Security for a New Century
Events
Implementing Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy in the Developing World
Friday, August 13, 2010
Capitol Hill Vistors Center, Room SVC 208/209
Brian Finlay joined us for a discussion of the
proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction and global efforts to implement
more rigorous non-
proliferation regulations. Mr. Finlay is currently the
director of the
Managing Across Boundaries program at the
Stimson Center. He is the
co-author of The Next 100 Project: Leveraging
National Security
Assistance to Meet Developing World Needs (2009)
The Implications of the Rwandan Elections
Friday, August 6, 2010
Susan Page joined us for a discussion on the upcoming presidential elections in Rwanda. Ms. Page is Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
Potential for Political Violence: Kenya’s August 4th Constitutional Referendum and 2012 General Election
Monday, August 2, 2010
NOTE: CLOSED BRIEFING - CONGRESSIONAL STAFF
ONLY
John Langlois ,Country Representative
for USAID’s Office
of Transition Initiatives (OTI) in Kenya, joined us for a
discussion on the
potential for political violence in Kenya.
Water Management and Conflict in Pakistan
Friday, July 23, 2010
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419
Dr. Daanish Mustafa joined us for a discussion on the nexus of water management and conflict in Pakistan. Dr. Mustafa is the Senior Lecturer in Environment, Politics, and Development in the Department of Geography at King’s College, London. He has previously served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography at George Mason University and Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of South Florida. Dr. Mustafa has published numerous articles based on his field research for the management of natural resources in Pakistan.
al Shabaab: Reaching Beyond Somalia?
Friday, July 16, 2010
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 325
Bronwyn Bruton and Ambassador David H. Shinn joined us for a discussion on al Shabaab and the security situation in East Africa. Bruton was an international affairs fellow in residence at the Council on Foreign Relations from 2008 through 2009. Ambassador Shinn is an adjunct professor of International Affairs at George Washington University. He served as the US Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1996 to 1999. He also served as the Ambassador to Burkina Faso from 1987 to 1990.
The U.S. National Security Strategy
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Congressional Visitor Center, Room SVC 215
Dr. Peter Feaver and Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld joined us for a discussion on the recently released Obama National Security Strategy. Dr. Feaver served as Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform on the National Security Council Staff under the Bush Administration from 2005-2007. Dr. Kleinfeld is a co-founder of the Truman National Security Project and currently serves as its CEO and President.
The U.S. and the International Criminal Court
Monday, June 28, 2010
Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 215
John B. Bellinger, III and Ambassador David J. Scheffer joined us for a conversation on the changing role of the U.S. in relation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and on the recent ICC Review Conference in Kampala. Mr. Bellinger served as Legal Advisor to the U.S. Department of State from 2005 to 2009 and as Senior Associate Council to the President and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council from 2001 to 2005. Ambassador Scheffer was the Ambassador At Large for War Crimes Issues under President Bill Clinton and led the U.S. delegation in United Nations talks establishing the ICC.
Turkey's Changing Role in the World
Friday, June 25, 2010
Capitol Vistors Center, Room SVC 215
Dr. Henri J. Barkey and Dr. Kemal Kirisci joined us for a discussion on the implications of Turkey’s changing role in regional and global affairs. Dr. Barkey is a visiting scholar in the Carnegie Middle East Program and the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen Professor at Lehigh University. He served on the U.S. State Department Policy Planning Staff working on issues related to the Middle East, the Eastern Mediterranean, and intelligence from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Kiri?ci is a professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Bo?aziçi University in Istanbul and was the director of the Center for European Studies there from 2002-2008. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington, D.C.
Security, Reconstruction, and Development: The Role of Civil Society in Afghanistan
Monday, June 7, 2010
Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 210
Three leaders of Afghan civil society joined us to discuss the role of civil society organizations in facilitating peace, security, and sustainable development in Afghanistan. Aziz Rafiee is Managing Director of the Afghan Civil Society Forum, which recently conducted research on “Democratic Policing in Afghanistan.” Mirwais Wardak is Program Director for Cooperation for Peace and Unity, a national peacebuilding and development research institute based in Kabul. Laurent Saillard is Director of ACBAR, the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief.
Cell Phones: Tools for Terrorists and Assests for Aid Workers
Friday, May 28, 2010
Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 208/209
Cori Dauber, an Associate Professor of Communication Studies and of Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Josh Nesbit, the Executive Director of FrontlineSMS:Medic, joined us to discuss the changing role of communications technology and both its beneficial and detrimental impact on human security.
The Afghanistan-Kyrgyzstan Nexus
Thursday, May 20, 2010
U.S. Capitol Building, Room SC-4
Two of International Crisis Group's field-based experts joined us for a discussion on the confluence of instability in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. Kabul-based senior analyst Candace Rondeaux and Bishkek-based Central Asia Project Director Paul Quinn-Judge addressed key regional and national developments in the neighborhood and U.S. security interests, challenges, and responses to them.
Energy Security in Asia
Monday, May 3, 2010
Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 215
Mikkal E. Herberg, Research Director of the Energy Security Program at The National Bureau of Asian Research, joined us for a discussion on "pipeline politics" in Asia and the implications for U.S. national security.
De-Radicalization and the Psychology of Terrorism
Friday, April 30, 2010
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385
Dr. John Horgan, Director of the International
Center for the Study of Terrorism and Associate
Professor of Science, Technology and Society at
Pennsylvania State University, joined us for a
discussion on de-radicalization and disengagement
programs and the psychology of terrorism.
Prospects for the 2010 NPT Review Conference
Monday, April 26, 2010
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385
Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala, former United
Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament
Affairs (1998-2003), joined us for a discussion of
the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)
Review Conference in May.
Elections in Sudan
Monday, April 12, 2010
Senate Visitor Center, Room 215
Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, Head of the Government of Southern Sudan's Mission to the United States, joined us for a discussion of Sudan's national elections.
Oil, Drugs, and Conflict: Transnational Issues in West Africa
Friday, March 26, 2010
Congressional Visitors Center, Room SVC 215
Jennifer Cooke, director of the CSIS
Africa Program, and Emmanuel Bombande, director
of the West African Network for Peacebuilding in
Ghana, joined us for a discussion on transnational
concerns
in West Africa.
Key Issues in U.S.-Latin America Relations
Friday, March 19, 2010
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-11
Michael Shifter, José Cárdenas, and Eric Farnsworth joined us for a discussion on U.S. policy toward Latin America.
Elections in Iraq
Friday, March 12, 2010
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385
Laith Kubba, former Senior Advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Rieder Visser, research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, joined us for a discussion on the Iraqi national elections.
Women and Girls in the Aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake
Monday, March 8, 2010
Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 212
Heidi Lehmann, Head of the International Rescue Committee's Gender-Based Violence Technical Unit and recently returned from Haiti, and Kathryn Striffolino, Amnesty International's Associate Director for Latin America, joined us for a discussion on efforts to combat gender-based violence in Haiti in the aftermath of teh earthquake.
Budgeting for National Security
Friday, March 5, 2010
Senate Visitor Center, Room 215
Gordon Adams, former Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, joined us for a discussion of the FY11 budget and the tools of national security.
FY11 Budget and Securing Nuclear Materials
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G11
Kenneth Luongo, President of Partnership for Global Security, and Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, joined us for a discussion of the implications of the President's budget on the four-year goal to secure all vulnerable materials worldwide.
Afghanistan: Insights from a War Correspondent
Monday, February 1, 2010
Senate Visitor Center, Room 215
Anand Gopal, Afghanistan-based journalist for the Wall Street Journal, joined us for an update on the current state of the insurgency in Afghanistan.
The New Strategy in Afghanistan: An Afghan Perspective
Friday, January 29, 2010
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-11
Mr. Hekmat Karzai, Founder and Director of the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies in Kabul, Afghanistan and former Head of the Political Department in the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC, joined us for a discussion on the implications of the U.S. military and civilian "surge" in Afghanistan.
U.S. Counterterror Intelligence: Options for Reform
Monday, January 25, 2010
Senate Visitor Center, Room 215
Dr. Jennifer Sims, Director of Intelligence Studies at
Georgetown University and former Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Intelligence Coordination, joined us for a discussion on options for reforming
the U.S. counterterror intelligence system.
The Rise of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran
Friday, December 18, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 562
Dr. Michael Connell, the director of Project Iran and a research analyst in the International Affairs Group at the Center for Naval Analyses, joined us for a discussion on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its elevated role within Iran’s decision-making structure.
Security in Afghanistan: Local Perceptions
Monday, December 14, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-11
Prakhar Sharma, former Head of Research at the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies in Kabul, Afghanistan, joined us for a discussion on the underlying causes and perceptions of the conflict on the ground.
Nonproliferation and the Legacy of the Cold War
Friday, December 11, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 419
David Hoffman, contributing editor at The Washington Post, will join us for a discussion of his recent book, The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War and its Dangerous Legacy.
USAID in Sudan
Friday, December 4, 2009
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385
William Hammink, U.S. Agency for International Development Mission Director in Sudan, will join us for a discussion on the U.S. government’s development and humanitarian activities throughout the country.
Turmoil in Yemen
Friday, November 20, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-11
April Longley Alley, Research Associate at the National Defense University, joined us for a discussion on the deteriorating situation in Yemen, a country in which, according to Foreign Policy Magazine, a “perfect storm of state failure is brewing.”
Terrorism and Counterterrorism in India
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562
Vappala Balachandran and Prakash Singh joined us for a discussion on terrorism and counterterrorism in India. Mr. Balachandran is a Mumbai-based, independent security consultant and a retired Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. Mr. Singh is a distinguished former senior Indian police officer and has led the police reform movement in India.
Climate Change and National Security
Friday, November 13, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-11
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (Ret.), Nigel Purvis, and Matthew Rojansky joined us for a discussion that examined the links between climate change and national security.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Monday, November 9, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106
Theodore Sorensen, former Special Counsel and Adviser to President John F. Kennedy, and Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., former Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Non-proliferation and Disarmament (1994-1997), joined us for a discussion on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Mr. Sorensen and Ambassador Graham were part of a group of 30 former high-level officials who signed Partnership for a Secure America’s bipartisan statement in support of the NPT.
Displaced Civilians in Pakistan
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 209
Mike Young, the International Rescue Committee’s Deputy Regional Director in Pakistan, joined us for a discussion on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Pakistan. Mr. Young currently serves as Country Representative in Pakistan and as a senior leader of Asia and Caucasus region for IRC. He also oversees the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum, the INGO coalition in Islamabad. For the past nine years, Mr. Young has worked with the IRC in a variety of contexts, including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the DRC, Kosovo, the North Caucasus, Sierra Leone and Sudan.
Obama Goes to China: A Preview of the President’s Trip
Friday, October 30, 2009
Russell Senate Office Building Room 385
We cordially invite you to attend a briefing with Douglas H. Paal and Robert G. Sutter, previewing the issues likely to dominate the agenda during President Obama’s upcoming trip to China. Dr. Paal is currently Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former Director of the American Institute in Taiwan. Dr. Sutter is currently Visiting Professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Venezuela: The Chávez Question
Friday, October 23, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-11
Event Note: CLOSED BRIEFING - Congressional Staff Only
Mark P. Sullivan, Specialist in Latin American Affairs for the Congressional Research Service who recently returned from a trip to the region, joined us for a discussion on the current status of Venezuela and the future of U.S. relations with the home of the Bolivarian Revolution.
A Renewed Effort in Somalia? Peacebuilding and Counterterrorism Operations in the Horn of Africa
Friday, October 16, 2009
Senate Visitors Center, Room 215
Andre Le Sage, an assistant professor of terrorism and counterterrorism at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, joined us for a discussion on recent peacebuilding and counterterrorism efforts in the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalia. Dr. Le Sage has worked in Africa with a variety of organizations, including the UN and Médecins Sans Frontières, and also served as a political advisor to the Somalia National Reconciliation Conference.
Escalating Ethnic Tension in Iraq: The Next Battlefront?
Friday, October 9, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 562
Joost Hiltermann, Deputy Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group, joined us for a discussion on the implications of Arab-Kurdish tension in Iraq, a topic examined in the new Crisis Group report, "Iraq's New Battlefront: The Struggle over Ninewa." Since 2002, Dr. Hiltermann, who just returned from a research trip to the region, has managed a field-based team of analysts conducting research on factors that increase the risk of and drive armed conflict.
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: Challenges and Opportunities
Friday, September 25, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 106
Dr. Charles D. Ferguson, Senior Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations and Ambassador Linton F. Brooks, former Chief Administrator of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, joined us for a discussion on the upcoming challenges and opportunities for U.S. nuclear weapons policy.
Afghanistan and the Crisis of Legitimacy
Friday, September 18, 2009
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G11
J Alexander Thier, Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the United States Institute of Peace and editor and coauthor of The Future of Afghanistan (USIP, 2009), joined us for a discussion on Afghanistan in the wake of the recent presidential elections. How have extensive allegations of vote rigging impacted the legitimacy of the Afghan Government? What does this mean for US and ISAF counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan?
Pakistan on the Brink?
Friday, September 11, 2009
U.S. Capitol, Room SC-6
John R. Schmidt, a former senior officer in the U.S. Foreign Service who was Political Counselor at the US Embassy in Pakistan (1998-2001) and who currently teaches a graduate seminar on “Pakistan and the Islamic Threat” at the George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs, joined us for a discussion on the precarious state of Pakistan and the threats that emanate from within its borders.
Uighur/Han Clashes in China
Friday, July 31, 2009
Cannon House Office Building, Room 121
Dr. Sean Roberts, director of the international development studies program and associate professor of the practice of international affairs at The George Washington University, joined us for a discussion on the current state of affairs in the Xinjiang region in Western China.
Elections in Afghanistan: A Preview
Friday, July 24, 2009
Cannon House Office Building, Room 441
Dr. Amin Tarzi, Director of Middle East Studies at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, joined us for a discussion on the upcoming elections in Afghanistan.
Mitigating Cyber Attacks
Monday, July 20, 2009
Cannon House Office Building, Room 121
Mr. Gregory Garcia, former assistant secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications at the Department of Homeland Security and president of Garcia Strategies, and Mr. Gary Woods, cyber security specialist for Rsignia, Inc. and former senior computer scientist for CSC and former program manager for the Einstein Program, joined us for a discussion on cyber security threats to the United States.
Development in Afghanistan
Friday, June 26, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2103
Dr. Scott Guggenheim, senior policy advisor for AusAID’s National Program for Community Empowerment, Indonesia, joined us for a discussion on current governance and development initiatives in Afghanistan. Dr. Guggenheim designed the National Solidarity Program (NSP), a program which allows rural Afghans to create and manage their own development projects, now in 28,000 villages. He discussed his recent trip to Afghanistan where he assessed the state of NSP, especially in the volatile southeast, and the efficacy of various other aid initiatives. What is the current outlook? What is the impact of security concerns and corruption, throughout the country, on international and domestic actors? How can NSP contribute to stability? Where will US support for development and governance projects strengthen Afghanistan’s ability to address its own security? What components are necessary for a coherent, coordinated, civilian strategy in Afghanistan?
Nuclear Proliferation Issues
Monday, June 15, 2009
US Capitol US HC-7
Security for a New Century hosted Dr. Morton H. Halperin, member of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States and Dr. Andrew K. Semmel, former deputy assistant secretary of state for nuclear nonproliferation to discuss nuclear proliferation issues in anticipation of the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
Space Security
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2103
Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Henry L Stimson Center and director of its Space Security Program, joined us for a discussion on space diplomacy.
Learning from the H1N1/Swine Flu
Monday, May 18, 2009
Cannon House Office Building Room 122
Dr. Rebecca Katz, assistant research professor in the Department of Health Policy at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, and Dr. Julie Fischer, senior associate with the Global Health Security program at the Henry L. Stimson Center will join us to discuss how the 2009 H1N1 influenza (“swine flu”) epidemic tested disease detection and response strategies adopted in the wake of the SARS epidemic. Did the revised International Health Regulations improve communications and cooperation? Where did responses fall short? What can we learn from a still-unfolding outbreak?
Regional Security in the Horn of Africa
Friday, May 15, 2009
US Capitol, Room HC-7
Dr. Terrence Lyons, associate professor of Conflict Resolution at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Research (ICAR) at George Mason University, will join us for a discussion on regional security in the Horn of Africa.
Infrastructure and Homeland Security
Monday, May 11, 2009
Cannon House Office Building Room 121
Mr. David Gehr and Mr. Paul F. Mlakar, members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will join us to discuss the findings of the ASCE 2009 Infrastructure Report Card.
China and Latin America
Monday, April 27, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168
Dr. Cynthia Watson, Chairwoman of the Department of Security Studies at the National War College and a member of the National Committee on US - China Relations, will join us to discuss Chinese foreign policy in Latin America.
Human Rights and Civil Society in Afghanistan
Friday, April 24, 2009
Cannon House Office Building, Room 441
Mr. Ahmad Nader Nadery, commissioner of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kabul, and Mr. Paul van Zyl, cofounder and executive vice-president of the International Center for Transitional Justice, will join us for a discussion of issues regarding human rights and civil society in Afghanistan.
Maritime Security Issues
Monday, April 6, 2009
Cannon House Office Building, Room 122
Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff, former Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, will join us for a discussion of current issues in maritime security. These issues include frequent cases of piracy off the coast of Somalia, the recent clash between the US and China in the South China Sea, and basic questions revolving around the Law of the Sea treaty. These topics and others reflect the growing significance of maritime security in international policy.
The Mexican Drug Cartels
Monday, March 30, 2009
Cannon House Office Building Room 122
Ray Walser, senior policy analyst specializing in Latin America at The Heritage Foundation, joins us for a discussion of the Mexican drug trade.
Iran and Sanctions
Friday, March 27, 2009
Cannon House Office Building, Room 122
Mr. Orde Kittrie, professor of Law at Arizona State University and senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, will join us for a discussion of Iran and sanctions. Their recent work, the Iran Refined Oil Project (IROP), examines the relationship between leveraged engagement and sanctions on international companies that provide Iran with imported gasoline. How do sanctions work and who implements them? What role does Congress play and how do sanctions fit within US foreign policy toward Iran?
Elections in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan,
Monday, March 23, 2009
Cannon House Office Building Room 122
Dr. Kenneth Katzman, senior Middle East analyst for the Congressional Research Service (CRS), will join us to discuss the pivotal elections in these three key Middle East nations that will occur in 2009.
Iran: Internal Social and Political Dynamics
Friday, March 13, 2009
Cannon House Office Building Room 441
Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, author of Women Building Peace, What They Do, Why It Matters, will join us to discuss internal social and political dynamics in Iran.
The Future of the US – Russia Relationship
Monday, March 9, 2009
Cannon House Office Building Room 122
Edward Verona, President, US-Russia Business Council; Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia/New Independent States (NIS) Programs the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and Matthew Rojansky, Executive Director of Partnership for a Secure America will join us to discuss the future of the US – Russia relationship.
Nuclear Laboratory Capabilities for 21st Century National Security
Friday, March 6, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2105
Elizabeth “Libby” Turpen, co-director of the Cooperative Nonproliferation Program at The Henry L. Stimson Center, and David O. Overskei, president of Decision Factors Inc., will join us for a discussion of their task force’s recent report, “Leveraging the S&T Capabilities of the NNSA National Laboratories for 21st Century National Security.”
Iraq: Recent Events and Challenges Ahead
Monday, February 23, 2009
Cannon Building Room 122
Ambassador Charles P. Ries, senior fellow at RAND Corporation and former Minister for Economic Affairs and Coordinator for Economic Transition at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, will join us to discuss recent developments in Iraq and implications for the future of the country.
Public Opinion in Iran
Friday, February 20, 2009
US Capitol Building, Room HC-6
Dr. Steven Kull, Director of WorldPublicOpinion.org and the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), will join us to discuss recent polling of public opinion in Iran.
War in Afghanistan
Monday, February 9, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2105
Dr. Catherine Dale, specialist in International Security at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), and the lead analyst on strategy and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, will join us to discuss her recent trip to Afghanistan and the findings of her subsequent report, “War in Afghanistan: Strategy, Military Operations and Issues for Congress.”
Global Trends 2025: A Changed World
Friday, December 19, 2008
House Cannon Office Building Room 122
When: Friday December 19, 10AM
Where: Cannon House Office Building Room 122
Dr. Mathew J. Burrows, director of Analysis and Production Staff at the National Intelligence Council (NIC), will join us for a discussion on the report Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World.
The Post-Election Relationship with Iran
Monday, December 8, 2008
Cannon House Office Building Room 121
Bahman Baktiari, director of Research and Academic Programming in the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, will join us for a discussion on the relationship with Iran in the wake of the recent U.S. elections.
Elections and Civil Society in Afghanistan
Friday, December 5, 2008
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. PLEASE CONTACT JUDITH OLIVER WITH ANY QUESTIONS AT Judith.Oliver@mail.house.gov
Mr. Ahmad Nader Nadery, commissioner of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission will join us for a discussion on human rights, good governance and the elections in Afghanistan.
Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Monday, September 22, 2008
US Capitol Room HC-7
Mr. Matthew Rojansky, executive director of The Partnership for a Secure America and Mr. Brian Finlay, Senior Associate with the Cooperative Nonproliferation Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center, will join us for an evaluation of the report, "WMD Report Card; Evaluating US Policies to Prevent Nuclear, CHemical and Biological Terrorism since 2005.
Russian Ambitions vs. Russian Reality
Friday, September 19, 2008
When: Friday, September 19 10AM
Where: Cannon House Office Building, Room 122
Dr. Eugene Rumer, senior fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, will join us for an in-depth discussion of Russia's assertive return to the international arena.
Dynamic Growth, Stability and Social Change in China
Monday, July 28, 2008
Capitol Building HC-8
Charles Freeman, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and former managing director of the China Alliance, and Jacques deLisle, the Stephen A. Cozen professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, and director of the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, will join us for a discussion on the dynamic growth and change occurring within China.
United States and the Emerging Iraqi Reality
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Senate Russel, Room 188
Ellen Laipson, president and CEO of the Henry L Stimson Center and Ambassador Edward W. Gnehm, Jr. professor for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs,
at the Elliott School of International Affairs, will join us for a discussion on the emerging situation in Iraq.
Humanitarian Intervention and the Right to Protect
Monday, July 21, 2008
Senate Dirksen, Room G11
Joel Charny, vice president for policy, Refugees International and Roberta Cohen, senior adviser, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, at the Brookings Institution, will join us for a discussion on the ethical, practical and political challenges presented by humanitarian emergencies in authoritarian states.
Deciphering Tehran: Iranian Politics, Factions and Competition
Friday, July 18, 2008
US Senate, Room SC-4
Dr. Anoush Ehteshami, professor of International Relations, Durham University in the United Kingdom, and Riccardo Redaelli, director of the Middle East Program at the Landau Network—Centro Volta, will join us for a discussion on isolation, engagement, and political factions and currents in Iran.
Cyber Security: The Path Forward
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
US Capitol, Room HC-7
Mr. Michael Aisenberg, counselor to the president of Information and Infrastructure Technologies (IIT) and former director of Government Relations and National Security program manager at VeriSign, will join us for a discussion on cyber security.
Military Reform and Innovation
Monday, July 14, 2008
US Capitol, Room S-115
Dr. Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior advisor to the Center for Defense Information, and Mr. Benjamin Friedman, research fellow in the Defense and Homeland Security Studies program at the CATO Institute, will join us for a discussion on military reform and innovation to face 21st century threats.
The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Capitol Building SC-115
Edwin Truman, senior fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics and former assistant secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs, and Tom Karol, president and chief operating officer of the Sovereign Investment Council, will join us for a discussion on the national security implications of sovereign wealth funds.
The Role of the U.S. Military in Foreign Assistance
Monday, June 30, 2008
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2105
Dr. Reuben Brigety II, director of the Sustainable Security Program at the Center for American Progress and assistant professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University, and Major Shannon Beebe, senior Africa analyst, Office of United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, will join us for a discussion on the role of the military in U.S. foreign assistance.
Iran and Iraq
Friday, June 20, 2008
Senate Capitol, Room S 120
Barbara Slavin, senior diplomatic reporter for USA Today will join us for a discussion on the relationship between Iran and Iraq.
Iranian Politics and Decision Making
Friday, June 13, 2008
Senate Capitol, Room S 115
Elliot Hen-Tov, Princeton University, will join us for a discussion on the dynamics inside Iran’s political leadership.
Human Rights and Counterterrorism
Monday, June 9, 2008
US Capitol Building, Room HC-7
Dr. Martin Scheinin, special rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism at the United Nations will join us for a discussion on human rights and counterterrorism.
Oil and US Security
Friday, June 6, 2008
US Capitol Building, Room SC- 4
Dr. Clifford Singer, professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will join us for a discussion on energy and security.
Demographic and Economic Trends in Iran
Friday, May 23, 2008
Cannon House Office Building, Room 122
Dr. Djavad Salehi-Ishfahani, professor of economics at Virginia Tech and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Dr. Richard Cincotta, consulting demographer to the Long Range Analysis Unit at the National Intelligence Council, will join us for a discussion on the demographic and economic trends in Iran.
Life inside North Korea
Monday, May 19, 2008
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 188
Nancy Lindborg, President of Mercy Corps and co-chair of the InterAction North Korea Working Group, and Dr. Robert E. Springs, Jr., President and CEO of Global Resource Services, will join us for a discussion on the internal struggles of North Korea and its people.
Emerging Leaders in China and Taiwan
Friday, May 16, 2008
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1116
Dr. Cheng Li, senior fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center of the Foreign Policy Studies program at Brookings Institution and the William R. Kenan Professor of Government at Hamilton College, and Dr. Shelly Rigger, the Brown Professor of East Asian Politics at Davidson College, will join us for a discussion on the emerging political leaders in China and Taiwan.
Iraqi Insurgency & the Sadrist Movement
Monday, April 28, 2008
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1116
Mr. Peter Harling, Damascus-based Project Director for the Middle East Program at the International Crisis Group, joined us for a discussion on the Iraqi insurgency and the Sadrist movement.
Fixing Failed States
Friday, April 25, 2008
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1116
Dr. Ashraf Ghani, chair of the Institute of State Effectiveness and former finance minister of post-Taliban Afghanistan, and Ms. Clare Lockhart, director of the Institute of State Effectiveness, joined us for a discussion of their recent book, Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World.
Iran and its Neighborhood: Syria and Lebanon
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
U.S. Capitol Building, Room HC-7
Emile El-Hokayem, research fellow from the Southwest Asia/Gulf program at The Henry L. Stimson Center, and Andrew Tabler, fellow from the Institute of Current World Affairs and editor-in-chief of Syria Today magazine, joined us for a discussion on Iran’s economic and political relationship with two key countries in the region.
US Nuclear Weapons Policy and Posture
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562
Richard Garwin, IBM Fellow Emeritus at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and Lisbeth Gronlund, senior scientist and co-director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, joined us for a discussion of US nuclear weapons policy and posture issues.
Iran and the West
Friday, April 11, 2008
U.S. Capitol Building, Room SC-4
Ambassador John W. Limbert (ret.), distinguished professor of international affairs at the U.S. Naval Academy, joined us for a discussion on the history and context of the relationship between Iran and the West.
The Political Crisis in Zimbabwe
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Senate Capitol Building, Room 120
Sydney Masamvu, a Pretoria-based analyst with the Southern Africa project for the International Crisis Group, joined us for a discussion on the political crisis in Zimbabwe and the fate of Robert Mugabe.
Geopolitics in the Andean Region
Monday, April 7, 2008
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 188
Mr. Michael Shifter, vice-president of Policy and Director of the Andean Program at Inter-American Dialogue, joined us for a discussion on geopolitics in the Andean region.
Security and Politics in Southeast Asia
Monday, March 31, 2008
U.S. Capitol Building, Senate-side Room SC-6
Mr. John Virgoe, Southeast Asia Project Director for the International Crisis Group, joined us for a discussion on the current security and political atmosphere in Southeast Asia.
Counterinsurgency and Changing Islamic Politics in Pakistan's Frontier
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 188
Joshua T. White, a Research Fellow with the Council on Faith & International Affairs and former field researcher in Peshawar, joined us for a discussion on the ongoing insurgency in Pakistan's troubled Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP).
Open Target: Where America is Vulnerable to Attack
Monday, March 10, 2008
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2105
Clark Kent Ervin, director of the Homeland Security Initiative at the Aspen Institute, and former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, joined us for a discussion on the current state of homeland security.
Satellite Shoot-down
Thursday, March 6, 2008
U.S. Capitol Building, Room SC-6
David Mosher, senior policy analyst in Missile Defense and Space Security at Rand Corporation, and Theresa Hitchens, director of the Space Security Project at the Center for Defense Information, joined us for a discussion on the U.S. mission to destroy the errant National Reconnaissance Satellite US-193.
Results of the Russian Presidential Elections
Monday, March 3, 2008
U.S. Capitol Building, Room HC-7
Dr. Angela Stent, professor of Government and Foreign Service and Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service joined us for a discussion on the results of the Russian presidential election.
Crisis in Kenya
Friday, February 29, 2008
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2105
An International Crisis Group analyst based in Kenya joined us for a discussion on the rigging of the Presidential elections and the post-election violence in Kenya.
A New Paradigm for War
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Senate Dirksen Building, Room 628
General Sir Rupert Smith, former Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe, and Dr. William Durch, Senior Associate, Henry L Stimson Center, joined us for a discussion on civil- military relations and the conduct of modern war.
The Rising Cost of Defense
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Senate Capitol Building, Room S115
Professor of Politics Daniel Wirls, at the University of California Santa Cruz, joined us for a discussion on escalating defense costs
Iraq: The Sadrists and the Surge
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Senate Capitol Building, Room S115
Joost Hilterman, deputy program director for Middle East/North Africa for the International Crisis Group, joined us for a discussion on the war in Iraq and the political situation on the ground in the wake of the surge.
The Serbian Presidential Election
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Senate Capitol Building, Room SC-6
Dr. James Lyon, Belgrade-based Senior Balkans Advisor for the International Crisis Group, joined us for a discussion on the implications of the Serbian presidential elections.
Navigating Law of the Sea
Monday, February 4, 2008
Cannon House Office Building, Room 121
Captain Patrick J. Neher, director of International and Operational Law for the Office of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the U.S. Navy, joined us for a discussion of the UN Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Central Asian Energy Reserves
Friday, February 1, 2008
Cannon House Office Building, Room 122
Martha Brill Olcott, senior associate with the Russian & Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joined us for a discussion about energy reserves in Central Asia.
US Military Relations with Pakistan
Friday, January 25, 2008
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1116
Colonel David Smith, US Army (ret), former US Defense Attaché in Islamabad, joined us for a discussion on the Pakistani Army and the ongoing insurgency in Pakistan.
The UN Mission in Darfur
Monday, January 14, 2008
Senate Dirksen, Room G11
David Mozersky, Horn of Africa director for International Crisis Group, and Laura Sitea, political affairs officer, Office of Operations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), joined us for a discussion of the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
The Nuclear Posture Review
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Senate Russell, Room 385
Dr. Janne Nolan, professor of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation, will join us for a discussion on the Nuclear Posture Review.
The Outlook for Pakistan’s Elections
Monday, December 17, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room G 11
Samina Ahmed, International Crisis Group’s South Asia Director based in Islamabad, will join us for a discussion on the political outlook in Pakistan.
The Saffron Revolution Revisited
Friday, December 14, 2007
House Cannon, Room 121
Professor David Steinberg, author of Turmoil in Burma: Contested Legitimacies in Myanmar, and senior Distinguished Professor and Director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University, will join us for a discussion on the current state of affairs in Burma.
Deciphering Iran and the National Intelligence Estimate
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Dr. David Kay, senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, former head of the Iraq Survey Group, and former IAEA chief nuclear weapons inspector, and Sharon Squassoni, senior associate in the Nonproliferation Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will join us for a discussion on Iran and the recent National Intelligence Estimate.
Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Risks of Terrorism
Friday, December 7, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room S120
Dr. Angel M. Rabasa, Senior Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation, will join us for a discussion of ungoverned spaces—failed or failing states, and what risks they pose for international peace and U.S. national security.
Reducing the Psychological Price of War
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room G11
Dr. Jonathan Shay, Congressional Research Service and author of “Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming” will join us for a discussion on preventing psychological and moral injury in military service.
The Future Status of Kosovo
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Soren Jessen-Petersen, Guest Scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former special representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN Mission in Kosovo, will join us for a discussion on the future status of the UN-administered province of Kosovo.
U.S. Military Operations and the Evolution of War
Monday, December 3, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Colonel Thomas X. Hammes (USMC ret.), author of The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century and frequent commentator on counterinsurgency operations, will join us for a discussion on the evolution of warfare and what the U.S. can do to overcome new and developing military challenges.
An Oil-Free Foreign Policy?
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room G11
David Sandalow, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Freedom from Oil: How the Next President of the United States Can End the United States’ Oil Addiction, and Vijay Vaitheeswaran, correspondent for The Economist and author of ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future, will join us for a discussion on US energy consumption and US dependence on imported oil.
Tracking the Trade in Illicit Nuclear Weapons
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room S120
David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, physicist, and former UN weapons inspector, will join us for a discussion on the illicit trade in nuclear weapons.
Private Military Contractors and U.S. Policy
Monday, November 19, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room G 11
Dr. Peter Singer, director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution and author of Corporate Warriors, will join us for a discussion on the current state of affairs and future policy options for the U.S. regarding private military contractors.
Back from the Brink: Evaluating Progress in Colombia
Friday, November 16, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room G 11
Dr. Peter DeShazo, director of the CSIS Americas Program, and former deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, will join us for a discussion on Colombia’s record in reversing instability and economic distress.
The U.S. - Saudi Relationship: Looking Ahead
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Senate Captiol, Room S 211
Ambassador Walter Cutler, former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former president of Meridian International Center, and Allen Keiswetter, adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute and former deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, will join us to discuss the current state and prospects for US-Saudi relations. What reforms may be necessary to ensure the future stability of this strategic relationship?
Revisiting China's Anti-Satellite Test
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room G 11
Dr. Gregory Kulacki, senior analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists, will join us to discuss the decisions that led to China's January 2007 test of an anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) against one of its own satellites.
The J Curve: Regime Transitions and U.S. Foreign Policy
Friday, November 9, 2007
Senate Russell, Room 188
Dr. Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, will join us for a discussion of the J curve, a model for describing how countries transition from stable, closed autocracies to equally stable, open democracies.
The State of Emergency in Pakistan
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, director of the South Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, will join us for a discussion on the current state of emergency in Pakistan.
Meeting the Intelligence Workforce Gap
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Mr. Tom Fox, director of the Annenberg Leadership Institute at the Partnership for Public Service, and Dr. Ronald Sanders, chief human capital officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, will join us for a discussion of the state of the intelligence workforce.
Managing International Bio-Risk
Friday, October 26, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Dr. Julie Fischer, director of the Global Health Security Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center, will join us for a discussion on the risks and regulation of the rapidly expanding global biodefense enterprise.
Merchant of Death
Friday, October 19, 2007
Capitol Building, Room SC-6
Douglas Farah, former West African bureau chief of the Washington Post, and Stephen Braun, Pulitzer-prize winning national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, will join us for a discussion about Victor Bout, the focus of their new book Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible.
Intelligence Reform
Friday, September 28, 2007
Senate Dirksen, 406
Dr. Amy Zegart, Associate Professor at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, will join us for a discussion on the work of intelligence agencies after the Cold War.
Iraq: After the Surge
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Shawn Brimley, Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Colin Kahl, Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service will join us for a discussion of their report Phased Transition: A Responsible Way Forward and Out of Iraq.
The Future of US Japan Relations
Friday, September 21, 2007
Senate Captiol, Room S-115
Yuki Tatsumi, Research Fellow in the East Asia Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center, and Dr. Mark Manyin, Congressional Research Service, will join us for a discussion on Japanese politics and the outlook for US Japan relations
UN Sanctions and Africa
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Senate Russell, Room 188
Alex Vines, head of the Africa Program at Chatham House, London, will join us for a discussion on the use of sanctions in Africa.
US Russia Relations
Monday, September 17, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Dr. Andrei Kortunov, President of the New Eurasia Foundation, will join us for a discussion on U.S.-Russia relations.
Iraq, Reconciliation and the Wider Middle East
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani, formerly the Baghdad-based Arab League’s Special Permanent Representative for Iraq, will join us for a discussion of the impact of the Iraqcrisis on the Middle East.
The Financial War on Terror
Monday, September 10, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room S120
Dr. Ibrahim Warde, Fletcher School, Tufts University, will join us to discuss the US government’s efforts to tackle terrorist finances.
Military Education, Training and Current Conflicts
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room S120
Andrew Exum, Fellow at the Washington Institute, and Colonel Allen Irish, US Army Reserve, will join us for a discussion on training and educating officers for current and future conflicts.
Afghanistan: An NGO View from the Ground
Friday, August 3, 2007
Senate Russel, Room 188
Ciaran Donnelly, Country Director for the International Rescue Committee based in Kabul, will join us for a discussion of humanitarian operations in Afghanistan.
Pew Research Center: Attitudes and Values of Muslim Americans
Friday, July 27, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room 406
Luis Lugo, Director, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center, and Farid Senzai, Project Adviser, Director of Research, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, will discuss results and implications from the first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans conducted by the Pew Research Center.
The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and the Future of the US Nuclear Arsenal
Monday, July 23, 2007
Senate Russel, Room 188
Dr. Robert Nelson, Senior Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists, Global Security Program, will join us to discuss the Department of Energy's plans to design and build a new family of nuclear warheads under the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program.
Iraq, Refugees and Regional Stability
Friday, July 20, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room S-120
Dana Graber Ladek, from the International Organization on Migration, and Kristele Younes, from Refugees International, will discuss the refugee crisis unfolding in Iraq and neighboring countries.
Pakistan's Tribal Areas and Islamic Extremism
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Samina Ahmed, South Asia Project Director, International Crisis Group, will join us for a discussion on the struggle between Islamic extremism, democratic forces, and the Musharraf regime.
London Bombings
Friday, July 13, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room S 115
Dr. Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, will join us to discuss the recent terrorist attacks in Britain.
A Decade of One Country, Two Systems: Current and Future Developments in Hong Kong
Monday, June 25, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Bates Gill, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, Derek Mitchell, CSIS Senior Fellow, James Tang, Distinguished Professor, Hong Kong University will join us for a discussion of China and the future of Hong Kong.
China's Quest for Oil
Friday, June 8, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Erica Downs, China Energy Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Jill Shankelman, from the World Bank, will join us for a discussion of China's rising search for energy.
Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power is Transforming the World
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Cannon Office Building Room 121
Joshua Kurlantzick, visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will join us to discuss China's soft power as a tool to grow its global influence.
Deciphering Iran
Friday, June 1, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Dr. Ray Takeyh, a senior fellow at Council on Foreign Relations, will join us to discuss regime dynamics and political developments in Iran.
Syria: Dilemmas of Engagement
Monday, May 21, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 115
Mona Yacoubian, Special Adviser on the Muslim World Initiative at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), and Murhaf Jouejati, a Syrian-born Professor of Middle East Studies at the National Defense University’s (NDU) Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, will join us for a discussion on the complexities of U.S. engagement with Syria, both positive and negative.
Nonproliferation Landscape: An EU Perspective
Thursday, May 17, 2007
House Capitol, Room HC 7
German Ambassador Friedrich Gröning, Commissioner of the Federal Government for Disarmament and Arms Control, will join us for a broad discussion of nonproliferation and how it is perceived by the European Union Presidency.
Radicalization of European Jihadi Networks
Monday, May 14, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room S-120
Dr. Marc Sageman will join us for a discussion about the evolution of Al Qaeda, and the causes of the radicalization of European Jihadi networks.
Climate Change, Conflict, and Foreign Assistance
Friday, May 11, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Dr. Edward Miguel, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, will join us for a discussion on climate change and conflict.
Nigeria's Elections and Its Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
Thursday, May 10, 2007
House Capitol, Room HC 8
Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Director, Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University, will join us for a discussion on the outcome and the implications of the 2007 Nigerian Elections.
Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, will join us for a discussion on Pakistan's nuclear program, the A.Q. Khan network, and the illicit trade in fissile materials.
Follow the Money: A Balanced National Security Toolbox?
Monday, May 7, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 115
Gordon Adams, Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, will join us for a discussion on rebalancing the national security tool box.
The Crisis In Zimbabwe
Friday, May 4, 2007
Senate Russel, Room 188
Ambassador Anderbrhan Giorgis, Africa Director for the International Crisis Group, discusses political developments in Zimbabwe.
Reliable Replacement Warhead and the Future U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex
Friday, April 20, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
John Harvey, Director, Policy Planning Staff of the National Nuclear Security Administration, discusses plans for the future of the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
Nuclear Rollback
Monday, April 16, 2007
U.S. Capitol, Room HC-7
Rebecca Hersman, Senior Research Fellow at the National Defense University, presents an overview of conclusions stemming from the WMD Center's Nuclear Rollback Study.
The Rise of Modern India
Monday, April 2, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room 406
Edward Luce, of the Financial Times and author of “In Spite of Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India”, discusses the economic and social challenges facing the subcontinent.
China's Military Modernization
Friday, March 23, 2007
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562
Dr. David M. Finkelstein, Director of the China Studies Center at the Center for Naval Analysis Corporation, provides an overview of Chinese military modernization.
China's Emerging Role in the Middle East
Friday, March 23, 2007
House Capitol Room, HC-8
Dr. Jon Alterman, Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Middle East Program, discusses China's emerging role in the Middle East.
North Korea: Nuclear Agreement and Beyond
Thursday, March 22, 2007
House Longworth, Room 1116
Selig Harrison, Asia Program Director at Center for International Policy, discusses the recent North Korean nuclear agreement.
The Challenges of Inter-Agency Cooperation
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
House Capitol Room, HC-8
Larry Wilkerson, U.S. Army Colonel (retired) and former Chief of Staff of the State Department, leads part two of the SNC series on National Security Reform where he discusses his experiences in conducting inter-agency operations within the national security framework.
Turkey and the West
Monday, March 19, 2007
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430
Ambassador Mark Parris, former US Ambassador to Ankara and current Brookings visiting fellow, discusses Turkey’s relations with the West.
Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room G11
Lester Brown, president and founder of the Earth Policy Institute, discusses how consumer consumption affects the global economy and the potentially catastrophic environmental trends that could result from unlimited consumption.
Organizing for Nation Building
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room S-211
Ambassador James Dobbins, Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at RAND, discusses how the United States can best structure its efforts to stabilize and reconstruct post-war societies.
The Revival of the Taliban
Friday, February 23, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Steve Coll, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of the book Ghost Wars : The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, discusses the revival of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Lessons from the First 50 Years of Space
Friday, February 9, 2007
Security for a New Century
Clay Moltz, Deputy Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and David Wright, Co-Director and Senior Scientist for the Global Security program, Union of Concerned Scientists, discuss space weapons and the recent Chinese test.
International Nuclear Forensics Regime
Friday, February 2, 2007
Security for a New Century
Daniel H. Chivers and Jonathan S. Snider from the University of California discuss options for accelerated national and international efforts to develop nuclear forensic capabilities to attribute interdicted and post-detonation nuclear material samples to their source.
The Future of Bosnia and The Balkans
Monday, January 29, 2007
Security for a New Century
Dr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative and European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, joined us for a discussion about the future of Bosnia and the region.
When War and Children Collide: How to Protect Children from Conflict
Friday, January 26, 2007
Zlata Filipovic, author of “Zlata's Diary” (1994), which recounts her teenage years in wartime Sarajevo, and Ambassador (ret.) Donald Steinberg, Vice President, International Crisis Group, joined us for a discussion on the impact of violence on children.
The End of the War as We Know It?
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Senate Dirksen, Room 406
General Sir Rupert Smith discusses whether we are facing a new age of warfare.
Iraq: Beyond the Surge
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Anthony Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Paul Hughes, Senior Program Officer, US Institute of Peace, discuss the current security situation in Iraq.
Chinese Activities in Africa: Implications for US National Security
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Cannon House Office Building, Room 121
Bates Gill and Jennifer Cooke of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discuss the implications of China's activities in Africa.
Military Power & Diplomacy
Thursday, December 21, 2006
House Capitol, Room HC 5
A discussion on the role of the US military as a strategic element of national power and international diplomacy lead by General (ret.) Anthony Zinni, former Commander of the US Central Command, and Admiral (ret.) Dennis Blair, former Commander of the US Pacific Command.
U.S. National Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region
Friday, December 15, 2006
House Capitol, Room HC 8
Kurt M. Campbell, senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair in National Security, and director of the International Security Program at CSIS, discuss policy options to address U.S. national security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Bioweapons Threat and Policy Options: A Survey of Senior U.S. Policy Makers
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
House Capitol, Room HC 6
Dr. Amy Smithson, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the threat of biological weapons and the policy options to address them.
US Foreign Assistance and America's Image Abroad
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 406
Dr. Lael Brainard, Vice President, The Brookings Institution, and Director of the Global Economy and Development Program, joined Ken Ballen, President of Terror Free Tomorrow, for a discussion on resolving international security challenges and advancing US national interest through effective foreign aid.
A Nuclear Fuel Bank: Risk and Response in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
Lawrence Scheinman, Distinguished Professor of the Monterey Institute Center for Non Proliferation Studies, and Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia/New Independent States Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative, discuss the concept of a nuclear fuel bank to assure the international supply of nuclear fuel.
Energy and Russia's Foreign Policy
Monday, December 4, 2006
Senate Russell, RM 328A
Dr. Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation, discusses Russian foreign policy, energy supplies and Russia's relations with its neighbors.
NSPD 44 and Directive 3000.05: Military Support for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Friday, November 17, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 628
Ambassador John Herbst, Coordinator, Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization, and Dr. Jeb Nadaner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations, discuss military support for stability operations and the implementation of National Security Presidential Directive 44.
Disintegrating Iraq: Implications for Saudi National Security
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Nawaf Obaid, Managing Director of the Saudi National Security Assessment Project, discusses the war in Iraq, regional politics and the impact on Saudi Arabia.
Track-Two Diplomacy and the Middle East
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 430
Dr. Steven Spiegel from the University of California discusses the most recent meetings of the Conference on Regional Security in the Middle East which took place in Athens.
The Elections in Congo
Monday, October 30, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 628
Caty Clément, Central Africa Project Director, International Crisis Group, discusses the results of Sunday's election in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Counterinsurgency and Information Operations
Friday, October 20, 2006
Senate Dirksen Building, Room 430
Ed O'Connell, Senior Analyst, RAND Corporation, discusses counterinsurgency and information operations.
Inside Afghanistan
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Sarah Chayes, Former Correspondent with National Public Radio, discusses the current political and security challenges in Afghanistan.
Cuba- After Castro?
Friday, September 29, 2006
Dr. Julia Sweig, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the current situation in Cuba and the prospects for the country post Castro.
Prospects for Peace: UN Peacekeeping Missions in the Middle East and Sudan
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, discusses the challenges of peacekeeping in Lebanon and Darfur.
Beyond Nuclear Deterrence: Transforming the U.S.-Russian Equation
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Alexei Arbatov, Carnegie Moscow Center and Major General Vladimir Dvorkin discuss U.S. Russian relations and nuclear deterrence.
From Rocks to Juice: An Overview of Nuclear Power
Monday, September 18, 2006
Benn Tannenbaum of the American Association for the Advancement of Science discusses civilian nuclear power.
Hezbollah After the War in Lebanon
Friday, September 15, 2006
Ammar Abdulhamid, Visiting Scholar, Brookings Institution and Emile El Hokayem, Fellow, Henry L. Stimson Center,discuss Lebanon, Hezbollah and its two regional allies, Syria and Iran.
China and Japan National Security: A Japanese Perspective
Friday, September 15, 2006
Dr. Yasuhiro Matsuda, Joji Konoshima Distinguished Scholar at the U.S.-Asia Institute, discusses the rise of China as perceived through a Japanese lens.
Dealing with Iran's Nuclear Aspirations
Monday, September 11, 2006
House Capitol, Room HC 6
George Perkovich, Vice President for Global Security and Economic Development and Director of the Nonproliferation program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Karim Sadjadpour, Iran Analyst for the International Crisis Group discusses Iran's nuclear calculus and U.S. policy options.
Saddam's Delusions: Inside the Regime
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room SD 628
Kevin Woods, Institute for Defense Analysis.
Islam and the West: A Great Divide?
Monday, July 10, 2006
House Capitol, Room HC 8
Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center and director of the Pew Global Attitudes Project, will discuss the findings from the 2006 Pew Global Attitudes survey.
The Future of International Justice
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Senate Russell, 328 A.
Mark Vlasic, previously a prosecution attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and a trainer for the Iraqi judges in the Saddam Hussein trial, and Jerry Fowler, the staff director of the Committee on Conscience, spoke on the future of international justice.
North Korea: An NGO's Perspective
Friday, June 23, 2006
Longworth House Building 1116
Steve Linton, head of the Eugene Bell Foundation, discussed the foundation’s recent work in the DPRK.
Israel-Palestine: Disengagement and the Prospects for Peace
Friday, June 23, 2006
Senate Capitol, Room SC 6
Ami Ayalon, Israeli Labor Party Knesset member joined us for a discussion on the current political situation in Israel and the Middle East and prospects for the future.
Haiti: After the Elections
Monday, June 19, 2006
United States Capitol Building (SC4)
Tim Carney, former US Ambassador to Haiti and Mark Schneider, Senior Vice President of the International Crisis Group.
US-India Nuclear Cooperation
Monday, June 12, 2006
Cannon Building, Room 121
Michael A. Levi and Charles D. Ferguson from the Council on Foreign Relations discuss the recent nuclear deal concluded between the Bush administration and the government of India.
The Peace Process in Mindanao and Political Islam in the Southern Philippines
Friday, June 9, 2006
Dirksen Senate Building, Room 419
With Eugene Martin, Director, and Astrid Tuminez, Senior Research Associate of the U.S Institute of Peace Philippine Facilitation Project.
Fourth Generation Warfare
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 628
William Lind, Free Congress Foundation and Chet Richards author of "Neither Shall the Sword."
German-Iran Relations
Monday, May 22, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 628
Baron Paul von Maltzahn, German Ambassador in Tehran will join us for a discussion of German policy towards Iran.
Implementing the Chemical Weapons Ban: A Status Report
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Senate Capitol, Room SC6
Dr. Jonathan B. Tucker, a senior fellow specializing in chemical and biological weapons at the Monterey Institute's Center for Nonproliferation Studies will discuss the current challenges facing the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
First Responders, Surge Capacity, and Informed Health Care Staff: Are We Ready to Respond to a Public Health Emergency?
Friday, May 5, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room SD 628
Philip Coyle, Senior Advisor to the President of the Center for Defense Information, and Dr. J. Eric Dietz, from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
Pakistan and the Fear of Islamic Extremism
Friday, April 21, 2006
Seante Dirksen, Room 419
With Dr. Nasim Zehra, Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Asia Center, and Dr. Frederic Grare, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Terrorism and the Internet
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Seante Capitol, Room SC6
With Gabriel Weimann, Professor of Communication at the University of Haifa.
Public Health Countermeasures: What is the Impact of Pathogen Resistance on our Vaccine and Drug Supply?
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 419
Dr. Gigi Kwik Grönvall from the Center for Biosecurity discusses the impact of pathogen resistance on our vaccine and drug supply.
Transitional Justice and State Building in Afghanistan
Monday, April 10, 2006
Senate Capitol, Room SC6
With Larry Sampler, Institute for Defense Analysis and Alex Thier, Senior Rule of Law Advisor, US Institute of Peace.
Early Detection and Reporting of Public Health Threats: How Can We Catch a Threat Before it Becomes an Epidemic?
Monday, April 3, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 430
Dr. Diane Matuszak, from the Maryland Department of Health and Dr. Mark Smolinski, from the Nuclear Threat Initiative, will join us to discuss early detection and reporting of health threats.
Biosecurity: Identifying the Threat
Monday, March 13, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 628
With Lonnie D. King, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University.
Dirty Money: Crime, Corruption and Illicit International Cash Flows
Monday, March 6, 2006
Senate Capitol, Room SC6
Raymond Baker, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, discusses the challenge posed by illicit cash flows.
Defense and State: Mandate for Partnership (Congressional Staff and Federal Employees Only)
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1539
odd Harvey-from the Defense Department's Office of Stability Operations and Chris Hoh from State's new Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization discuss Directive 3000.05: "Military Support for Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations" and National Security Presidential Directive 44.
Chile: The Search for Justice and Accountability
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Senate Dirksen, Room 628
With Michael Shifter, Vice President for Policy at the Inter-American Dialogue, discusses ending impunity and the search for truth and reconciliation in Chile.
The Global Challenge of Human Trafficking
Friday, February 17, 2006
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
Simone Monasebian, of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) discusses the challenge posed by human trafficking.
Economic and Social Development in Palestine
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419
With Ross Anthony, Associate Director, RAND Corporation and Jim Prince, President of the Democracy Council, discuss economic and social development in Palestine.
Security in Israel and Palestine: After the Rise of Hamas
Friday, February 10, 2006
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419
Ambassador Robert Hunter, Senior Advisor, and Seth Jones, Political Scientist, both with the RAND Corporation and Rob Malley from the International Crisis Group, discuss the current security challenges in Israel and Palestine.
Iraq in the Wake of the Elections
Monday, January 30, 2006
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430
With Dr. Amatzia Baram, Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern history at the University of Haifa and Michael Eisenstadt, Director, Military & Security Studies Program, Washington Near East Institute, discuss the political and security challenges for Iraq after the official election results.
Chechnya and the North Caucasus: Radical Islam, Insurgency and Human Rights
Monday, January 23, 2006
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430
Dr. Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and Dr. Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation, discuss the political and security outlook for Chechnya and the North Caucasus in the wake of the recent elections.
China and Internet Security
Friday, January 13, 2006
Andrew McLaughlin, Senior Policy Counsel for Google, discusses China's efforts to control the internet.
Syria: The UN Investigation and the Challenge to Asad
Thursday, January 12, 2006
With Dr. Steven Heydemann, Director, Center for Democracy and the Third Sector at Georgetown University, discusses Syria and regional politics as the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri poses serious challenges for the Asad regime.
Elections and Political Stabilization in Afghanistan
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419
With Dr. Deborah Alexander, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Global Pandemics: Threats and Challenges to Biosecurity
Friday, December 2, 2005
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 328A
With Dr. Julie Fischer, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center.
Denying Armageddon: Preventing Terrorist Use of Nuclear Weapons
Monday, November 14, 2005
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 188
With Dr. Michael Hynes, Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation.
Assessing China's Military Space Capabilities
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Senate Capitol, SC6
Dr. Gregory Kulacki, Senior Analyst and China Project Manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists, will join us for a discussion on China's Military Space Capabilities.
Civil-Military Relations in Humanitarian Operations
Friday, November 4, 2005
Dirksen Senate Room 406
With Mike Hess, Assistant Administrator, US Agency for International Development; and Roy Williams, President, Center for Humanitarian Cooperation.
Sudan, What's Really Going On?
Monday, October 24, 2005
House Rayburn, Room 2105
With Sally Chin, Refugees International advocate; Jonathan Morgenstein, consultant; and field staff from the International Rescue Committee.
Screening and Discussion of "Last Best Chance"
Saturday, October 22, 2005
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM
Whither Oil?: Does 2005 Mark a Turning Point?
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
House Longworth Room 1116
With Chris Flavin, President of Worldwatch Institute; and Kjell Aleklett from Uppsala University in Sweden.
The 2005 Commitment to Development Index
Friday, October 7, 2005
Senate Capitol, Room SC 4
With David Roodman, Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development.
The Iraqi Constitutional Process
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Senate Dirksen, Room 419
Barbara Bodine, former US Ambassador to Yemen; and Robert Looney, Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey.
The Challenge of Weak and Failing States
Monday, October 3, 2005
Senate Dirksen, Room 430
With Dr. Jack Goldstone, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, and Dr. Stewart Patrick, Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development.
Rethinking Modern War: The Realities of Stabilization and Reconstruction in Iraq
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Senate Dirksen Room 419
With A. Heather Coyne, Chief of Party at the US Institute of Peace, Baghdad; and Major Ike Wilson, US Military Academy, West Point.
From Threat to Opportunity: Exploiting Environmental Pathways to Peace
Monday, September 26, 2005
Senate Dirksen Room 419
With Geoffrey Dabelko, Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Suicide Bombing
Friday, September 23, 2005
Senate Russell, Room 328-A
With Dr. Scott Atran from the University of Michigan, and Dr. Bruce Hoffman from the RAND Corporation.
The African Union’s Mission and the Prospects for Peace in Sudan
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Senate Russell, Room 188
With Ron Capps, Desk Officer for Sudan, US State Department.
US Foreign Assistance and the National Interest
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Senate Capitol, SC-6
With Ambassador Princeton Lyman, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
The Use Force: War Powers in a System of Checks and Balances
Friday, July 29, 2005
Senate Russell, Room 385
With former Congressmen Mickey Edwards (R-OK), and David Skaggs (D-CO).
Israeli Policy Towards the UN (For Congressional Staff Only)
Monday, July 18, 2005
Dirksen Senate Building, Room 419
With Mr. Leshno Yaar, Deputy Director General for International Organizations and UN at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Iran’s Presidential Election
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Senate Russell, Room 328 A
With Karim Sadjapour, an Analyst with International Crisis Group, and Dr. Shaul Bakhash, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History at George Mason University.
The Rise of India as an Economic Power
Monday, July 11, 2005
Senate Russell, Room 188
With Ron Somers, Chairman of the US-India Business Council.
A Central Asia Partnership: Afghanistan and its Neighbors
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Russell Senate Building Room 188
With Professor S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.
Evidence of Global Environmental Change - Risks to US and global security
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Longworth 1537
With Dr. Steve Lonergan, former Director of UNEP's Division of Early Warning and Assesment, and Special Advisor on Environmental Assessment to the Executive Director of UNEP.
Prospects for UN Reform
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Dirksen Room 430
With Ambassador Jan Eliasson, recently elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Post-Conflict Stability Operations and Rule of Law: Lessons Learned in Afghanistan and Iraq
Friday, June 17, 2005
Dirksen Room 419
With Colonel David S. Gordon, former senior legal advisor and Rule of Law Officer for the U.S. Office of Military Cooperation in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's Reconstruction: A Status Report
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Longworth 1539
With Carla Koppell, Director of Policy Initiatives, Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace; and Farida Azizi, a leading Afghan advocate for peace and reconstruction.
UN Peacekeeping: Recommendations for Halting Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
US Capitol SC-6
With H.R.H. Prince Zeid Al-Hussein, Jordan's Ambassador to the United Nations.
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Article IV and Iran
Monday, June 6, 2005
Russell Senate Building, Room 188
With Larry Scheinman, Advisor to the Expert Group on nuclear fuel cycles, and Dan Poneman, former Senior Director of the NSC for nonproliferation issues.
Screening and Discussion of Last Best Chance
Friday, June 3, 2005
National Atomic Museum, NM
With Senator Pete V. Domenici (R-NM); Dr. Paul Stokes, Former Chief of the Methodology Section for on-site inspections at the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna; and Dr. Gloria E. Chavez, from the Sandia National Laboratories.
Intervention and Conflict Transformation
Friday, June 3, 2005
Dirksen Senate Building, Room 419
With Stephanie Blair, first head of field office at the OSCE Mission in Kosovo; Dana Eyre, U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Iraq Reconstruction; Jim Wasserstrom, founder of UNMIK's Office Overseeing Publicly Owned Enterprises; and Mike Dziedzic, Program Officer at the US Institute of Peace.
The Future of the Russia’s Nuclear Industry: Next Steps for Engagement
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Dirksen 419
With Igor Kudrik, editor-in-chief of Bellona Web of The Bellona Foundation in Norway.
2005 Trafficking in Persons Report (For Congressional Staff Only)
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Cannon Room 345
With Ambassador John R. Miller.
Debt Cancellation for Impoverished Countries (for Congressional Staff Only)
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Rayburn House Building, Room 2220
Countering Anti-Americanism: A Long-Term Strategy
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Student Union Bldg, Wisconsin Room
With Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), and Dr. Julia Sweig from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Armed Groups, Terrorism and Peace Processes: Implications for US Security Policy
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Longworth 1537
With Charles Snyder, the Department of State's Senior Representative on Sudan; Rob Ricigliano, Director of the Institute of World Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; and Elisabeth Reusse-Decrey, President of the international humanitarian organization Geneva Call.
The Global War on Terror: Over-militarized? Under-resourced? Both?
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Longworth 1116
With Andrew Bacevich, Retired Army Officer, Vietnam Vet, author and professor at Boston University.
Assessing Stability in Afghanistan: The Impact of the Illicit Drug Trade
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Dirksen 430
With Dr. Barnett Rubin, Chair of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s (USIP) Afghanistan Working Group.
Inclusive Security: Women Peacebuilders in Sudan
Monday, May 23, 2005
Dirksen 419
With Dr. Sidiga Washi, a consultant for United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Population Fund, and Lona LoWilla, peace building coordinator in the Nairobi office of OXFAM.
Environment and Conflict: The Great Lakes Region
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Russel 236
With Mr. Pekka Haavisto, Chairman of UN Environmental Program’s (UNEP) Post Conflict Assessment Unit.
The Global Partnership Against WMD Proliferation
Monday, May 16, 2005
Senate Dirksen, Room 106
With Chris Shapardanov, Director, Global Partnership Bureau, Foreign Affairs Canada; and Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia/Newly Independent States at the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
A World of Nuclear Crisis
Thursday, May 5, 2005
Rayburn 2456
With Joseph Cirincione.
Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Materials: An Assessment of Methods and Capabilities
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Dirksen 419
With General William Burns (USA, retired) and Steve Fetter, Professor at the University of Maryland.
Engineering Peace: The Military Role in Postconflict
Monday, May 2, 2005
Russell Senate Building, Room 188
With Colonel Garland H. Williams, former military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
North Korea: From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand?
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608
With Peter Beck, Director of the International Crisis Group's North East Asia Project.
Wars, Disasters, Governance: The Need for Civil-Military Collaboration in the Post-9/11 World
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
PSU
With Retired Colonel James F. Powers, Jr. from the Joint Special Operations University, and Ms. Lynn Renken from Mercy Corps.
Militant Recruitment in Pakistan
Monday, April 25, 2005
Dirksen 419
With Dr. Christine Fair, Program Officer for South Asia Studies at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Wars, Disasters, Governance: The Need for Civil-Military Collaboration in the Post-9/11 World
Thursday, April 21, 2005
University of Washington
With Retired Colonel James F. Powers, Jr. from the Joint Special Operations University; Ms. Kathy Ward from the International Crisis Group; and Lieutenant Colonel Charles Westover from the 364th Civil Affairs Brigade.
THE MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT: Risks to US Interests and National Security
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Russell 328A
With Dr. Walter Reid, Director of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and former Vice President of the World Resources Institute, and Jacob Scherr, Director of International Programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The First 3 Hours: Incident Response Capacity
Friday, April 8, 2005
Capitol Building, SC-4
With Dr. John Powers, founder of FirTH Alliance, LLC and former Executive Director of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP); Dr. Jon Peha, professor of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University; and Charles W. Cross, former commander of the San Diego Sheriffs Department.
Homeland Security Reorganization: The Next Steps
Friday, April 1, 2005
Dirksen Room 430
With David Heyman from the Center Strategic and International Studies, and James Jay Carafano from The Heritage Foundation.
Human Rights: Commitment and Progress
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2325
With representatives from Southern Command.
Report from Tehran: Iran's Strategy to Isolate the U.S.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Longworth 1116
George Perkovich, a nuclear non-proliferation specialist with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Strategic Communications
Friday, March 18, 2005
Senate Dirksen, Room 419
With Vince Vitto, member of the Defense Science Board.
Financial War on Terror
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 188
With Dr. Ibrahim Warde, author of "The Financial War on Terror."
The Global Threat Reduction Initiative
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 628
With Assistant Secretary Paul Longsworth, Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
Middle East Partnership Initiative (Staff Only)
Monday, March 14, 2005
Longworth 1116
With Thomas Carothers, Senior Associate and Director of the Rule of Law and Democracy program for the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace.
Politics, Democracy and Islam
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2318
With Dr. Douglas Ramage of the Asia Foundation.
Fighting HIV/AIDS: Drug Delivery in the Developing World
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Russel Building Room 328A
With Dr. Eric Goemaere, Head of Mission for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in South Africa.
The Pentagon's New Map
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385
With Dr. Thomas Barnett, former professor at the Naval War College, and author of "The Pentagon's New Map."
A "New Wave" of Reform for Ukraine
Friday, February 11, 2005
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1116
With Kalman Mizsei, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Assistant Administrator of UNDP, and Anders Aslund, Director of the Russian and Eurasian Program and Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment.
The Changing Nuclear Threat
Friday, February 4, 2005
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
With Dr. Sig Hecker, former Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Russian Military Space Program
Thursday, February 3, 2005
Capitol Building, Room SC-6
With Dr. Pavel Podvig of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and editor of the book "Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces."
Palestine Post-Elections
Monday, January 31, 2005
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430
With David Makovsky, Director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Ziad Asali, President of the American Task Force on Palestine.
Looking Long-Term in a Post-9/11 World
Thursday, January 27, 2005
University of Colorado - Boulder (Math 100)
With Professor Colin Dueck (University of Colorado at Boulder), Professor Martin Cook (United States Air Force Academy), and Professor John Paul Lederach (University of Notre Dame).
Nation Building: Transition to and from hostilities
Monday, January 24, 2005
Russel Senate Office Building, Room 385
With Dr. Craig Fields of the Defense Science Board.
The UN in SE Asia: Coordinating the World's Largest Relief Effort
Friday, January 14, 2005
With Mr. Kevin Kennedy, Chief of the Humanitarian Emergency Branch, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Children at War
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Rayburn House Office Building
With Dr. P.W. Singer from the Brookings Institution.
Space and Defense: A look at the pros and cons
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1539
With Peter Huessey, Senior Defense Associate at the National Defense University Foundation, and Michael Krepon, Director of the Space Security Project at the Henry L. Stimson Center.
Bioterrorism
Monday, January 10, 2005
Dirksen Senate Office Building
With Jeanne Guillemin, Senior Advisor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies Program (SSP), and author of "Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State- Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism."
Syria: The Time for Dialogue and Change is Now
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430
With Mr. Ammar Abdulhamid, a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
The US and the UN in Iraq: A Vital Partnership
Friday, December 10, 2004
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419 (Foreign Relations Committee Room)
With Dr. Jehangir Khan, Head of the Iraq Team in the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA).
Hill Screening of "Seeds of Peace"
Monday, December 6, 2004
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2261
The Future of Israeli-Palestinian Relations Post-Arafat
Friday, December 3, 2004
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1116
With Dr. Scott Lasensky, Program Officer, Research and Studies Program, US Institute of Peace.
Allies or Blowback? Central Europe and the US in the Years Ahead
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1116
With Tomas Valasek, Director of Center for Defense Information in Brussels, Belgium.
Fourth Generation Warfare: Do We Have the Right Tools for Today's Wars?
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Longworth House Office Building, Room 1116
With Colonel TX Hammes (author of "The Sling and the Stone"), US Marine Corps.
Filling the Ranks: Transforming the US Military Personnel System
Monday, November 8, 2004
2318 Rayburn House Office Building
With Cindy Williams, Senior Fellow, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A Realistic National Security Structure for the Reserve Component
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
With Michele Flournoy, Senior Adviser for the International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The US and the UN in Iraq: a Vital Partnership
Friday, October 15, 2004
Capitol Building, HC-6
Event postponed.
Russia, Chechnya, and US policy post-Beslan Crisis
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
2105 Rayburn House Office Building
With Katya Sokirianskaya, from Russian human rights organization Memorial, and Sarah Mendelson, a Russia specialist at CSIS.
Exporting Capability: The National Guard's Partnership Program
Friday, October 8, 2004
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 332
With Colonel Mark Kalber, Office of International Affairs, National Guard Bureau.
Israeli Disengagement and Prospects for Palestine
Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Senate Russell, Room 189
With Nigel Robert, Country Director for the West Bank and Gaza, World Bank.
Addressing the Dangers of Weak States
Monday, October 4, 2004
This event has been cancelled.
Iraq Reconstruction: Progress or Peril?
Friday, October 1, 2004
Senate Dirksen, Room 419
With Bathsheba Crocker, Co-Director, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, CSIS and Frederick Barton, Senior Advisor, International Security Program, CSIS.
Reversing Weak and Failing States
Monday, September 27, 2004
1539 Longworth House Office Building
With Patrick Cronin, Vice President for Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies and Ellen Laipson, President, Henry L. Stimson Center.
Exploiting IT for Homeland Security
Friday, September 17, 2004
Russell 328A
With Zoe Baird, President, Markle Foundation and Jim Barksdale, Co-Founder, The Barksdale Group, both co-chairs of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.
Changing Culture and Strategy: Transforming Education and the Cost of National Security
Monday, September 13, 2004
With Vice Admiral Arthur Cebrowski, Director, Office of Force Transformation, Department of Defense.
Protecting the Troops: The Dangers of Small Arms Proliferation
Friday, September 10, 2004
2318 Rayburn
With David Diaz, Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Steph Pico, Department of State.
Transatlantic Cooperation in the War on Terror: Reversing the Spread of Radical Islamism
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
2318 Rayburn
With Robin Niblett, Executive Vice President and Director, Europe Program, CSIS and Julianne Smith, Deputy Director, International Security Program, CSIS.
Protecting Against Nuclear Terrorist Attacks
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
With Dr. Charles Ferguson, Scientist-in-Residence, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Venezuela's Political-Military Environment: Now and After the August 15 Referendum
Thursday, July 29, 2004
With Dr. Norman Bailey, Senior Fellow at the Potomac Foundation, and Col. Kenneth LePlante, Executive Liaison Officer and Operations Coordinator for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
Adapting the Threat Reduction Model: Redirecting WMD Expertise in Iraq
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
With Anne M. Harrington, Deputy Director, Bureau of Nonproliferation's Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction at the State Department, as well as Rich Jarvis and Alex Dehgan.
Update on the Millennium Challenge Account
Friday, July 23, 2004
With Charles Applegarth, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Intelligence Reform: Lessons from Goldwater-Nichols
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
With Dr. Flynt Leverett, Visiting Fellow at Brookings and former Senior Director for the Middle East Initiative at the National Security Council.
Follow the Money: Financial Networks for Terror
Monday, July 19, 2004
With Douglas Farah, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post and author of Blood From Stones: The Secret Financial Network of Terror.
Crisis in Sudan: The Other Darfur
Monday, July 19, 2004
With John Prendergast, the International Crisis Group's Special Advisor on Africa.
Adapting the Threat Reduction Model: Redirecting WMD Expertise in Iraq
Friday, July 16, 2004
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
Colombia: Counter-Narcotics, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism?
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
2318 Rayburn House Office Building
With Adam Isacson, Director of Programs, Center for International Policy, David Spencer, specialist on combating terrorism, Science Applications International Corp, and Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project, Institute for Policy Studies.
Follow the Money: Financial Networks for Terror
Friday, June 25, 2004
With Douglas Farah, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post and author of Blood From Stones: The Secret Financial Network of Terror.
Bio/Chem Redirect: US "Dual-Use" Security Investment
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
With Laura Schmidt Williams, Bio/Chem Redirection program, Dr. Jason Rao, Bio Industry Initiative, and Dr. Mike Balady, Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Hearts and Minds: An Arab Reformist's Perspective
Friday, May 21, 2004
Senate Dirksen, Room 106
With Dr. Hossam Badrawi, Member of the Egyptian Parliament, Chairman of the Education and Scientific Research Committee and leader within the reformist wing of the National Democratic Party.
US-Russia Corporate Partnerships: Advancing Nonproliferation and National Security
Monday, May 17, 2004
With Dr. Vic Alessi, President, US Industry Coalition and David Trudil, New Horizons Diagnostics Corporation.
Iraq: A Strategy for Progress
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
With Gayle Smith and Michael Pan, both of the Center for American Progress and co-authors of the recently released "Iraq: A Strategy for Progress."
Threats, Challenges and Change: The UN at a Crossroads
Friday, May 7, 2004
With Stephen Stedman, Research Director, United Nations High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.
Osama
Thursday, May 6, 2004
A private screening of the Golden Globe-winning tale of life under and after Taliban rule in Afghanistan, with remarks by His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawab, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States.
Osama
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
A private screening of the Golden Globe-winning tale of life under and after Taliban rule in Afghanistan, with remarks by His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawab, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States.
Transatlantic Cooperation: A Strategy for the Greater Middle East
Monday, May 3, 2004
With Dr. Ronald D. Asmus, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund.
Participation and Conflict Prevention in East Africa's Largest Slum
Friday, April 30, 2004
With Rye Barcott, active-duty Marine and founder, Carolina for Kibera, Inc., an international humanitarian organization.
Biosecurity and Safety: The Role of Private Industry
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Russell Senate Office Building, room 236
With Terence Taylor, President and Executive Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies and Michael Moodie, President, Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute.
US Space Policy: Dominance or Assurance?
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
With Brigadier General Simon "Pete" Worden, former Director for Transformation, Space Missile Systems Center and Michael Krepon, Founding President, Henry L. Stimson Center, author of Space Assurance or Space Dominance?: The Case Against Weaponizing Space.
The Future Security Environment in the Middle East
Monday, March 29, 2004
With Dr. Nora Bensahel, Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation and Dr. Jon Alterman, Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Terror.net
Monday, March 22, 2004
With Gabriel Weimann, Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace and Professor of Communications, Haifa University, Israel.
The Demographics of Discord: Global Demographic Transition and the Risk of Conflict
Monday, March 22, 2004
With Richard Cincotta and Robert Engelman, Population Action International, co-authors, The Security Demographic: Population and Civil Conflict After the Cold War.
Open Societies and Extremist Threats: International Cooperation as a Strategy of Prevention
Friday, March 19, 2004
With Zeyno Baran, Director, International Security and Energy Programs, Nixon Center.
Mass Graves: Iraq's Legacy of Terror
Thursday, March 18, 2004
A viewing and discussion of Mass Graves, a film funded by USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives about Saddam Hussein's killing fields.
Taiwan Elections Update: A Turning Point with Security Implications?
Monday, March 15, 2004
With Dr. Richard Bush, Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, formerly Chairman and Managing Director, American Institute in Taiwan.
Haiti: How Did We Get Here? Where Are We Going?
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
With Dr. Robert Pastor, Vice President of International Affairs and former Senior Advisor to the 1994 Carter-Nunn-Powell mission which restored democracy to Haiti.
Convention on the Law of the Sea
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
With Professor John Moore, Director, Center for Oceans Law, University of Virginia and Paul Kelly, US Commission on Oceans Policy.
UN Peacekeeping Capabilities: Benchmarks in Brahimi Report Implementation
Monday, March 8, 2004
With William Durch and Victoria Holt, both Senior Associates at the Henry L. Stimson Center and co-authors of The Brahimi Report and the Future of Peace Operations.
Corporate Warriors: Understanding the Privatized Military Industry
Friday, March 5, 2004
With Dr. Peter Singer, National Security Fellow, Brookings Institution and author, Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry.
Iraq Survey Group
Monday, March 1, 2004
With Dr. David Kay, former Special Advisor to the Iraq Survey Group and Chief US Weapons Inspector in Iraq.
The US Role in Peacekeeping
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
With Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary-General, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
An Overarching Strategy for US Foreign Assistance
Monday, February 23, 2004
With Patrick Cronin, Senior Vice President and Director of Studies, CSIS and Steven Radelet, Senior Fellow, Center for global Development.
Iran's Domestic Dynamic: Parliamentary Elections and the New Reform Movement
Thursday, February 19, 2004
With Daniel Brumberg, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Dr. Ray Takeyh, Director of Studies, Near East South Asia Center, National Defense University.
Securing Critical Infrastructures: Focus on Energy
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
With Jay Apt, Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center and Paula Scalingi, President, The Scalingi Group.
European Security Strategy: Is it for Real?
Monday, February 9, 2004
With Tomas Valasek, Director, Center for Defense Information (Brussels office).
The US Army: Transforming to What?
Thursday, January 29, 2004
With Colonel Douglas A. Macgregor, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University.
Iraq: Casualties and Public Opinion
Thursday, January 29, 2004
With Dr. Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science and Director, Triangle Institute for Security Studies, Duke University.
Citizen Diplomacy: A Pivotal Role in U.S. Security
Monday, January 26, 2004
With Ambassador William B. Taylor, Coordinator for Afghanistan, Bureau of South Asian Affairs, State Department and Dan Davidson, President, American Councils for International Education.
Improving Threat Assessments: Lessons Learned from Iraq
Friday, January 23, 2004
With George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and co-author, WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications.
Children at War
Monday, January 12, 2004
Rayburn House Office Building
With Dr. P.W. Singer from the Brookings Institution
North Korea Update: Building on Recent Progress
Monday, December 15, 2003
Longworth House Office Building, room 1539
With Dr. Daniel A. Pinkston, Senior Research Associate, Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Dr. Phillip C. Saunders, East Asia Nonproliferation Program, both of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Will Japan Go Nuclear?
Friday, December 5, 2003
With Benjamin Self, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center and Dr. Yoshihide Soeya, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Keio University.
Peacekeeping and the Challenge of Iraq
Thursday, December 4, 2003
TBA
With Col. George Oliver, former Deputy Coordinator for Humanitarian Assistance, Coalition Provisional Authority.
Synchronous Failure: The Real Danger of the 21st Century
Monday, December 1, 2003
Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 192
With Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director of the Centre of Peace and Conflict, University of Toronto.
Bioterrorism and Forensics: Criminal Activity and the Courtroom
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Rayburn House Office Building, room 2325
With Dr. Babetta Marrone, Project Leader and Principal Investigator in the Bioscience Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Pandemics and Bioterrorism: Clinical Challenges of Immunization
Friday, November 14, 2003
Rayburn House Office Building, room 2325
With Dr. Renata Engler, Director of the Walter Reed National Vaccine Healthcare Center.
Sudan on the Brink of Peace
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Rayburn House Office Building, room 2168
With John Pendergast, Special Advisor on Africa for the International Crisis Group and former NSC and State Department official.
Infectious Diseases: Domestic and International Response Strategies
Monday, November 3, 2003
With Dr. Jennifer Brower, Science and Technology Policy Analyst, RAND and Dr. Christopher Chyba, Co-Director, Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation.
Bunker Busters: Technical Issues
Friday, October 31, 2003
Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 628
With Dr. Sydney Drell, Stanford University.
Nuclear vs. Conventional Weapons
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Dirksen Senate Office Building, room G-11
With Dr. Stephen Younger, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Military Occupations: Lessons Learned, Past and Present
Monday, October 20, 2003
Rayburn House Office Building, room 2105
With Dr. William Durch, Henry L. Stimson Center, Dr. David Edelstein, Georgetown University.
Biodefense: Control vs. Access
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Russell Senate Office Building, room 188
With Dr. Ken Alibek, Executive Director, National Center for Biodefense.
Force Modernization: "New" New or "Old" New Nukes?
Friday, October 10, 2003
Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 632
With Dr. Roger Hagengruber, Director of the Office for Policy, Security and Technology at the University of New Mexico, formerly Senior Vice President at Sandia National Laboratories.
Kenya: Constitutionalism and Rule of Law
Thursday, October 9, 2003
Russell Senate Office Building, room 188
With Dr. Gibson Kamau Kuria, human rights activist, attorney and recipient of both the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the American Bar Association's Rule of Law Award.
Privatization and the Military: A Critical Overview
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Rayburn House Office Building, room 2325
With Dr. Peter Singer, National Security Fellow, Brookings Institution, and Dr. Deborah Avant, George Washington University.
Better, Faster, Cheaper: The Role of Technology in Fighting Terrorism
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Dirksen Senate Office Building, room 138
With Dr. Gerry Yonas, Principal Scientist, Vice President and Initiator of Sandia National Laboratories' Advanced Concepts Group.
A New Direction in US Strategic Policy
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Russell Senate Office Building, room 189
With Dr. Keith Payne, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Policy, currently President and CEO, National Institute for Public Policy.
Iran and the Bomb 101
Saturday, August 16, 2003
With Dr. George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Dr. David Albright, Institute for Science and International Studies.
Preemptive Peace: Addressing Terrorism, Avoiding War
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Senate
With Cesar H. Villanueva of the Philippine Coalition for Peace and the Philippines Action Network on Small Arms, and Dr. Mary AnnCejka, coauthor of Artisans for Peace.
Intelligence Reform: The Challenge of Sub-State Armed Groups
Friday, July 25, 2003
Senate
With Dr. Richard Shultz, Research Director of the Consortium for the Study of Intelligence.
From Museums to Madrassas: Why Does "Soft" Security Matter?
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
House
With Dr. Mounir Bouchenaki, archaeologist and Dr. Attiya Inayatullah, specialist on literacy and secular education, UNESCO Executive Board, also member of the National Security Council of Pakistan and a Member of the Pakistan Parliament.
Peacekeepers O, Criminals 5: Lessons Still Not Learned in Nation-Building
Monday, July 21, 2003
With R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post's national investigative correspondent and former bureau chief for the newspaper in southern Europe (1997-2001).
SARS: Impact and Lessons Learned
Friday, July 18, 2003
Capitol
With Dr. Carole A. Heilman, Director of the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID).
Whither NATO? Afghanistan, Iraq?
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
With Ambassador Robert Hunter, former US Ambassador to NATO.
Liberia Update
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
House
With Colonel Tom Dempsey, Foreign Area Officer and Director of Africa Studies, US Army War College, formerly Defense Attache in Liberia (1998-99), and Colonel Vic Nelson, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense, US Department of Defense.
Current Challenges to Stockpile Stewardship
Monday, July 14, 2003
Senate
With Raymond Jeanloz, University of California at Berkeley, and Sydell Gold, member of the Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile (the "Foster Panel").
The Creation of Stockpile Stewardship: Policy, Politics, and Strategic Planning
Friday, July 11, 2003
Capitol
With Dr. Vic Reis, the "father" of the Stockpile Stewardship program.
Central Asia: Responding to Radical Islam
Wednesday, July 9, 2003
Capitol
With David Lewis, Project Director for Central Asia, and Azizulla Ghazi, Senior Analyst, at the International Crisis Group.
Iraqi Women Post-War: A Blueprint for Leadership and Inclusion
Tuesday, July 8, 2003
House
With Carla Koppell, Women Waging Peace, the New Nigeria foundation and Citizens International;
Swanee Hunt, Former Ambassador to Austria, Founder of Women Waging Peace; Carla Koppell, Women Waging Peace, the New Nigeria foundation and Citizens International; Riva A. Khoshaba, Attorney with Foley and Lardner; Neeran Saraf, President and CEO SARAF solutions, inc. Member, Iraqi Forum for Democracy; Tanya Gilly, Board member, Kurdish Foundation, Member, Women for a Free Iraq.
Post-Conflict Iraq: Is the United Nations Relevant?
Friday, July 4, 2003
With Sir Jeremy Greenstock, UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and His Royal Highness Prince Zeid al-Hussein, Jordanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Turkey Today: NATO and Post- 9/11 priorities
Friday, June 27, 2003
House
With Burcu San, Turkish diplomat and NATO deputy chief of staff to the Secretary General.
Zimbabwe: Civil Society Fights for Its Life
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
With Archbishop Pius Ncube, Roman Catholic prelate for the Bulawayo Archdiocese, southern Zimbabwe.
US Nuclear Weapons: Sustainment, Modernization, and Current Roles and Missions
Monday, June 23, 2003
Capitol
With John Harvey, Director, Policy Planning Staff, at the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA).
Unity or Strife?: What's Next for the US and Europe
Thursday, June 19, 2003
House
With German Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Klaus Scharioth, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office and German Embassy representative.
European Capacity-Building & the United Nations
Monday, June 16, 2003
With Mr. Michael Matthiessen, Director of Civilian Crisis Management at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (EU), and Dr. Julian Lindley-French, Director of European Security Policy, Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Reconstructing Iraq
Thursday, June 5, 2003
Senate
With Johanna Mendelson-Forman, the UN Foundation, Rob Malley, International Crisis Group, and Sandra Mitchell, Vice President for government relations at the International Rescue Committee.
Democracy Aid: Is Russia Ready to Graduate?
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
With Dr. Sarah Mendolson, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Dr. Ted Gerber, University of Arizona.
Reconstructing Iraq
Friday, May 30, 2003
2325 Rayburn House Office Building
With Johanna Mendelson-Forman, UN Foundation expert on post-conflict governance in transition, Rob Malley, International Crisis Group Iraq specialist and Joseph
Donahue, the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation.
Caspian Oil Revenues: Fuel for Progress?
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Dirksen Room 632
With Dr. Meruert Makhmutova, Director, Public Policy Research Center, Nazim Imanov, former Head, Azerbaijan Parliamentary Budget Committee, Sergei Solyanik, Vice Chairman, Ecological Society "Green Salvation," and Grigory Marchenko, Director, Kazakh National Fund and Chairman, Kazakh National Bank.
The Global Language Challenge
Monday, May 12, 2003
Russell Building Room 189
With Ambassador Michael Lemmon, Dean, School of Language Studies, Foreign Service Institute and Dr. Richard Brecht, Director, National Foreign Language Center.
Arab Media After Iraq: Lost Cause or New Opportunity?
Friday, May 2, 2003
Senate Dirksen Building, G-11
With Karim Alrawi, Project Director, Internews, former Editor-in-Chief of Arabica Magazine and a foreign correspondent in Egypt, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Drifting Apart or Growing Together? The Primacy of the Transatlantic Economy
Thursday, May 1, 2003
With Joe Quinlan, Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations and former Senior Global Economist, Morgan Stanley.
A View from Down Under: Australia-US Military Cooperation
Monday, April 7, 2003
Senate Russell Building, Rm 189
With Dr. Alan Ryan, Senior Research Fellow, Land and Warfare Studies Centre, Australian Army.
Bali Bombing: Lessons Learned in Counterterrorism Efforts
Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Senate Russell Building, Rm 188
A disscusion with Sidney Jones who is on the ground with International Crisis Group, Indonesia, and a State Department representative (to be confirmed) on
Political-Military affairs for Indonesia.
The Biological Weapons Convention: Relevance to International and National Security
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
With Ambassador Jim Leonard, former Head of US Delegation to and lead negotiator of the BWC, Professor Barry Kellman, DePaul University College of Law and Suzanne Spaulding, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security.
Stress Across the Atlantic: US-Europe Tensions Over Iraq and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
2105 Rayburn
With Karin von Hippel, specialist on European counter-terrorist reforms, Centre for Defence Studies, King's College, London.
Post-Conflict Crisis in Iraq
Tuesday, March 4, 2003
With Ken Bacon, President, Refugees International, and Eric Schwartz, Council on Foreign Relations.
Building Civil Society in Liberia
Monday, March 3, 2003
Senate Dirksen, Room 628
With Michael Kpakala Francis, Archbishop of Monrovia.
Preventing State Failure: the United Nations and the 2002 National Security Strategy
Friday, February 21, 2003
2325 Rayburn House Office Building
With Dr. Chetan Kumar, Interagency Liaison Specialist, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UN Development Program (UNDP).
War with Iraq: Possible Scenarios
Friday, February 14, 2003
Dirksen Senate, Room 138
Dr. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will join us for a discussion of the military and stratefic factors that pertain to a war with Iraq.
Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Challenges for Policymakers and Congress
Friday, February 14, 2003
Rayburn 2318
"Play to Win: the Final Report of the bi-partisan Commission on
Post-Conflict Reconstruction" will be released this week by the
Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Association
of the US Army. The report was written by Scott Feil, Johanna
Mendelson Forman, Robert Orr and Michele Flournoy. Mr.
Feil and Ms. Mendelson-Forman will be joining us for an in-depth
discussion of their findings. They will be joined by Rick Barton,
head of the CSIS follow-on project.
Is the Internet Bad for Dictators? The Relationship Between Technology and Democracy
Monday, February 10, 2003
Rayburn 2318
With Shanthi Kalathil, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Jon Alterman, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Failed State with Nukes: Further Implications of North Korea Policy
Monday, February 3, 2003
Senate Russell, Room 385
Dr. Marcus Noland, Institute for International Economics (IIE), and Jana Mason, US Committee for Refugees
(USCR), will join us for a discussion of the economic and humanitarian aspects of policy options on the Korean Peninsula.
NATO: A Dialogue with New Alliance Members
Thursday, January 30, 2003
2325 Rayburn House Office Building
With Imants Liegis, Ambassador of Latvia to NATO, Emil Dimitrov Valev, Ambassador of Bulgaria to NATO and Bogdan Mazuru, Ambassador of Romania to NATO.
German-US Relations: Rift Across the Atlantic?
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Senate Russell 385
Karsten Vogt, Coordinator for German American Cooperation at the German Foreign Ministry will lead a discussion about current tensions and
perspectives across the Atlantic.
Defusing Dirty Bombs
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
A panel discussion of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation.
Intelligence Community Reform 101
Friday, January 24, 2003
Capitol Building, SC-6
With the Honorable James M. Simon, former Assistant Director of Centeral Intelligence.
Controlling Dangerous Pathogens
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
With John Steinbruner, Director, Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland.
A War Crimes Tribunal for Iraq?
Friday, January 10, 2003
With Ambassador Pierre Richard Prosper, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes, Tom Warrick, Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Asian Affairs and Richard Dicker, Human Rights Watch.
Weapons Inspections in Iraq
Wednesday, December 18, 2002
With Frank Ronald Cleminsor, UNMOVIC.
On the Ground with Civil Affairs
Monday, December 9, 2002
With Deborah Alexander, Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID.
CTR: Weapons Safety and Security
Thursday, December 5, 2002
With Jim Ried, Director of Policy, Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs, Office of the Secretary of Defense, US Department of Defense.
Nuclear Neighbors: Regional Stability and Detente in South Asia
Friday, November 8, 2002
Senate Dirksen, Room 608
With Brigadier General Feroz Khan, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Monterey Institute Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
The Future of the Army: Profession, Bureaucracy, or Both?
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
With Professor Don Schneider, US Military Academy at West Point.
US Colombia Policy: Working Toward Success
Friday, October 18, 2002
With Colonel John "Jay" Cope, US Army (retired).
Weapon Scientists Wanted: Addressing the Threat of Know-How Proliferation
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Senate Dirksen 628
With Jim Noble, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Tom Owens, former Senior Vice President and current Senior Advisor of the Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF).
NATO Post-Prague
Wednesday, October 9, 2002
With Michael Ruehle, Head, Policy Planning and Speechwriting Unit, NATO Headquarters, Brussels.
Cooperative Monitoring: Assessing the Demand Side of WMD Proliferation
Tuesday, October 8, 2002
2325 Rayburn
With Arian Pregenzer, Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC), Sandia National Laboratories.
Building Democracy: USAID in Afghanistan
Friday, October 4, 2002
With Larry Sampler, Karma Lively and John Langlois, Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID.
Where Do We Go From Here? Next Steps in Domestic Terrorism Preparedness
Saturday, September 21, 2002
2325 Rayburn
With Amy Smithson, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center.
Afghanistan: Are We Losing the Peace?
Saturday, September 14, 2002
With Professor Bernard Rubin, New York University.
Policing the Peace: Lessons Learned and Weapons Required
Monday, September 9, 2002
Dirksen, Room 608
With Robert M. Perito, Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace and Colonel David Karcher, Jr., Director, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, U.S. Department of Defense.
Iraq and Biological Weapons: What Do We Know?
Sunday, September 8, 2002
With Dr. Richard Spertzel, former UNSCOM inspector.
Islam and the War Against Terrorism
Friday, September 6, 2002
U.S. Capitol, SC-6
With John L. Esposito, University Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
Reducing Nuclear Dangers in South Asia
Wednesday, September 4, 2002
With Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, George Washington University.
Army Exodus: Why are the Junior Officers Leaving?
Friday, August 30, 2002
2325 Rayburn
With Mark R. Lewis, Research Associate, Institute for Defense Analyses, formerly an Army infantry captain.
Challenges and Successes: On-the-Ground Perspective
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
2325 Rayburn
With Paul McNelly, Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
The Uzbek Imperative: Uzbekistan and US Global Policy
Monday, June 24, 2002
With Chris Seiple, Vice President and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Institute for Global Engagement.
International Terrorism: US Security and Law Enforcement
Saturday, June 15, 2002
1116 Longworth
John Moore, former Defense Intelligence Agency counterterrorism specialist, and Scott Erskine, formerFBI supervisory Special Agent for international terrorism investigations, will lead a discussion of international terrorist
threats and US counterterrorism policy.
The Challenge of Regional Nuclear Arsenals
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
2325 Rayburn House Office Building
With Dr. Samina Ahmed, Fellow, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and Dr. Avner Cohen, Fellow, University of Maryland's Center for International Security Studies.
Weapon Scientists Wanted: Addressing the Threat of Know-How Proliferation
Sunday, June 9, 2002
With Jim Noble, Department of Energy and Tom Owen, Civilian Research and Development Fund.
HIV/AIDS as a Security Issue
Saturday, June 1, 2002
With Ulf Kristofferson, United Nations and Dr. David Tarantino, Stability Operations Office, US Department of Defense.
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Afghanistan
Thursday, May 2, 2002
With Len Hawley, formerly of the National Security Council.
Putin's International Outlook
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
2318 Rayburn
With Nataliya Kaninina, Putin Administration, Mikhail Zalikhanov, Federal Duma (Parliament), Alexander Kosarikov, Federal Duma and Sergei Baranovsky, President, Green Cross Russia.
Homeland Security: A Cost/Benefit Framework
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
2325 Rayburn House Office Building
With Frank Hoffman, United States Marine Corps (retired).
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD): Non-Proliferation in a Post-9/11 World
Monday, April 8, 2002
1539 Longworth House Office Building
With Michael Krepon, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center.
Violence and Ideology: Nepal's Crisis and Response
Tuesday, April 2, 2002
With Dr. Thomas Marks, Academy of the Pacific.
Why is Health Important to US Foreign Policy?
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
1116 Longworth
With Jordan Kassalow, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations.
Doctrine for Small Wars
Monday, March 4, 2002
2015 Rayburn
With Bruce Gudmundsson, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.
Update: Somalia and the Sudan
Friday, March 1, 2002
2015 Rayburn
With John Prendergast, co-director of the International Crisis Group's Africa program.
Terrorism: Looking Ahead
Friday, March 1, 2002
With Frank Hoffman, National Security Study Group, United States Marine Corps.
Peering Into A Dark Hole: DPRK Nuclear Issues Concerning the 1994 Agreed Framework
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
With Dr. Peter Hays, Nautilus Institute.
The US and Europe Post-9/11: Something New or Deja Vu?
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
2318 Rayburn
With Bruno Tertrais, formerly of the policy planning staff at the French Defense Ministry.
Landmines, Getting Them Out: How the US is Helping
Tuesday, February 5, 2002
1116 Longworth
With Jernej Cimpersek and Vojislav Suc, International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF).
NATO Today
Monday, February 4, 2002
With Jamie Shea, Press Advisor, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
A Call to Virtual Arms: Cybersecurity After 9/11
Monday, January 28, 2002
With Professor Lee McKnight, Murrow Center, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Nuclear Posture Review Update
Sunday, January 13, 2002
With Michael Krepon, Founding President, Henry L. Stimson Center.
Drugs and Development: Narcotics and Post-Conflict Afghanistan
Thursday, December 20, 2001
With Nancy Lubin, Open Society Institute.
Coordinating the UN Coalition for Afghanistan
Sunday, December 16, 2001
With Michele Griffin, United Nations Integrated Mission Task Force on Afghanistan.
Prosecuting International Terrorists: Courts or Tribunals?
Saturday, December 8, 2001
With David Scheffer, former US Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes.
The United States and NATO Post 9/11: Challenges, Partnership and Post-Conflict Afghanistan
Saturday, December 1, 2001
With Michael Ruehle, Policy Planning and Speechwriter, North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Lessons Learned in Humanitarian Response
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
With Joel Charny, Refugees International and Robert Templer, International Crisis Group.
Similar Method, Different Motive: Transnational Crime and Terrorism
Sunday, September 2, 2001
With the Transnational Center on Crime and Corruption, American University.
After Milosevic: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Saturday, September 1, 2001
With Milan Protic, Yugoslavia's Ambassador to the United States.
Special Forces 101
Friday, June 1, 2001
With the Special Operations Command, US Department of Defense.
Rebuilding Kosovo
Wednesday, May 2, 2001
With Colonel Mike Dziedzic (USAF), United Nations Interim Administration, National Defense University.
Sweden's Role in Conflict Prevention, Information Technology, and Peace Operations
Sunday, April 8, 2001
With Ambassador Jan Eliasson and Colonel Donna Boltz, United States Institute of Peace.
Private Military Companies
Sunday, April 1, 2001
With Doug Brooks, International Peace Operations Association.
Cybersecurity Emergency Response Teams
Wednesday, February 28, 2001
With the General Services Administration and Carnegie Mellon University.
Modernizing the Agreed Framework: US-DPRK Relations
Sunday, February 4, 2001
With Dr. Peter Hayes, Nautilus Institute.
Terrorism 101
Thursday, February 1, 2001
With Dr. Amy Smithson, Henry L. Stimson Center.
Societies in Transition: A Virtual Reality Tour
Tuesday, January 23, 2001
With General Wesley Clark, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the United States Institute of Peace.
Globalization and the Future of Defense
2000
A half-day conference with economists.
The Security Gap in Peace Operations
2000
With Colonel George Oliver, US Army War College.
Arms Control: The Current State of Play
2000
With Ambassador Robert Gallucci, Georgetown University.
Reflections on the Nuclear Age: A Post-Cold War Perspective
2000
With General Lee Butler.
Critical Infrastructure and Private-Public Partnerships
2000
With Lee Zeichner, Department of Commerce.
Beyond Border Control
2000
With Commander Steve Flynn, US Coast Guard, and Council on Foreign Relations.
Diamonds and Greed: the Persistence of Violent Civil Conflict
2000
2222 Rayburn
With Paul Collier, Director of Research, Development Economics Department, World Bank.
Cybersecurity in an Electronic World
2000
Rayburn 2222
With A. Brett Hovington, Supervisory Special Agent, Outreach and Field Support Unit, National Infrastructure Protection Center, Federal Bureau of Investigations and Daniel O'Connor, Intelligence Operations Specialist, NIPC, FBI.
Policing the Transition to Democracy
2000
2222 Rayburn House Office Building
With Angela Martin, Africa Team Leader, Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID and Jan Stromsem, former Director of the Justice Department's International Criminal
Investigations Training Assistance Program (ICITAP).
Information Security and Infrastructure Threats
2000
2222 Rayburn House Office Building
With Mark Montgomery, Director for Transnational Threats, National Security Council.
AIDS: A Security Agenda
2000
2222 Rayburn House Office Building
With Sandra Thurman, Director, Office of National AIDS Policy(ONAP), White House.
The Future of Arms Control
2000
With Dr. Janne Nolan, The Century Foundation.
Overseas with the Liberated, Occupied, and Displaced
2000
With Major Roland de Marcellus, Civil Affairs, US Army Reserves.
Transnational Criminal Networks
2000
With Dr. Richard Millett, Marine Corps University.
Democratic Enlargement: Ten Years Looking Back
2000
With Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Nuclear Materials Threat
2000
With Matt Bunn, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Harvard University.
Disasters Without Borders
2000
With Dr. Brent Burkholder, International Emergency Refugee Health Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Richard Brennan, Director of Health, International Rescue Committee.
Environmental Security
2000
With Sherri Wasserman-Goodman, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security, U.S. Department of Defense.
Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Cold War World
2000
With Lynn Davis, Director of Study Group, US Commission on National Security.
Civilian Policing in Peacekeeping
2000
With Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin and M. Brooke Darby, US Department of State.
The (Inter)National Guard
2000
With Colonel Mark Kalber, Deputy Director, State Sponsorship Program, National Guard Bureau, US Department of Defense.
Humanitarian High Tech
1999
With Larry Roeder, Special Adviser, Relief Web and Global Disaster Information Network, US Department of State.
DoD and Democracy in Africa
1999
With Nancy Walker, Director, African Center for Strategic Studies, US Department of Defense.
Cyberthreats: Results of the President's Commission
1999
With Phil Lacombe, Staff Director.
European Security and Defense Identity
1999
With a European Union delegation.
Preventing Bloody Conflict
1999
With Dr. Jane Holl, Director, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict.
Iran's Nuclear Program
1999
George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment for Peace and Karim Sadjapour, International Crisis Group.
Bioterrorism Preparedness
1999
With Dr. Scott Lillibridge, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Loopholes in the Free Market System
1999
With Raymond Baker, Fellow, Brookings Institution, and Jack Blum, Attorney at Law.
Balkans Update
1999
With the Balkans Task Force, US Departments of State and Defense.
A Different World
1999
With John Hillen, Staff, US Commission on National Security in the Twenty-First Century.
War Crimes Tribunals and Long-Term Stability
1999
With Bill Steubner, Reconciliation Advisor, United States Institute of Peace.
Hot Outbreaks, Transnational Threats
1999
With Dr. Stephen Ostroff, Deputy Director of Science and Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Relief and Recovery in Kosovo: NGO Coordination
1999
With David Adams, Coordinator, Kosovo Peace Initiative, US Agency for International Development.
Democracy and Long-Term Stability in Nigeria
1999
With Donald Krumm, Nigeria Task Force Coordinator, US Agency for International Development and Nancy Lindborg, Director, Washington Office, Mercy Corps.
Rule of Law in China
1999
With Joe Onek and Phoebe Yang, Coordinators, Rule of Law Program, US Department of State.
Crisis Corps and Meeting the Challenges of the New Century
1998
With Joan Timoney, Director, Crisis Corps, Peace Corps.
The Russian Economy: Everyone's Security Issue
1998
With Ambassador Bill Taylor, Assistance Coordinator for the Newly Independent States, US Department of State.
Dateline Kosovo
1998
With Nicole Bibbins, Office of Population, Refugees and Migration, U.S. Department of State.
African Crisis Response Initiative
1998
With Scott Fisher, Director, African Crisis Response Initiative, US Department of State.
Disasters Within Wars
1998
With Bill Garvelink, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, US Agency for International Development.
Public Security and Peace Operations
1998
With Colonel Mike Dziedzic, National Defense University.
International 911
1998
With Robert Perito, Deputy Director, International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program, Department of Justice.
Drug Interdiction and Globalization: Why the Thugs are Winning
1998
With Commander Steve Flynn, US Coast Guard.
What is the NDP?
1998
With Colonel Bruce Elliot, Deputy Director of Reserve Affairs, Program Analysis and Evaluation, US Army, National Defense Panel.
Office of Transition Initiatives
1998
With Rick Barton, Director, Office of Transition Initiatives, U.S. Agency for International Development.
Media: A Critical Instrument for Peace
1998
With Greg Pirio, Coordinator for Voice of America, Conflict Resolution Initiative, US Information Agency.
Global Outbreak and Response
1998
With Dr. Scott Lillibridge, Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cyber Attack!
1998
With Mary Riley, U.S. Secret Service.
Relief Web, Technology and Relief Response
1998
With Larry Roeder, Senior Policy Adviser, U.S. Department of State.
Homeland Protection
1998
With James Q. Roberts, Office of Low-Intensity Conflict, US Department of Defense.
Presidential Directives and Peace Operations
1998
With Len Hawley, National Security Council.
The Marine Corps and Security for a New Century
1998
With Captain Chris Seiple, Strategic Initiatives Group, US Marine Corps.
Chinas Emerging Role in the Middle East
1987
House Capitol, Room HC 8
Dr. Jon Alterman, Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Middle East Program, will discuss China's emerging role in the Middle East.