Defense

Israel Raids Flotilla Bound for Gaza: Impact and Aftermath

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President Obama's decision to increase troop levels in Afghanistan this year marks a renewed commitment on the part of the United States to achieving its strategic goals in the c

Start Time: June 8, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: June 8, 2010 - 8:00pm
Speaker(s): Matthew Hoh
Event Fees: none

The recent resignation of Dennis Blair from the Director of National Intelligence has raised anew questions about the structure of the U.S. intelligence community.

Start Time: June 22, 2010 - 6:30pm
End Time: June 22, 2010 - 8:00pm
Speaker(s): Lieutenant General Patrick M. Hughes, U.S. Army (Retired)
Event Fees: none

As Belgium prepares to take over the Presidency on July 1, one of its key priorities is strengthening the EU's role as a global actor.

Start Time: June 2, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: June 2, 2010 - 8:30pm
Speaker(s): Dr. Sven Biscop
Event Fees: none

Several rounds of dialogue have happened between India and Pakistan over the past sixty years.

Start Time: June 1, 2010 - 6:30pm
End Time: June 1, 2010 - 8:00pm
Speaker(s): Mani Shankar Aiyar
Event Fees: none

Will Compromises Strengthen Obama and Karzai?

As American politicians and pundits searched for lessons to be learned from September 11, the paucity of domestic experts knowledgeable about South Asia was noted as a weakness

Start Time: June 17, 2010 - 8:30pm
End Time: June 17, 2010 - 10:30pm
Speaker(s): Peter Beinart
Event Fees: none

YPFP and the Center for Complex Operations invite you to a panel discussion to acknowledge and celebrate the finalists in the inaugural PRISM essay competition for young professionals in the field of complex operations. Please join Ambassador John Herbst, coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization, U.S. Department of State, as he moderates a discussion with this distinguished panel of young professionals.

Start Time: May 25, 2010 - 6:30pm
End Time: May 25, 2010 - 8:00pm
Speaker(s): Ambassador John Herbst (Moderator), Blair Glencorse, Joshua Gross, Walker Hardy, Victor L. Marsh II, Matthew Parin, Maria Placht, Rachel Posner
Event Fees: none

While the outcome of the General Election in Iraq remains unclear, what is clear is the remarkable stability that has been achieved. Much remains to be done, as evidenced by ongoing bombings, but the progress is undeniable.  The United States continues to play less and less of a prominent role in the field of security, while, concurrently, the Iraqi Security Forces are growing in maturity and capabilities. The Iraqi economy continues to strengthen and relations with its neighbors are improving. What does the future hold for U.S.-Iraqi cooperation? Will the next government be able to continue the security successes in Iraq, or will politics undermine that which has been achieved?

Start Time: May 18, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: May 18, 2010 - 8:30pm
Speaker(s): Dr. Kimberly Kagan
President and Founder
Institute for the Study of War
Event Fees: None

Obama team works to head off new Mideast war amid confusion about Syrian intentions

When U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison met with Lebanese officials on Wednesday, she had a mission: She was there to urge Lebanon to help avoid a new outbreak of violence between Israel and the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

Needed: A Coherent U.S. Strategy for India

Many foreign-policy analysts linked to former president Bush’s administration believe that the elevated and energized partnership with India (what George W. Bush’s first ambassador to India, Amb. Robert Blackwill, proclaimed was the president’s “big idea”) he and his advisors brought about may be his greatest and most enduring legacy.

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Start Time: May 14, 2010 - 3:30pm
End Time: May 14, 2010 - 8:00pm
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Event Fees: none

This riveting narrative history of the end of the arms race sheds new light on the frightening last chapters of the Cold War and the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that rem

Start Time: April 6, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: April 6, 2010 - 8:30pm
Speaker(s): David E. Hoffman, Contributing Editor, The Washington Post and Author, The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
Event Fees: none

A new beginning for U.S.-Iraq relations

It has been nearly a week since Iraqis stepped into the ballot box and made history once again.

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