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| W H AT I S T H E I N ST I T U T E ?
13 | A R O U N D T H E I N ST I T U T E
The Institute launches the Paepcke Society; Salinas and
30 | A S P E N S E C U R I T Y F O R U M : G LO B A L
At the Aspen Security Forum: Global in London, FBI Director
James Comey spoke about the digitalization of terrorism.
70 | FAC E S
Behind the scenes at the Institutes events.
80 | INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
Aspen Institute Mxico hosts political and economic forums in
Mexico City and Monterrey; Aspen Institute Romania and
Kyiv team up for a regional focus on Moldova, Romania, and
Ukraine; and Aspen Institute Kyiv holds its official launch event.
82 | FAC TS
Get to know the Institutes programs.
96 | CO N N E C T W I T H U S
Contact our program directors; get in touch on social media.
100 | PA R T I N G S H OT
Theres no such thing as bad weather in Aspen.
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66 | DESTINATION UNKNOWN
The 2016 election cycle has been unprecedentedupending
conventional wisdom, bucking trends, and at times defying belief.
Social media, extreme voices on cable TV, and intractability in
Congress have all polarized the electorate and made politics seem
like a blood sport rather than a platform for civil action. And
when fear and resentment drive the conversation, we all lose.
Its no wonder more and more Americans consider themselves
independents. Dan Glickman looks at what the major parties
need to do to resonate with votersrather than drive them away.
68 | O N E P E R S O N , O N E VOT E , N O B A R R I E R S
Ever since the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting
Rights Act, the United States has experienced renewed interest
in electoral systems. While some states are experimenting with
automatic or online registration to increase voters ballot access,
many others are throwing up barriersfrom strict voter-ID laws
to a dearth of polling placesthat prevent easy voting access.
But Michael Klein says theres a single, simple solution: a new
amendment to the Constitution.
70 | YO U R B R A I N O N B A B I E S
New neuroimaging studies reveal the potent changes that
occur in new parents brains that propel them to care for their
infantsoften at the expense of their own well-being. But such
a fundamental reorganization of adult brain behavior is also a
time of distinct vulnerability. Some parents may have the opposite
reaction to these changesand respond poorly, get overwhelmed,
or become depressed. Sarah Enos Watamura explores how new
science could help those adults by igniting their parenting brains.
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Building a
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defense.
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Casual
participation,
like pick-up
games, dropped
among youth
ages 6 to 12.
Only 1 in 5 children from homes
The number
of youth, ages
6 to 12, who are
active in sports
fell from 30.2%
in 2008 to
26.6%
in 2015.
23% of
youth, ages
5 to 16, say
playing a
computer
game with
friends is a
form of
exercise.
43.8%
The percentage
of football coaches
who have received
training in concussion
management.
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Steve Johnson
In August, the Institute inaugurated the Elizabeth and Walter Paepcke Society to honor our
most generous benefactorsthose whose lifetime giving exceeds $1 million. This is the highestlevel recognition available to donors, and inclusion is permanent. Membership is limited to
individual donors and their family foundations. The Institute joins renowned organizations
like the Smithsonian, Kennedy Center, National Gallery of Art, and Shakespeare Theatre,
all of which have giving societies named for their founders. The Paepcke Society signals a
new era at the Institute, one in which many of Americas top philanthropists are investing in
our mission as never before. A plaque listing Paepcke Society members was unveiled in the
Walter Paepcke Memorial Building in Aspen on August 4. If my father had an idea, Antonia
Paepcke DuBrul, one of the couples two daughters, said at the ceremony, you heard about
it, dreamt about it, and heard about it some more. He had persistence coming out of his ears.
But he knew that was how ideas got turned into reality. aspeninstitute.org/paepcke-society
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SCHOLARS FIRST
Ricardo Salinas met with the second class of Salinas Scholars at the
Aspen Ideas Festival. The Ricardo Salinas Foundation Scholarship
Fund increases Latino participation at Institute events, roundtables,
and seminars. The scholarship doesnt just impact recipients; it enriches
everyone in their orbit, who benefit from the scholars new ideas.
Also this summer, Trustee Marc Nathanson and his wife, Jane
Nathanson, met the first class of Nathanson Public Diplomacy Scholars.
The scholarship enables young leaders working in public diplomacy
to attend Institute seminars and events in order to support those who
have committed their professional lives to strengthening cross-cultural
understanding.
ON MY BEDSIDE TABLE
Writer Dani Shapiro is now a member of the Aspen Words Creative
Council, a newly formed group of literary and publishing professionals
who help support and broaden Aspen Words reach throughout the
worlds literary community. She has been a featured speaker at the
Winter Words author series, a faculty member at the Aspen Summer
Words writing conference and literary festival, and a panelist at the
Aspen New York Book Series. Of course, Shapiro is most famous for
being the best-selling author of the memoirs Still Writing, Devotion,
and Slow Motion, and of five novels, including Black & White and Family
History. Her new book, Hourglass, will be published in spring 2017. But
what books does she have on her bedside table? aspenwords.org
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Learn more about the Communities that Work Partnership, Fellows, and forthcoming learning publications
from the Workforce Strategies Initiative website: www.aspenwsi.org/communities-that-work/.
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We are grateful to these friends for their support of the SOF Leadership Fund:
Kay Allaire
Ken Aponte
Kathleen and John Buck
Alfred Campos
Nancy and Clint Carlson
Kelly Close
Bunni and Paul Copaken
Cornelia and Richard Corbett
Penny and Jim Coulter
Jane and Marshall Crouch
Sean Dalesandro
Alex Dell
Jane Phillips and William H. Donaldson
Nanette and Jerry Finger
Susan and Richard Finkelstein
Henrietta H. and Richard L. Fore
Paul Gillow
Jan and Ron Greenberg
Sheila and Patrick W. Gross
Casady M. Henry
Juliane Heyman
Nike Irvin
Dorothy Jacobs
Mary and Thomas Allen James
Kathleen and Warren Jones
Ann P. and Stephen M. Kaufman
Ann and Tom Korologos
Stanley Kritzik
Joan C. Lebach
Leonard Levie
Marlene and Frederic V. Malek
Stephen Marcus
Mary and Garrett Moran
Morgridge Family Foundation
Eric L. Motley
Stephanie and Michael Naidoff
David L. Nevins
Craig Newmark
Ann K. and William A. Nitze
Patricia M. Papper
Hensley and James Peterson
Aaron and Dorothy Podhurst
Anne and Arnold Porath
Rodan Family Philanthropic Fund
Linda and Jay Sandrich
Nicole Avant and Ted Sarandos
David Solomon
Curt Strand
Evelyn and Barry Strauch
Eleanor and John Sullivan
Chloe C. Tabah
Phyllis Taylor
Susan and Richard Ulevitch
Jennifer Causing and Peter Waanders
Monique Clarine and Ralph Wanger
Barbara Bakios-Wickes and
Steven Wickes
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GAME CHANGE
The Project Play Summit emphasized health, inclusion,
and equal access to sports across the nation.
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you cant play outside because its unsafe, or youre the only
Either
kid playing outside because everybody else is overspecialized...
[Kids] dont even have the concept of play.
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Farsad
Growing up, I longed to be Mexican, Iranian-American comedian Negin Farsad told an audience
for an Arts Program roundtable in Washington, DC, in June. They had icons like Cesar Chavez, and
they had Ranchero music, and they had every restaurant in town. They had a really recognizable
cultureand they were brown. Growing up in Palm Springs, Farsad was in a tiny minority of
Iranians in her school. Her teachers couldnt pronounce her name, and one even called her Noodle.
Thats not even the right stereotype; were a rice-based people. Farsad, who calls herself a
social-justice comedian, was on hand to discuss her recent memoir, How to Make White People
Laugh. Her standup and her writing attempt to prove that deep-seated prejudices about race and
religion can be as effectively challenged with humor as they can be with activism. There are a
few rules for social-justice comedy, Farsad said. First, its nonpartisan. Its not about politics; its
about justice. Second, its warm and inviting. And third, its sneaky. aspeninstitute.org/arts
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Each Aspen Words
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last few years, and the risk of intentional or accidental catastrophe between the two
Alternatives with
ENRIQUE MARTNEZ CELAYA
members of the US Congress, the Russian Duma, and the German Bundestag for
Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have substantially worsened over the
a parliamentary exchange in April. The gathering was the first of its kind between
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American and Russian legislators since sanctions were established in 2014. The
Congressional Program provides a platform for dialogue on important issues, and no
dialogue, this program has built relationships and trust between counterparts across
the vast gulfs of language, culture, and geopolitics. The Congressional Program plans
to continue this dialogue in 2017. aspeninstitute.org/congressional
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brought the speakers of the Festival to a younger audience, including the winners of the Aspen Challenge
teams of high school students who created solutions to
pressing issues in their communitiesand the Bezos
Scholars, 30 high school students and educators from
across the United States and the Africa Leadership
Academy. Senior Institute staff and affiliates nominate
scholars to attend the festival, and special patron
passes directly fund the program.
This year, patrons supported 300 scholars from across
the United States and 30 countries. Each was selected
for leadership skills and accomplishments. Scholarships
allow us to bring new voices from all over the world, says
Peggy Clark, executive director of Aspen Global Health
and Development. A young LGBT activist from Nigeria,
a community health worker from Colorado, a technology
entrepreneurall of these scholars add life and complexity to the magic that is Spotlight Health.
Ideas
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Ricardo Savi
Coming Out
in the Spotlight
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My Superhuman
Experience
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Bisi Alimi,
activist; founder and director, Bisi Alimi Foundation
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Riccardo Savi
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Franklin Leonard
Sally Osberg
Jane McGonigal
Nina Totenberg
Priyamvada Natarajan
Adam Foss
Sonita Alizadeh
Paul Singer
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David Rubenstein,
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Riccardo Savi
What I experienced at
Yale with the student
protests was a deep sense
of outrage and a deep
sense of disappointment.
What people needed most
of all was to be heard.
If we dont listen, were
in the way. The students
discovered they had
more resources within
themselvesthe power
to create changethan
they realized.
Jonathan Holloway,
dean, Yale College
Leigh Vogel
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Brexit Signs
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Leigh Vogel
Riccardo Savi
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The Hijacked
Humanities
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Riccardo Savi
Riccardo Ssavi
Nick Tininenko
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Clash of
Civilizations
Secretary of State John Kerry
examines Americas place
in the world at a time of
mounting insecurity.
The United States of America is
more engaged in more places with
more impact today than at any time
in history. With violent extremism and
the emergence of radical nonstate
actors, everybody knows the threat:
vicious attacks from Orlando to San
Bernardino to the Philippines and Bali.
Weve seen shocking crimes committed
by Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Jaysh Al
Islam, Ahrar Al Sham, Al Shabaab,
Daesh against innocent civilians. We
are more effectively hammering at their
heavy weapons, training camps, supply
routes, infrastructure. We have cut their
revenue at least in half. Were working
to destroy the Daesh narrativethat
they are the caliphate of the future.
It has been more than one year since
Daesh has launched a full-scale
military offensive. Thats because our
coalition is relentless on every front.
Yes, you can still bomb an airport.
You can blow yourself up. Thats the
tragedy: Daesh knows that we have to
get it right 24/7 365; they have to get
it right for ten minutes.
So at this festival of ideas my idea
is straightforward: We have to defeat
Daesh, its affiliates, and its imitators
wherever they raise their ugly heads.
This is not a clash of civilizations.
This is a clash of civilization against
barbarism.
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Teaching
Trump to Dance
Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the US
House of Representatives, on the vice
presidency and power in Washington.
Nick Tininenko
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Guarding
Justice
Attorney General Loretta Lynch
tackles the tension between the
police and communities of color.
As Ive traveled the country, one of the
underlying concerns Ive heard residents
say is: We dont have a connection to
our local police force. Several years
past, a huge influx of narcotics came
into our communities. That certainly led
to consequences that we are trying now
to alleviate with criminal-justice reform.
But it also led to a view that aggressive
policing was necessary in order to deal
with narcotics and the violent crime that
comes along with them. There are those
who said the pendulum swung too far in
that direction.
Now, to say there is a frayed
relationship between law enforcement
and minority communities is the
understatement of this generation. Ive
been working on finding places where
communities and law enforcement
are working together, making positive
change, and where the police are the
guardians of the community.
Riccardo Savi
Dan Bayer
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Shoot
the Moon
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Given the tragedies and inequities we see on what seems like a daily
basis around the globe, Loper says, there is no better time for the
Institute to host a global gathering of leaders focused on this theme.
Each year, about 70 percent of the Action Forum attendees
are AGLN Fellows, and the remaining 30 percent include Fellows
spouses or partners and nominated or sponsored participants.
Because the Forum brings together leaders from such a wide variety
of fields, the programming embodies a diversity of topics, ranging
from health and science to business leadership or human rights.
We try to blend the head and the heart, Loper says.
The format is true to the AGLN Fellowship experience
In Action
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to announce the four John P. McNulty Prize finalists for 2016. The
prize is awarded to AGLN visionaries who are having significant
impact on their communities and the world in innovative, scalable,
and replicable ways. The winner will receive $100,000 for his or
her project, and the remaining laureates will each receive $10,000.
This year, ventures included creating jobs in rural South Africa,
empowering women in the Himalayas, demobilizing gangs in
Panama City, and revolutionizing prenatal care in South Carolina.
Dialogue and reflection (and, of course, hiking to Maroon Bells)
are not the only things to come out of the Forum. The emphasis
throughout the event is clear: turn thought to action. Each Fellow
makes an Action Pledgea public commitment to a socially good
projectthat is visually represented on campus. Since the first Forum
in 2013, more than 800 pledges have been made, and the AGLN
tracks their progress. Fellows write their pledges on a leaf that is then
added to trees in an art installation.
True to the diverse nature of the Fellows, the 2016 Action
Pledges addressed many kinds of issues. Arvind Malhan, with the
India Leadership Initiative, pledged to provide classes in English and
computer literacy to more than 5,000 underprivileged rural children
in India by 2020. Emile Cubeisy, with the Middle East Leadership
Initiative, pledged to identify, train, and empower 80 public-sector
servants in Jordan to design positive policy initiatives for their
communities. Adela Mendoza, with the Liberty Fellowship, pledged
to develop leadership skills among 20 talented Hispanic South
Carolinians so they can take charge in an array of fields by 2018.
And this year a major collaborative pledge was inspired by sessions
at the Forum itself. A group of about 30 Fellows, most of whom had
participated in a daylong Deep Dive called Race in America,
created a Truth and Reconciliation Collaborative Action Group.
The group, whose members range from education experts to public
officials, made an Action Pledge to start a national process to address
the repercussions of slavery and systemic racism in the United States.
Fellows from South Africa and Rwanda shared significant lessons
from which their North American counterparts could learn.
We are at a time in America where we couldnt just be left with
readings and discussion, says Nike Irvin, a Henry Crown Fellow.
After the course of the week, we felt that truth and reconciliation
could be approached strategicallyand we have the right layers
within the Action Forum circle to take it all in. Though still in the
planning stages, the group aims to have its pledge culminate in an
annual day of reconciliation, when diverse groups can come together
for dialogue, healing, and civic engagement to develop a pathway
forward. The process will be gradual. Of course we want things to
happen tomorrow, Irvin says. But this is daunting and large, and
the legacy of American slavery is long and very deep.
More than half of Forum participants were female this year, and
40 percent were from abroadbut even from so many different
countries and disciplines, they all have one thing in common: a deep
commitment to use their unique talents for social good. We may
be small in numbers compared with the challenges we face and the
changes we want to see in the world, Echelman says. But if we act
collectively, we have the power to make real change.
Alison Decker is the managing editor of Ideas: The Magazine of the
Aspen Institute.
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The 2016 Aspen Security Forum gathered
leading experts from around the world to
discuss making the world a safer place.
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Many speakers said that the ability of the internet to obscure radicalization is one of
the most troublesome ideas facing the world today. This generation of terrorists within
ISIL has made sophisticated use of all the different types of apps and communication
systems, Brennan said. The world can be their playground.
Many conversations centered on different types of cybersecurity concerns, especially
in light of the hacking of the Democratic National Committee computer systems, which
had just taken place. Without commenting specifically on that investigation, Monaco
said that it is a serious, serious issue if there is deliberate intrusion for the purpose of
coercing and influencing the political process. She went on to explain that cyber threats
are becoming more consequential as technologies advance. The cyber threat is one that
poses not only a national security but an economic security challenge for all of us.
The rise of international conflicts came up frequently, including Chinas naval
expansion in the South China Sea, North Koreas possession of nuclear arms, terrorist
attacks across Europe, and ongoing conflicts throughout the Middle East. During an
interview with NPRs counterterrorism correspondent, Dina Temple-Raston, Brennan
specifically addressed the future of the complex and ongoing conflict in Syria. I hope
theres an endgame in Syria, he said. I dont know whether or not [it] can be put back
together again. It was a comment that was picked up by media outlets across the country.
Over the course of its short history, the Aspen Security Forum has helped to shape
the national security agenda, says Clark Ervin, executive director of the Institutes
Homeland Security Program. As we enter next year with a new administration, my
hope is that the Forum will continue to be a place for bipartisan dialogue that serves
both policymakers and the public at large.
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As part of a public conversation on values-based leadership preceding the Institutes 23rd annual Summer Celebration Dinner,
Howard and Sheri Schultz, this years recipients of the Aspen Institute Public Service Award, took the stage to discuss the role of the
Schultz Family Foundation, which works with citizens facing barriers to successparticularly opportunity youth and veteransin
the couples quest to improve and inspire an American social contract based on compassion. The Schultzes were joined by Oscar and
Grammy Awardwinning artist Common, who uses his music to fill a similar role. Some people go unheard, unseen, he told the group.
They are invisible. I take it upon myself to speak for those people and for every human being walking this earth.
Here are highlights from the Schultzes conversation with Walter Isaacson.
Walter Isaacson: What have you learned from running
Starbucks that helps you understand the type of governance we
should have in this country, or the type of values we should have?
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veterans push.
SS: Theres a lot of
crossover between at-risk
youth and soldiers coming
home from war. Theyre
greatly misunderstood, they
dont know how to apply their skills to become assets, and we
dont understand who they are. They all have stories to tell
that are significant and help create who we are and how we
should identify ourselves as a nation. The work that were doing,
particularly with jobs but also with helping families and veterans
come home and adjustit changes the narrative of who we
are as people and gives us an opportunity to stop something
happening in America that is rampant and completely unfair.
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The 2016 election cycle has
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conventional wisdom, bucking
trends, and at times defying belief.
Social media, extreme voices on
cable TV, and intractability in
Congress have all polarized the
electorate and made politics seem
like a blood sport rather than a
platform for civil action. And
when fear and resentment drive
the conversation, we all lose. Its no
wonder more and more Americans
consider themselves independents.
Dan Glickman looks at what
the major parties need to do to
resonate with votersrather than
drive them away.
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In addition, on June 29, AspenMX, in collaboration with
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This May, Aspen Institute Kyiv officially
lauched with a public event. Aspen Kyiv was
officially approved by the Aspen Institute
in November 2015 as part of its network of
ten international partners in Europe, Latin
America, and Asia. The goal of Aspen Kyiv is
to become a valuable and respected platform
for open dialogue to address regional
challenges.
We are proud to bring the Aspen Institutes
values-based leadership approach to Kyiv,
said Institute Executive Vice President Elliot
Gerson. There are few places in the world
today where Aspen values of tolerance, good
governance, and the search for common
ground are more critically in demand. Aspen
Institute CEO Walter Isaacson added: The
Aspen Institute supports global independent
affiliates, such as Aspen Kyiv, because we seek
to create a diverse worldwide community of
leaders committed to the greater good. The
notion of good has a special resonance at
the Institute. The motivations and innovative
ideas inspired by the exchanges facilitated
around its tables are providing the impetus
to build that good societyone continually
striving for improvement, individually and
collectively, driven by the ideas that are
contemplated and the actions that are taken.
Aspen Institute Kyiv is governed by a
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