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First Monday Forum

 

February 7, 2022

12:00 pm EST

Open Doors: What’s Ahead? featuring Dr. Allan Goodman, CEO, Institute of International Education

Event Coordinator: Sherry Mueller

Tech Host: Alistair Somerville

Virtual Zoom Webinar Link: RSVP, click here

The 100 years of data from IIE’s international student mobility census and Open Doors surveys gives us a good basis to forecast what’s ahead in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dr. Goodman will go behind the headlines, highlight the latest data, and discuss what they portend for international education at U.S. colleges and universities and America’s public diplomacy

 

March 7, 2022

12:00 pm EST

Promoting Democracy in a Turbulent World featuring Tom Carothers, Senior Vice President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Event Coordinator: Bill Wanlund

Tech Host: Alistair Somerville and Katie Conti

Virtual Zoom Webinar Link: RSVP will be posted soon

President Biden is trying to rally the world’s democracies to reverse an authoritarian trend that has grown steadily over the last 15 years. It’s a challenge for public diplomacy, complicated by the fact that the resilience of our own democracy is being questioned both abroad and here at home. Do we have a hopeful message? Will anyone listen?

Monday, December 13

9:30 am Atlantic Council: The transformative potential of crypto and blockchain for Pakistan

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/the-transformative-potential-of-crypto-and-blockchain-for-pakistan/#event-registration

 

10:00 am Wilson Center: Sharing the Air: EU and US Efforts to Integrate Commercial Drones into Civilian Airspace

https://engage.wilsoncenter.org/a/sharing-air-eu-and-us-efforts-integrate-commercial-drones-civilian-airspace?_ga=2.248002567.1252510999.1638974193-51206478.1638974193

 

12:00 pm Atlantic Council: #GermanyVotes – The new German government’s priorities: What’s next in Berlin?

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/germanyvotes-the-new-german-governments-priorities/#event-registration

 

12:00 pm Brookings Institution: The promises and risks of artificial intelligence: A conversation with Daron Acemoglu

https://connect.brookings.edu/register-to-watch-promises-risks-artificial-intelligence-mit-daron-acemoglu

 

2:00 pm Center for Strategic and International Studies: A Conversation with The Honorable Michael Vickers on Modernizing Intelligence for the Gray Zone

https://www.csis.org/events/conversation-honorable-michael-vickers-modernizing-intelligence-gray-zone

 

2:00 pm United States Institute of Peace: Bolivia’s Search for Justice and Reconciliation

https://www.usip.org/events/bolivias-search-justice-and-reconciliation

 

2:00 pm Wilson Center: Fighting Extremism in Pakistan—Local Actions, Local Voices

https://engage.wilsoncenter.org/a/fighting-extremism-pakistanlocal-actions-local-voices?_ga=2.248002567.1252510999.1638974193-51206478.1638974193

 

4:00 pm Atlantic Council: Securing the energy and critical infrastructure sectors from cyberattacks

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/securing-the-energy-and-critical-infrastructure-sectors-from-cyberattacks/#event-registration

 

4:00 pm Wilson Center: Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ho-T0dnuS9yE12uqG3322Q

 

Tuesday, December 14

8:45 am Center for Strategic and International Studies: China’s Power: Up for Debate 2021 – Debate 3 on China and Afghanistan and Keynote Remarks by U.S. Senator Steve Daines

https://csis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vTVUempCRaawp9ZaHUr1Gw

 

9:00 am Atlantic Council: MENA’s Fintech innovators: Digitizing financial services

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/menas-fintech-innovators-digitizing-financial-services/#event-registration

 

9:30 am John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies: The Green Agenda in the Balkans, After Glasgow

https://jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uv7SLQvTQLKiPDxsjOZfkQ 

 

10:00 am Wilson Center: Biennial Lecture and Dialogue of the Brown Capital Management Africa Forum

https://engage.wilsoncenter.org/a/biennial-lecture-and-dialogue-brown-capital-management-africa-forum?_ga=2.210340118.2003376070.1637162381-1969386486.1637162381

 

11:00 am Wilson Center: Oral History Project: An Exploration into the Arms Control and Regional Security Working Group

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/acrs-oral-history-project-exploration-arms-control-and-regional-security-working-group

 

12:00 pm United States Institute of Peace: Does Community Policing Build Trust in Police and Reduce Crime?

https://www.usip.org/events/does-community-policing-build-trust-police-and-reduce-crime

 

1:00 pm National Museum for American Diplomacy: Diplomacy Classroom: The Barbary Pirates Hostage Crisis

https://diplomacy.state.gov/event/barbary-pirates/ 

 

1:30 pm Center for Strategic and International Studies: Building Apollo’s Arsenal: Building Future Government-Bioeconomy Partnership through Lessons Learned from Covid-19

https://csis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hvL_WqEET3WiG9OLBwgVEA

 

3:00 pm Atlantic Council: Charting course: Next steps for maritime cybersecurity with allies and partners

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/charting-course-next-steps-for-maritime-cybersecurity-with-allies-and-partners/#event-registration 

 

3:00 pm Center for Strategic and International Studies: The Road to the 2022 Summit of the Americas: Vaccine Diplomacy and Engagement

https://www.csis.org/events/road-2022-summit-americas-vaccine-diplomacy-and-engagement

 

Wednesday, December 15

11:00 am Council on Foreign Relations David A. Morse Lecture: System Failure in the World’s Crisis Zones—A Conversation With David Miliband

https://www.cfr.org/event/david-morse-lecture-system-failure-worlds-crisis-zones-conversation-david-miliband

 

7:00 pm East West Center: Ewc Insights: Asia – Pacific Political Transitions Featuring Dr. Lora Saalman

https://eastwestcenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VP7qxp_kRcmDQYnVOOljVQ

 

9:00 pm United States Institute of Peace: Youth, Peace and Security in Southeast Asia

https://www.usip.org/events/youth-peace-and-security-southeast-asia

 

6:00 pm Wilson Center: Inspiring Environmental Good Through Games

https://engage.wilsoncenter.org/a/inspiring-environmental-good-games?_ga=2.147338295.1252510999.1638974193-51206478.1638974193 

 

Thursday, December 16

10:00 am Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Is There a Future for Nuclear Arms Control?

https://isthereafuturefornucleararmsco.splashthat.com/

 

10:00 am Wilson Center: The Haleh Esfandiari Forum: A Conversation with Ambassador Melanne Verveer

https://engage.wilsoncenter.org/a/haleh-esfandiari-forum-conversation-ambassador-melanne-verveer?_ga=2.244715909.1252510999.1638974193-51206478.1638974193

 

1:00 pm CATO Institute: The China Initiative: Origins and Consequences

https://register.cato.org/china-initiative-origins-consequences

 

1:00 – 5:00 pm Center for Strategic and International Studies: Ocean Security Forum 2021

https://www.csis.org/events/ocean-security-forum-2021

 

1:00 pm Middle East Institute: A More Balanced and Long-Term Approach to U.S. Policy in the Middle East

https://www.mei.edu/events/more-balanced-and-long-term-approach-us-policy-middle-east

 

5:00 pm East West Center: (En)Gendering Pacific Stories: Weaving The Corporate Ladder

https://eastwestcenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kxkonxWORbyYjFl6UTrrlQ

 

Friday, December 17

1:00 pm Atlantic Council: China’s Power: Up for Debate 2021 – Debate 4: China’s Sphere of Influence in the Indo-Pacific

https://csis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XIbW8OYfQVqQB-v5u0a44A