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SUMMARY:Challenging Climate Change: Practical Solutions from Business\, National Security and Faith Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Luncheon Briefing\, 12 Noon – 1:30 PM \nTuesday\, October 27\, 2015 \nRayburn House Office Building\, Room B340 \nThe Friends Committee on National Legislation\, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands\, RepublicEN and the American Security Project invite you to a briefing that highlights solutions to mitigate climate change and adapt to its consequences (such as sea level rise and drought) which are already being implemented by members of the business\, national security and faith communities. \nSpeakers include: \n\nCongressman Chris Gibson (R\, NY-19)\nBrigadier General Stephen A. Cheney USMC (Ret.)\, CEO of the American Security Project: the impacts of climate change on national security\nBrad Figel\, Vice President of Public Affairs\, North America\, Mars Inc.: why food companies want broad action\nHugh Welsh\, President & General Counsel of DSM North America: from coalmine to a sustainable global company\nHenne Schuwer\, Ambassador of the Netherlands\, Washington D.C.: proactive steps a national government is taking to address sea level rise and other uncertainties\nDiane Randall\, Executive Secretary\, Friends Committee on National Legislation: the faith community’s role in fostering bipartisan dialogue and action\nAlex Bozmoski (moderator)\, Director\, Strategy & Operations at RepublicEN\n\nQ & A to follow \nThis briefing will create awareness of the risks and opportunities that climate change offers to business\, national security\, and faith communities\, and hopes to inspire bipartisan cooperation in Congress to catalyze solutions. \nMany people find it hard to grasp the potential consequences of climate change\, or are concerned that the proposed Congressional solutions will curb economic growth. This briefing seeks to inspire action by showcasing the successful strategies and practical solutions which many sectors of society are already implementing. \nPlease RSVP to Emily Wirzba at emily@fcnl.org
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/challenging-climate-change-practical-solutions-from-business-national-security-and-faith-perspectives/
LOCATION:U.S. House of Representatives\, 2325 Rayburn House Office Building\, Washington\, DC\, 20515\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Iran Nuclear Deal
DESCRIPTION:Date\nAugust 4\, 2015 \nTime\n12:30pm – 1:30pm \nLocation \nASP Conference Facilities\, 7th Floor West Tower\, 1100 New York Ave NW\, Washington DC \n \nThe international community and Iran have just concluded two years of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. After a series of set-backs\, continued negotiations\, and international pressure on all sides\, an Iranian Nuclear Deal was finally reached.\nThis event will be an opportunity to push past the politics and understand the components and implications of The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.\nJoin the American Security Project as we host this lunch event and discuss the important implications this deal has for the United States\, its partners\, and Iran.\nLunch refreshments will be served from 12:00pm – 12:30pm.\nPlease arrive by 12:00pm for registration.\nThe event will be begin promptly at 12:30pm.\nAbout the Speakers:\nBGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret). \nStephen Cheney is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.\nHe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  Gen. Cheney’s primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia.\nOther selected highlights of Gen. Cheney’s military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps.\nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, Gen. Cheney became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas.\nGen. Cheney is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California. He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. Additionally\, he is also a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board.\nAdm. William J. Fallon\, USN (Ret.)\nAdmiral William J. Fallon retired from the U.S. Navy after a distinguished 40 year career of military and strategic leadership. He has led U.S. and Allied forces in eight separate commands and played a leadership role in military and diplomatic matters at the highest levels of the U.S. government.\nAs head of U.S. Central Command\, Admiral Fallon directed all U.S. military operations in the Middle East\, Central Asia and Horn of Africa\, focusing on combat efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. He led the U.S. Pacific Command for two years\, directing political-military activities in the Asia-Pacific region. His achievements include a resumption of military engagement with China\, new outreach to India\, a new agreement on a strategic framework with Japan\, and humanitarian assistance to the victims of the 2004 Tsunami in SE Asia. He also served as Presidential Envoy to Japan\, handling bi-lateral relations after the collision of a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing vessel.\nOn September 11\, 2001\, Admiral Fallon was serving in the Pentagon as Vice Chief of the Navy. He personally directed the recovery of the Navy staff in the wake of the attack and led in the planning of the retaliatory attacks on Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. He later commanded the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and U.S. Fleet Forces Command\, with responsibility for the readiness of U.S. Naval forces worldwide.\nAdmiral Fallon began his Navy career as a combat aviator flying from an aircraft carrier during the Vietnam War and participated in many vital U.S. military operations during the Cold War. He led a Carrier Air Wing in combat during the Gulf War of 1991\, and commanded a Navy Battle Group and the U.S. 6th Fleet Battle Force during NATO military operations in Bosnia.\nDr. Trita Parsi\nTrita Parsi is an award winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations\, Iranian foreign politics\, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran\, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007)\, for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli\, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.\nParsi’s latest book A Single Roll of the Dice – Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press) was released early 2012 and was selected by Foreign Affairs journal as the Best Book of 2012 on the Middle East. He interviewed 70 high-ranking officials from the U.S.\, Iran\, Europe\, Israel\, Saudi Arabia\, Turkey\, and Brazil—including the top American and Iranian negotiators—for this book. Parsi uncovers the previously unknown story of American and Iranian negotiations during Obama’s early years as president\, the calculations behind the two nations’ dealings\, and the real reasons for their current stalemate.\nParsi was born in Iran but moved with his family at the age of four to Sweden in order to escape political repression in Iran. His father was an outspoken academic and non-Muslim who was jailed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah. He moved to the United States as an adult and studied foreign policy at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International Studies where he received his Ph.D.\nHe founded NIAC to provide a non-partisan\, non-profit organization through which Iranian-Americans could participate in American civic life. NIAC is a vocal proponent of dialogue and engagement between the US and Iran\, which Parsi consistently has argued would enhance our national security by helping to stabilize the Middle East and bolster the moderates in Iran.\nParsi has followed Middle East politics through work in the field and extensive experience on Capitol Hill and at the United Nations. He is frequently consulted by Western and Asian governments on foreign policy matters. Parsi has worked for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN\, where he served in the Security Council\, handling the affairs of Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Tajikistan and Western Sahara\, and in the General Assembly’s Third Committee\, addressing human rights in Iran\, Afghanistan\, Myanmar and Iraq.\n \nLaura Rozen\nLaura Rozen writes the Back Channel news-blog for Al-Monitor. She previously served as senior foreign policy reporter for Politico and Yahoo News\, and wrote the “Cable” blog for Foreign Policy magazine. She is based in Washington\, D.C. You can follow her on Twitter at @lrozen\nRozen has reported from the Balkans\, Russia and Turkey and earned a masters degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. Her reporting has also been published by the Boston Globe\, the Los Angeles Times\, Washington Post\, Christian Science Monitor\, the Forward\, the Tablet\, National Journal\, Mother Jones\, the American Prospect and the Washington Monthly. She has appeared as a guest on CNN\, NPR\, the BBC\, MSNBC and other public affairs programs. She is also a columnist for World Politics Review.\nResources:\nPanel Recap: Can the IAEA Effectively Verify the Iran Nuclear Agreement?\nThe Iran Deal: Good for U.S. National Security\nWhat to Expect From The Iran Nuclear Talks\nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/understanding-the-iran-nuclear-deal/
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Energy Security,National Security Strategy,Nuclear Security,Public Diplomacy,Terrorism
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SUMMARY:New York City Event - The American Fusion Project: Scientific Breakthroughs
DESCRIPTION:As a part of New York’s annual “Energy Week\,” the American Security Project\, in conjunction with FTI Strategic Communications\, is proud to sponsor a lunch on new developments in fusion energy research. It will take place at FTI’s Wall Street Plaza office\, 88 Pine Street\, 32nd Floor\, New York City\, NY on Tuesday\, June 16 at 12:30pm. \nFusion energy is real. It would revolutionize the American energy system by providing clean\, safe\, secure\, and affordable energy. However\, fusion is not yet commercially available because it is a tremendous technical challenge. Today\, scientific breakthroughs in research institutions across America and around the world should allow for fusion to be a viable source of power much sooner than many had thought. \nDr. Dennis Whyte\, the Director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center\, one of the world’s leading fusion experts\, will detail how groundbreaking advances in superconducting magnets\, 3D printing\, fusion configurations\, and super-computing mean that the day fusion provides powers to our economy could be closer than many had thought. \nMr. Edward Reilly\, Global CEO of FTI Strategic Communications\, will introduce\, and Brigadier General Stephen Cheney\, ASP’s CEO\, will discuss why fusion is important for America: our national security\, our economic competitiveness\, and our scientific leadership. \nFusion research has been underfunded for years\, relative to the game-changing potential it holds. Other countries aren’t waiting: right now America has the edge\, but we are in danger of losing our leadership. It is time to build a program that will allow us to research\, develop\, and deploy the next generation of energy. \n  \nRequest Your Invitation Today \n  \nIn conjunction with:
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/the-american-fusion-project-scientific-breakthroughs/
LOCATION:FTI Strategic Communications\, 88 Pine Street\, 32nd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,Featured Event,Fusion Energy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150428T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150428T140000
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SUMMARY:ASU EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nApril 28th\, 2015 \nTime\n1:30pm – 3:00pm \nLocation\nArizona State University\, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 4\, Room 240 \nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce.\nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue.\nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security.\nSpeakers\nBGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret\,) \nStephen Cheney is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.\nHe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  His primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia.\nOther selected highlights of his military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps.\nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, he became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas.\nHe is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California.  He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. He is also a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board\nHe has been on the Board of Directors for ASP since 2006.\n \nLieutenant General John Castellaw\, USMC (Ret.)\nJohn “Glad” Castellaw is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Farmspace Systems a provider of precision agriculture services and equipment in the Mid-South.\nCastellaw graduated from the University of Tennessee\, Martin (UTM) in 1972 with a commission in the Marines and a degree in Agriculture. For 36 years he led Marines around the world while flying more than two dozen different types of aircraft. Castellaw served with the UN during the Siege of Sarajevo\, commanded the American force in the multi-national security and stability operation in East Timor\, and as the chief of staff for the U.S. Central Command at the height of the war in Iraq. His last tours were in the Pentagon where he oversaw Marine Aviation and then the Marine Corps budget.\nIn 2008\, he returned to Tennessee where he operates the family farm\, is a teaching fellow at UTM\, and on the board of the Bank of Crockett. Castellaw is the president of the non-profit Crockett Policy Institute and is a senior associate with the Washington based Corvus Group. Other national security affiliations include membership on the Nuclear Security Working Group\, the Climate Security Working Group\, and the board of the American Security Project.\nAs a retired service member\, Castellaw maintains a deep interest in National Security issues and in veterans’ affairs. He participates actively with various groups working to ensure this nation’s defense needs are met and serves on the Department of the Navy’s Naval Research Advisory Committee. As a veteran\, he is a member of the Marine Corps League\, The Marine Corps Association\, and The Naval Institute and is beginning his first term as the National Commander of the Marine Corps Aviation Association.\n \nAndrew Holland \nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He\nhas over seven years of experience working at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change.\nPrior to moving into the Think Tank world\, he was a Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska from 2006 through 2008.  He also has experience working in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema.\nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.\n \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military\nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change\nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change\n \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit http://www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/asu-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:ASU\, 781 E. Terrace Mall\, Tempe\, AZ\, 85218\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150415T120000
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SUMMARY:Conference: Geopolitics of Energy Security in the Eastern Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Date\nApril 15\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 5:00pm\n\n\nLocation \nASP Conference Facilities\, 7th Floor West Tower\, 1100 New York Ave NW\, Washington DC\n\n\n\n  \nASP will host a half day conference to examine the energy security challenges faced in the Eastern Mediterranean. Over the course of three panel discussions\, the event will first examine the geopolitical importance of the region\, focusing on the recent discovery of major natural gas fields in Israel.The next panel will look at the challenges of promoting energy cooperation throughout the Eastern Mediterranean\, and will attempt to offer prescriptions for increasing energy security. The final panel will discuss the potential role that the US can play in the region in terms of investment opportunities and regional cooperation. \n  \nAgenda: Geopolitics of Energy Security in the Eastern Mediterranean\n  \n12:00pm – 12:30pm: Networking Lunch \n  \n12:30pm: Welcome and Introduction: BGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) – ASP \n  \n12:30pm – 1:45pm: Panel 1 – The Geopolitical Promise of Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean \nThe panel will examine the potential of using new found energy reserves to build international cooperation within the region. For the countries bordering the Eastern Mediterranean\, conflict\, mistrust\, and insecurity have characterized regional relationships for decades. Could the newly discovered undersea natural gas fields catalyze a more cooperative relationship among countries in the region? \nPanelists: \n\nTim Boersma\, Acting Director\, Energy Security and Climate Initiative\, Brookings\nZack Gold\, Fellow\, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)\, Tel Aviv\nAndrew Holland\, Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy\, ASP\n\n  \nPANEL 1 RECAP \n  \n1:45pm – 2:00pm: Coffee & Networking Session \n  \n2:00pm – 3:15pm: Panel 2 – Building Effective Cross-Border Energy Relationships \nThe panel will examine the challenges to developing the newfound energy resources in the region. It will look at the challenges of providing energy security as well as how to ensure equity among energy consumers. \nPanelists: \n\nSir Michael Leigh\, Senior Fellow\, German Marshall Fund of the United States\nAnne Korin\, Co-Director Institute for the Analysis of Global Security\nEmre Tuncalp\, Managing Partner\, Sidar Global\n\n  \nPANEL 2 RECAP \n  \n3:15pm – 4:30pm: Panel 3 – American Interests in Eastern Mediterranean Energy \nThe US will not be a consumer of energy exported from the Eastern Mediterranean\, so why has it been so involved? This panel will discuss the role of outsiders in promote energy cooperation among the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean. The panel will examine America’s role in building energy cooperation between countries in the region\, as well as promoting economic and investment opportunities for new found energy reserves. \nPanelists: \n\nSteve Lutes\, Director\, Middle East and North Africa Affairs\, US Chamber of Commerce\nDavid Gillers\, Professional Staff\, US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources\nBen Dillon\, Vice President for Communications and Government Relations\, Noble Energy\n\n  \nPANEL 3 RECAP \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT  \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visitwww.americansecurityproject.org. \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/conference-geopolitics-of-energy-security-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Energy Security,Featured Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T090000
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SUMMARY:Building Effective Measures to Combat Climate Change – Does Divestment Work?
DESCRIPTION:Date\nThursday\, February 12\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n9:00am – 10:00am\n\n\nLocation\nNational Press Club – 529 14th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\n\n\n\n  \nOn Thursday\, February 12th\, the American Security Project\, a nonpartisan think-tank\, will publish a report on effective measures to tackle climate change. It will highlight the ineffectiveness of divestment as a way to fight climate change and call for a campaign that instead focuses on effective measures to reduce emissions.  The report will explore effective solutions that would actually reverse the effects of accelerating changes in our climate. \nClimate change is real and it is a direct challenge to our national security. As citizens\, we owe it to our family\, community\, and country to educate ourselves on the facts about climate change and how human activity is the primary cause. \nThe report will call for our country to focus on effectiveness as the measure of success. We need to durably reduce emissions now\, and we cannot waste our effort on campaigns like divestment that will not reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by a single molecule. \nJoin the American Security Project at the National Press Club as our speakers discuss the release of this paper.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/building-effective-measures-to-combat-climate-change-does-divestment-work-2/
LOCATION:National Press Club\, 529 14th Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security & Climate Change
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SUMMARY:Conference - Energy Security in the Caribbean: Unique Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Date\nFebruary 4\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 5:00pm\n\n\nLocation \nASP Conference Facilities\, 7th Floor West Tower\, 1100 New York Ave NW\, Washington DC\n\n\n\n  \nEnergy insecurity and availability are challenges that countries around the world face\, but few places in the world face it like the islands of the Caribbean do. The islands are a diverse mix\, ranging from Communist Cuba to the American territory of Puerto Rico\, from small\, isolated islands like Anguilla to large\, multi ethnic islands like Hispaniola. \nMost of the islands in the Caribbean have few indigenous fossil fuel resources\, so virtually all of their energy needs are met by imported fossil fuels. To compound this\, because of the lack of scale\, costs for infrastructure are often much higher than for mainland\, continental states. \nASP will host a half day conference to examine the energy security challenges faced in the Caribbean. Over the course of three panel discussions\, the event will first examine the geopolitical importance of the region\, and discuss what role energy plays in the balance of power. The next panel will look at the unique challenges of providing power to islands\, and will attempt to offer lessons from other islands around the world. The final panel will look at existing and future solutions that could provide energy security\, economic growth\, and a cleaner environment. \n  \nAgenda: Energy Security in the Caribbean: Unique Challenges\n  \n12:00pm – 12:30pm: Networking Lunch \n  \n12:30pm: Welcome: BGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) – ASP \n  \n12:35pm: Introduction: The Challenge of Achieving Affordable Energy Security on Islands \n  \n12:45pm – 2:00pm: Panel 1 – Energy\, Economics\, & Geopolitics in the Caribbean  \nThis panel will examine the complicated overlap of geopolitics and economics in the Caribbean. It will discuss the effect of oil price decreases on the Petrocaribe program\, Venezuela’s influence\, and the changing economics of oil. It will look at how the US role has changed from an energy buyer to an energy exporter. It will show how dependence on fuel oil has harmed economic growth in the region. Finally\, it will look at how energy issues will (or won’t) impact the warming relations between Cuba and the US. \nPanelists:  \n\nJonathan Benjamin-Alvarado\, Professor of Political Science\, University of Nebraska Omaha\nChristian Gomez\, Director of Energy\, Council of the Americas\n\n2:00pm – 3:00pm: Panel 2 – Technology Advances and Policy Challenges   \nThanks to new technology and business practices\, Caribbean islands no longer have to be solely dependent upon imported fuel oil for energy. This session will discuss how the twin energy revolutions of renewable electricity and American shale can provide a more affordable\, secure source of fuel. It will discuss policy fixes that could quickly reduce costs and increase reliability. It will highlight several promising technologies that could make a big difference. \nPanelists:  \n\nNatacha Marzolf\, Principal Energy Specialist in the Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Department\, Inter-American Development Bank\nBrian O’Hanlon\, Renewable Energy Finance\, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)\nMichael Zehr\, Vice President of Federal Affairs\, HBW Resources\n\n  \n3:00pm – 3:15pm: Coffee & Networking Session \n  \n3:15pm – 4:30pm: Panel 3 – What is to be Done? Public and Private Sector Solutions \nThe future of the Caribbean can be bright\, thanks largely to plans being implemented now to increase energy security. Donors and multilateral finance institutions are working to put in place new solar\, wind\, and smart grids. The US Departments of Energy and State are intensively working on a new Caribbean Energy Security Initiative that partners directly with Caribbean governments. Meanwhile\, businesses are finding immediate solutions to the urgent economic challenge of costs by replacing oil with natural gas and its derivatives. \nPanelists:  \n\nNatasha Vidangos\, United States Department of State\nChris Burgess\, Carbon War Room\nLuis Humberto Berrios\, Vice President\, Regulatory Affairs\, Tropigas\n\n  \nSee Below For Recaps of Each Panel: \nPanel 1 Recap \nPanel 2 Recap \nPanel 3 Recap \n  \nThis event is sponsored by Tropigas Puerto Rico \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/conference-energy-security-in-the-caribbean-unique-challenges/
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Special Envoy Amos Hochstein: Energy Diplomacy and National Security Challenges in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Date\nDecember 8\, 2014\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 1:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nAmerican Security Project\, 1100 New York Ave\, 7th Floor West Tower\, Washington DC 20005\n\n\n\nASP will host Special Envoy Hochstein as he speaks on energy as a tool for regional cooperation in the Middle East and Mediterranean\, and on coalition efforts to deny oil revenues to ISIL. \nLunch refreshments will be served prior to the event from 12:00pm – 12:30pm. \n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited) \nSpeakers\n  \n\nAmos J Hochstein\, Special Envoy\, Bureau of Energy Resources\n\n\n\nAmos J Hochstein currently serves as the Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs leading the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) at the U.S. Department of State. He oversees U.S. foreign policy engagement in the critical intersection of energy and national security. In this role\, he advises the Secretary on global energy security and diplomacy\, as well as promotes U.S. interests to ensure energy resources are used to increase economic opportunity\, stability and prosperity around the world. Special Envoy Hochstein also advises the Secretary on U.S. strategy to advance global integration of renewable and clean energy sources. Prior to this role\, Mr. Hochstein served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy and in that capacity oversaw the Office of Middle East and Asia and the Office of Europe\, the Western Hemisphere and Africa where he lead the bureau’s energy diplomacy efforts. \nPrior to joining the State Department\, Mr. Hochstein spent more than 15 years advising U.S. elected officials\, candidates for public office and thought leaders on domestic and global energy policy initiatives. He began his career in Washington\, DC\, on Capitol Hill where he served in a variety of senior level positions\, ultimately serving as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. \nMr. Hochstein first served as the principal Democratic staff person on the Economic Policy\, Trade and Environment Subcommittee where he oversaw work authorizing Ex-Im Bank\, OPIC and USTDA\, as well as drafting legislation on export controls and trade-related multilateral organizations and regimes. \nMr. Hochstein served as Policy Director to Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT). Prior to his work with Sen. Dodd\, he worked as a Senior Policy Advisor to Senator (then Governor) Mark Warner (D-VA). \nHarnessing his experience in the policy\, campaign and public sector\, Mr. Hochstein moved to the private sector as Executive Vice President of International Operations at Cassidy & Associates. Throughout his career\, he has been a counselor for both domestic and international oil and gas companies\, as well as companies focusing on renewable energy. In this capacity\, he assisted corporations in assessing potential new markets and the development of alternative sources of power and best strategies to bring them to market.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/energy-diplomacy-in-the-middle-east-cooperation-and-counter-terrorism/
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,Terrorism
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SUMMARY:Electricity Supply: What it means for Security\, Development\, and Geopolitics
DESCRIPTION:Electricity Supply: What it means for Security\, Development\, and Geopolitics\n  \n\n\n\nDate\nNovember 19\, 2014\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 4:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nAmerican Security Project – 7th Floor West Tower\, 1100 New York Ave.\, Washington DC\n\n\n\n  \nThe nexus of electricity\, development\, and security is significant\, yet its nuances are too often overlooked. The half-day event will bring together development and energy experts\, government officials\, and policy makers to better establish the important linkages between power\, security\, and development\, share successful implementation strategies and consider how these successes can be replicated in diverse contexts. \n  \nAgenda\n12:00pm – 12:25pm Networking Lunch \n12:25pm – 12:30pm: APR Introduction Video \n12.30 – 12:45pm: Welcome\, BGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.)– ASP \n  \n12:45 pm – 1:45pm: Panel One – Electricity: The Catalyst for Change \nThe panel will examine electricity as a foundation for sustainable development and security with a specific focus on the distinct needs of rural versus urban communities. Panelists will discuss the potential impact of reliable electricity supply on local and national security\, education\, women’s economic empowerment\, and agriculture. Focus will also include the problems generated by lack of access to affordable electricity and how communities are currently affected. \nChair: Joanne Trotter\, Adjunct Senior Fellow of ASP \nPanelists:  \n\nDr. Ryan Shelby\, Energy Engineering Advisor –USAID Bureau for Economic Growth\, Education and Energy\nHolly Dranginis\, Policy Analyst – Enough Project\nSasanka Thilakasiri\, Policy Advisor – Oxfam\nMark Kustra\,  US Marine / Stability Operations Advisor\n\n1:45pm – 2:00pm: Coffee and Networking \n  \n2:00pm – 3:00pm: Panel Two – The Challenges of Generating and Delivering Electricity \nThe panel will discuss the roles of security\, governance\, and general stability\, as well as financing in delivering a sustainable electricity supply. There will also be discussion of regionally focused case studies as an opportunity for a more comprehensive understanding of these challenges\, with particular interest in Public-Private Partnerships. \nChair: Brian Rich\, COO\, APR Energy \nPanelists: \n\nDante Disparte\, CEO and Founder – The Risk Cooperative\nFaith Corneille\, Director of the Office of Electricity and Energy Efficiency – State Department\nJohn Morton\, Chief of Staff to President – OPIC\n\n  \n3:00pm – 3:30pm: Coffee and Networking \n  \n3:30pm – 4:30pm: Panel Three – Innovative Solutions to Providing Reliable Power \nThe final panel will include presentations of strategies and technologies that are already providing cities and larger communities with electricity and what that has meant to these communities’\, stability\, security\, and future development. \nChair: BGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.); CEO\, American Security Project \nPanelists:  \n\nEric Toumayan\, Managing Director – Government Relations APR Energy\nKen Ditzel. Managing Director – FTI Consulting\n\n  \nResources:\nElectricity: The Catalyst \n  \nSponsored By: \n \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/electricity-supply-what-it-means-for-security-development-and-geopolitics/
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Geography 2050: Mounting an Expedition to the Future
DESCRIPTION:AN EVENT OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AND THE EARTH INSTITUTE\n\n\n\nDate: November 19th\n\n\nLocation: Low Memorial Library\, Columbia University\, 116th Street and Broadway\, New York City\, NY 10027\n\n\n\nThe world of 2050 will be radically different. It is not at all clear how we will get there from here and what we can do to navigate through the uncharted waters of the future. Climate change\, urbanization\, rapid expansion of the Internet and the availability and use of information\, the continued evolution of human identity\, and changing modes of commerce\, cooperation\, and conflict from local to global scales are just some of the many trends influencing the future. Each poses many challenges and opportunities for how we perceive and shape our world’s geography now and in coming decades. \nTo help lay the foundation for exploring these local\, regional and global challenges—and the investments in technology\, data\, laws\, policies\, and capacities needed to improve our ability to navigate through them—the American Geographical Society is collaborating with the Earth Institute\, Columbia University to organize an “Expedition to the Future.” \nThe one-day inaugural event\, to be held at Columbia’s Low Library in Manhattan\, offers an opportunity for thought leaders in industry\, government\, the social sector\, and academe to come together to think about collectively exploring the future\, and to examine how geography\, geographic thinking\, and geospatial data and technologies will enable this new age of exploration. \nThis inaugural event will focus the thought leaders in attendance on 6 major areas of focus. All seek to help us understand how our world will change geographically over time\, and the challenges that these processes pose as we seek to navigate an uncertain future.\nPopulations\, Shifting Identity\, and Well Being \nOver the next few decades\, the geography of human populations will change materially. Urbanization will continue\, and the concentration of people in coastal zones will increase. The geography of human well being will be re-written\, as health and wealth shift radically. And\, borders and sovereignty within borders will face and possibly succumb to new pressures as new social movements arise\, reshaping identity. \nClimate\, Risk and Opportunity \nThe onslaught of climate change will result in increased volatility in weather patterns and the resulting natural hazards that will impact populations along the coasts\, on islands\, in river basins\, and in inland agricultural areas. And the secular rise in sea level will only magnify the effects of these natural hazards. Additionally\, climate change will fundamentally remap the Arctic\, opening it up to intercontinental transportation\, energy and mineral exploitation\, and geopolitical competition. \nThe Future Energy Landscape \nWith huge changes in the geography of humanity\, the future energy landscape will also change enormously.The geography of global energy demand will evolve as developing nations increase their energy consumption to present day first world patterns. The acceleration of renewable energy development will change the nature of energy dependency between different regions\, and will change the landscapes on which we live. And\, the emergence of new fossil fuel resources will fundamentally alter the global network of exploitation\, distribution\, processing\, and consumption – re-writing power relationships across the globe. \nThe Emerging Geography of the Internet of Things \nThe Internet remapped the geography of human access to knowledge\, and what it meant to be connected to the global society. The Internet’s initial geography\, connecting government labs\, agencies and universities has expanded to touch billions of computers and mobile devices\, yet again remapping the distribution of societal capabilities. However\, this geography is far from ubiquitous\, and the spatial distribution of this digital divide materially shapes how societies can develop. The recent emergence of the Internet of Things promises to yet again reshape the geography of technical capability that societies have access to and can leverage to meet their goals. \nThe God’s Eye View \nIn the 20th Century\, human society came to understand its world geographically through a technical lens. Satellite and airborne remote sensing transformed how we observed and understood our planet. The rise of the Internet and social media opened up wholly new ways of thinking about the geography of human expression and activity. And\, as every living human becomes sophisticated\, location-aware sensor\, ground truth can be provided to validate broad-scoped change observed from above. How we understand our world’s geography in 2050 will be fundamentally different from our way of knowing our world only yesterday. \nInvestment\, Law and Policy \nIn order to successfully navigate our way to this new future\, deliberate action will be required in the realm’s of investment\, legal and policy development. The ability to properly observe and anticipate changes to our world’s geography – at a local\, regional and global scale – will require investment in new geospatial technologies\, data\, and methodologies. It will also require thoughtful engagement in legal and policy development (at local\, national\, and international levels) to ensure that these techniques and technologies are leveraged to meet societal goals\, so they do not become technics out of control. Geography 2050 will not just happen. It will be the sum of many thoughtful\, and perhaps thoughtless\, actions by the private\, public academic\, and social sectors.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/geography-2050-mounting-an-expedition-to-the-future/
LOCATION:Low Library\, Columbia University\, 2960 Broadway\, Manhattan\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141112T123000
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SUMMARY:The U.S. – EU Strategic Partnership: Trade\, Energy\, and Security
DESCRIPTION:Date\nNovember 12\, 2014\n\n\nTime\n12:30pm – 1:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nAmerican Security Project\, 1100 New York Ave\, 7th Floor West Tower\, Washington DC 20005\n\n\n\n  \nNumerous strategic challenges and opportunities face the United States and European Union in 2015; some of which include: how to defeat ISIL\, the economic transformation of the Middle East\, negotiations around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership\, energy security\, Russia\, effects from climate change\, and many more. \nJoin our high-level panel to discuss what it will mean for the strategic partnership with a new U.S. Congress\, new EU Commission\, and new EU Parliament. \nKeynote Address: DAS for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Julieta Valls Noyes \nPanel: \n\nPaul Adamson\, Editor in Chief of E!Sharp and Chairman of Forum Global\nSimon Rosenberg\, President of NDN\nOther panelists and speakers to be announced\n\nLunch refreshments will be served prior to the event from 12:00pm – 12:30pm. \n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited) \n\nSpeakers:\nJulieta Valls Noyes assumed her duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in July 2013. Her duties include responsibility for managing relations with the European Union and Western Europe and the Public Diplomacy portfolio. \nPreviously she served as deputy executive secretary for the Department of State\, where she oversaw the preparation of briefing materials for the Secretary and other Department principals and managed travel by the Secretary of State. She led close to twenty trips by two Secretaries of State\, traveling over 200\,000 miles and visiting every continent. Ms. Noyes was deputy chief of mission and chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See from 2008-2011\, where she managed the visit of President Obama to the Vatican in summer 2009. Prior to that assignment\, she was deputy director of the Operations Center\, the 24-hour crisis management and communications center of the State Department. \nMs. Noyes has also served as the director of the office of Multilateral and Global Affairs in the bureau of Democracy\, Human Rights and Labor and as deputy director of the office of Policy Planning and Coordination for the Western Hemisphere. While political chief at the U.S. Embassy in Panama from 1999-2002\, Ms. Noyes organized the ceremonies to transfer the Canal to Panamanian control and negotiated a Visiting Forces Agreement\, an achievement for she earned a Distinguished Service Award. Ms. Noyes has also served tours at the U.S. Embassies in Madrid and Guatemala\, as desk officer for Greece and Panama\, and as a vice consul on the Mexican border. \nMs. Noyes speaks Spanish\, Italian\, Portuguese\, and some French. A graduate of Wellesley College\, she has a Master’s Degree from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. She has received several Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards. \n  \n  \nPaul Adamson is the editor-in-chief and founding publisher of E!Sharp\, an on-line magazine on Europe and Europe’s place in the world. And Chairman of Forum Global. \nHe is also Senior European Policy Advisor at Covington and Burling. \nMr Adamson is a member of Rand Europe’s Council of Advisors and on the advisory boards of the polling/think tank YouGov-Cambridge and the Washington European Society. He is a trustee of the Citizenship Foundation\, a patron of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and a member of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. \nPaul is also on the advisory group of British Influence\, a new organization promoting the UK’s role in the European Union. Earlier in his career he founded the consulting firm Adamson Associates\, which was sold to WeberShandwick in 1998\, and the “think-do tank” The Centre\, which was sold to Edelman in 2010. \nIn 2012 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) ”for services to promoting understanding of the European Union”. \n  \n  \nSimon Rosenberg runs the pro-market\, center-left think tank NDN. He long been a leader in the trade community in Washington\, DC\, and has worked to pass every major trade agreement introduced since NAFTA in 1993. \nHe is a prominent commentator on global and domestic affairs in the national media\, appearing regularly on national television and in the nation’s top print outlets. He is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute\, a Member of the State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP)\, and a Board Member of the Tisch School for Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University. \n  \n\n\nResources:\nThe US and EU Strategy to Defeat ISIL \nTTIP: A U.S. and European Perspective – Event Summary \nThe Green Side of Energy Security: EU event \nBeyond Rhetoric: How The U.S. Can Help Enhance European Energy Security \n  \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/the-u-s-eu-strategic-partnership-trade-energy-and-security/
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security Conference
DESCRIPTION:What’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security \nSeptember 30th\, 2014 \n9:00 am – 4:30 pm \nLocation: 1100 New York Avenue\, NW 7th Floor\, West Tower \n \nJoin ASP and our panelists in a discussion about the next generation of energy technology and climate policy.\nIn order to prevent the worst effects of climate change\, total warming must remain under a rise of two degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline.\nLeaders of the G7 and the G20 have repeatedly stated they intend to meet that target. However\, the latest IPCC report\, released in April 2014\, showed that in order to even have a 50% chance of meeting that 2 degree limit\, total global emissions will have to peak around 2020 and will have to drop to around 50% below today’s levels by 2050.\nSuch a global effort would likely require developed countries like the U.S. to reduce emissions to around 80% below 2005 levels. This will not be easy.\nNo major country has a plan to meet this target. There is a clear disconnect between what we have committed to do (keep temperatures at a safe level) and the means with which we will do it.\nThat means we have to start thinking: How can we get to this target while remaining economically strong? In other words: What is the next generation of energy?\nASP’s conference on September 30\, 2014 will draw on expertise from industry\, academia\, government\, and NGOs to discuss the next generation of energy technology and climate policy.\nThis conference will discuss how to truly ensure that natural gas is the transition fuel that it has been touted as – not a “bridge to nowhere.”It will look at the challenges of how to bring more renewable power into an antiquated energy system – and how to overcome those challenges. It will discuss how to catalyze the development of new energy technologies that can bridge the gap between what has been promised and what current technology can achieve.\nIt is a mistake to think that the challenges we face today will be the challenges of tomorrow. It is an even bigger mistake to think that the technologies we have today will look like the technologies of tomorrow.\nWe must start thinking today\, in order to be prepared for tomorrow – in order to secure our American future.\nPanel One: Natural Gas/LNG – Using American Resources and Know-How to Build a World Market\nThe emerging geopolitics of energy shows why it is important for the United States to take a leadership role in exporting LNG. Internationally high demand and our domestic resources have created an opportunity to build a global\, market-based energy economy. This will be particularly important in preventing monopoly energy producers from using their control of gas markets to sway foreign policy.\nThis panel will discuss the importance of American producers joining the global LNG energy markets in ensuring geopolitical benefits for the U.S.\, and how the U.S. could use this opportunity to build an energy bridge to the future.\nChair: Marik String\nPanelists: Michael Levi\, Chris Guith\, Andrew Ware\n \nPanel Two: Renewable Transportation – Policy Options to Break the Oil Monopoly\nFor nearly a decade\, policymakers have attempted to more effectively incentivize the development of sustainable alternatives to petroleum as a transportation fuel. Mandates\, subsidies\, and other policies have succeeded in replacing 10% of the fuel supply with ethanol grown in the U.S. and have begun to create a network of battery-operated vehicles. But\, these efforts are as yet incomplete\, with further policy advances being hampered by the domestic boom in oil.\nThe U.S. Department of Defense is leading the way. They are pursuing plans to enhance our domestic advanced biofuel production. They are reducing petroleum use on the battlefield\, saving lives. They are using renewable energy\, microgrids\, and advanced batteries where appropriate.\nThese developments are important steps towards developing a real advanced biofuel industry that can help move us toward a point where we have other options for how to fuel our cars and trucks. Our panelists will discuss the ways in which biofuels and battery-operated vehicles are becoming a reality\, helping to finally break the American economy’s addiction to oil for transportation.\nChair: To Be Announced Shortly\nPanelists: To Be Announced Shortly\n \nPanel Three: Energy Technology of Tomorrow – What are the Breakthroughs – and how can Government foster that innovation?\nScientists at research universities\, private companies and national laboratories around the nation are making great strides in engineering new ways to generate energy. Nuclear power\, in particular\, could be poised to make a comeback. However\, private investors balk at funding development of untried technologies.\nThe government has an important role to play in bridging the gap to commercialization. Our panelists will discuss the chances of break-out designs in non-carbon based energy\, the ways in which the government has already played a part\, and how science can work with industry and policymakers to further diversify America’s energy mix.\nChair: Julia Pyper\nPanelists: Mark Haynes\, Jack A. Bailey\n \nPanel Four: Powering the Future – Prospects for Fusion Energy\nFusion energy is real\, and it is happening now. Through the cooperation of national and international governments\, universities and organization\, we are seeing the safest and cleanest form of energy becoming a global reality. As with biofuels\, renewables and other energy technologies\, fusion energy funding is also in dire need of assistance.\nOur panelists will discuss how fusion energy works\, what makes it the safest and cleanest form of energy that we can pursue\, how government and private sector investment is making it a viable energy option\, and the possible timeframes for “plugging into the grid.”\nChair: Kate Ling\nPanelists: Andrew Holland\, Nathan Gilliland\n \nResources:\nGeopolitical Reasons to Approve LNG Exports\nWHITE PAPER: America’s Energy Choices – 2014\nFACT SHEET: Bio Fuels and National Security\nReport – Small Modular Reactors\nFusion Power\nLockheed Martin Announces Plans to Build Ocean Thermal Pilot Plant\nWHITE PAPER: American Competitiveness Report – An Issue of National Security\n \nWhat’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security by The American Security Project\nSponsors Include:
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/whats-next-fostering-the-next-generation-of-energy-security-conference/
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Fusion Energy,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:INVITE - Beyond Rhetoric: How the US can Help Enhance European Energy Security
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Rhetoric: How the US can Help Enhance European Energy Security\n\n\n\nJuly 30\, 2014\n\n\n12:30pm – 2:00pm\n\n\nLocation: 1100 New York Avenue\, NW 7th Floor\, West Tower\n\n\n\n  \nThe shale gas boom has already benefited the United States at home. New developments mean that it could provide greater energy security for America’s allies around the world: a valuable new tool of diplomacy. \nWe see how America’s NATO allies are challenged in their reaction to the continuing events in Ukraine by their complicated energy relationships to Russia. Exports of American natural gas can help disentangle those relationships\, and many NATO allies are actively supporting increased exports from the US. On the other hand\, we know American LNG exports will not occur overnight and that the federal government cannot direct gas shipments to Europe. \nWhat can the US do in the short term to enhance European energy security? And\, how can the US most effectively utilize its energy resources as a tool of diplomacy? \nJoin American Security Project on July 30\, 2014 as a panel of  distinguished experts will discuss LNG and the concrete steps that the United States can take to help enhance Europe’s Energy Security. \nLunch will be served prior to the event from 12:00pm – 12:30pm \n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited) \nSpeakers\nAmbassador Žygimantas Pavilionis \nAmbassador Pavilionis was appointed to be the Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States in 2010. Prior to this\, he worked in key positions with the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Ministry of European Integration\, and the Lithuanian Permanent Mission in Brussels. In 2004\, Ambassador Pavilionis served as ambassador-at-large as well as the chief coordinator for both Lithuania’s presidency of the Community of Democracies and the Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department. \nCharles McConnell \nIn 2013\, after serving two years as the Assistant Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy\, Mr. Charles McConnell became the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Initiative at Rice University. Prior to this\, McConnell worked in many facets of the energy industry\, devoting over 30 years to the global hydrogen business with Praxair\, Inc. \nRobin Dunnigan \nRobin Dunnigan is a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service\, currently serving as the Acting Deputy Secretary for Energy Diplomacy in the Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources. During her 22-year career in the Foreign Service\, Ms. Dunnigan has served overseas in Vietnam\, Chile\, Turkey\, Cuba\, and El Salvador. In Washington\, she worked as the Jordan/Lebanon economic office in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs\, and on the staff of the Secretary os State in the 24-hour Operations Center. \nResources\nGeopolitical Reasons to Approve LNG Exports
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/invite-beyond-rhetoric-how-the-us-can-help-enhance-european-energy-security/
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:INVITE- The 2014 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review:  A Blueprint for State and USAID
DESCRIPTION:A Briefing and Q&A with Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom\, Assistant Administrator Alexander Thier and Special Representative for QDDR Thomas Perriello\n\n\n\n24 June 2014\n\n\n1230-1330\n\n\n Hart Senate Office Building – Room 902 \nLocated on Constitution Avenue\, between 1st and 2nd Streets\, NE \n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) process and how Congress can engage on this key briefing.\nThis is an opportunity to find out about this and to engage with key State Department and USAID figures about crucial QDDR issues\nLunch Refreshments will be served at 12.00. Discussion will begin promptly at 12.30   \nThe QDDR\n\nThe Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) is the Department of State’s signature review to guide a modern State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as they move into the future.  As a joint effort by the Department of State and USAID\, the review will identify policy priorities and the organizational capabilities needed to maximize the effectiveness of our diplomats and development professionals \nAt its core\, the QDDR aims to provide a blueprint for strengthening U.S. development and diplomatic efforts to best advance our national interests. \nThe 2014 QDDR builds upon the 2010 QDDR\, the first quadrennial review in the history of the Department and USAID\, begun by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  The 2010 review launched a series of reforms in both government agencies\, elevated policy priorities such as energy\, economic diplomacy\, and support to women and girls; reestablished USAID as a premier development agency; improved budget management and strategic planning; and increasedcooperation among U.S. government agencies and with non-governmental actors. As part of a process of continuous improvement\, implementation of the 2010 QDDR continues.  The 2014 QDDR will advance the spirit and mission of the first review while focusing on a few key priorities to foster a State Department and USAID that are more nimble\, innovative and responsive.  Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom\, along with the USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah\, oversee the implementation of the QDDR; Thomas Perriello is the Special Representative for the QDDR. \nSpeakers\nHeather Higginbottom was confirmed by the US Senate in December 2013. In her current role as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources\, she shares in the global responsibilities for US foreign policy and has programmatic oversight responsibilities for both the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. She is the first female to become Deputy Secretary\, and prior to joining the State Department\, served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Ms. Higginbottom was also the first executive director the American Security Project. \nAlex Thier is USAID’s Assistant to the Administrator for Policy\, Planning\, and Learning (PPL). The PPL Bureau is USAID’s center for policy development\, strategic planning\, learning and evaluation\, and partner engagement. From  June 2010- June 2013\, Thier served as Assistant to the Administrator for Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs\, overseeing USAID’s two largest missions in the world. Before joining USAID\, Thier served with the U.S. Institute of Peace as senior rule of law adviser and director for Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2005- 2010   \nTom Perriello is the Special Representative for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR)\, appointed by Secretary of State John Kerry in February 2014. Mr. Perriello previously served as a Congressman to Virginia’s Fifth District\, Special Advisor to the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone\, a conflict analyst\, and CEO of Center for American Progress Action. He has worked and conducted research in a dozen countries and taught courses on transitional justice at the University of Virginia School of Law and University of Sierra Leone. He was a founding member of Leader Hoyer’s National Security Working Group\, and received the Truman National Security Project’s annual award for wise leadership on foreign policy. \nResources:\nASP QDDR Briefing Note \nText of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review \nFact Sheet on the QDDR Remarks at the 2014 QDDR Launch \nOpinion: The QDDR and the Future of Diplomacy \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/invite-the-2014-quadrennial-diplomacy-and-development-review-a-blueprint-for-state-and-usaid/
LOCATION:Senate Hart Building  – Room 902\, Constitution Avenue\, between 1st and 2nd Streets\, NE\, Washington \, 20009
CATEGORIES:American Security & The Oceans,Asymetric Operations,Climate Security,Egypt Strategic Partnership,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security & Space,National Security Strategy,Nuclear Security,Public Diplomacy
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