Social Sciences
Monday, work goes on
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND TAIWAN. 3/14, 10:00-11:45am, Washington, DC. Sponsor:
Brookings CNAPS. Speakers:
Richard Bush III, director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution; Jacques deLisle, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Bonnie Glaser, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Wei-chin Lee, professor of political science at Wake Forest University; and
Sandy Yu-Lin Yeh, visiting fellow of the Brookings Institution.
THE RISE OF INDIA: WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES. 3/14, 10:30am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment of International Peace; Ron Somers, US-India Business Council; Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI.
EXORBITANT PRIVILEGE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DOLLAR AND THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM. 3/14, 12:30-2:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Infoshop, World Bank. Speakers: Barry Eichengreen
, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley; Otaviano Canuto, Vice President and Head of Network, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank.
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR TRADE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 3/14, 2:00-5:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC). Speakers: USCC President and CEO Thomas Donohue; World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick; and World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy; Jim Kolbe, German Marshall Fund.
GENDER & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA. 3/14, 5:00-6:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Asia Society Washington Center. Speakers: Jonathan Woetzel, Director, McKinsey & Company Shanghai Office and Co-founder, Urban China Initiative; Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, Chairperson, Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE); Christopher Williams, Director, UN-HABITAT New York Office.
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Monday In Washington
MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY. 4/29, 11:30am-1:00pm. Sponsor: Women in International Trade (WIIT). Speakers: Rachael Leman, Deputy Staff Director, House Rules Committee, Office of Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-32); Nicole Venable, Bockorny...
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The Silly Season: The Week Ahead
Both the British and Americans view mid-August as the "silly season" as everyone is away on vacation, or should be. Nevertheless, some hearty souls remain in the Capital. SOUTH KOREA AND LIBERAL INTERNATIONALISM: THE MIDDLE POWER THEORY REEXAMINED. 8/15,...
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The China Threat
CHINA IN 2020: A NEW TYPE OF SUPERPOWER. 6/15, 2:00-3:45pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings. Speakers: Hu Angang, Director, Center for China Studies, Tsinghua University; Nicholas R. Lardy, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow,...
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China Breaking
CHINA'S ECONOMY IN THE POST-CRISIS WORLD. 3/17, 10:00am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Speakers: Douglas Paal, Vice President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Tom Byrne, Vice President and Senior...
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China On The Agenda
THE DRAGON?S GIFT: THE REAL STORY OF CHINA IN AFRICA. 2/2, 4:00-6:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Africa Program and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS. Speakers: Dr. Deborah Bräutigam, International Development Program American University's School...
Social Sciences