Social Sciences
DOMESTIC FOREIGN POLICY DEBATES: WORLDVIEWS OF RISING POWERS. 4/25, 9:00am-6:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Sigur Center, George Washington University (GWU). Speakers: Evan Medeiros, Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council; Professor David Shambaugh (GWU); David Lampton, Johns Hopkins University; Michael Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia; Professors Richard Samuels (MIT); Narushige Michishita, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan; Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations; Robert O. Blake Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Professors Deepa Ollapally (GWU); Rajesh Rajagopalan, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Daniel Markey, Council on Foreign Relations; Walter Russell Mead, James Clarke Chace, Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities, Bard College, Editor-at-Large of The American Interest magazine; Jim Hoagland, Washington Post; Andrew Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS; Igor Zevelev, Director, Moscow Office, MacArthur Foundation; Thomas Graham, Kissinger & Associates; Barbara Slavin, The Atlantic Council; Professor Farideh Farhi, Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawai'i-Manoa; Gary Sick, Columbia University; Professors Henry R. Nau, GWU; Deepa Ollapally, GWU; Thomas R. Pickering, Hills and Company and Career Ambassador; David Sanger, New York Times.
THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER: FROM PREHUMAN TIMES TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 4/25, 12:30-2:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: SAIS, Johns Hopkins University; American Interest. Speakers: Fukuyama, a senior fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute; Olivier Nomellini, Senior Fellow, Stanford University.
YAKUZA INFLUENCE ON THE JAPANESE FINANCIAL SECTOR: SECURITY AND SOLVENCY IN JAPAN. 4/25, 3:30-5:30pm, Arlington, VA. Sponsor: Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), George Mason University. Speaker: Grant Newsham, spent the last decade in Tokyo assisting a major Western financial services firm address issues related to Japanese organized crime groups and other transnational criminals.
- Monday In Washington April 28, 2014
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR POWER. 4/28, 9:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. Speakers: Peter Lyons, Assistant Energy Secretary for Nuclear Power; Carol Bower, Former EPA Administrator; Susan Tierney, Principal, Analysis...
- Monday In Washington, November 4, 2013
THE FUTURE OF CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES. 11/4 - 11/7. Sponsor: Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Ministerial. CONSERVATIVE INTERNATIONALSIM: ARMED DIPLOMACY UNDER JEFFERSON, POLK, TRUMAN, AND REAGAN. 11/4, 11:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Heritage...
- Monday In Washington
This month cannot get over soon enoughASSESSING THE SOUTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE ELECTIONS. 12/10, 2:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Asian Studies, Heritage. Speakers: Dr. Michael Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International...
- Three For Monday
THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER AFTER FUKUSHIMA. 3/28, Noon-1:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Progressive Policy Institute. Speakers: Dr. James Conca, Director, Laboratory Operations, Dept. of Energy Hanford Nuclear Site Waste Sampling and Characterization...
- Securing Asia
US-JAPAN ALLIANCE AT 50: TOWARD A REENERGIZED PARTNERSHIP. 6/7, 10:00am-4:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Stimson Center. Speakers: Mr. Robin "Sak" Sakoda, Partner, Armitage International; Ms. Keiko Iizuka, Deputy Political Editor, Yomiuri Shimbun; Yuki...
Social Sciences
Busy Monday
THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER: FROM PREHUMAN TIMES TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 4/25, 12:30-2:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: SAIS, Johns Hopkins University; American Interest. Speakers: Fukuyama, a senior fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute; Olivier Nomellini, Senior Fellow, Stanford University.
YAKUZA INFLUENCE ON THE JAPANESE FINANCIAL SECTOR: SECURITY AND SOLVENCY IN JAPAN. 4/25, 3:30-5:30pm, Arlington, VA. Sponsor: Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC), George Mason University. Speaker: Grant Newsham, spent the last decade in Tokyo assisting a major Western financial services firm address issues related to Japanese organized crime groups and other transnational criminals.
- Monday In Washington April 28, 2014
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR POWER. 4/28, 9:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. Speakers: Peter Lyons, Assistant Energy Secretary for Nuclear Power; Carol Bower, Former EPA Administrator; Susan Tierney, Principal, Analysis...
- Monday In Washington, November 4, 2013
THE FUTURE OF CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES. 11/4 - 11/7. Sponsor: Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Ministerial. CONSERVATIVE INTERNATIONALSIM: ARMED DIPLOMACY UNDER JEFFERSON, POLK, TRUMAN, AND REAGAN. 11/4, 11:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Heritage...
- Monday In Washington
This month cannot get over soon enoughASSESSING THE SOUTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE ELECTIONS. 12/10, 2:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Asian Studies, Heritage. Speakers: Dr. Michael Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International...
- Three For Monday
THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER AFTER FUKUSHIMA. 3/28, Noon-1:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Progressive Policy Institute. Speakers: Dr. James Conca, Director, Laboratory Operations, Dept. of Energy Hanford Nuclear Site Waste Sampling and Characterization...
- Securing Asia
US-JAPAN ALLIANCE AT 50: TOWARD A REENERGIZED PARTNERSHIP. 6/7, 10:00am-4:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Stimson Center. Speakers: Mr. Robin "Sak" Sakoda, Partner, Armitage International; Ms. Keiko Iizuka, Deputy Political Editor, Yomiuri Shimbun; Yuki...