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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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SUMMARY:Asymmetric Threats and Space: China\, Russia\, non-state actors\, and the need for quick launch capabilities
DESCRIPTION:The American Security Project (ASP) cordially invites you to: \nAsymmetric Threats and Space: China\, Russia\, non-state actors\, and the need for quick launch capabilities\nwww.nationalsecurityandspace.com\n \nMay 8\, 12:30 – 1:30 pm\nModerated by BGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) CEO\, American Security Project \nIn the 21st century\, an increasing number of critical national security and intelligence systems are dependent upon technology orbiting our planet. These technologies may be as covert as imaging systems over enemy territories\, or as ubiquitous as the global positioning systems in the average person’s car. Regardless of the specific type of technology\, the threats to it remain consistent. In order to properly prepare for the attack or destruction of key space infrastructure systems\, the United Sates must support domestic suppliers and businesses on the forefront of the sector. \nJoin ASP Adjunct Fellow\, August Cole\, along with President of NexGen Space and former NASA advisor\, Charles Miller\, and Peter Wegner\, Director of Advanced Concepts at Space Dynamics Laboratory for a discussion regarding the threats we currently face in space. \nThe conversation will be on the record. \n \nThe event will take place at: \n1100 New York Ave\, NW Washington DC \nSeventh Floor\, West Tower \nLunch refreshments will be served 12-12:30PM \nThe discussion will begin promptly at 12:30PM \nWe hope you can join us. \nPlease RSVP by Monday\, May 6\, at the following: \n\nCharles Miller is the President of NexGen Space LLC\, which provides client-based services at the intersection of commercial\, civil\, and national security space\, and public policy. He has served as a consultant to NASA\, DARPA\, the U.S. Air Force and many private commercial space firms. He is also part of Horizons Strategy Group\, which specializes in innovative solutions at the intersection national security and commercial space. \nMiller is the co-founder of Nanoracks\, which recently launched the world’s first commercial nanosatellite constellation from the International Space Station. Miller is also the former President of ProSpace\, and served as NASA Senior Advisor for Commercial Space from 2009 to 2012. He has written extensively on cheap access to space\, including how it is a strategic deterrent to war\, and other innovative approaches to achieving our national goals in space. \nDr. Peter Wegner Dr. Peter M. Wegner is the Director of Advanced Concepts at Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory. In this position he directs SDL’s Internal Research and Development investments in new technologies and systems to solve some of the Nation’s most critical emerging problems in National Security Space\, Civil and Commercial Space\, Tactical Air-borne C4ISR sensors and ground systems\, and Advanced Electro-Optical Sensor Calibration and Testing. Dr. Wegner coordinates a research portfolio consisting of advanced basic research conducted by university faculty and students as well as applied R&D conducted by SDL staff and collaborating partners. \nIn previous positions Dr. Wegner was the Director of the DoD’s Operationally Responsive Space Office at Kirtland AFB\, NM where he directed a $120M/year budget and 60+ person staff chartered with the responsibility for developing a national strategy to develop new and innovative techniques to design\, build\, test\, and operate space systems to support DoD missions. This included developing the ability to rapidly reconstitute and augment critical space capabilities in a time of crisis. \nDr. Wegner has also held positions as the Technical Advisor to Air Force Space Command Directorate of Requirements and a Research Engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate where he developed many key innovations such as the EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (“ESPA Ring”) that has helped open the door for many small satellite programs to find a ride into space. \nDr. Wegner received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Arizona\, a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Stanford University\, as well as a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming. \nAugust Cole is a writer focusing on national security issues. His fiction writing tackles themes at the core of American foreign policy and national security in the 21st Century\, including the privatization of military and intelligence operations and the future of American power in the Pacific. \nHis research centers on how operational and policy priorities\, political shifts and budget cuts impact the defense industry and U.S. national security. \nFrom 2007 to 2010\, Cole reported on the defense industry for The Wall Street Journal from Washington. He covered companies ranging from Boeing to Blackwater\, as well as broader defense policy and political matters. From 1998 to 2006\, he worked as an editor and a reporter for MarketWatch.com\, a financial Web site\, where he began covering the aerospace and defense industry. In 1998\, he worked as an intern at the Freedom Forum’s European Centre in London and as an intern at the NBC News London bureau. \nCole earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Diplomatic History and French from the University of Pennsylvania and earned a Master in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. \nHe is also a senior analyst at Wikistrat\, a crowd-sourced geopolitical analysis and forecasting group\, and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. \nAugust Cole also authored ASP’s White Paper on American Competitiveness as well as National Security and Space – The Next Space Race. \nwww.nationalsecurityandspace.org \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 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/asymmetric-threats-and-space-china-russia-non-state-actors-and-the-need-for-quick-launch-capabilities/
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Asymetric Operations,National Security & Space
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