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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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SUMMARY:Conference: The Geopolitics of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
DESCRIPTION:Date\nApril 16\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 4:30pm\n\n\nLocations \nAmerican Security Project\, 1100 New York Ave. NW\, 7th Floor West Tower\, Washington DC\n\n\n\n  \nThe Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will play a major role in deciding the future of transatlantic relations. TTIP has the potential to redefine transatlantic cooperation in the economic\, security\, and political spheres and provide the U.S. and the EU with a window of opportunity to advance core values that could help shape the international trading system in the 21st century. Our expert panelists will discuss these issues and attempt to examine TTIP’s potential to facilitate further trade liberalization on a global scale. \nThe conference will be held Thursday\, April 16\, 2015 at ASP’s conference facilities in Washington\, D.C. The conference will include a keynote speech by the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation from the Netherlands\, Ms. Lilianne Ploumen. \n  \nAgenda: The Geopolitics of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership\nFull bios of the panelists and speakers can be found here: \nThe Geopolitics of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Speakers and Panelists\n  \n12:00pm – 12:30pm: Registration and Networking Lunch\, sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Embassy \n  \n12:30pm – 12:40pm: Introduction by Nelson W. Cunningham\, President of ASP and President of McLarty Associates \n  \n12:40pm – 1:30pm: Panel 1: TTIP and the Geopolitics of the U.S.-EU relationship \nThis panel will address the geopolitical aspects of the transatlantic relationship and the many areas in which TTIP will influence transatlantic cooperation. We will be discussing how TTIP will alter the way the U.S. and the EU project their political\, economic\, and military influence in a changing security environment. We will also discuss to what extent the geopolitical aspects of TTIP should be highlighted in discussions on TTIP with the general public. \nPanelists: \n\nKurt Tong\, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary\, State Department Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs\nLt. Gen. Dan Christman\, USA (Ret.)\, Senior Vice President for International Affairs at the United States Chamber of Commerce\nDr. Daniel S. Hamilton\, Center for Transatlantic Relations Executive Director (SAIS)\nAmbassador Charles P. Ries\, vice president International\, RAND Corporation\n\nModerator: \nNelson W. Cunningham\, President of ASP and President of McLarty Associates \n1:30pm – 2:00pm: Coffee & Networking Session \n  \n2:00pm – 2:45pm: Introduction by Nelson W. Cunningham\, President of ASP and President of McLarty Associates \nKeynote speech by Ms. Lilianne Ploumen\, followed by Q&A: \nLilianne Ploumen has served as the Netherlands’ Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation since November 2012. In her expansive career\, Ploumen has worked in both for-profit and non-profit sectors. In 1995\, she founded Ploumen Projection\, an organization specializing in market research and innovation for commercial and non-profit clients. Ploumen has also worked as the director of the organization Mama Cash\, an international fund supporting women’s initiatives and she has served as the chair of the Labour Party in the Netherlands from October 2007 to January 2012. \n  \n2:45pm – 3:30pm: Coffee & Networking Session \n  \n3:30pm – 4:30pm: Panel 2: TTIP\, emerging markets and the multilateral trading system  \nThis panel will address the potential of TTIP as a catalyst for multilateral efforts to to liberalize trade. We will discuss what steps can be taken to make sure TTIP becomes an inclusive agreement that strengthens multilateral trade systems\, such as the WTO. We will also discuss how we can prevent TTIP from antagonizing emerging markets or widening the gap between the West and states such as Mexico\, Brazil and China. \nPanelists: \n\nChristopher Smart\, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Economic Affairs\nPeter S. Rashish\, Senior Advisor for Trade and Transatlantic Relations\, Transnational Strategy Group\nDaniel J. Ikenson\, Director\, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies (CATO)\nDr. Susan Aaronson\, Research Professor of International Affairs\, Institute of International Economic Policy\, Elliott School of International Affairs\, George Washington University\nDr. Joshua Walker\, Director Global Programs\, APCO Worldwide\n\nModerator: \nPaul W. Hamill\, Director of Strategy and Communications at ASP \nInteract\nTweet #ASPtrade \nFollow @EconEngage \nFollow @AmSecProject \nFollow @CTR_SAIS \nFollow @USChamber \nFollow @catotrade \nFollow @NLintheUSA \nFollow @DutchMFA \nAdditional Resources:\nThe Geopolitics of Trade \nAmerican Competitiveness: A matter of national security \nRivkin: the link between prosperity and national security \nAmbassador Froman on the Geopolitical Stakes of America’s Trade Policy  \nFree Trade and National Security – 5 Key Issues \n Event Sponsored by: \n \n  \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/conference-the-geopolitics-of-the-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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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/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Energy Security,Featured Event
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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: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/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:INVITE – Under Secretary Richard Stengel: American Public Diplomacy in 2014 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Under Secretary Richard Stengel: American Public Diplomacy in 2014 and Beyond \nSeptember 16\, 2014 \n12:30pm – 1:30 pm \n1100 New York Avenue\, NW 7th Floor\, West Tower \n \nThe United States faces many challenges abroad. In a time when the actions of foreign publics are changing political and security landscapes\, the need for effective public diplomacy is becoming more urgent. Understanding this need\, how should the U.S. best build relationships and influence with target audiences overseas?\nJoin us to hear from Richard Stengel\, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs\, as he discusses his plans for America’s public diplomacy.\nLunch will be served prior to the event from 12:00pm – 12:30pm\n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited)\nSpeaker\nRichard Stengel\nRichard Stengel was sworn in as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs on February 14\, 2014.\nPrior to assuming this position\, Richard Stengel was the Managing Editor of TIME from 2006 to 2013\, which includes print and digital\, domestic and international. From 2004 to 2006\, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Mr. Stengel was the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University in 1999.\nFrom 1992 to 1994\, Mr. Stengel worked with Nelson Mandela on his autobiography\, Long Walk to Freedom\, and later served as an associate producer of the 1996 Oscar-nominated documentary\, Mandela. Mr. Stengel received an Emmy award in 2012 for his work as executive producer on TIME’s documentary\, “Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience.”\nMr. Stengel received a B.A. from Princeton University and studied English and History as a Rhodes Scholar at Christ Church\, Oxford.\nResources\nThe New Public Diplomacy Imperative\nThe Challenges of the Internet and Social Media in Public Diplomacy\nAcademic Exchange: A Pillar of Public Diplomacy
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/invite-under-secretary-richard-stengel-american-public-diplomacy-in-2014-and-beyond/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,Public Diplomacy
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