To conclude our colloquium on geopolitical forecasting, we're hosting a virtual event with @brhodes and @vmsalama, with an introduction from @Penn Interim Provost @BethWinkelst. Follow this thread for updates 🧵 .@brhodes starts with a preview of his new book, 'After the Fall,' and how he came to write it. "When I left the Obama admin, where I had spent almost 10 years, it was very disorienting. I traveled to get perspective - I’d noticed the illiberal trends building around the world."

PWH Director @mchorowitz welcomes our in-person and virtual audiences to @perryworldhouse for today’s conversation with @MaEllenSirleaf. Follow this thread for updates🧵 “Few have better insights on pandemic response and preparedness through her leadership of Liberia through the Ebola crisis,” says @PennNursingDean, introducing this event.

As part of our Global Order Colloquium, 'How to See the Future: Forecasting and Global Policy,' we're hosting a workshop to examine methods and applications of geopolitical forecasting. This morning's hybrid session on the global economy featured insights from @AgatheDemarais, @WarwickBSchool's Ana Beatriz Galvão, @myrosenbrg, and @dartmouth's Erik Zitzewitz, and was moderated by @Wharton's Witold Henisz.

We're now starting coverage of our conversation with @ODNIgov's Morgan Muir, moderated by @mchorowitz. Follow this thread for updates 🧵 "We have an eye toward longer-term things we need to do to advance American national security interests, to deal with challenges the world faces. We focus on what we are assessing, why we think what we think, how to capture uncertainty as we talk about opportunities," says Muir.

We're starting off live coverage of our event with @MichaelEMann with an intro to his new book, 'The New Climate War.' "The old climate war was conservative media outlets & politicians undermining public understanding of science on climate change, preventing anything being done." "Now, we can see the impacts of climate change in real time. It’s impacting us in our daily lives with extreme weather events, droughts, it’s no longer theoretical. Because of that, the forces of inaction can't claim there isn't a problem, but they haven't given up either."

To start his day on campus, VP @ottosonnenh met the @Penn Galápagos team, co-directed by Faculty Fellow @weisbergm. He heard from team leads - inc Galápagos guide Ernesto Vaca - about their work supporting the islands’ communities to conserve their unique environment. @Vice_Ec Next up, he met with faculty and students from @LALS_UPENN. This is an interdisciplinary program that studies Latin America and Latinx communities, and explores cultural, economic, historical, and social forces that are shaping the Americas. @Vice_Ec