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04 / 16
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
The Brookings Institution, Saul Zilkha Room, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC Moderator Speaker Respondent The EU seems incapable of undertaking economic reforms and defining its place in the world. At the same time, public support for the EU has declined dramatically in the last decade and throughout Europe citizens feel they cannot influence what goes on in Brussels. What the EU needs, Simon Hix argues in his new book What’s Wrong with the European Union and How to Fix It (Polity, 2008) is ‘limited democratic politics’. More open political competition would promote policy innovation, foster coalitions across the institutions, provide incentives for the media to cover Brussels, and enable citizens to identify who governs in the EU and to take sides in policy debates. The EU is ready for this new challenge. The institutional reforms since the 1980s have transformed the EU into a more competitive polity, and political battles and coalitions are developing inside and between the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission. This emerging politics should be more central to the Brussels policy process, with clearer coalitions and identifiable winners and losers, at least in the short term. For example, there should be a genuine contest for the Commission President. The risks are low because the EU has multiple checks-and-balances. Yet, the potential benefits are high, as more open politics could enable the EU to overcome policy gridlock, rebuild public support, and reduce the democratic deficit. | ||
04 / 17
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Southeast Asia Young Professionals DC (SEAYP) is an organization of young professionals whose work focues on or are interested in Southeast Asia. We meet once a month for happy hours or dinners. Our members work at non-profits, government agencies, private sector firms and a few are graduate students at local universities. We will be having our next happy hour on Thursday April 17 at 5:30pm at Singapore Bistro on 19th St. NW between L & M streets. Come look for us on one of the restaurant's top floors. We love to add new members to our group and would happy to have anyone stop by! | ||
04 / 18
Start: 10:30 am
End: 12:00 pm
Misha Glenny on Global Crime The Stimson Center’s Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges project cordially invites you to attend a discussion with Misha Glenny at the Henry L. Stimson Center on April 18, 2008 from 10:30 am to 12 pm. Mr. Glenny will discuss his latest book, McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld, which makes clear how organized crime feeds off the poverty of the developing world, how it exploits new technology in the forms of cybercrime and identity theft, and how both global crime and terror are fueled by an identical source: the triumphant material affluence of the West. Mr. Glenny won the Sony Award for his coverage of the Yugoslavian crisis. He is the author of The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999, The Fall of Yugoslavia (won the Overseas Press Club Award in 1993 for Best Book on Foreign Affairs), and The Rebirth Of History: Eastern Europe in the Age of Democracy. | ||
04 / 19
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04 / 22
Start: 8:45 am
RSVP: https://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/index.cfm?Action=View&EventID=1646 A symposium examining the contribution of citizen diplomacy to shaping the role of the United States in the world. Featuring: Hon. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) You are invited to a symposium co-sponsored by Georgetown University and World Learning. The event will draw on World Learning's 75-year history of facilitating experiential education through its Experiment in International Living and the Georgetown University Mortara Center's long-standing commitment to understanding the full range of foreign policy tools. Together with The Aspen Institute's Global Interdependence Initiative, we are exploring citizen diplomacy as an investment in a U.S. foreign policy that both advances U.S. interests and responds effectively to issues that are global in scope. The event will explore "high road," high-quality citizen exchange and diplomacy as an undervalued element of strategic communication, economic development and higher education. The event will kick off with a keynote address and response. Two panel discussions will follow. The first, "What Can Citizens Do? Experiencing High-Road Diplomacy," will pair exchange alumni from several fields with experts on crafting fruitful international exchange programs to explore the outcomes and limitations of such experiences. The second panel, "Democratizing Diplomacy and Development," will bring experts and practitioners from government, academia and the private sector together to situate "high road" citizen diplomacy within larger strategic questions about U.S. foreign policy in the 21st century. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
In the past several years, Muslim views of America and the West have been a preeminent concern of American policymakers. Though often discussed, the topic is rarely understood and several basic questions remain unanswered. Why do ‘they’ hate us? Is Islam compatible with liberal democracy? Is terrorism a result of American foreign policy, a reaction to corrupt rulers or something else entirely? To discuss these questions and more, please join Dalia Mogahed, Executive Director at the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies and co-author with John L. Esposito of Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think. | ||
04 / 23
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Where: East-West Center in Washington, Second Floor Conference Room, 1819 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20036 In her groundbreaking new book, The China Price (Penguin, 2008), acclaimed Financial Times correspondent Alex Harney delves deep into China's enormous ecosystem of export-oriented industry to uncover the truth about how China is able to offer such amazingly low prices to the rest of the world. What she has discovered is a world in which intense pricing pressure from Western companies combines with corruption and a lack of transparency to exact an unseen toll on human capital and the environment. Harney's book is a landmark eyewitness exposé of how China's factory economy competes for Western business, and how China will manage the impact of its changing industrial landscape on the global economy. Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
YPFP New York in conjunction with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in Internaitonal Affairs will host a short screening of Full Disclosure followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Brian Palmer. Full Disclosure is a feature-length documentary that offers a clear and nuanced view of the Iraq occupation from the vantage point of a reporter embedded with a US Marine infantry unit, 1st Battalion/2nd Marine Regiment. Upon returning from Iraq, Palmer followed up with members of the unit routinely, and continued to monitor the situation in towns he visited in Babil and Anbar provinces through media accounts, US government and NGO reports, documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and interviews with returning service members. | ||
04 / 24
Start: 9:00 am
End: 11:00 am
A Special Briefing Co-Sponsored by the East-West Center and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Where: 385 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510 Energy security ranks as one of the highest-priority issues in Asia and the Pacific.The East and South Asia region is the fastest growing oil consumer in the world, and because the region has such a small percentage of the world's oil reserves, it is the most highly dependent on oil imports of any world region. In the future, Asia will become even more dependent on imports as its energy needs expand with changing lifestyles and overall economic growth. Fereidun Fesharaki and Kang Wu, two leading international energy experts based at the East-West Center, will discuss the trends and challenges of the region's energy security landscape in a briefing on their new edited volume, "Asia's Energy Future: Regional Dynamics and Global Implications" (East-West Center, 2007), a pioneering study of Asia's role in global oil and energy markets and implications for the environment and the region's overall energy security. Copies of the book will be available at the event. Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Thursday, April 24 Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century's Political Author Series continues with: Rosie O'Grady's Pub (lower level) Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Please join the Georgetown Club of Metropolitan New York for a fascinating cocktail hour and reading with acclaimed author, Parag Khanna, as he discusses his new book, The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order. DATE: TIME: LOCATION: COST: To register, visit https://www.sporg.com/pom/registration?cmd=event_info&event_id=107520. | ||
04 / 25
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04 / 29
Start: 8:30 am
End: 10:00 am
"Asia Critical Issues" Seminar co-sponsored by the Asia Society and the East-West Center in Washington Where: East-West Center in Washington, Second Floor Conference Room, 1819 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20036 The spectacular rise of China and India has created new geopolitical realities with far-reaching implications for U.S. foreign policy. Kishore Mahbubani-Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, and former Singaporean Ambassador to the United Nations-will discuss these realities as they are laid out in his new book, "The New Asian Hemisphere" (PublicAffairs, 2008), and offer advice to the next American President on how to confront the changing geopolitical landscape in Asia. Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:30 am
Andrew Albertson, YPFP member and Executive Director of the Project on Middle East Democracy, will moderate a panel entitled, Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations and Democracy, Governance, and Human Rights in the Middle East. Also on the panel is YPFP Member Stephen McInerney, POMED's Director of Advocacy and a member of the YPFP Middle East Discussion Group. Tuesday, April 29, 2008 10:00 – 11:30 am. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2200 | ||
04 / 30
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
A Walk to Beautiful A powerful story of healing and hope for women in Ethiopia devastated by childbirth injuries Wednesday, April 30, 2008 *Short preview of the film will be shown WATCH ON PBS, May 13 8pm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beautiful/ | ||
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05 / 3
Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
On Saturday, May 3, 2008, the European Commission Delegation and the embassies of the EU member states will open their doors for members of the public to take a shortcut to Europe. We invite you to join us from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. by taking a rare behind-the-scenes look at the European embassies, many of which are among Washington's historic and architectural treasures. Each embassy offers a unique program featuring the country's cuisine, its music and special events. Take a Tour of the United Kingdom: | ||
05 / 4
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05 / 5
Start: 8:30 am
End: 10:30 am
8:30 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast 9:00 – 10:30 Program Jaime Daremblum Director, Hudson's Center for Latin American Studies (Moderator) Carol Adelman Director, Hudson's Center for Global Prosperity Carol Adelman directs Hudson Institute's Center for Global Prosperity, which produces the annual Index of Global Philanthropy, the sole comprehensive guide to U.S. and other industrialized countries' private giving to developing countries. Adelman is vice chair of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid at USAID, and writes regularly on economic development, foreign aid, global philanthropy, and global health issues. | ||
05 / 6
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05 / 7
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
'Foreign Policy: A Battle between Realpolitik & Ideology' Mark Urban Diplomatic Editor, Newsnight Wednesday 7 May| 6:30pm - 7:30pm RSVP required to sarah.feurey@ypfp.org Mark Urban Mark Urban is a journalist, author and broadcaster, who is currently Diplomatic Editor of the BBC's flagship current affairs programme Newsnight. He was previously Middle East correspondent for BBC News, a general reporter for Newsnight and Defence correspondent of The Independent newspaper. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
The Marshall Plan, which provided $13 billion in aid for Europe, rescued the continent from the destruction of World War II and further economic catastrophe while setting the stage for the continent's integration today. But who were the major players in Europe and the United States who hammered out the deal? What role did Congress play in forging the policy? What baseline did the Marshall Plan set for future U.S. assistance policies? To discuss these questions and more, please join Greg Behrman, Henry Kissinger Fellow for Foreign Policy at the Aspen Institute and author of “The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe”. | ||
05 / 8
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
As the oldest secular state in the Muslim world, Turkey is an important ally to the United States and has been a partner with the West since the beginning of the Cold War. However, this history does not guarantee a smooth relationship. Issues such as the rights of the Turkish Kurds, relations with Iraqi Kurds, entrance into the EU, and the rise of political Islam continue to cause strains within and without Turkey, raising numerous questions. What does Turkey think about the United States? Do Turkey, the United States, and Europe share the same views about the Middle East? What do Turks think about the international system and its need for leadership? To discuss these issues and more, YPFP is pleased to host emerging Turkish leaders Arif Cem Gundogan, Derya Tan Boya, and Gulgonul Bozoglu. | ||
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05 / 12
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
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05 / 13
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Please join the Women's Foreign Policy Group next Tuesday, May 13th at the Slovenian Embassy, for a book reception with Robin Wright, Diplomatic Correspondent for The Washington Post, for her new book, "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East" Robin Wright has reported from more than a 140 countries on six continents for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Sunday Times of London, CBS News and The Christian Science Monitor. She has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune and others. Her foreign tours include the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and several years as a roving foreign correspondent. She has covered a dozen wars and several revolutions. She now covers U.S. foreign policy for The Washington Post. Among several awards, Wright received the U.N. Correspondents Gold Medal, the National Magazine Award for reportage from Iran in The New Yorker, and the Overseas Press Club Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initiative" for coverage of African wars. She was named journalist of the year by the American Academy of Diplomacy, and won the National Press Club Award and the Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting. Wright has also been the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant. As an author, Ms. Wright has been a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Brookings Institution, Yale University, Duke University, Stanford University, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. She lectures extensively around the United States and has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and PBS programs, including “Meet the Press,” “Face the Nation,” “This Week,” “Nightline,” the “Newshour,” “Frontline,” and "Larry King Live.’ Among her books, The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran was selected as one of the 25 most memorable books of the year 2000. She is also the author of Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam, Flashpoints: Promise and Peril in a New World, and In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade. | ||
05 / 14
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
After the collapse of the USSR, cooperation between U.S. and Russian aerospace companies symbolized the spirit of the post-Cold War era. In many ways, these efforts have been very successful, reducing costs and enabling projects like the International Space Station. However, rising tensions with Russia have led to questions about whether this relationship is good for the United States and its continued access to space. What are the challenges and risks of working in Russia? How important has Russia become to U.S. access to space? Should the U.S. count on continued cooperation in the future? To answer these questions and more, please join Mark Albrecht, former president of International Launch Services and senior space policy advisor to President Bush from 1989 to 1993. To RSVP, please email your name and affiliation to events@ypfp.org. | ||
05 / 15
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Panel Discussion at New York University Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:00 PM Location: Please join Thomas Keenan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Human Rights Project at Bard College, as he moderates a discussion between David Rieff, author of A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis, and Dr. Rony Brauman, former president of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), to honor one of the great figures of humanitarian action, François Jean. Start: 8:00 pm
Start: May 15 2008 - 8:00pm
End: May 16 2008 - 12:00am
THE LIST PROJECT INVITES YOU TO A SPECIAL SHOWING OF GEORGE PACKER’S “B E T R A Y E D” AT THE CULTURE PROJECT THURSDAY, MAY 15 AT 8 PM THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL POST-PERFORMANCE CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE PACKER & LIST PROJECT FOUNDER KIRK JOHNSON CULTURE PROJECT IS OFFERING A ONE-NIGHT DISCOUNTED TICKET PRICE TO FRIENDS OF THE LIST PROJECT. TO ORDER TICKETS, CALL 212-352-3101 OR VISIT WWW.CULTUREPROJECT.ORG AND USE DISCOUNT CODE L25STCP STANDARD SEATS $25 (REGULARLY $35) New York, NY –-- Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) has announced that it will host The List Project for a special post-show discussion, following the Thursday, May 15 performance of its critically acclaimed World Premiere production of George Packer’s play Betrayed. Following the 8:00 p.m. performance, Packer will be joined by Kirk Johnson, founder of The List Project, a former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officer whose work to resettle Iraqis endangered by working with American organizations helped inspire Packer’s play. Packer and Johnson will be joined by Ehab Al-Kuttub, an Iraqi currently working with The List Project and the evening will be moderated by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, National Editor of The Washington Post and author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City. | ||
05 / 16
End: 12:00 am
Start: May 15 2008 - 8:00pm
End: May 16 2008 - 12:00am
THE LIST PROJECT INVITES YOU TO A SPECIAL SHOWING OF GEORGE PACKER’S “B E T R A Y E D” AT THE CULTURE PROJECT THURSDAY, MAY 15 AT 8 PM THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL POST-PERFORMANCE CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE PACKER & LIST PROJECT FOUNDER KIRK JOHNSON CULTURE PROJECT IS OFFERING A ONE-NIGHT DISCOUNTED TICKET PRICE TO FRIENDS OF THE LIST PROJECT. TO ORDER TICKETS, CALL 212-352-3101 OR VISIT WWW.CULTUREPROJECT.ORG AND USE DISCOUNT CODE L25STCP STANDARD SEATS $25 (REGULARLY $35) New York, NY –-- Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) has announced that it will host The List Project for a special post-show discussion, following the Thursday, May 15 performance of its critically acclaimed World Premiere production of George Packer’s play Betrayed. Following the 8:00 p.m. performance, Packer will be joined by Kirk Johnson, founder of The List Project, a former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officer whose work to resettle Iraqis endangered by working with American organizations helped inspire Packer’s play. Packer and Johnson will be joined by Ehab Al-Kuttub, an Iraqi currently working with The List Project and the evening will be moderated by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, National Editor of The Washington Post and author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City. | ||
