Social Sciences
THE FUTURE OF CIVIL SPACE EXPLORATION. 7/8, 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), Ranking Member, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Space; James Lewis, Senior Fellow, Director, Technology and Public Policy Program, CSIS.
NEAR EARTH OBJECTS: ADDRESSING THE CURRENT THREAT LEVEL. 7/8, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsors: Secure World Foundation (SWF); American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Center for Science, Technology, and Security. Speakers: Dr. Irwin Shapiro, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Dr. Mark Boslough, Principle Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories; Lindley Johnson, NASA's Headquarters Program Executive for NASA's Near Earth Object Program; Victoria Samson, SWF Washington Office Director.
TALKING TO THE TALIBAN: HOPE OVER HISTORY? 7/8, 12:15-1:45pm. Sponsor: New American Foundation. Speakers: Amb. Omar Samad, Senior Central Asia Fellow, National Security Studies Program, New America Foundation; Ryan Evans, Assistant Director, Center for the National Interest, Co-author; Peter Neumann, Director, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Co-author; Moderator Ben Connable, International Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation.
HOW DOES OUR NEED FOR FOREIGN ENERGY RESOURCES IMPACT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY? A Conversation With Former CIA Director Ambassador James Woolsey. 7/8. 6:30-8:30pm. Sponsor: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Speaker: James Woolsey, former Central Intelligence director and chair of the board of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a venture partner with Lux Capital Management.
- 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,...
- 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...
- Monday In Washington
This month cannot get over soon enoughASSESSING THE SOUTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE ELECTIONS. 12/10, 2:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Asian Studies, Heritage. Speakers: Dr. Michael Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International...
- 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,...
- 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...
Social Sciences
Monday in Washington July 8th
NEAR EARTH OBJECTS: ADDRESSING THE CURRENT THREAT LEVEL. 7/8, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsors: Secure World Foundation (SWF); American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Center for Science, Technology, and Security. Speakers: Dr. Irwin Shapiro, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Dr. Mark Boslough, Principle Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories; Lindley Johnson, NASA's Headquarters Program Executive for NASA's Near Earth Object Program; Victoria Samson, SWF Washington Office Director.
TALKING TO THE TALIBAN: HOPE OVER HISTORY? 7/8, 12:15-1:45pm. Sponsor: New American Foundation. Speakers: Amb. Omar Samad, Senior Central Asia Fellow, National Security Studies Program, New America Foundation; Ryan Evans, Assistant Director, Center for the National Interest, Co-author; Peter Neumann, Director, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Co-author; Moderator Ben Connable, International Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation.
HOW DOES OUR NEED FOR FOREIGN ENERGY RESOURCES IMPACT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY? A Conversation With Former CIA Director Ambassador James Woolsey. 7/8. 6:30-8:30pm. Sponsor: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Speaker: James Woolsey, former Central Intelligence director and chair of the board of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a venture partner with Lux Capital Management.
- 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,...
- 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...
- Monday In Washington
This month cannot get over soon enoughASSESSING THE SOUTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE ELECTIONS. 12/10, 2:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Asian Studies, Heritage. Speakers: Dr. Michael Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International...
- 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,...
- 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...