News and Events

Compiled with the assistance of Jung-hwa “Judy” Kang of the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy

Events of possible interest this week (and most will be webcast):

Mon 6/18 9am CSIS: “ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum 2018: Assessing the Trump-Kim Summit” https://www.csis.org/events/rok-us-strategic-forum-2018-assessing-trump-kim-summit

Mon 6/18 10:30am SIDW: “How are Inclusive Approaches Working to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism?” https://sidw.org/event-details/369

Mon 6/18 12 noon Hudson: “Political and Social Regression in Nicaragua and Venezuela” https://www.hudson.org/events/1567-political-and-social-regression-in-nicaragua-and-venezuela62018

Tue 6/19 12 noon CIMA: “Supporting the Fourth Estate: What’s Been Done to Bolster Independent Media?” https://www.ned.org/events/cima-event-supporting-the-fourth-estate-whats-been-done-to-bolster-independent-media/

Tue 6/19 3pm NED: “Has Freedom of Expression Become a Self-Parody? Examples from Pakistan’s Social Media” https://www.ned.org/events/has-freedom-of-expression-become-a-self-parody-examples-from-pakistans-social-media/

Wed 6/20 9am USIP: Congress’ efforts to counter Russian aggression https://www.usip.org/events/russia-21st-century-disrupter-europe

Wed 6/20 12 noon East-West Ctr: “The “Silk Road” Narrative in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Foreign Policies towards Central Asia and Implications for the US” https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/the-silk-road-narrative-in-japanese-chinese-and-korean-foreign-policies-towards-central-asia

Wed 6/20 1pm Wilson/USIP: “The Middle East: A Region in Chaos?” https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-middle-east-region-chaos

Wed 6/20 2:30pm Foreign Affairs: “Human Rights Concerns in Sri Lanka” https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-human-rights-concerns-in-sri-lanka/

Wed 6/20 3pm Hudson: “Chinese Influence Operations in the Democratic World” https://www.hudson.org/events/1571-chinese-influence-operations-in-the-democratic-world62018

Wed 6/20 6pm IPS: “Book Event: Hip Hop in Africa” https://ips-dc.org/events/book-event-hip-hop-africa/

Thu 6/21 11:30am The Dialogue / Wilson: “Red Cards, Red Handed: FIFA Corruption and the Long Arm of U.S. Law Enforcement” https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/red-cards-red-handed-fifa-corruption-and-the-long-arm-us-law-enforcement

Thu 6/21 12 noon Hudson: “Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria” https://www.hudson.org/events/1570-stabilization-and-reconstruction-in-syria-a-conversation-with-archimandrite-alexi-chehadeh62018

Thu 6/21 2pm CSIS: “‘Saving Mothers, Giving Life:’ Lessons Learned from the 5-Year Partnership” https://www.csis.org/events/saving-mothers-giving-life-lessons-learned-5-year-partnership%C2%A0

Thu 6/21 3:30pm GW: “New Prospects for Science Diplomacy – A Discussion with Richard A. Stone” https://elliott.gwu.edu/event-calendar#/?i=1

Thu 6/21 5pm MEI: “The Judge” documentary about the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East’s Shari’a (Islamic law) courts. http://www.mei.edu/events/lens-palestine-women-and-resilience

Fri 6/22 5pm MEI: “The Speed Sisters” documentary about the first all-female Palestinian car racing team http://www.mei.edu/events/lens-palestine-women-and-resilience

Sat 6/23 11am EU: “Baltic Centennial Midsummer Fun for Everyone” http://events.euintheus.org/events/baltic-centennial-midsummer/