Reverse Brain Drain for the Middle East
Tuesday, January 29 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Progress on the Korean Peninsula
Tuesday, January 29 | 5:30pm – 7:00pm

with

Dr. Marcus Noland
Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for Economics

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

Please join us on January 29th for two events with Marcus Noland, senior fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for Economics.  First, as part of a larger Carnegie Council event, Dr. Noland will examine reversing brain drain in the Middle East as a potential strategy for spurring entrepreneurship and strengthening the region's links to the global economy. Outside the booming energy sector, indicators of potential growth for the Arab economies in the Middle East are weak. Reversing brain drain contributed to the blossoming of the high tech sector in economies such as Taiwan and India and holds possibilities for the Middle East.
Afterward, Dr. Noland will join the Carnegie New Leaders and YPFP New York exclusively for an informal discussion of the latest developments in Northeast Asian security and the six-party talks. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Both events will be held at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. To attend, please register by emailing Danielle Candy at dcandy@cceia.org with your name and affiliation.

The Growing Chinese Influence in Africa

Speaker: Ambassador David Shinn, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University

Tuesday, January 29, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E Street, NW

Sponsored by: Delta Phi Epsilon: The Professional Foreign Service Fraternity

No RSVP Necessary.

NATO's New Troubles: Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Future of the Alliance

POLICY FORUM
Thursday, January 31, 2008
11:00 AM (Luncheon to Follow)

Featuring Stanley Kober, Research Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Susan Eisenhower, Chairman Emeritus, The Eisenhower Institute; Lawrence S. Kaplan, Emeritus Director of the Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies, Kent State University; Jeremy Shapiro, Fellow and Director of Research, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution.

The Mind of the Terrorist: The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda

Speaker: Dr. Jerrold M. Post, Director of the Political Psychology Program, George Washington University; author of The Mind of the Terrorist

Copies of The Mind of the Terrorist will be available for purchase at this event.

Thursday, January 31, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Location: Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E Street, NW

Sponsored by: the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Security Policy Studies Program

Please RSVP to rsvpesia@gwu.edu.

World Affairs Council of DC

Foreign Policy Series Event - January 31, 2008
 
Kosovo: A New East-West Crisis
 
 Janusz Bugajski
Director of the New European Democracies Project at CSIS
 
Michael Haltzel (Moderator)
Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University SAIS
 
Daniel Serwer
Vice President, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations at the United States Institute of Peace
 
Dimitri Simes
Founding President of the Nixon Center
 
Kosovo is widely expected to declare independence from Serbia following elections on January 20th. This distinguished panel of experts will discuss the ramifications of this move on Europe, Russia, the United Nations and the U.S. and explore the potential for a new East-West crisis.
 
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
6:30-8:00 pm
 
1800 K Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006
 Conference Room B1
 
Members: $10 Non-Members: $15 Students/Interns: Free
A light reception will follow the discussion.
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Event InformationWhen

Friday, February 01, 2008
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Where

Room 603
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Map

Contact: Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education, American University Washington College of Law

E-mail: secle@wcl.american.edu

America Abroad Media and CNN Turk present...

“America’s Funniest Muslim: Muslim Life in America...With a sense of humor”

Join CNN Turk’s Mithat Bereket for a televised town hall event, featuring a performance and Q&A with comedian Azhar Usman.

Called “The Ayatollah of Comedy,” Azhar Usman is the co-founder of the critically acclaimed comedy troupe, “Allah Made Me Funny.” A well known lecturer, activist and authority on Muslim American issues, the BBC observed that Usman and his troupe aim to “counter the negative stereotypes and attitudes about Muslims and Arabs by poking fun at themselves, their communities and the prejudices they face.”

America Abroad Media and CNN Turk present...

“America’s Funniest Muslim: Muslim Life in America...With a sense of humor”

Join CNN Turk’s Mithat Bereket for a televised town hall event, featuring a performance and Q&A with comedian Azhar Usman.

Called “The Ayatollah of Comedy,” Azhar Usman is the co-founder of the critically acclaimed comedy troupe, “Allah Made Me Funny.” A well known lecturer, activist and authority on Muslim American issues, the BBC observed that Usman and his troupe aim to “counter the negative stereotypes and attitudes about Muslims and Arabs by poking fun at themselves, their communities and the prejudices they face.”

America Abroad Media and CNN Turk present...

“America’s Funniest Muslim: Muslim Life in America...With a sense of humor”

Join CNN Turk’s Mithat Bereket for a televised town hall event, featuring a performance and Q&A with comedian Azhar Usman.

Called “The Ayatollah of Comedy,” Azhar Usman is the co-founder of the critically acclaimed comedy troupe, “Allah Made Me Funny.” A well known lecturer, activist and authority on Muslim American issues, the BBC observed that Usman and his troupe aim to “counter the negative stereotypes and attitudes about Muslims and Arabs by poking fun at themselves, their communities and the prejudices they face.”

As Washington, America, and the rest of the world ready for a new administration, questions abound over the fate of the War on Terror. In 1953, Containment’s torch passed from Truman to Eisenhower; will President Bush’s construct survive the transition? How has Al Qaeda evolved and where is it heading? What new strategies – if any – should be pursued to deal with these developments? What does victory look like and how will we achieve it? To discuss these issues and more, please join Peter Bergen, Schwartz Senior Fellow at New America Foundation.
The discussion will be held from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6th. To attend, please register by responding to events@ypfp.org with your name and affiliation.

America Abroad Media and CNN Turk present...

“America’s Funniest Muslim: Muslim Life in America...With a sense of humor”

Join CNN Turk’s Mithat Bereket for a televised town hall event, featuring a performance and Q&A with comedian Azhar Usman.

Called “The Ayatollah of Comedy,” Azhar Usman is the co-founder of the critically acclaimed comedy troupe, “Allah Made Me Funny.” A well known lecturer, activist and authority on Muslim American issues, the BBC observed that Usman and his troupe aim to “counter the negative stereotypes and attitudes about Muslims and Arabs by poking fun at themselves, their communities and the prejudices they face.”

Congressional Human Rights Caucus (CHRC)

Russia Working Group (RWG)

Briefing:

Human Rights Crisis in Russia:

Crackdown on Democracy Leaders Continues

Featuring

Prominent Russian Human Rights Activist

Lev Ponomarev

Thursday, February 7

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

The World Affairs Council of Washington DC in cooperation with the World Affairs Councils of America invites Council Members to a Distinguished Speaker Series featuring

Vincente Fox
Former President of Mexico

Amb. Jim Jones
Chairman, World Affairs Councils of America (Moderator)

With increasing relationships between U.S. and Mexico, both U.S. and Mexican policymakers will look to a new U.S. presidency in order to address ongoing issues that will affect both states. Former President Vicente Fox of Mexico will discuss the choices facing Mexico with a new U.S. presidency and what needs to be addressed to build a strong U.S.-Mexico relationship, including issues such as immigration, economic policy, and energy. What will the future hold for U.S.-Mexican relations? What concerns must be addressed by the next administration? Please join the World Affairs Council of Washington DC and the World Affairs Councils of America as Former President Fox presents his keynote luncheon address and delivers his advice and recommendations for the new presidency to solve present problems to ensure a better future for Mexico.

RSVP required

China has gone from the ranks of the developing countries to becoming a major player in Africa. China's entry into international development provides new resources for developing countries, as well as leverage with regimes in challenging regions. However, it also provides an alternative approach to development that challenges Western philosophies. Is China a rogue donor? What do we know about Chinese aid in Africa? Journalists and foreign policy pundits have jumped to conclusions on very little evidence.

To address these issues, YPFP presents a roundtable with Deborah Brautigam, an associate professor at American University and author of the book, Chinese Aid and African Development. Professor Brautigam has just returned from visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia and China, and will provide her analysis of China's aid and what it means for Africa and the West.

America Abroad Media and CNN Turk present...

“America’s Funniest Muslim: Muslim Life in America...With a sense of humor”

Join CNN Turk’s Mithat Bereket for a televised town hall event, featuring a performance and Q&A with comedian Azhar Usman.

Called “The Ayatollah of Comedy,” Azhar Usman is the co-founder of the critically acclaimed comedy troupe, “Allah Made Me Funny.” A well known lecturer, activist and authority on Muslim American issues, the BBC observed that Usman and his troupe aim to “counter the negative stereotypes and attitudes about Muslims and Arabs by poking fun at themselves, their communities and the prejudices they face.”

Please join The Americas Project at the Center for American Progress for a special presentation:

State of the Americas 2008

Keynote Speaker:
Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank

Featured Panelists:
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, Political Economy Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution
Adrean Scheid Rothkopf, Managing Director for North and Central America and the Caribbean, U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.
Michael Shifter, Vice President for Policy and Director of the Andean program, Inter-American Dialogue

Space Race with China?
The Chinese Anti-Satellite Test and U.S.-China Relations in Space
 

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC

Before China carried out an anti-satellite test in January 2007, some U.S. policy-makers, including NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and the U.S. House China Working Group, advocated greater cooperation between the United States and China in space. After the test, which created a massive cloud of space debris that angered international space professionals and alarmed the American public, increased references to U.S.-China competition and hints of a new space race drowned out calls for cooperation.

Using the experience they gained from visiting China several times in the last eight months, analysts Jeffrey Lewis and Gregory Kulacki will evaluate the costs and benefits of cooperation and competition between the United States and China in light of the history of Chinese interest in ASAT technology and an assessment of China's growing aerospace industry.

The New America Foundation invites you to join these two space policy experts in an engaging panel discussion and robust question-and-answer session. The American Strategy Program's Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative is designed to build a new bipartisan consensus around a reduced role for nuclear weapons in U.S. security policy and a renewed emphasis on building international institutions to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

Featured Speakers

How We Missed the Story on Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan
 

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC

In How We Missed The Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan, award-winning journalist Roy Gutman weaves a narrative that exposes how and why the U.S. government, the United Nations, and the Western media "missed the story" in the leadup to 9/11.

Focusing primarily on events in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s, Gutman contends that foreign policy in the region was non-existent. He argues that instead of a comprehensive foreign policy, the U.S. government chose to conduct a counter-terror policy that inadvertently fueled the very fire it was trying to fight.  Gutman is also critical of the media's role during this period - questioning the lack of coverage of Afghanistan prior to 9/11.

Join the New America Foundation for a robust discussion with Roy Gutman and Peter Bergen on the policy and media mistakes in Afghanistan prior to September 11.

Featured Speakers

The Center for National Policy

invites you to a policy discussion entitled

Opinions of the U.S. in
the Islamic World

Featuring

James Zogby
The Arab American Institute

And

Dalia Mogahed
Gallup Center for Muslim Studies

Wednesday, February 13 from 12:30-2:00pm
A light lunch will be served; space will be limited.
Location:
Center for National Policy One Massachusetts Ave., NWThird Floor, Suite 333Washington, DC 20001

Click Here To RSVP

Wednesday, February 13

“The Kosovo Dilemma”

4:30 p.m. - Room 812, Rome Building, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Soren Jessen-Petersen, visiting scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace, former assistant U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and former special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, will discuss this topic. Members of the public should RSVP to the SAIS International Law and Organizations Program at itlong@jhu.edu or 202.663.5745.

The British Embassy and Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium present a panel discussion and photo exhibition on Perceptions of Islam in the Western World 2/13/2008 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Event Description: Since the events of September 11, 2001, perceptions of the Muslim community have changed drastically. Through examining policy, art and everyday life, the panel discussion will offer perspective on being Muslim in the Western world. Accompanied by a fascinating art exhibit commissioned by the British Government, the Art of Integration, this panel event will explore themes of cultural awareness and religious tolerance. Panelists: Peter Sanders, photographer of the Art of Integration in Britain's Green and Pleasant Lands Farah Qureshi, JHU student Manal Omar, Middle East Manager for Oxfam Location: Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus Glass Pavilion 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 For more information: Kelly Hysan British Embassy kelly.hysan@fco.gov.uk

Linda Jamison and the CSIS Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy invite members of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy to a select event with Laura Liswood, one of the leading experts on the female leaders of the world. (Ms. Liswood was one of the last people to interview Benazir Bhutto before she was killed.) I hope you can attend!

A Book Event with Laura Liswood
Author of "Women World Leaders"

Opening Remarks and Moderator
Linda Jamison
Dean, Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy

Thursday, February 14
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
CSIS B-1 Conference Center
1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC

The Women's Foreign Policy Group hosts a


*** CARNEGIE SCHOLAR ISLAM SERIES EVENT ***


Researching and Writing about Human Rights in Iran

Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina
Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia
2005 Carnegie Scholar


Abdulaziz Sachedina, Ph.D., is a Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Dr. Sachedina, who has studied in India, Iraq, Iran, and Canada, obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He has been conducting research and writing in the field of Islamic Law, Ethics, and Theology (Sunni and Shiite) for more than two decades and has just recently returned from Iran. Dr. Sachedina was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2005 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to conduct research on Human Rights: A Clash of Universalisms. In the last ten years he has also concentrated on social and political ethics, including Interfaith and Intrafaith Relations, Islamic Biomedical Ethics and Islam and Human Rights. Dr. Sachedina’s publications include: Islamic Messianism (State University of New York, 1980); Human Rights and the Conflicts of Culture, co-authored (University of South Carolina, 1988) The Just Ruler in Shiite Islam (Oxford University Press, 1988); The Prolegomena to the Qur’an (Oxford University Press, 1998), The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism (Oxford University Press, 2002), Islamic Biomedical Ethics: Theory and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2008), in addition to numerous articles in academic journals. He is an American citizen born in Tanzania.

Security for a New Century 110th Congress
 
Iraq: The Sadrists and the Surge
 
When: Tuesday, February 19 at 11:00 am
Where: Senate Capitol, Room S-115
 
Joost Hiltermann, deputy program director for Middle East/North Africa for the International Crisis Group, will join us for a discussion on the war in Iraq and the political situation on the ground in the wake of the surge.  US and Iraqi military pressure and tactical shifts have combined to dramatically reduce bloodshed, but the political and security situation remains fragile and could reverse course.  The Sadrists in particular, have been significantly weakened, but Hilterman argues that they remain a deeply entrenched mass movement of young disenfranchised Shiites, controlling substantial areas in Baghdad and in the south.  What is the current political situation across the country?  What are the implications of the imminent end to Muqtada al-Sadr’s 6-month ceasefire?  What are the prospects for longer- term political progress?
 
"Security for a New Century" is a bipartisan study group for Congress. We meet regularly with U.S. and international policy professionals to discuss the post Cold War and post 9/11 security environment. All discussions are off-the-record. It is not an advocacy venue. Please call 224-7560 for more information or write Geneve_Mantri@Lugar.senate.gov 

Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
A Conversation with Samantha Power

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC

When Samantha Power won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, many people wondered what she would write for an encore.  Her answer is a groundbreaking biography of Sergio Vieira de Mello.  In nearly four decades of work for the United Nations, Sergio distinguished himself as the consummate humanitarian, able to negotiate with-and often charm-cold war military dictators, Marxist jungle radicals, reckless warlords, and nationalist and sectarian militia leaders.  His life, and death in a terrorist attack on UN Headquarters in Iraq in 2003, helps frame many of the world's crises and humanitarian challenges of the last few decades.  

By taking the measure of this remarkable man's life and career, Power offers a fascinating answer to the question: Who possesses the moral authority, the political sense, and the military and economic heft to protect human life and bring peace to the unruly new world order?

In one of Power's first appearances since the publication of Chasing the Flame, she will discuss her new book, genocide, the state of U.S. foreign policy and the 2008 Presidential election.

Featured Speaker
Samantha Power
Professor, Harvard University
Founding Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Moderator
Rev. David Gray
Director, Workforce and Family Program
New America Foundation

President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, President Chirac, and Primer Minister Schroeder each left a lasting impression on the transatlantic community in their times in office. Where does the U.S.–European relationship now stand as a result of their distinctive styles and personalities? How has it changed since the start of the war in Iraq and how will it change as President Bush, the last of these leaders, leaves office? To discuss these questions and more, please join Dr. Simon Serfaty, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Seven Tasks for Korea's New President

Sponsored by the
Sejong Society of Washington, D.C.

Featuring:
Peter M. Beck
Executive Director
U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

As the February 25 inauguration date for South Korean president-elect Lee Myung-bak approaches, Peter Beck will share with Sejong Society members his in-depth knowledge of South Korean domestic politics, inter-Korean relations, and the situation in North Korea.

Date:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Time:
6:45 pm

Location:
Bernstein-Offit Building
Room 500, Fifth Floor
1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(Closest Metro: Dupont Circle)

The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and
the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center present:

Religious Freedom and Democratization
in the Middle East: Links and Challenges

Freedom of religion - the right to think, believe, and worship in accordance with the dictates of conscience, without the fear of government persecution - is a fundamental human right, and an important element in the development of liberal democratic political orders.

Despite progress in Middle Eastern states, the region remains home to many countries with policies that impinge on religious rights. The largest restrictions on religious freedom appear in Middle Eastern societies where fundamental political and civil rights have been denied and progress in democratic reform has been most stalled. In some states, the marginalization of a sector of society through systemic, religious-based discrimination has anchored a destabilizing environment that has posed internal and regional security challenges.

The Student Association on Terrorism and Security Analysis (SATSA) announces its 4th Annual Graduate Conference on Peace and Security. This year's theme is "The Changing Face of International and National Security" and will be held February 23, 2007 at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. For more information, visit SATSA's webpage: http://student.maxwell.syr.edu/satsa/satsa.htm

At a recent press conference in Paris, Professor Raymond Tanter said that, "Reaching out to the Iranian opposition by delisting the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) from the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organizations list would motivate the regime to choose between pursuit of the Bomb and survival of the regime."

How would removing such opposition groups from terrorist lists affect Iran and its relations with the rest of the world?

Join us for a DC International Connection Dinner Party featuring Persian dishes, Professor Tanter's insights on Iran, and a discussion opened to all questions and viewpoints.

At a recent press conference in Paris, Professor Raymond Tanter said that, "Reaching out to the Iranian opposition by delisting the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) from the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organizations list would motivate the regime to choose between pursuit of the Bomb and survival of the regime."

How would removing such opposition groups from terrorist lists affect Iran and its relations with the rest of the world?

Join us for a DC International Connection Dinner Party featuring Persian dishes, Professor Tanter's insights on Iran, and a discussion opened to all questions and viewpoints.

Kosovo: What Next?

Date and Time
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Directions

RSVP Today

With Kosovo's recent declaration of independence, the question before the United States and European governments is how to handle the transition thereafter. What are the implications and what steps should the U.S. and Europe take to mitigate the consequences?

Turkey-U.S. Relations and Northern Iraq

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
The Jamestown Foundation
1111 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
 

Agenda:

8:45 A.M.: Registration

9:00 A.M.: Introduction

Glen E. Howard
President
The Jamestown Foundation

9:15 A.M.: Panel One — Turkey and Northern Iraq

Gareth Jenkins
Turkey Analyst
The Jamestown Foundation

Dr. Hüseyin Bağcı
Professor of International Relations
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

The Situation of Workers in Israel

Dr. Shlomo Swirski
Research Director, The ADVA Center, Tel Aviv

Working people are losing ground in Israel. In the past decade, the proportion of workers earning the minimum wage or less has increased by 50%, and the proportion of poor among salaried workers has increased by almost 30%.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
4:00-5:30 PM

:::
This event is to be held at the Economic Policy Institute:
1333 H Street NW,
Suite 300, East Tower
Washington, DC 20005
For more information on this event, contact events@epi.org.

Tuesday, February 26

“Bush’s Trip to Africa: An Analysis”

4:30 p.m. -- Room 736, Bernstein-Offit Building, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Herman Cohen, former ambassador to Senegal and Gambia, former U.S.
assistant secretary of State for Africa and adjunct professor in the
SAIS African Studies Program, will discuss this topic. Members of the
public should RSVP to the SAIS African Studies Program at
smjackson@jhu.edu or 202.663.5676

Assassinations of Trade Unionists in Colombia and the Proposed Free Trade Agreement

Luciano Vasquez
Director General, Escuela Nacional Sindical, Medellin, Colombia

Since 1986, there have been more than 2,515 documented killings of trade unionists. Many have been tied to multi-national corporations. The trade agreement would increase the presence and power of multi-nationals. [RSVP below].

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
10:00 AM - Noon

RSVP for this event here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1691/t/2503/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=36052

Malaysia's integration into the global economy has been rapid and extensive. How has globalization impacted Malaysia's autonomy and policy space?

This event has been organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Speakers: Joan M. Nelson and Jacob Meerman, scholars-in-residence, American University. Commentator: Pek Koon Heng, assistant professor, American University's School of International Service.

February 27, 2008, 3:30-5:30pm, 5th floor conf. room, Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC

RSVPs unnecessary, but media organizations requested to contact asia@wilsoncenter.org. More event info available from www.wilsoncenter.org/asia

Many of the current presidential candidates have expressed a desire to reshape or rebuild the U.S. image abroad through increased diplomatic efforts. Is the State Department equipped to handle greater demands on its resources and diplomatic corps? What funding challenges does the State Department currently face, and how can the next President deal with those challenges? What would a fully funded diplomatic corps look like? To discuss these questions and more, please join Ambassador Neumann, President of the American Academy of Diplomacy and former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan.

The discussion will be held 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27th. To attend, please register by responding to events@ypfp.org and be sure to state your name and affiliation.