News and Events

USC PD Monitoring Forum: How President-Elect Biden Is Viewed from Abroad   
January 19, 2020
12:00 pm
featuring Director of Global Attitudes Research at the Pew Research Center, Richard Wike, who will discuss new polling data (scheduled for release the morning of January 19) on international attitudes toward President-elect Biden. Special thanks to Adam Clayton Powell III, Director of Washington Programs, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy for organizing this session.

Please RSVP directly to junghwak@usc.edu if you can attend.
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First Monday Forum 
February 1, 2021
12:00 pm
Global Leadership and The Future of Diplomacy
Ambassador Stuart Holliday, President and CEO of Meridian International Center, will address Meridian’s work in strengthening U.S. engagement with the world through exchanges and training and by providing a neutral forum for international collaboration across sectors. This global leadership work builds the foundation for our successful public diplomacy and broader diplomatic efforts in the future. PDC Board Member Mark Rebstock has orchestrated this program.

To RSVP, click here.

Tuesday, January 19
9:00 am Wilson Center: What Black America Means for Europe
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what-black-america-means-europe

10:00 am Brookings Institution: Truth and accountability post-insurrection: Where does the country go from here?
https://www.brookings.edu/events/truth-and-accountability-post-insurrection-where-does-the-country-go-from-here/

10:00 am Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: The Biden Inheritance: U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy in 2021
https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/01/19/carnegie-connects-biden-inheritance-u.s.-domestic-and-foreign-policy-in-2021-event-7514

10:00 am United States Institute of Peace: Defiance and Democracy: Understanding the Thai Protest Movement
https://www.usip.org/events/defiance-and-democracy-understanding-thai-protest-movement

11:00 am German Marshall Fund: Seizing the Biden Moment: What the New U.S. Administration Means for Europe
https://www.gmfus.org/events/seizing-biden-moment-what-new-us-administration-means-europe

12:00 pm King’s Russia Institute: Ridin’ with Biden: What’s in Store for US-Russian Relations?
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ridin-with-biden-whats-in-store-for-us-russian-relations-tickets-136337076867?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1

12:00 pm German Marshall Fund: How to Build a ‘Better’ Career in Foreign Policy
https://www.gmfus.org/events/my-policy-utopia-how-build-better-career-foreign-policy

1:00 pm Elliott School of International Affairs: Principled Leadership in Times of Crisis
https://calendar.gwu.edu/principled-leadership-times-crisis

2:00 pm Center for Strategic & International Studies: Defeating Corruption and Promoting Democracy: The Role of USAID
https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-defeating-corruption-and-promoting-democracy-role-usaid

4:30 pm Center for Strategic & International Studies: Civics as a National Security Imperative: The Role of Technology
https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-civics-national-security-imperative-role-technology

7:00 pm Stimson Center: Assessing Plans Announced at North Korea’s Eighth Party Congress
https://www.stimson.org/event/assessing-plans-announced-at-north-koreas-eighth-party-congress/

7:30 pm Brookings Institution: U.S.-Japan Relations: Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration
https://events.iu.edu/jpsi/event/156841-21jpsi-special-event-w-brookings-institution

Wednesday, January 20
1:00 pm Center for Strategic & International Studies: Biden’s Blueprint on Beijing: Transitioning to a New Approach on China’s Economy
https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-bidens-blueprint-beijing-transitioning-new-approach-chinas-economy

2:30 pm Jesus College, University of Cambridge: Transition in the USA: what just happened and what’s next?
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transition-in-the-usa-what-just-happened-and-whats-next-tickets-133876122085?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1

6:30 pm Jindal Global University – Delhi, India: Biden and Iran: Containment or Negotiation
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biden-and-iran-containment-or-negotiation-tickets-135424437137?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1

Thursday, January 21
9:00 am German Marshall Fund: The U.S.- EU Relationship in 2021 and Beyond – What Can We Expect From the Biden Administration?
https://www.gmfus.org/events/us-eu-relationship-2021-and-beyond-what-can-we-expect-biden-administration

9:00 am Wilson Center: U.S.-Pakistan Relations in the Biden Era: A Conversation with Moeed Yusuf
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/us-pakistan-relations-biden-era-conversation-moeed-yusuf

11:00 am Balsillie School of International Affairs: Global Insights: US Leadership in the World Under Biden
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-insights-us-leadership-in-the-world-under-biden-tickets-136334906375?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1

12:00 pm Elliott School of International Affairs: The Capitol Riots, QAnon, and the Internet
https://calendar.gwu.edu/capitol-riots-qanon-and-internet

12:00 pm Network 20/20: Scrap or Salvage? The Future of International Liberal World Order
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scrap-or-salvage-the-future-of-international-liberal-world-order-tickets-133261042365?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

2:00 pm Middle East Institute: Ten Years After the Arab Spring: Middle East Writers Reflect on the Arab Uprisings – Featuring Yasmine El Rashidi
https://www.mei.edu/events/webinar-series-ten-years-after-arab-spring-middle-east-writers-reflect-arab-uprisings-yasmine-el-rashidi

1:00 pm University of Bradford Alumni Team: The United States after Donald Trump
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-united-states-after-donald-trump-tickets-132312322719?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch&keep_tld=1

3:00 pm CATO Institute: Policy Opportunities and Executive Power in the Biden Presidency
https://www.cato.org/events/policy-opportunities-executive-power-biden-presidency

5:00 pm Internet Law & Policy Foundry: Election Mis/Disinformation
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/election-misdisinformation-tickets-133697537935?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

6:00 pm yPIE DC: A New Hope: What a New Administration Could Mean for International Education
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-new-hope-what-a-new-administration-could-mean-for-intl-education-tickets-136369905057?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch