Staff Reports
Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop was part of an Indiana University panel examining the role of Indiana in the world’s economy.
Lienhoop, who focused on Columbus’ role in the global marketplace, was a speaker at the America’s Role in the World Conference March 21 and 22 at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies in Bloomington.
The panel, titled “Indiana and the World,” covered topics surrounding Indiana’s contribution in the world economy.
Joining Lienhoop on the panel were representatives from Eli Lilly & Co., the Indiana Governor’s Workforce Cabinet and the Mexico Business Forum.
The fourth annual America’s Role in the World conference addressed the major foreign policy challenges faced by the United States, with an effort toward a deeper understanding of how the challenges affect and are affected by domestic developments.
Co-convened by former U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar and former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, the conference discussed the important role of diplomacy and development as essential pillars of our national security policy and aimed to build non-partisan support for the principle that America’s future is global and our engagement in the world is essential.
Lienhoop and other panelists fielded questions around workforce needs, immigration, trade and its effect on local economies, diversity and climate change.
“Due to our manufacturing and technology-based economy and diverse workforce, Columbus has a stake in addressing all these important issues,” the mayor said. “I was honored to be able to represent Columbus at this event and to engage in discussion around public policy issues critically affecting our city and surrounding region.”
Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies’ name reflects the leadership of Hamilton and Lugar and the university’s commitment to creating leaders who celebrate differences and seek shared understanding, according to the university.
Hamilton and Lugar serve as distinguished scholars at the Hamilton Lugar School. They are part of a faculty of more than 100 scholars, including professors of culture and language, as well as policy scholars who are former ambassadors and senior government officials focusing on global institutions, political economy, and international relations.
