to the world on issues such as the U.S.’ involvement in conflicts. The world, in turn, is intensely interested in our election. European and Asian press, business, and government officials will be watching closely and have differing hopes and fears about the next administration.
In eight seminars, award-winning journalist Philip Revzin will explore how what’s happening in the world will affect the U.S. election, and how that election will affect the world. Revzin has followed global issues for more than 40 years as a reporter, editor and publisher. These seminars will bring stimulating guests and discussion to the IOP community at a moment when they’ve rarely been so important.
Drawing on Phil’s experience covering the world, this introductory seminar will look at global issues that candidates are addressing, those they aren’t addressing, and what major international actors, in Europe, Asia and the Middle East think about the campaign and what they hope for from the next administration. As a prelude to future seminars, this session will raise issues regarding Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s proposals in key regions across the globe.
Russia remains a global wildcard, even after then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “reset” fell victim to Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine and intervention in Syria. How would Clinton, should she be president, reset the relationship again? What would Trump, who has professed his admiration for Putin, do? Does Putin care who wins? How might his policies change in either scenario?
Special Guest: David Satter, Fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University & Author of The Less You Know the Better You Sleep: Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship Under Yeltsin
Often overlooked on the campaign trail, the U.S. relationship to Asia, including our major trading partner Japan, will be key in the coming years. Would either candidate pivot to Asia? How? Would Trump really allow Japan to have nuclear weapons? Would Japan want them? Can Japan get out of its economic malaise, and are we about to fall into the same stagnation? What would Japan like us to do about China and North Korea?
Special Guest: Paul Blustein, former Wall Street Journal and Washington Post Reporter & Author of Laid Low: Inside the Crisis That Overwhelmed Europe and the IMF
With 28 members and half a billion people, Europe remains an unfulfilled promise. After the shocking vote by Britons to withdraw from the EU, what are the candidates saying about issues important to Europe, including trade, immigration and visa policy, among others. What does Europe want and fear most from the U.S?
Special Guest: David Muir, Adviser to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
We’ll look at our oldest alliance in light of Trump’s call for the U.S. to pull back unless our allies share more of the cost burden, and the changing nature of deterrence in a world of fragmented threats. What are the differences between the candidates on NATO and its role in the Middle East, including Iraq and Syria, and in East Asia and Eastern Europe? Should the U.S. lead the world alone, or in concert with allies? How much say should they have in our policies? Seminar guest speaker Fred Kempe has spent more than 30 years reporting and thinking about Europe.
Special Guest: Fred Kempe, CEO of the Atlantic Council
How will the candidates handle economic, trade and political relations with China, a major campaign issue compounded by concerns over human rights and military power in Asia. Will either continue the Obama "pivot?"
Special Guest: Lyric Hughes Hale, Editor in Chief of EconVue & China Expert
We now know the winner. What has been the foreign reaction and specifically what might the new administration do about the U.S. role in the developing world, including Latin and South America and Africa. What is the role of government, private business and NGOs in spreading technology, prosperity, and jobs? What do people in these regions actually want us to do?
Special Guest: David McCourt, Cable TV & Telecommunications Entrepreneur Bringing Video Capabilities to Youth in the Developing World
This session will wrap-up the trends we’ve discussed so far. The global economy will rise or fall depending on economic, monetary, and regulatory decisions made by the next president. He or she will face huge foreign policy decisions from the middle East to Asia to Europe. We’ll discuss this with longtime journalist and foreign policy commentator David Andelman, who will be coming off a stint as the elections analyst for French television.
Special Guest: David Andelman, Author of A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today & former New York Times Reporter and Editor of World Policy Journal