Diplomacy

Event Details

8:30 – 9:00am
Complimentary coffee/tea

9:00 – 9:15am
Welcoming Remarks: Michael Van Dusen, executive vice president, Woodrow Wilson Center

9:15 – 11:00am
PANEL 1: Political Perspective

Wu Bingbing, The Sultan Qaboos Professor in Arabic Studies, Department of Arabic Language and Culture, Peking University, China

Emile Hokayem, political editor, The National (UAE) and senior fellow for regional security, International Institute for Strategic Studies-Middle East, Bahrain

Jean-François Seznec, visiting associate professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University

Chair: J. Stapleton Roy, director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson Center

11:00 – 11:15am
Coffee break

11:15am – 1:00pm
PANEL 2: Economic Perspective

Yang Guang, professor and senior research fellow, Institute of West Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

Afshin Molavi, senior research fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation

Jon B. Alterman, director and senior fellow, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Chair: Robert Hathaway, director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

Establishing Political Legitimacy in Afghanistan

April 15 2010, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Speaker:

Thomas Barfield, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University

Commentators:

J. Alexander Thier, Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan, United States Institute of Peace
William Wood, Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan

SSI: 2010 Western Hemisphere Security Colloquium: A New Chapter in Latin American Engagement

May 25-26, 2010
InterContinental Hotel - West Miami
Miami, Florida, United States
Open to the General Public
Registration Fee: $TBD

The 2010 Western Hemisphere Security Colloquium will host esteemed scholars and subject-matter experts in the fields of defense, security, politics, and economics. The Colloquium is comprised of participants representing a host of countries from South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada and the United States. Past colloquia have addressed topics such as regional security cooperation, inter-agency, military and civilian cooperation, the impact of globalization, and the rise of non-traditional security issues and concerns. This year’s colloquium theme “A new chapter in Trans-American Engagement” will address the complex regional environment, combating illicit trafficking, building bridges toward better collaboration, civilian-military relations in the 21st century, North American Security and Defense, and managing US adaptation to change. The objective of this conference is to identify, discuss, debate, and generate comprehensive ideas and suggestions related to effectively addressing security issues which threaten the stability of the Western Hemisphere.
Contact SSI Events for more information.

Partners: Strategic Studies Institute US Army War College, Florida International University

Links and Contacts

• Host's Website

Please note that all colloquia require RSVP.

Wilson Center: Advancing Peace and Mitigating Crises: Proposed Language for the Foreign Assistance Act

Date

February 09 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Event Details

Moderator
Charles (Chic) Dambach, President and CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding

Panelists
Lisa Schirch, Director, 3D Security Initiative

Dane Smith, Adjunct Professor, AU School of International Service

Paul Stares, Director, Center for Preventive Action

This second and final forum in a series on Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Reform will highlight recommendations from the peacebuilding community to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Obama Administration. A large scale rewrite of the FAA in combination with the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) present a watershed moment as both bodies seek to incorporate peacebuilding into development and foreign policy for the first time. The House Foreign Affairs Committee and State Department are actively seeking input from the NGO community regarding the incorporation of peacebuilding into the reform agenda. How should peacebuilding be defined? What should be the priorities and what structure will best meet the objectives? How can peacebuilding be integrated into a development strategy? What is needed to coordinate a successful government approach to conflict?

Note: This event will not take place at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The location for the event is:

Nitze Building, Kenney Auditorium (1st Floor)
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Johns Hopkins University
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036

Over the last decade the Middle East has undergone major changes that have greatly impacted the possibilities for peace between Israel and Palestine.  In his landmark production, Landrum Bolling interviews former President Jimmy Carter, former Secretary of State James Baker, and former national security advisors Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft about America's role in crafting peace between Israel and Palestine.  Following the presentation of this short DVD, a panel of experts will discuss, among other issues, the perspectives of these former national leaders and possible future initiatives by the United States. 

Speakers To be determined

Samuel W. Lewis, Moderator

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel