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WHO WE ARE The Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (DOC) is an international think tank that researches and develops proposals that address the key challenges faced by the Headquarters international community. Berlin The DOC funds its activities with The DOC is a non partisan organization and the Dialogue of Civilizations is independent from any national Endowment , through private government. Offices donations and grants. Moscow We develop practical solutions Wien to pressing global problems The Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute builds on the World Public Forum Dialogue of Civilizations legacy and expertise 15 years of history Learn more 2
HISTORY At the end of the 20 th Century, the world was full of plans and ideas to improve the global political and economic system. The initiative to create the World Public Forum Dialogue of Civilizations With the European Union having brought peace to the continent appeared in early 2000 in coordination with after two world wars, the United Nations Millennium Declaration* was adopted in 2000 by 189 world leaders. Dr. Vladimir Yakunin Inder Kumar * This 2000 UN declaration was Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Gujral replaced by the Sustainable DOC Research Institute Development Goals in December Prime Minister Head of the State Governance Department , 2015 and ratified by 193 member of India (1997) Faculty of Political Sciences, MSU states of the UN General Assembly Visiting Professor, Peking University Doctor of Political Science In 2000, Iranian President Nicholas F.S. Jagdish Chandra Mohammad Khatami introduced Papanicolaou the idea of dialogue among Kapur President of Lion Finance SA, civilisations while addressing the Indian social scientist and Former vice president United Nations General Assembly entrepreneur, futurist of the Onassis Organization 3
GOVERNANCE Dr. Walter Schwimmer CEO Founder of DOC Research Institute, co-Chairman of the WPF Dialogue of Civilizations Secretary General of the Council of Europe (1999 - 2004) Dr. Vladimir Yakunin Chairman of the Supervisory Board, DOC Research Institute Head of the State Governance Department, Faculty of Political Pooran Chandra Pandey Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University Visiting Professor, Peking University Doctor of Political Science Member of Board of Trustees of the World Food Programme Trust for India (since 2016), Executive Prof. Peter Wolfgang Schulze Director for UN Global Compact Network India (2011 – 2016), Director, Times Foundation, Times Founder of DOC Research Institute, of India Group (2007 – 2011), CEO, Professor, Political Science Department, Voluntary Action Network India Georg- August University of Göttingen (2004 – 2007) Learn more Learn more 4
SUPERVISORY BOARD Fred Dallmayr Princess Mariae Gloria von Thurn Andrea von Knoop und Taxis Senior Counsel to EY Russia Professor of Philosophy and Political The renowned entrepreneur and Science at the University of Notre Dame, philanthropist, a member of the German Co-Chairman of the WPF DoC princely House of Thurn and Taxis Armen Sarkissian Vladimir Fortov Ruben Vardanyan Ambassador of Armenia to the United Head of the Russian Academy of Sciences Social entrepreneur and impact Kingdom Prime Minister of Armenia investor, President of LLC VARDANYAN, (1996 - 1997) BROITMAN AND PARTNERS, Co-Founder of RVVZ Foundation Li Xin Peter Wolfgang Schulze Alfred Gusenbauer Professor, Director of Institute for Former Federal Chancellor of Austria, Co- Professor, Political Science Department, Economic Comparative Studies, Director Chairman of WPF Dialogue of Georg- August University of Gőttingen of Dept. of Russian and Central Asian Civilizations Studies, Shanghai Institute for International Studies Walter Schwimmer Vladimir Yakunin Vaclav Klaus Former Secretary General of the Founder of the Václav Klaus Institute Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Council of Europe, Co-chairman of President of Czech Republic (2003 - 2013) DOC Research Institute the WPF Dialogue of Civilizations Head of the State Governance Department, Faculty of Political Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State Learn more University Visiting Professor, Peking University Doctor of Political Science 5
AUDIENCE & PRODUCTS Need an independent and Need to develop new sustainable platform for policies to respond to the joint research and tectonic changes in the discussions in order to political, economic, social develop a new and spheres of contemporary accurate picture of the societies. world. Need to see new Need to foster active Need to understand and alternative perspectives discussion on the future foresee a new model for and restore the media’s of human civilisation in global and historical responsibility to order to ensure its regional inclusive and provide people with survival. sustainable development. objective and meaningful information. 6
RESEARCH PROGRAM COUNCIL RESEARCH Li Xin (China) TOPICS Kees van der Pijl (Netherlands) Professor, Director, Department of Russian and Central Asian Fellow, Centre for Global Political Economy, Studies, Shanghai Institute for International Studies Infrastructure as the Backbone of Global Pakistan Professor Emeritus, School of Global Studies, Inclusive Development University of Sussex Peimin Ni (China) Fred Dallmayr (USA) Policies, Institutions, and Progress for Professor, Grand Valley State University, Former Packey J. Dee Professor, Departments of Philosophy and Political President, Society for Asian and Comparative Science, University of Notre Dame Global Inclusive Development Philosophy Christian W.Haerpfer (Austria) Walter Mignolo (Argentina/USA) Life Space for Humanity: Protecting Research Professor of Political Science, Department Director, Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, Duke the Humane in Human Beings of Political Science, University of Vienna University Civilisations Against the Threat of Social Manuel Montes (Philippines) Jiahong Chen (China) Barbarism Senior Advisor on Finance and Development at the South East West Center, Asia Pacific Higher Education Centre in Geneva Research Partnership The Economics of Post-Modernity: Richard Sakwa (United Kingdom) When Conventional Models Fail Akeel Bilgrami (USA/India) Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy, Professor, University of Kent in Canterbury Columbia University East and West: Bridging the Postmodern Identity Gap Marietta Stepanyants (Russia) Anatol Lieven (UK) Professor & Chair holder, UNESCO chair “Philosophy in the Senior Research Fellow, International Security Dialogue of Cultures” at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Program, New America Sciences Learn more Learn more 7
PUBLICATIONS EXPERT OPINIONS REPORT COMMENTS S HIGHLY-EXPERIENCED EXPERTS from all over the world The DOC Research Institute involves cooperate with respected experts in the study of current the DOC Research issues on the international agenda and shares Institute expert analysis See the profiles See all the publications 8
EVENTS The DOC Research Institute explores the most current issues on the contemporary agenda Methods of Recruitment into ISIS An Emerging New World Order? - Building Blocs, Drivers and Perspectives Events overview International Dialogue and Intercultural Communications In a Global World Foreign Actors in the Syrian Conflict, 2017 The DOC Research Institute invites highly The Rhodes Forum started in respected experts to share their views 2002 and annually hosts state leaders, well-known public Wendelin Ettmayer figures and business people. Horst Telchik Fred Harrison Milos Zeman Strobe Talbot Noam Chomsky Alfred Gusenbauer Nassir Abdulaziz al-Naser Dominique Strauss-Kahn Walter Schimmer Bassam Tibi Vaclav Klaus Alfred Gusenbauer Craig Calhoun Asher Maoz 9
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