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First Monday Forum

at GW’s Elliott School Lindner Family Common, 1957 E Street St. NW, 6th Floor.

Monday, Sept. 10: The U.S. and Worlds Fairs with Jim Core, Director, International Expositions Unit, U.S. Department of State

Monday, October 1: “Broadcasting the Voice of America in the Era of Disinformation” with Dr. Haroon K. Ullah, Chief Strategy Officer, U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors

Monday, Nov. 5: Panel on 30 Years of Public Diplomacy, 1988-2018

Monday, Dec. 3: Dr. Josephine (Jody) Olsen, the Director of the Peace Corps

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Public Diplomacy News

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):

Sun 8/19 6 pm Austrian Cultural Forum: Free organ concert with Stefan Donner http://acfdc.org/events-2018/concert-stefan-donner

Mon 8/20 11 am CSIS: “Celebrating World Humanitarian Day” https://www.csis.org/events/celebrating-world-humanitarian-day

Mon 8/20 7 pm Politics and Prose: “The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq” https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/c-j-chivers-fighters-americans-in-combat-in-afghanistan-and-iraq

Tue 8/21 10 am USIP: U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt https://www.usip.org/events/united-kingdom-secretary-state-jeremy-hunt-foreign-policy

Tue 8/21 10 am Senate Banking Committee: Russia Sanctions: Current Effectiveness and Potential for Next Steps https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/russia-sanctions-current-effectiveness-and-potential-for-next-steps

Wed 8/22 10 am Brookings: Reimagining the U.S.-South Korea alliance and the implications for regional security and economic prosperity https://www.brookings.edu/events/reimagining-the-u-s-south-korea-alliance/

Wed 8/22 10 am Wilson: “U.S.-Turkey Relations in Crisis: Where Are We Headed?” https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/us-turkey-relations-crisis-where-are-we-headed

Wed 8/22 10 am Senate Homeland Security: Nominations of William Bryan to be DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology, more https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-of-william-n-bryan-to-be-under-secretary-directorate-of-science-and-technology-us-department-of-homeland-security-and-peter-t-gaynor-to-be-deputy-administrator-federal-emergency-management-agency-us-department-of-homeland-security

Wed 8/22 10:30 am Senate Rules Cmte: S. 2593, The Secure Elections Act https://www.rules.senate.gov/hearings/business-meeting?wpisrc=nl_cybersecurity202&wpmm=1

Wed 8/22 2:30 pm AU/VOA live broadcast: “Martin Luther King: A Global Vision for Justice” https://www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-luther-king-a-global-vision-for-justice-tickets-48892500786

Wed 8/22 2 pm Atlantic Cncl: “The Challenge of Cyber Strategy” http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/call-it-cyber-strategy

Wed 8/22 6 pm GW: Screening “Equality: It’s All in the Family” and Q&A with a special focus on family law reform in African countries. GW Elliott School, Room 505.

Thu 8/23 10:15 am Senate Commerce Cmte: nomination of Kelvin Droegemeier to be the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, others https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=6428605A-E86E-4F9E-9F53-0190D3F0ED8D

Thu 8/23 2 pm Hudson: “Afghanistan: 17 Years On” https://www.hudson.org/events/1588-afghanistan-17-years-on82018