Social Sciences
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 Facility (WSCF); Margaret Harding, President, 4 Factor Consulting; Micheal A. Levi, Director of Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Council on Foreign Relations.
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI: JAPAN'S NUCLEAR, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES. 3/28, Noon-2:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University (GWU). Speakers: Philippe Bardet, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, GWU; James Kilpatrick, Adjunct Professor of Economics and International Affairs, GWU; Llewelyn Hughes, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GWU; Moderated by: Dr. Deepa Ollapally, Associate Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies.
ASIA 2011: THE VIEW FROM CAPITOL HILL. 3/28, 2:00-3:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation. Speakers: Nien Su, Staff Director (Majority) Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Justin Johnson, Legislative Director Office of Representative Todd Akin (R-MO), Chairman Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, House Armed Services Committee; Sajit Gandhi, Professional Staff (Minority), House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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The Week Ahead In Washington - Late August 2015
AGAIN, WE ARE OPPOSED TO MEETINGS IN AUGUST. PROMOTING NUCLEAR SAFETY COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA. 8/25, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: East-West Center in Washington. Speaker: Dr. James E. Platte, Non-Resident Sasakawa Peace Foundation Fellow, Pacific Forum,...
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This Week In Washington
AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS 2/6 - 9:30am, House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Full committee hearing on "American Competitiveness: The Role of Research and Development." Witnesses: Mr. Richard Templeton, President and CEO, Texas Instruments;...
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Japan Week In Washington
U.S. STRATEGY IN THE PACIFIC. 9/7, 2011, 2:00-3:00 pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CSIS Southeast Asia Program. Speakers: Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Ernie Bower Senior Advisor and Director, Southeast...
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Must Go Events
Every year the Heritage Foundation holds a forum on congressional views of Asia and possible policy initiatives. It is one of the best and most interesting events held on Asia in Washington. The announcement, unfortunately, was left out of our newsletter....
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Quiet Week In Washington
Congress is in recess until April 12th TRANSPARENCY IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN CHINA. 4/1, 2:00pm. Sponsor: Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Speakers: Barbara Finamore, Founder and Director, China Program, Natural Resources...
Social Sciences