The week before Christmas
Social Sciences

The week before Christmas


Congress still in town...

The Defense Budget and American Power. 12/22, 10:00-11:30, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Martin Indyk, vice president and director of foreign policy at Brookings; Robert Kagan, senior fellow in foreign policy at the Center on the United States and Europe; Michael O'Hanlon, director of research and senior fellow in foreign policy at the 21st Century Defense Initiative; and Alive Rivlin, senior fellow in economic studies at Brookings.

South Asia 2010: A Year in Review. 12/22, 10:00-11:30, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Gilles Dorronsoro, visiting scholar at Carnegie Endowment; C. Christine Fair, assistant professor at the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; and Ikram Sehgal, defense and strategic analyst in Pakistan.

12/24 - The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) opens its Track Santa Operation Center to monitor the progress of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. The website will "stream videos, captured by NORAD 'Santa Cams' from numerous cities along Santa's journey."




- Monday In Washington, February 2, 2015
THE FUTURE OF OIL MARKETS. 2/2, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Speaker: Claudio Descalzi, CEO, Eni. NEW AGENDA SETTER SERIES DISCUSSION ON US POLICYMAKING ANDPOLITICS. 2/2, Noon-12:45pm. Sponsor: Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)....

- Monday In Washington, December 15, 2014
THE FUTURE OF HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSE: A FRESH LOOK AT PROGRAMS AND POLICY. 12/15, 9:00am-Noon. Sponsor: International Security Program, CSIS. Speakers: Vice Admiral James Syring, Director, Missile Defense Agency; Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks, Senior Vice President,...

- 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....

- 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...

- 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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