News and Events

First Monday Forum, February 3, 2020, 12:00 pm: “Advocacy in an Age of Uncertainty” featuring Ilir Zherka, Executive Director of the Alliance for International Exchange

​The GW Elliott School of International Affairs,
1957 E Street NW, Lindner Room 602

Please RSVP here.

Public Diplomacy News and Events of interest (and most will be webcast):

Monday, January 27, 2020 

9:00 am Wilson Center: A New Decade, New Trajectory for the Brazilian Economy?

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/new-decade-new-trajectory-for-the-brazilian-economy 

10:00 am Middle East Institute: Demolishing Democracy: How Annexationism Is Bulldozing Israeli Institutions

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demolishing-democracy-how-annexationism-is-bulldozing-israeli-institutions-tickets-88836649811?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

12:00 pm Elliott School of International Affairs: Leadership in International Affairs: Lessons Learned 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc68c9Vkb1CocmzGAgocv8kD4wxcUMZGyaU6JHMOy9edePk4A/viewform

12:00 pm The Aspen Institute: Gildenhorn Book Talk with Jeffrey Rosen on Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/gildenhorn-book-talk-with-jeffrey-rosen/ 

12:00 pm American Foreign Policy Council: Understanding Iran: Internal Politics and U.S.-Iranian Confrontation https://www.afpc.org/news/events/understanding-iran-internal-politics-and-u.s.-iranian-confrontation 

1:00 pm Johns Hopkins SAIS: Betrayed by an Ally: U.S. National Security in the Middle East 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/betrayed-by-an-ally-us-national-security-in-the-middle-east-tickets-87244479587?aff=ebdssbdestsearch 

2:00 pm Brookings Institution: Economic sanctions: Assessing their use and implications for U.S. foreign policy

https://www.brookings.edu/events/economic-sanctions-assessing-their-use-and-implications-for-u-s-foreign-policy/ 

5:00 pm Center for Strategic & International Studies: Climate Change and the Australian Bushfires: A Singular Catastrophe or The New Normal?

https://www.csis.org/events/climate-change-and-australian-bushfires-singular-catastrophe-or-new-normal 

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

9:30 am Brookings Institution: The Eastern Partnership at 10: Adapting European approaches for stability and security for the next decade

https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-eastern-partnership-at-10-adapting-european-approaches-for-stability-and-security-for-the-next-decade/

9:30 am National Press Club: 10 World Conflicts to Watch in 2020: with Robert Malley, President & CEO of the International Crisis Group

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/10-world-conflicts-to-watch-in-2020-registration-90176413079?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

10:00 am American Enterprise Institute: Boris Johnson’s Brexit challenge

https://www.aei.org/events/boris-johnsons-brexit-challenge/

11:00 am Elliott School of International Affairs: The Return of Foreign Fighters from Conflict Zones: Kazakhstan’s Experience

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_yWmTVbI3ZgORHm31KO0FAmaB3ZZcFhcTvUn5OUmbV0Wq5A/viewform 

4:00 pm Center for Global Development: A Conversation with Kristalina Georgieva

https://www.cgdev.org/event/conversation-kristalina-georgieva

4:00 pm Wilson Center: Russia in the Middle East at a Time of Growing Tensions: A View from Israel

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/russia-the-middle-east-time-growing-tensions-view-israel

5:00 pm CATO Institute: The Future of Progressive Foreign Policy: 2020 and Beyond

https://www.cato.org/events/future-progressive-foreign-policy-2020-beyond

6:00 pm The Embassy of the Czech Republic: Pilsen: Past and Present

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pilsen-past-present-tickets-88660155913?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 

10:00 am Elliott School of International Affairs: Korean Politics 2020 – Korean Security Issues and Challenges

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/korean-politics-2020-korean-security-issues-and-challenges-tickets-90016617125

10:00 am Foreign Affairs Committee: Evaluating the Trump Administration’s Policies on Iran, Iraq and the Use of Force

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ID=BDA27B1F-9B7C-4173-80D2-0433E8974A4A

4:00 pm The Institute of World Politics: Russian Worldview, Grand Strategy and Cyberspace

https://www.iwp.edu/events/russian-worldview-grand-strategy-and-cyberspace/

Thursday, January 30, 2020 

9:00 am Center for Strategic & International Studies: 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report Launch

https://www.csis.org/events/2019-global-go-think-tank-index-report-launch

9:15 am Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: European and Transatlantic Security in the 2020s

https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/01/30/european-and-transatlantic-security-in-2020s-event-7263

10:00 am Elliott School of International Affairs: U.S.-China Competition for Global Influence

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-china-competition-for-global-influence-tickets-88521633589?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

3:00 pm National Press Club: Fixers and Journalism: First-Person Insights Into Working Together Internationally 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fixers-and-journalism-first-person-insights-into-working-together-internationally-tickets-90326032595?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

6:00 pm Council on Foreign Relations: CFR-UNH Election 2020 U.S. Foreign Policy Forum 

https://www.cfr.org/event/cfr-unh-election-2020-us-foreign-policy-forum 

Friday, January 31, 2020 

10:00 am Wilson Center: Ethnic Interest Group Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy: The Armenian, Ukrainian, and Baltic Experiences

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/ethnic-interest-group-influence-us-foreign-policy-the-armenian-ukrainian-and-baltic

11:00 am Center for Strategic & International Studies: Humanitarian Aid to Venezuela: The Need for a Global Response

https://www.csis.org/events/humanitarian-aid-venezuela-need-global-response

12:30 pm Elliott School of International Affairs: The Future of the U.S. Security Commitment to Taiwan

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-the-us-security-commitment-to-taiwan-tickets-91350855869?aff=ebdssbdestsearch