News and Events

First Monday Forum
September 14, 2020
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Covering Foreign Affairs in a Changing World featuring Paul Richter and Karen Tumulty.

Paul Richter, who is also the author of a new book, “The Ambassadors: America’s Diplomats on the Front Lines,” most recently covered the State Department and foreign policy for the Los Angeles Times. He previously covered the Pentagon, the White House the New York financial institutions. A native of Minneapolis, he graduated from Clark University.

Karen Tumulty is a political columnist for The Washington Post. She previously worked for the Los Angeles Times and Time Magazine. She has received numerous awards for her Congressional and Diplomatic coverage and is a frequent guest on national television. She is a native Texan who graduated from the University of Texas and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. This session was organized by  PDAA VP and Chair of the Program Committee, Joan Mower.

To register for this event please click here.

Tuesday, September 08, 2020
9:00 am, The Center for Global Development: Online Event – Financing in Africa and What the G20 Should Deliver
https://www.cgdev.org/event/financing-africa-and-what-g20-should-deliver

9:00 am The Center for Strategic & International Studies: Online Event – Community Matters: Social Networks and Localization of Aid
https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-community-matters-social-networks-and-localization-aid

9:30 am The German Marshall Fund of the United States: Online Event – A Tale of Two Responses: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Pandemic
https://www.gmfus.org/events/tale-two-responses-transatlantic-perspectives-pandemic

10:00 am The Brookings Institution: Online Event – Accountability in Higher Education: Using Evidence to Inform Regulatory Policy
https://www.brookings.edu/events/accountability-in-higher-education-using-evidence-to-inform-regulatory-policy/

10:00 am The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Online Event – China in Central Asia: COVID-19 and Beyond
https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/09/08/china-in-central-asia-covid-19-and-beyond-event-7413

11:00 am The Middle East Institute: Online Event – Election 2020: Challenges and Opportunities for US Policy in the Middle East
https://www.mei.edu/events/election-2020-challenges-and-opportunities-us-policy-middle-east

4:00 pm The East-West Center: Online Event – Global Civil Rights Activists Find Their Collective Voice
https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/ewc-seminars-live-global-civil-rights-activists-find-their-collective-voice-webinar

5:00 pm The East-West Center: Online Event – U.S.- China Higher Education Partnerships: U.S. Universities in China and Confucius Institutes in the United States
https://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/us-china-higher-education-partnerships-us-universities-in-china-and-confucius-institutes-in

Wednesday, September 09, 2020
9:15 am The American Enterprise Institute: Online Event – The Crossroad of Competition: Countering the Rise of Violent Extremists and Revisionist Powers in Africa
https://www.aei.org/events/the-crossroad-of-competition-countering-the-rise-of-violent-extremists-and-revisionist-powers-in-africa/

10:00 am The Brookings Institution: Online Event – U.S. Policy in the Middle East: A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker
https://www.brookings.edu/events/u-s-policy-in-the-middle-east-a-conversation-with-assistant-secretary-of-state-david-schenker/

10:00 am The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Online Event – Rising Political Polarization in Southeast Asia
https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/09/09/rising-political-polarization-in-southeast-asia-event-7405

10:00 am The World Resources Institute: Online Event – Climate Action 2.0: Sparking an Era of Transformational Climate Leadership
https://www.wri.org/events/2020/09/climate-action-20-sparking-era-transformational-climate

11:00 am The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Online Event – The Path Forward: Effective U.S. Foreign Policy for the 21st Century
https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/09/09/path-forward-effective-u.s.-foreign-policy-for-21st-century-event-7407

12:00 pm The Atlantic Council: Online Event – Western Society at the Crossroads, part I: Data, People, and Tech
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/western-society-at-the-crossroads-part-i/

12:00 pm The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies: Online Event – Thriving as a Black Leader in Development, Diplomacy, and Defense
https://sais.jhu.edu/campus-events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D457122955

12:00 pm World Affairs: Online Event – The U.S. Housing Crisis Amid Covid-19 And The 2020 Election
https://www.worldaffairs.org/events/event/2107

2:00 pm The Brookings Institution: Online Event -Are U.S. Health Care Prices too High, too Low, or Some Mix of the Two?
https://www.brookings.edu/events/are-u-s-health-care-prices-too-high-too-low-or-some-mix-of-the-two/

4:00 pm The Atlantic Council: Online Event – Countering New Threats to the Homeland: The Future of the Department of Homeland Security
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/future-of-dhs-report-launch/

5:00 pm The United States Institute of Peace: Online Event – A New Direction for U.S. Policy on North Korea
https://www.usip.org/index.php/events/new-direction-us-policy-north-korea

6:30 pm World Affairs Council of Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky: America’s Use of Force – with Alice Friend
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z2s6YS5iTjO
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Thursday, September 10, 2020 
11:00 am The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs: Online Event – Protecting Democracy During COVID-19 in Europe and Eurasia and the Democratic Awakening in Belarus
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ID=B5E715B0-9852-418C-A6B9-C74F6992410E

1:00 pm The Heritage Foundation: Online Event – The Enemy Within: The Security Risks of U.S. Law Enforcement’s Use of Chinese Drones
https://www.heritage.org/homeland-security/event/virtual-event-the-enemy-within-the-security-risks-us-law-enforcements-use

1:00 pm The United States Institute of Peace: Online Event – Ecological Threats to Peace
https://www.usip.org/index.php/events/ecological-threats-peace

3:30 pm The Bipartisan Policy Center: Online Event – Natural Climate Solutions for Economic Recovery
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/event/natural-climate-solutions-for-economic-recovery/

6:00 pm The CATO Institute: Online Event – Is Free Speech Still Alive on the American College Campus?
https://www.cato.org/events/is-free-speech-still-alive-american-college-campus

Friday, August 11, 2020
12:00 pm, The Center for Strategic & International Studies: Online Event – The Shake-up in U.S. Higher Education
https://www.csis.org/events/online-event-shake-us-higher-education