Social Sciences
House of Representatives on recess until September 8
Senate still in session, in recess at the end of the week
ARE THERE STRUCTURAL ISSUES IN US BOND MARKETS? 8/3, 9:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Governor; Antonio Weiss, Counselor to the Treasury Secretary; Douglas Elliott, Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings.
IRAN DEAL VERIFICATION PROBLEMS. 8/3, 10:30am. Sponsor: National Press Club Newsmaker Program. Speakers: Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow in International Affairs, Harvard University; Kirk Lippold, former Commander of the USS Cole; Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the US Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
CYBER-ENABLED ECONOMIC WARFARE: AN EVOLVING CHALLENGE. 8/3, 11:30am-2:00pm. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich; Steven Chabinsky, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer at CrowdStrike; Michael Hsieh, Program Manager at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Mark Tucker, CEO of Temporal Defense Systems; Samantha Ravich, Board of Advisers Member at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies; Juan Zarate, Senior Counsel in the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
ASSESSING US NATURAL GAS EXPORTS. 8/3, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: United States Energy Association (USEA). Speaker: Tim Boersma, Fellow and Acting Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at Brookings.
THE INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION PROCESS ON THE NEW SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL INDICATORS. 8/3, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: Society for International Development (SIDW). Speaker: Cynthia Clapp-Wincek, former Director of the Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research at USAID.
- Monday In Washington, November 30, 2015
BEYOND THE BUDGET DEAL: A CONVERSATION WITH DOD COMPTROLLER MIKE MCCORD. 11/30, 8:30-9:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speaker: Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer. HOUSING, INCLUSION AND SOCIAL EQUITY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE....
- The Week Ahead In Washington - Mid August
It is summer. Congress is in recess and the President is on vacation. No one should be in DC, let alone hold a policy program. Something is wrong with the people below. NAVAL AVIATION. 8/12, 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: International Security Program, CSIS....
- Monday In Washington July 15
POLITICS IN TOUGH PLACES: UNITED NATIONS DIPLOMACY IN TODAY'S CRISES. 7/15, 11:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs; Wegger Strommen, Norwegian Ambassador to the United...
- August Programs
August in Washington is hot and quiet. Anyone with any sense leaves. Unfortunately, a few folks have not gotten the memo that this is the time NOT to hold any events. Unfortunately, the Korea Economic Institute is hiding all the new analytical talent...
- Washington's Monday
NATO BEYOND THE LISBON SUMMIT. 11/29, 8:30am- 4:15pm, Lunch, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: James G. Stavridis, NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Commander, U.S. European Command; Michèle Flournoy, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy....
Social Sciences
Monday in Washington, August 3, 2015
Senate still in session, in recess at the end of the week
ARE THERE STRUCTURAL ISSUES IN US BOND MARKETS? 8/3, 9:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Governor; Antonio Weiss, Counselor to the Treasury Secretary; Douglas Elliott, Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings.
IRAN DEAL VERIFICATION PROBLEMS. 8/3, 10:30am. Sponsor: National Press Club Newsmaker Program. Speakers: Olli Heinonen, Senior Fellow in International Affairs, Harvard University; Kirk Lippold, former Commander of the USS Cole; Alireza Jafarzadeh, Deputy Director of the US Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
CYBER-ENABLED ECONOMIC WARFARE: AN EVOLVING CHALLENGE. 8/3, 11:30am-2:00pm. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich; Steven Chabinsky, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer at CrowdStrike; Michael Hsieh, Program Manager at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Mark Tucker, CEO of Temporal Defense Systems; Samantha Ravich, Board of Advisers Member at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies; Juan Zarate, Senior Counsel in the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
ASSESSING US NATURAL GAS EXPORTS. 8/3, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: United States Energy Association (USEA). Speaker: Tim Boersma, Fellow and Acting Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at Brookings.
THE INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION PROCESS ON THE NEW SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL INDICATORS. 8/3, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: Society for International Development (SIDW). Speaker: Cynthia Clapp-Wincek, former Director of the Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research at USAID.
- Monday In Washington, November 30, 2015
BEYOND THE BUDGET DEAL: A CONVERSATION WITH DOD COMPTROLLER MIKE MCCORD. 11/30, 8:30-9:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speaker: Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer. HOUSING, INCLUSION AND SOCIAL EQUITY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE....
- The Week Ahead In Washington - Mid August
It is summer. Congress is in recess and the President is on vacation. No one should be in DC, let alone hold a policy program. Something is wrong with the people below. NAVAL AVIATION. 8/12, 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: International Security Program, CSIS....
- Monday In Washington July 15
POLITICS IN TOUGH PLACES: UNITED NATIONS DIPLOMACY IN TODAY'S CRISES. 7/15, 11:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs; Wegger Strommen, Norwegian Ambassador to the United...
- August Programs
August in Washington is hot and quiet. Anyone with any sense leaves. Unfortunately, a few folks have not gotten the memo that this is the time NOT to hold any events. Unfortunately, the Korea Economic Institute is hiding all the new analytical talent...
- Washington's Monday
NATO BEYOND THE LISBON SUMMIT. 11/29, 8:30am- 4:15pm, Lunch, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: James G. Stavridis, NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Commander, U.S. European Command; Michèle Flournoy, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy....