Social Sciences
JIHADIST TERRORISM: A THREAT ASSESSMENT. 9/9, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Bipartisan Policy Center. Speakers: Peter Bergen, National Security Analyst, CNN; Lee Hamilton, Co-Chair, 9/11 Commission; Bruce Hoffman, Director of the Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University; Mike Hurley, President, Team 3i LLC; Thomas Kean, Co-Chair, 9/11 Commission.
CYBER WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, OR WILL IT? 9/9, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Thomas Rid, Reader in War Studies, Kings College; Peter Singer, Director, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Brookings; Ian Wallace, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Brookings; Jason Healey, Director, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council.
NEW STRATEGIES FOR THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE: A PERSPECTIVE FROM BRAZIL. 9/9, 12:30pm. Sponsor: SAIS. Speaker: Alfredo Sirkis, Chairman, Climate Negotiation Subcommittee of the Brazilian Parliament's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Commission.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE? TAIWAN AND THE US PIVOT TO ASIA. 9/9, 12:30-1:45pm. Sponsor: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University. Speaker: Yeh-Chung Lu, Assistant Professor, Department of Diplomacy, National Chengi-chi University.
OPERATIONAL ENERGY IN THE NEXT DECADE-POLICY, STRATEGY AND INNOVATION. 9/9, 12:30-2:00pm. Sponsor: Ground Forces Dialogue, CSIS. Speakers: Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs; Lieutenant General Robert R. Ruark, Director of Logistics, J-4, Joint Staff; Moderated by Dr. Maren Leed, Senior Advisor, CSIS Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies.
ADVANCED FOSSIL ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. 9/9, 1:30-6:00pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Randall Rush, General Manager, Gasification Technology, Southern Company; Victor Der, General Manager, North America, Global CCS Institute; Darren Mollot, Director, Office of Clean Energy Systems, US Department of Energy; Maryann Locke, Energy Counselor, Royal Norwegian Embassy; Stephen Anderson, Founding Co-Chair, Montreal Protocol Technology & Economic Assessment Panel; Seshadri Guha, Chairman and Managing Partner, CGN Global; Jonathan Pershing, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Change Policy and Technology, US Department of Energy; Mohammad Zaidi, Strategic Advisory Board, Braemar Energy Ventures.
RESEARCH OF INTERNATIONAL TUNA NEGOTIOATIONS. 9/9, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute. Speakers: Atsushi Ishii, Associate Professor, Tokohu University; Susan Lieberman, Former Senior Director, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Ayako Okubo, Lecturer, Tokai University; Isao Sakaguchi, Professor, Gakushuin University.
YOUTH AND PUBLIC SERVICE IN A GLOBAL ERA. 9/9, 4:30-6:00pm. Sponsor: Berkeley Center, Georgetown University. Speaker: Former US Senator Tom Daschle, D-SD. KEYNOTE FOR "The Future of the Asia-Pacific: New Paths for Japan-US Cooperation" symposium.
- 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, March 23, 2015
AGILITY, ACQUISITION, AND AMERICAN SECURITY: A PROPOSAL FOR REFORM. 3/23, 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Dr. John Hamre, President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair of CSIS; Andrew Hunter,...
- Monday In Washington, March 10, 2014
YOUNG JAPANESE SCHOLARS PROGRAM: NEW VIEWS ON POLITICS AND POLICY FROM TOKYO TO TAIWAN. 3/10, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: East-West Center. Speakers: Chihiro Okawa, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kanagawa University; Madoka Fukuda, Associate Professor...
- Us-japan Research Institute Week
US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) holds an annual week of programs on Japan featuring speakers from the Institutes associated universities in Japan. The Institute's mission is to produce practical research results based on a sound academic...
- Japan Thursday
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICY FORMULATION PROCESS IN JAPAN AND US PARLIAMENTS: ROLES OF THE CABINET, CONGRESSIONAL STAFF, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LOBBYISTS, PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND THINK TANKS. 11/3, 10:30am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan...
Social Sciences
Monday in Washngton September 9, 2013
CYBER WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, OR WILL IT? 9/9, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Thomas Rid, Reader in War Studies, Kings College; Peter Singer, Director, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Brookings; Ian Wallace, Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Brookings; Jason Healey, Director, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council.
NEW STRATEGIES FOR THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE: A PERSPECTIVE FROM BRAZIL. 9/9, 12:30pm. Sponsor: SAIS. Speaker: Alfredo Sirkis, Chairman, Climate Negotiation Subcommittee of the Brazilian Parliament's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Commission.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE? TAIWAN AND THE US PIVOT TO ASIA. 9/9, 12:30-1:45pm. Sponsor: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University. Speaker: Yeh-Chung Lu, Assistant Professor, Department of Diplomacy, National Chengi-chi University.
OPERATIONAL ENERGY IN THE NEXT DECADE-POLICY, STRATEGY AND INNOVATION. 9/9, 12:30-2:00pm. Sponsor: Ground Forces Dialogue, CSIS. Speakers: Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs; Lieutenant General Robert R. Ruark, Director of Logistics, J-4, Joint Staff; Moderated by Dr. Maren Leed, Senior Advisor, CSIS Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies.
ADVANCED FOSSIL ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. 9/9, 1:30-6:00pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Randall Rush, General Manager, Gasification Technology, Southern Company; Victor Der, General Manager, North America, Global CCS Institute; Darren Mollot, Director, Office of Clean Energy Systems, US Department of Energy; Maryann Locke, Energy Counselor, Royal Norwegian Embassy; Stephen Anderson, Founding Co-Chair, Montreal Protocol Technology & Economic Assessment Panel; Seshadri Guha, Chairman and Managing Partner, CGN Global; Jonathan Pershing, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Change Policy and Technology, US Department of Energy; Mohammad Zaidi, Strategic Advisory Board, Braemar Energy Ventures.
RESEARCH OF INTERNATIONAL TUNA NEGOTIOATIONS. 9/9, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute. Speakers: Atsushi Ishii, Associate Professor, Tokohu University; Susan Lieberman, Former Senior Director, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Ayako Okubo, Lecturer, Tokai University; Isao Sakaguchi, Professor, Gakushuin University.
YOUTH AND PUBLIC SERVICE IN A GLOBAL ERA. 9/9, 4:30-6:00pm. Sponsor: Berkeley Center, Georgetown University. Speaker: Former US Senator Tom Daschle, D-SD. KEYNOTE FOR "The Future of the Asia-Pacific: New Paths for Japan-US Cooperation" symposium.
- 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, March 23, 2015
AGILITY, ACQUISITION, AND AMERICAN SECURITY: A PROPOSAL FOR REFORM. 3/23, 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Dr. John Hamre, President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair of CSIS; Andrew Hunter,...
- Monday In Washington, March 10, 2014
YOUNG JAPANESE SCHOLARS PROGRAM: NEW VIEWS ON POLITICS AND POLICY FROM TOKYO TO TAIWAN. 3/10, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: East-West Center. Speakers: Chihiro Okawa, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kanagawa University; Madoka Fukuda, Associate Professor...
- Us-japan Research Institute Week
US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) holds an annual week of programs on Japan featuring speakers from the Institutes associated universities in Japan. The Institute's mission is to produce practical research results based on a sound academic...
- Japan Thursday
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICY FORMULATION PROCESS IN JAPAN AND US PARLIAMENTS: ROLES OF THE CABINET, CONGRESSIONAL STAFF, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LOBBYISTS, PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND THINK TANKS. 11/3, 10:30am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan...