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SUMMARY:Lloyd’s and ASP Risk Forum: Pathways to City Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Due to limited space guests will need to request an RSVP\n \n  \n\n\n\nDate\nFebruary 17\, 2016\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 4:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nArnold & Porter LLP\, 601 Massachusetts Ave NW\, 11th Floor\, Washington DC 20001\n\n\n\n  \nOn September 3\, 2015 Lloyd’s launched the City Risk Index\, the first ever analysis of economic output at risk (GDP at risk) in 301 major cities from 18 manmade and natural threats over a ten-year period. The index includes: cyber-attack; terrorism; flood\, freeze\, heat\, and other climate security risks; and market crash\, among others. \nThe Index aims to help build understanding and shape the world’s response to the shifting risk landscape by stimulating discussions between insurers\, governments and businesses on the need to improve resilience to these threats. \n \nOn Wednesday\, February 17th\, American Security Project will host Lloyd’s and ASP Risk Forum: Pathways to City Resilience in partnership with Lloyd’s\, JLT\, and Risk Cooperative. This is an invitation-only opportunity for policymakers\, business leaders and regulators to introduce the findings of the City Risk Index and share best practices and insights on risk assessment\, mitigation\, adaptation and transfer to help U.S. cities and institutions build greater resilience \nDownload an executive summary of the City Risk Index here. \nFollow the conversation with #ASPRisk \n. \nConference Agenda\n12:00 – 12:30 Guest Arrival – Bridge Building Session/Lunch \n12:30 – 12:40 General Cheney / Dante Disparte / Glenn Dorr Welcome \n12:40 – 1:00 Featured Speaker 1: Judge Alice Hill\, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Resilience Policy at National Security Council\, White House. Introduction: Andrew Holland\, Director of Studies- ASP \n1:00 – 2:00 Risk & Resiliency: Understanding the City Risk Index \n“Understanding the City Risk Index” will explore Lloyd’s GDP@Risk metric alongside complementary initiatives including NDGain\, Rockefeller Foundation’s Resilient Cities project\, and Lloyd’s previous Climate Risk Index. The discussion will examine how these programs can be used to change the dialogue around risk and resiliency\, and build concrete solutions. \nPanelists: Meghan Doherty\, Project Manager Urban Adaptation Assessment\, ND-GAIN; Tommy Wells\, DC City Council; David Flandro\, Global Head of Analytics\, JLT; Dr. Nancy Kete\, Managing Director of Rockefeller Foundation \nModerator: Dante Disparte\, CEO and Founder\, Risk Cooperative\, Chairperson BCAS \n2:00 – 2:15 Featured Speaker 2: Governor Tom Ridge “Emerging Risks and Pathways to Resilience.” Introduction: Dante Disparte\, CEO and Founder- Risk Cooperative \n2:15 – 3:15 Emerging Risks: Impacts and Opportunities \n“Emerging Risks: Impacts and Opportunities” will offer a multi-disciplinary conversation among leading experts across policy\, the military\, and the private sector for a discussion of adaptation and impacts of specific risk domains including climate change\, cyber risk\, terrorism\, and pandemic. \nPanelists: LtGen. Norm Seip\, USAF (Ret.)\, ASP Board Member; Gov. Tom Ridge\, Fmr Gov. PA\, Secretary of Homeland Security; Daniel Wagner\, CEO\, Country Risk Solutions; Brad Kieserman\, VP of Disaster Operations & Logistics\, Red Cross \nModerator: Glenn Dorr\, Northeast Regional Director\, Lloyd’s \n3:15 – 3:30 Bridge Building / Break \n3:30 – 4:30 The Way Forward: How to Build Resiliency \nA cross-sector dialogue\, “The Way Forward: Solutions for Progress” will examine best practices to build comprehensive resiliency through public and private collaboration.  Financing for building resilient cities and exploring long range implications for policy\, city leaders and the private sector. \nPanelists: Erwann Michel-Kerjan\, Executive Director of the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center\, Wharton; Sean McGovern\, Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel\, Lloyd’s; Charles Rath\, President and CEO\, Resilient Solutions 21; Josh Sawislak\, Global Director of Resilience\, AECOM \nModerator: BGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.)\, CEO\, ASP \n4:30 – 4:40 Glenn Dorr – Closing Remarks \n. \nTo request an invitation\, contact: \nevents@americansecurityproject.org \n. \nIn Partnership with: \n \nand \n \n \n. \nAdditional Resources:\nCities@Risk \n2016’s Unhappy New Year of Risk (co-authored with Daniel Wagner) \nDante Disparte – Chairman of the Business Council for American 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/lloyds-and-asp-risk-forum-pathways-to-city-resilience/
LOCATION:Arnold & Porter\, 601 Massachusetts Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Department of Defense Action on Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Insights from the Pentagon \nand a Two Year National Tour\n\n\n\nDate\nDecember 11th\, 2015\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\n  \nOne year ago\, the Department of Defense released its landmark Climate Adaptation Roadmap\, which outlined the steps that all areas of the DoD must take to prepare for a changing climate. On Friday\, December 11\, ASP will host Maureen Sullivan\, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment\, Safety & Occupational Health\, responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Department’s climate change adaptation efforts. She will give an update on DoD efforts around Climate Change. \nTwo members of ASP’s Board of Directors\, Vice Admiral Lee Gunn\, USN (Ret.) and BGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) will also report on what they have learned as a part of ASP’s national climate security tour\, and how important the DoD’s efforts on climate change are for national climate preparedness. \n  \nSpecial Remarks: \n\nMs. Maureen Sullivan\n\nPanel Includes:\nModerator: \n\nMr. Andrew Holland\n\nPanelists: \n\nVice Admiral Lee Gunn\, USN (Ret.)\nBGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret.)\nDr. Leo Goff\n\n  \nSpeaker Biographies:\nMs. Maureen Sullivan is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment\, Safety & Occupational Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy\, Installations & Environment). She is responsible for DoD’s policies and programs related to compliance with environmental laws; management of natural and cultural resources; cleanup of contaminated sites; safety & occupational health; fire and emergency services; green/sustainable buildings; installation emergency management; international environmental compliance and cleanup efforts; climate change adaptation planning; strategic sustainability planning; planning to address emerging contaminants; and international defense environmental cooperation. Ms. Sullivan is also responsible for the DoD Native American program. She oversees the Armed Forces Pest Management Board and the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board. Ms. Sullivan is the Department of Defense Federal Preservation Officer and represents the Secretary of Defense on the President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Ms. Sullivan is a member of the General Services Administration’s Green Building Advisory Committee. \nShe also represents the Department of Defense on the White House Climate and Natural Resources Working Group and the White House Pollinator Task Force. \nFor the past 23 years\, Ms. Sullivan has served in various leadership positions as a member of the Office of the Secretary of Defense environmental staff\, and possesses wide ranging experience in numerous DoD environmental programs to include Pollution Prevention\, Environmental Compliance\, Historic Preservation\, and the Clean Air Act. \nFrom 2013 thru 2014\, Ms. Sullivan served as the DoD member of the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force. From 2009 to 2012\, Ms. Sullivan served as the Department of Defense member of the White House Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. She served as the DoD representative to the Office of Management and Budget Interagency Panel which negotiated the final Ozone and Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards in 1997. She also served as the DoD Liaison to the President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development. \nMs. Sullivan was a member of the team that authored Executive Order 13148\, “Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management\,” which President Clinton signed on April 22\, 2000. She also helped draft Executive Order 12856\, “Federal Compliance with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements.” After President Clinton signed Executive Order 12856\, she was detailed to the Office of the Administrator\, Environmental Protection Agency\, to guide initial implementation. \nHer total DoD career spans 35 years. Prior to joining the Office of the Secretary of Defense\, she held positions with the Defense Logistics Agency in Virginia\, Michigan\, Ohio and Germany where she worked in hazardous waste management\, international environmental activities and pollution prevention. Ms. Sullivan has been a member of the Senior Executive Service since 2008. \nVice Admiral Lee Gunn served in the U.S. Navy for thirty-five years prior to his retirement in 2000. His last active duty assignment was Inspector General of the Department of the Navy where\, together with his Marine Deputy\, he was responsible for the Department’s overall inspection program and its assessments of readiness\, training\, and quality of service. \nServing in the Surface Navy in a variety of theaters\, Admiral Gunn rose through the cruiser/destroyer force to command the Frigate USS Barbey\, then command of the Navy’s antisubmarine warfare tactical and technical evaluation Destroyer squadron\, DESRON 31. He later commanded Amphibious Group Three\, comprising 19 ships\, 12 other\, separate commands\, and 16\,000 Sailors and Marines. As Commander of PHIBGRU THREE he served (in addition to many other duties) as the Combined Naval Forces Commander\, and Deputy Task Force Commander of Combined Task Force United Shield. Task Force United Shield conducted the final withdrawal of United Nations peacekeeping forces from Somalia in February and March of 1995. United Shield was\, and still is\, the only amphibious withdrawal operation under fire conducted since the Korean War. \nAdmiral Gunn’s awards include the Distinguished Service Medal\, the Defense Superior Service Medal\, six Legions of Merit\, two Meritorious Service Medals\, the Navy Commendation Medal (with Combat Distinguishing Device)\, the Navy Achievement Medal\, the Combat Action Ribbon\, and numerous theater and service awards. \nImmediately after concluding his active duty career\, Admiral Gunn was asked by the Chief of Naval Operations to lead the Executive Review of Navy Training. The nine-month Review was conducted by a senior team of experts in a variety of disciplines from the uniformed Navy\, the corps of Department of the Navy Civilians\, and the business and education communities. The recommendations of the Review continue to be implemented by the Navy\, bringing about a revolution in training and learning for Navy men and women. \nAdmiral Gunn has extensive experience with and substantial accomplishments in the areas of manpower\, personnel and training. He served in eight assignments in those areas during his career. During his last manpower assignment (as Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel\, and Commander\, Navy Personnel Command) he played a key role in redesigning the Navy’s manpower and personnel establishment and orchestrated the transfer of the Navy’s Personnel Command from Arlington\, Virginia to Millington\, Tennessee. Relations he developed with the Congressional delegations and the business and academic communities were key to the success of this BRAC–directed move. \nGunn serves as: President of the Institute for Public Research at CNA in Alexandria\, VA. (he joined CNA in 2001); Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey\, CA; an Advisor to the Global Perspectives Initiative at the University of Central Florida; and a member and Executive Board member of the Surface Navy Association\, the professional association of more than 7000 surface warriors and supporters. He served as President of the Surface Navy Association from 2001-2006. \n \nBGen Stephen Cheney USMC(Ret) 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. \nDr. Leo Goff is the program manager for CNA’s Military Advisory Board\, a group of retired three- and four-star flag and general officers from the Army\, Navy\, Air Force and Marine Corps who study pressing issues of the day to assess their impact on America’s national security. Their focus for the last several years has been on climate\, energy\, and national security. Additionally\, he is a retired Navy Captain\, having served for 30 years in submarines or working at the strategic leadership level in the Pentagon. He was the commanding officer of a nuclear submarine and a submarine tender. Since retirement in early 2011 he has held the position of president and owner of ACARYIS; a consulting company providing executive solutions\, focused on the ways in which energy and the environment impact organizational alignment and strategic direction. \nDoctor Goff holds a PhD in organizational behavior with a concentration in leadership; a Master’s degree in Public Administration; and a Master’s Degree in Executive Business Administration. He was a distinguished fellow at Maxwell School for Strategic Studies at Syracuse. He earned his commission at the United States Naval Academy\, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. \nMr. Andrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Director of Studies and Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. As an expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy\, he has worked at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change for the last decade. \nHe served as Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska for three years from 2006 through 2008.  He worked 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. \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 www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/department-of-defense-action-on-climate-change/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:TPP: Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for Global and Regional Stability
DESCRIPTION:Date\nNovember 19\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 2:00pm\n\n\nLocations\nAmerican Security Project1100 New York Ave. NW – 7th Floor\, West Tower\, Washington\, DC 20005\n\n\n\n  \nFinal negotiations on TPP concluded on October 5th\, 2015 and the long-awaited trade deal now begins a 90-day waiting period before being brought for discussion and vote by the United States Congress. \nTPP is a cornerstone of the Asia Pivot and includes 11 Pacific nations. Its implementation will increase US access to growing markets across the region while eliminating thousands of import tariffs and other barriers to free international trade. The deal also strengthens relationships between the US and vital partners including Japan\, Australia\, Canada\, Malaysia\, Vietnam\, and Mexico. \nDespite its strong economic and security benefits\, TPP faces significant scrutiny in a politically divided congress. While fast-track trade authority removes threats of amendments and filibusters\, its successful passage is far from certain. \nThis event will include a panel discussion featuring key leaders well versed in the economic and security impact of free trade from several TPP nations. The event will conclude with a keynote address from Representative Don Beyer (D\, VA-8)\, former Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. \nThe event will be live tweeted\, using the hashtag #ASPTrade and will include an Event Review to be published on ASP’s website. Full video and audio recordings will also be made available via the website. \n  \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 Keynote Speaker: \nCongressman Don Beyer is serving his first term as the U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 8th District\, representing Arlington\, Alexandria\, Falls Church\, and parts of Fairfax County. He serves on the Joint Economic Committee\, the House Committee on Natural Resources\, is Ranking Member on the Oversight Subcommittee to the Committee on Science\, Space\, and Technology and a member of the New Democrat Coalition. \nPrior to joining the U.S. House of Representatives\, Donald S. Beyer Jr. was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein on August 5\, 2009. He took up his duties in Bern on August 15\, 2009 and left office on 29 April 2013 \nCongressman Beyer is a nationally recognized political\, business and philanthropic leader. Over the last thirty years\, he built a strong reputation in Virginia\, where he grew a successful and reputable business\, and spent eight years as Lieutenant Governor. Throughout his adult life\, Congressman Beyer has been very active in Virginia and national politics. In 2008\, he chaired the Transportation and Land Use working group of the Governor’s Virginia Commission on Climate Change. Before his nomination to be Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein\, he was asked by President-elect Barack Obama to lead the United States Department of Commerce Transition Team. \nCongressman Beyer is also a member of the Board of Directors for the American Security Project. \nAbout the Panelists: \n \nAmbassador Carl Worker of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Trade Principal Business Adviser and Charge d’affairs for the New Zealand Embassy in Washington\, D.C \nAmbassador Worker recently concluded an extended term as New Zealand Ambassador to China (2009-15) where he headed a NZ Inc operation totalling 300 staff from 10 government agencies based at 5 locations in China.  During his term in Beijing\, the NZ Inc China Strategy target of doubling two-way commodity trade with China from $10 to $20 billion between 2010 and 2015 was achieved and a new target set of $30 billion trade by 2020. Annual Chinese visitors to New Zealand more than doubled to over 250\,000. China became a significant source of FDI for the first time. \nA fluent Mandarin speaker\, Ambassador Worker had earlier postings at the Beijing Embassy in the 1980’s and  1990’s\, and was New Zealand Consul-General in Hong Kong from 1994-98 spanning Hong Kong’s return to China. \nAlso a fluent Spanish speaker\, Ambassador Worker was Ambassador to Argentina\, Uruguay and Paraguay from 2001-2006.  As Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Americas Division from 2006-08\, Carl worked to promote relationship improvement with the United States\, US participation in TPP\, and the goals of the New Zealand Latin America Strategy. The Ambassador took up the newly created role of MFAT Principal Business Adviser\, based at the MFAT Auckland office\, in March 2015. He was appointed Charge d’Affaires in June 2015. \n \nMinister Kanji Yamanouchi is Minister for Economic Affairs\, Embassy of Japan\, Washington\, DC. In 1984\, Minister Kanji Yamanouchi joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.  Upon completing various overseas postings including an assignment in Washington\, in 2002\, Mr. Yamanouchi led the Prime Minister’s advance team in North Korea\, in preparation for the first ever state visit of a Japanese head of government to North Korea. In 2008\, Mr. Yamanouchi became the Director of the First North American Division. Proving himself an able diplomat\, Mr. Yamanouchi was then selected to be the Executive Assistant on Diplomatic Affairs for Japan’s Prime Minister Hatoyama and Prime Minister Kan.  As such\, Mr. Yamanouchi participated in high level meetings with Heads of State from around the world. \nAfter two years in the post of Executive Assistant\, Mr. Yamanouchi was promoted to Deputy Director General for the Asian Affairs Bureau where he focused on regional issues with close neighbors.  He played an instrumental role in negotiating with China on maritime issues\, and spearheaded the 1st round of Japan-China High Level Consultations on Maritime Issues. \nMinister Yamanouchi graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies\, and holds an MA in Political Science from Wesleyan University in Middletown\, Connecticut\, USA. \n  \n \nDr. Robert J. Shapiro  is Co-founder and Chairman of Sonecon\, LLC. In addition to chairing Sonecon\, Dr. Shapiro is also a Senior Fellow of the Georgetown University School of Business\, advisor to the International Monetary Fund\, director of the Globalization Center at NDN\, chairman of the U.S. Climate Task Force and co-chair of America Task Force Argentina. From 1997 to 2001\, Dr. Shapiro was U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. In that position\, he directed economic policy for the Commerce Department and oversaw the Nation’s major statistical agencies\, including the Census Bureau while it planned and carried out the 2000 decennial census. Prior to that appointment\, he was co-founder and Vice President of the Progressive Policy Institute. He also served as principal economic advisor to Bill Clinton in his 1991-1992 presidential campaign and senior economic advisor to Al Gore and John Kerry in their presidential campaigns. In 2008 and 2012\, he advised the campaigns and transition of Barack Obama. Dr. Shapiro also was as Legislative Director for Senator Daniel P. Moynihan and Associate Editor of U.S. News & World Report. He has been a Fellow of Harvard University\, the Brookings Institution\, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. \nDr. Shapiro holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Harvard\, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics\, and an A.B. from the University of Chicago. He is widely published\, and his most recent book is Futurecast: How Superpowers\, Populations and Demographics Will Change the You Live and Work (St Martins’ Press\, 2008). \nBGen Stephen Cheney USMC(Ret) 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. \nGen. Cheney has been on the Board of Directors for ASP since 2006. \n  \nModerator \n \nMr. Nelson Cunningham is President of American Security Project and President of McLarty Associates\, the international strategic advisory firm headed by former White House Chief of Staff and Special Envoy for the Americas Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty III. Mr. Cunningham was also Special Advisor to President Clinton for Western Hemisphere Affairs and previously served as a counsel at the White House and as General Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee under Senator Joseph Biden. Prior to that\, he was a federal prosecutor in New York under then-U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani and also served as a foreign policy and trade advisor to the 2004 Kerry campaign. Mr. Cunningham is a member of the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board\, the State Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP)\, and past chairman of the Export-Import Bank’s Advisory Committee. \nAdditional Resources: \nNational Security Leaders Back TPP \nISDS: An In-Depth Look at a Crucial Part of Free Trade \nFree Trade Agreement Roundup \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/tpp-implications-of-trans-pacific-partnership-for-global-and-regional-stability/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:Hill Briefing: Opportunities in International Climate Cooperation
DESCRIPTION:Date\nNovember 10\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n3:00pm – 4:00pm\n\n\nLocations\n121 Canon House Office Building\, Washington DC 20515\n\n\n\n  \nPlease join us in 121 Canon HOB for a discussion of the latest updates and developments in international climate policy as nations prepare for international negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)\, set to take place in Paris\, France from November 30 – December 11\, 2015. \nPanelists will discuss key issues for the negotiations\, including national commitments to cut emissions and expand clean energy\, fairness and equity considerations\, and initiatives to build resilience in highly vulnerable countries. We’ll also explore subnational\, national\, and intergovernmental opportunities to work with private sector and civil society initiatives\, and the growing call from communities of faith for action on climate change. \nLunch refreshments will be served. \nPlease arrive by 3:00pm for registration. \nThe event will be begin promptly at 3:00pm. \nModerated by: Keya Chatterjee\, Executive Director\, U.S. Climate Action Network \nPanelists: \n\nJose Aguto\, Friends Committee on National Legislation\nHeather Coleman\, Oxfam American\nKathy Egland\, NAACP\nJake Schmidt\, Natural Resources Defense Council\n\n  \nPlease RSVP here\nSponsored By:\nAction Aid USA • American Security Project • Church World Service • Citizens for Global Solutions • Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life • Friends Committee on National Legislation • Moms Clean Air Force • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Natural Resources Defense Council • Oxfam America • Sierra Club • Sisters of Mercy • Sojourners • The Nature Conservancy • Union of Concerned Scientists • US Climate Action Network
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/hill-briefing-opportunities-in-international-climate-cooperation/
LOCATION:U.S. House of Representatives\, 2325 Rayburn House Office Building\, Washington\, DC\, 20515\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151109T160000
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SUMMARY:College of Charleston Event - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security\n\n\n\nDate\nNovember 9th\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n4:00pm – 5:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nCollege of Charleston\, Stern Center Ballroom\, Charleston\, South Carolina 29424\n\n\n\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\,) \n \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. \nLieutenant General Norm Seip\, USAF (Ret.)\n \nLieutenant General (ret) Norman R. Seip is a member of The American Security Project (ASP)\, a nonpartisan organization created to educate the American public and the world about the changing nature of national security in the 21st Century. \nLieutenant General Seip served in the Air Force for 35 years. His last assignment was Commander of 12th Air Force\, comprised of seven active-duty wings and two direct-reporting units in the Western and Midwestern United States. The fighter and bomber wings under his command possessed over 400 aircraft and had more than 33\,000 active-duty military and civilian assigned personnel. He was a command pilot with more than 4\,500 flying hours\, primarily in fighter aircraft and has flown in support of numerous military operations and contingencies around the world. \nHe is an independent consultant focused on defense and national security related matters. He is a Senior Mentor for the Air Force and also serves\, pro bono\, as the Chairman of the Board\, Council for a Strong America; Military Advisory Board\, Truman National Security Project; National Security Advisory Council\, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition; and International Advisory Board\, 911 Fund. \nAndrew Holland \n \nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Director of Studies and Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He has 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. \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  \n \nEvent Sponsored by the Department of Political\, Office of Sustainability\, the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences\, and Masters and Minor Environmental Studies \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/college-of-charleston-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:College of Charleston\, 66 George St\, Charleston\, SC\, 29424\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151028T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151028T123000
DTSTAMP:20180919T135832Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change\, Diplomacy\, and National Security - A Conversation with Foreign Minister Tony de Brum\, Marshall Islands
DESCRIPTION:Date\nOctober 28\, 2015 \nTime\n12:30pm – 1:30pm \nLocations\nAmerican Security Project1100 New York Ave. NW – 7th Floor\, West Tower\, Washington\, DC 20005 \n \nIn December\, negotiators from around the world will convene in Paris to negotiate and agree to a deal to address the challenge of climate change. While most attention has been on the position of major economies like China\, Europe\, and the United States\, one group that has played a role in the negotiations far beyond the size of their populations are the Alliance of Small Island States. Their clear moral authority\, as “front-line” states of climate change\, shows how soft power can accelerate diplomacy.\nJoin ASP as we host Tony de Brum\, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. He will discuss the importance of the upcoming COP in Paris and how effective climate diplomacy can still prevent the worst impacts of climate change.\nAt this event\, ASP will formally launch a new Perspective Paper – “Climate Diplomacy and American Leadership.” Copies will be available.\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 Speaker: \nMinister Tony de Brum is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.  In February 2013\, he addressed the UN Security Council on the threats posed by climate change to global security. Later that year Minister de Brum coordinated the Marshall Islands’ hosting of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting\, which produced the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership. You can follow him on twitter at: @MinisterTdB\nAdditional Resources:\nThe Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change\nClimate Security Report\nClimate Change and National Security\nThe Implications of Climate Change on the Islands of the Asia Pacific\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/national-security-implications-of-climate-change-a-conversation-with-minister-tony-de-brum/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151027T133000
DTSTAMP:20151022T170022Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150916T170000
DTSTAMP:20150916T131452Z
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SUMMARY:Conference - Cyber Security: Risk\, Recovery\, and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Date\nSeptember 16\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 5:00pm\n\n\nLocations \nAmerican Security Project\, 1100 New York Ave. NW\, 7th Floor West Tower\, Washington DC\n\n\n\n  \nNew advancements in technology continue to integrate more of our private data and information together across multiple devises and access points. With this increase in accessibility comes greater risks of hacker attacks and breaches. Cyber security and the tools associated with it are on the front lines in protecting our information. \nIn the wake of major security breaches\, including OPM\, Sony\, and Target\, cyber security has taken center stage in talks of national security and defense. As the United States continues to rely on technology for government and military operations\, cyber security is needed more than ever before. \nOver the course of the conference\, our expert panelists will discuss the issues surrounding cyber security and challenges we will face moving forward. \nThe conference will be held Wednesday\, September 16\, 2015 at ASP’s conference facilities in Washington\, D.C. \n\nAgenda: Cyber Security: Risk\, Recovery\, and Resilience\n12:00pm – 12:30pm: Networking Lunch & Registration \n12:30pm – 1:15pm: Keynote – RDML Danelle Barrett\, Deputy Director of Current Operations\, US Cyber Command \n1:15pm – 1:30pm: Refreshments & Networking Break \n1:30pm – 2:30: Panel 1 – Lessons from the OPM Hack \nModerator:  Michael Riley\, Reporter\, Bloomberg \nPanelists: \n\nLogan Brown\, President\, Exodus Intelligence\nAamir Lakhani\, Senior Cyber Security Researcher\, Fortinet\nJeff Wagner\, Director of Security Operations\, OPM\n\n2:30pm – 2:45pm: Refreshments & Networking Break \n2:45pm – 3:45pm: Panel 2 – Threats and Consequences Facing the Military \nModerator: BGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.)\, CEO of ASP \nPanelists: \n\nMG Garrett Yee\, US Army Reserve\, Cyber Security Directorate Military Deputy\nLTC Scott Applegate\, G33 Current Operations Chief\, Defensive Cyberspace Operations\, United States Army Cyber Command\nIan Wallace\, Senior Fellow\, Co-Director Cyber Security Initiative\, New America\n\n3:45pm – 4:00pm: Refreshments & Networking Break \n4:00pm – 5:00pm: Panel 3 – Beyond the Technical – Defense\, Diplomacy and Deterrence \nModerator: William Lay\,Deputy Chief Information Officer\, Department of State \nPanelists: \n\nCOL Jon Brickey\, National Capital Region Liaison\, US Army West Point\nMichele Markoff\, Deputy Coordinator for Cyber Issues DoS\nHon. Bijan Kian\, Chairman of the Board of Directors\, iCelero\n\nEvent in Partnership ASP’s Business Council for American Security \nand \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-cyber-security-risk-recovery-and-resilience/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy,Terrorism
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150910T130000
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SUMMARY:COLORADO SPRINGS EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security\n\n\n\nDate\nSeptember 10th\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 1:00pm\n\n\nLocation\nGill Center\, E Costilla St\, Colorado Springs\, CO 80903\n\n\n\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. \nTo request an invitation\, please follow the button below. \n\n\nSpeakers\nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.) \nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.)\, served as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of U.S. Strategic Command before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996 after more than three decades of active service. Gen. Jameson was responsible for directing the headquarters staff of 4\,000 men and women and participating in numerous nuclear forums with the leaders of the Russian Federation Strategic Rocket Forces. Prior to his StratCom assignment\, Gen. Jameson commanded the 14\,500 men and women of the U.S. 20th Air Force\, and was responsible for all U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles\, seven major subordinate units\, operational training\, testing\, security and readiness. Gen. Jameson also served as the Chief of Staff\, Strategic Air Command and commanded the USAF Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB\, California. There\, he directed the activities of the Air Force’s third largest base\, staffed with 10\,000 military\, civilian and contractor employees. General Jameson had numerous other nuclear related assignments including Director of Command Control\, Strategic Air Command\, 4th Air Division Commander and Commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing. \nSince retiring from the Air Force\, General Jameson has continued to serve in a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Puget Sound\, an MBA in Business Management from Ohio State University\, and completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business Program for Senior Executives. General Jameson graduated from the National War College and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School National Security Program for Senior Executives. \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. \nLt Colonel Hal Bidlack\, Ph.D. (USAF\, Ret.) \nDr. Hal Bidlack has pursued a career-long goal of exploring the relationship between national security\, environmental and energy policies.\nHe served as an Associate Professor at the United States Air Force Academy [USAFA] in Colorado Springs\, where he taught for more than 17 years. He earned his Doctorate in Political Science at the University of Michigan in 1996 with a focus on American National Government and Environmental Security Issues. His dissertation titled “Swords as Plowshares: The Military’s Environmental Role” studied the relationship between military mission requirements and environmental constraints. \nDr. Bidlack received his commission as an Air Force officer in 1980 and retired from active service in 2006 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He twice served as a Director on the National Security Council at the White House\, where he helped draft briefing materials\, position papers and speeches for the President and Vice President. He served as Deputy Director of US Air Force Institute for National Security Studies\, and was an Action Officer for the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks during duty at the Pentagon. His experience also includes a term as Deputy Director of Security Programs and Military Advisor for the Office of the Coordinator of US Assistance to the Former Soviet States at the US State Department\, as well as service as a Military Policeman. \nDr. Bidlack’s career since retiring from active service with the Air Force includes a run for the U.S. Congress (Democratic Party nominee)\, service as Chair of his County’s Democratic Party and an appointment by the Governor of Colorado to the Judicial Performance Review Committee\, and continuing to teach political science at USAFA as an Adjunct Professor. He also served as Program Chair for the Environmental Policy Panel at the Air Force Institute for National Security Studies. \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 \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/colorado-springs-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Gill Center\, E Costilla St\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150804T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150804T123000
DTSTAMP:20180919T142658Z
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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/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Energy Security,National Security Strategy,Nuclear Security,Public Diplomacy,Terrorism
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150709T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150709T120000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change and National Security: Press Conference - Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Senior retired Military officers from the American Security Project visit Chicago to discuss the far-reaching effects of climate change. \n  \nOn Thursday\, July 9\, two senior retired U.S. military officers Vice Admiral Lee Gunn\, USN (Ret). and Brigadier General Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) will speak about the national security importance of climate change. As members of the American Security Project (ASP)\, a non-partisan national security think tank\, they will talk about the importance of action on climate change at an event held at Chicago’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial. They will be accompanied by a group of younger veterans from all services. ASP’s Senior Fellow\, Andrew Holland\, who worked for then-Senator Chuck Hagel on this issue\, will also attend as a part of ASP’s nationwide tour highlighting the impacts of climate change on national security. \n  \nClimate Change affects our national security three ways: \n\nit creates global instability\, that the United States will need to respond to\nit threatens our homeland security\, through extreme weather\nit will cost our military\, and so every taxpayer\, vast amounts of money to rebuild military bases due to extreme weather\, rise in sea levels\, and global instability\n\n  \nBGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) stated: \n“Climate change is real and a clear threat to global stability and security around the world. We know that our military is preparing for it.” \n  \nVice Admiral Lee Gunn stated: \n“Climate Change poses a clear and present danger to the United States of America. National security\, linked to energy security and economic growth\, which undergird all of our nation’s power\, can be achieved by taking action now to avert the worst consequences of climate change. The imperative\, then\, is for leadership and action on a global scale. The United States must act. The United States must lead.” \n  \nClimate change alone will not cause wars\, but it serves as an “Accelerant of Instability” or a “Threat Multiplier” that makes already existing threats worse. Resource scarcity\, extreme weather\, food scarcity\, water insecurity\, and sea level rise will all threaten societies around the world. Too many governments are not prepared for these threats\, either because they do not have the resources or because they have not planned ahead. How those societies respond to the increase in instability will determine whether climate change will lead to war. \n  \nAmerican Security Project’s Climate Security Report  discusses the strategic security imperative of climate change to the United States and the necessity to prepare for the changes that lie ahead. \n  \nAdditional Resources and Publication \nThe Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change \nClimate Change and U.S. Military Basing \nClimate Change and Global Security \nClimate Change and the Homeland \nClimate Change and National Security \nPay Now\, Pay Later \nClimate Security Homepage
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/climate-change-and-national-security-press-conference-chicago/
LOCATION:Vietnam Veterans Memorial – Chicago\, Wacker Dr & Wabash Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Featured Event,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150428T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150428T140000
DTSTAMP:20180919T141908Z
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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:20150416T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150416T163000
DTSTAMP:20150415T160641Z
CREATED:20150331T202018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150415T160641Z
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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:DC
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150326T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150326T163000
DTSTAMP:20180919T142017Z
CREATED:20150309T142035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180919T142017Z
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SUMMARY:TULANE UNIVERSITY EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nMarch 26th\, 2014 \nTime\n3:30pm – 5:30pm \nLocation\nKendall Cram Hall\, LBC – Tulane University: 201 Briggs Center\, New Orleans\, LA 70118 \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\n BGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret\,)\, 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 \nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.)\, served as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of U.S. Strategic Command before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996 after more than three decades of active service. Gen. Jameson was responsible for directing the headquarters staff of 4\,000 men and women and participating in numerous nuclear forums with the leaders of the Russian Federation Strategic Rocket Forces. Prior to his StratCom assignment\, Gen. Jameson commanded the 14\,500 men and women of the U.S. 20th Air Force\, and was responsible for all U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles\, seven major subordinate units\, operational training\, testing\, security and readiness. Gen. Jameson also served as the Chief of Staff\, Strategic Air Command and commanded the USAF Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB\, California. There\, he directed the activities of the Air Force’s third largest base\, staffed with 10\,000 military\, civilian and contractor employees. General Jameson had numerous other nuclear related assignments including Director of Command Control\, Strategic Air Command\, 4th Air Division Commander and Commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing.\nSince retiring from the Air Force\, General Jameson has continued to serve in a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Puget Sound\, an MBA in Business Management from Ohio State University\, and completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business Program for Senior Executives. General Jameson graduated from the National War College and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School National Security Program for Senior Executives.\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 \nThis event sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program at Tulane University\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/tulane-university-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Tulane University\, 201 Briggs Center\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70118\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150325T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150325T190000
DTSTAMP:20180919T140346Z
CREATED:20150310T145410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180919T140346Z
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SUMMARY:LSU EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nMarch 25th\, 2014 \nTime\n6:00pm – 8:00pm \nLocation\nDalton J. Wood Auditorium – Louisiana State University: Energy\, Coast and Environment Building\, Nicholson Drive\, Baton Rouge\, LA 70803 \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\n BGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret\,)\, 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 \nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.)\, served as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of U.S. Strategic Command before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996 after more than three decades of active service. Gen. Jameson was responsible for directing the headquarters staff of 4\,000 men and women and participating in numerous nuclear forums with the leaders of the Russian Federation Strategic Rocket Forces. Prior to his StratCom assignment\, Gen. Jameson commanded the 14\,500 men and women of the U.S. 20th Air Force\, and was responsible for all U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles\, seven major subordinate units\, operational training\, testing\, security and readiness. Gen. Jameson also served as the Chief of Staff\, Strategic Air Command and commanded the USAF Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB\, California. There\, he directed the activities of the Air Force’s third largest base\, staffed with 10\,000 military\, civilian and contractor employees. General Jameson had numerous other nuclear related assignments including Director of Command Control\, Strategic Air Command\, 4th Air Division Commander and Commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing.\nSince retiring from the Air Force\, General Jameson has continued to serve in a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Puget Sound\, an MBA in Business Management from Ohio State University\, and completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business Program for Senior Executives. General Jameson graduated from the National War College and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School National Security Program for Senior Executives.\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 \nThis event sponsored by the School of the Coast and Environment or Louisiana State University\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/lsu-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Louisiana State University\, Nicholson Drive Extension\, Baton Rouge\, LA\, 70803\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150225T133000
DTSTAMP:20150219T144036Z
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SUMMARY:Obama’s National Security Policy: A New Assessment
DESCRIPTION:Date\nFebruary 25\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:30pm – 1:30pm\n\n\nLocations\nAmerican Security Project1100 New York Ave. NW – 7th Floor\, West TowerWashington\, DC 20005\n\n\n\n  \nBased on the research for his new book\, Faces of Power: Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama\, Seyom Brown will argue that Obama’s national security policy resembles those of Reagan and George W. Bush in their second terms more than any of his other predecessors; and will assess the implications of  Obama’s evolving grand strategy for his successors. \nFaces of Power will be available for purchase at the event. \n  \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. \n  \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Brown is a Adjunct Senior Fellow for ASP. He has also held senior research and policy analysis positions at the RAND Corporation\, the Brookings Institution\, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in the John F.Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Brown has also served as a Special Assistant in the Office of International Security Affairs in the Department of Defense and a Special Assistant to the Director of Policy Planning in the Department of State. \nAdditionally\, he has taught at numerous universities\, including: Harvard\, Brandeis\, SAIS\, Columbia\, Chicago\, UCLA\, and SMU. \nMr. Brown is the author of twelve books on U.S. foreign policy and international relations\, including: Higher Realism: A New Foreign Policy for the United States; The Illusion of Control: Force and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century; The Faces of Power: Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Clinton; Human Rights in World Politics; The Causes and Prevention of War;  and New Forces\, Old Forces\, and the Future of World Politics. \n  \nResources: \nFaces of Power: Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama \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/obamas-national-security-policy-a-new-assessment/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150204T170000
DTSTAMP:20150212T190753Z
CREATED:20141219T172120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150212T190753Z
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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/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Economic Diplomacy: How Economic Ties Can Strengthen National Security with Amb. Rivkin
DESCRIPTION:Join ASP on January 15\, 2015 as we welcome Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Charles H. Rivkin for Economic Diplomacy: How Economic Ties Can Strengthen National Security.\n  \nDate\nJanuary 15\, 2015 \nTime\n12:30pm – 1:30pm \nLocation \nASP Conference Facilities\, 7th Floor West Tower\, 1100 New York Ave NW\, Washington DC \n \nFor more than 20 years\, Ambassador Rivkin helped craft the media landscape for a generation of viewers as President and CEO of The Jim Henson Company\, Wildbrain\, and other industry pioneers. The strategic force behind the 2000 sale of The Jim Henson Company for nearly $1 billion\, Ambassador Rivkin’s work resulted in his recognition as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company.\nAmbassador Rivkin’s work at the State Department brings together business leaders to promote economic security and prosperity at home and abroad. Ambassador Rivkin’s comprehensive understanding of what it means to be successful in business and how to get there coupled with his acute sense of international affairs make him uniquely influential and pivotal on economic diplomacy.\nReturning from recent trips to meet with private sector leaders in Bangladesh\, China\, and India on innovation\, entrepreneurship\, and investment\, Ambassador Rivkin will discuss all these issues and more at the American Security Project.\nASP President Nelson Cunningham will introduce Amb Rivkin.\n \n \nInteract\nTweet #ASPEconDip\nFollow @EconEngage\nFollow @AmbRivkin\nFollow @AmSecProject\n  \n//  \nResources:\nAfrica – Promoting Investment and Extending America’s Security\nFree Trade and National Security – 5 Key Issues\nWHITE PAPER: American Competitiveness Report – An Issue of National Security\n \n \nBiographies\nCharles H. Rivkin\nCharles H. Rivkin began serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs on February 13\, 2014\, and was sworn in publicly by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on April 15\, 2014.\nPrior to his appointment\, Rivkin served for more than four years as the United States Ambassador to France and Monaco where he led America’s first and one of its largest diplomatic missions\, which has six constituent posts throughout France and represents over 50 U.S. government agencies and sections. Rivkin is the first non-career bilateral ambassador to lead the EB bureau\, and he was brought in with a team of business leaders to help fulfill Secretary Kerry’s mandate that economic policy is foreign policy.\nPrior to his government service\, Ambassador Rivkin worked in the media sector for over 20 years where he served as President and CEO of award-winning entertainment companies such as The Jim Henson Company and Wildbrain. Rivkin helped engineer the sale of The Jim Henson Company in 2000 for nearly $1 billion. His contribution to the television landscape has influenced generations of viewers\, and Rivkin was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company.\nAmbassador Rivkin spent his early childhood in Luxembourg\, Senegal\, and The Gambia where his father\, William R. Rivkin\, was the United States Ambassador under Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. In honor of his father\, Ambassador Rivkin and his family have proudly presented the U.S. State Department’s annual Rivkin Award\, since 1968\, encouraging “intellectual courage and constructive dissent” among officers in the U.S. Foreign Service. The award was created in part with the help of Charles Rivkin’s godfather\, Hubert H. Humphrey.\nAmbassador Rivkin received his bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1984\, graduating with distinction in political science and international relations. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1988. In 2013\, Ambassador Rivkin was personally awarded the Légion d’honneur with the rank of Commander by French President François Hollande.\nNelson Cunningham\nNelson Cunningham is President of McLarty Associates\, the international strategic advisory firm headed by former White House Chief of Staff and Special Envoy for the Americas Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty III. Mr. Cunningham was also Special Advisor to President Clinton for Western Hemisphere Affairs and previously served as a counsel at the White House and as General Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee under Senator Joseph Biden. Prior to that\, he was a federal prosecutor in New York under then-U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani and also served as a foreign policy and trade advisor to the 2004 Kerry campaign. Mr. Cunningham is a member of the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board\, the State Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP)\, and past chairman of the Export-Import Bank’s Advisory Committee.\n  \nThe event is sponsored by MasterCard\n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/economic-diplomacy-how-economic-ties-can-strengthen-national-security-with-amb-rivkin/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Asymetric Operations,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:NYC Event: Pakistan - Aid\, Trade\, and Security
DESCRIPTION:Date\nDecember 9\, 2014\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 2:00pm\n\n\nLocation\nNew York\, NY\n\n\n\n  \nThe event will be a discussion of the current conditions of economic aid\, trade and security in Pakistan\, and will feature ASP Board Member Admiral William Fallon USN (Ret.)\, former Commander of CENTCOM and PACOM; USAID Assistant to the Administrator for Pakistan in the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs Mr. Daniel Grant; and Managing Director of APCO Worldwide’s Istanbul Office Ms. Zeynep Dereli \nThe American Security Project is excited to facilitate a discussion on the importance of Pakistan to US national security as well as the ways aid and trade are being mobilized toward Pakistan. \n  \nLunch Refreshments will be provided at 12:00pm \nIf you wish to attend\, please RSVP by December 4\, 2014 at events@americansecurityproject.org to receive a formal invitation. \nSpace is limited. \nSpeakers\nAdmiral William 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. \nAdmiral Fallon completed a year as a Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, Center for International Studies and currently chairs the Center’s Advisory Board. He also serves on the Global Affairs Advisory Board of Occidental College and the Advisory Board of the University of California\, San Diego School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. He is a graduate of Villanova University\, the U.S. Naval War College\, the National War College\, and has an MA in International Studies from Old Dominion University. \nChairman and CEO of a new company in the cyber security business\, Admiral Fallon is a partner and advisor to several other businesses and a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses. He has been a member of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the U.S. and also serves as Co-Chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Smart Global Health Policy and Co-Chair of the National Association of Corporate Directors 2009 Blue Ribbon Commission. \n  \nMr. Dan Grant \n \n\n\n\nDan Grant is the Assistant to the Administrator for Pakistan in the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs at USAID. He oversees a portfolio concerning energy\, stabilization\, education\, agriculture\, and public health. \nPrior to his appointment to USAID\, Grant worked as an international affairs consultant for the U.S. State and Defense Departments\, as well as for NATO\, the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School\, and the Czech foreign ministry. \nPrior to his consulting work\, he worked extensively in the field in a variety of post- and current-conflict countries\, including Iraq\, Afghanistan\, Kosovo\, and Bosnia. Particular highlights of his time overseas include working in the Iraqi elections ministry from 2005 to 2007\, overseeing operations for the Afghan currency exchange in 2003\, and working on the Afghan Loya Jirgas of 2002 and 2004. He was awarded the Constitutional Medal by Afghan president Hamid Karzai for his efforts in 2004. \nIn addition\, Grant was a fellow at the American Security Project (ASP)\, a think tank founded by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. His work for ASP ranged from analysis of international trade deals\, to the possible future of the Afghan Taliban. \nGrant was a Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in Texas’s 10th congressional district in 2008. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics Graduate School\, and Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. \n\n\n\n  \nMs. Zeynep Dereli \nZeynep Dereli\, managing director of APCO Worldwide’s Istanbul office\, is an accomplished and respected leader in Turkish business\, media and politics. \nMost recently\, Ms. Dereli was director of the Atlantic Council’s Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum\, an annual initiative that brings business and policy leaders together to discuss Eurasia’s leading economic and energy challenges. She also produced and presented a weekly foreign policy program\, “Leaders and Decisions\,” on the Turkish nationwide television news channel SKY Turk and CNBC-e. \nMs. Dereli previously served as general coordinator and founding member of the Turkish Policy Forum\, a leading Istanbul think tank. She was also founding partner of Glow Communications. Before beginning Glow\, she set up Dialogue\, Respect and Understanding through Music (DRUM)\, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering tolerance and understanding between cultures through music. \nEarlier in her career\, Ms. Dereli worked for Shell Trading and Shipping Company in London in derivatives trading\, risk analysis\, research and regulatory compliance. She later became a supply financial analyst at Shell Turkey and was a member of the mergers and acquisitions teams for Dundas\, Unlu & Co.\, Istanbul\, a boutique investment bank. \nMs. Dereli has been an active voice in politics since the March 2009 Turkish elections\, when she won a seat at the county council in Istanbul Sisli Municipality. She also served as a consultant for the minister of culture and tourism. \nCurrently\, Ms. Dereli serves as vice president of the Turkish Ethical Values Foundation and is a founding member of Endeavor Turkey. She also is a senior research fellow at the Foreign Policy Center\, a UK-based independent foreign affairs think tank founded by the late former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook which has former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as patron. \nMs. Dereli holds a master’s degree in development economics from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from Princeton University\, with a certificate in Near Eastern studies. She is an advisory council member at SOAS/London Middle East Institute. She was named one of “The Young Society Leaders” in 2012 by The American Turkish Society\, which convenes a select\, diverse group of the American-Turkish community’s most outstanding young leaders. \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/pakistan-aid-trade-and-security/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, New York City\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy,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/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:FSC EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nNovember 19th\, 2014 \nTime\n10:30am – 12:00pm \nLocations\nLocation: Buckner Building\, Florida Southern College – 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr\, Lakeland\, FL 33801 \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\nLieutenant General Claudia Kennedy\, USA (Ret.)\nLieutenant General Kennedy was the first woman to achieve the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She served as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Forces Command\, Deputy Commanding General for the Army Intelligence Center and School and completed her Army career as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. She serves on the board of directors of the non-profit Population Action International and the advisory board of Opportunity International\, one of the world’s largest micro-finance organizations.\n \n \nLieutenant General Donald Kerrick\, USA (Ret.)\nLieutenant General Don Kerrick served in the United States Army for 30 years and retired as a three-star General. At retirement\, he was serving in the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He managed the nation’s deputies committee and was responsible for developing\, implementing\, and managing United States foreign and national security policies.\nFor five years after leaving the military\, Don Kerrick served as Vice President\, General Dynamics Advanced Information systems. Subsequently\, he is the Managing Director of Kerrick Consulting providing consulting services for select defense and intelligence clients. He serves on the Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board and is a Florida Southern College Trustee.\nDon Kerrick served\, by Presidential Appointment\, as a principal negotiator on the United States Balkans Peace Delegation that negotiated an agreement ending the Bosnian War. Later\, he was appointed by the President to serve on the Steering Committee for the Protection of the United States Critical Infrastructure and developed the blueprint for the structure and procedures designed to protect national critical infrastructure.\nOther significant military assignments include: Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief of Staff/Staff Director\, the National Security Council\, The White House; Director of Operations\, Defense Intelligence Agency; the Army Staff\, Commander 701st Military Intelligence Brigade and Field Station Augsburg\, Germany; and Commander 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation)\, Korea. Additionally\, he is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft and is a multi-engine instructor pilot.\nDon Kerrick holds a Masters degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors degree and honorary Doctor of Diplomacy from Florida Southern College.\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 has 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.\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
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/fsc-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Florida Southern College\, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr.\, Lakeland\, FL\, 33801\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,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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SUMMARY:TAMPA EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nNovember 18th\, 2014 \nTime\n2:00pm – 4:00pm \nLocations\nLocation: Reeves Theater\, University of Tampa – 401 W Kennedy Blvd\, Tampa FL 33606 \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\nLieutenant General Claudia Kennedy\, USA (Ret.)\nLieutenant General Kennedy was the first woman to achieve the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She served as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Forces Command\, Deputy Commanding General for the Army Intelligence Center and School and completed her Army career as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. She serves on the board of directors of the non-profit Population Action International and the advisory board of Opportunity International\, one of the world’s largest micro-finance organizations.\n \n \nLieutenant General Donald Kerrick\, USA (Ret.)\nLieutenant General Don Kerrick served in the United States Army for 30 years and retired as a three-star General. At retirement\, he was serving in the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He managed the nation’s deputies committee and was responsible for developing\, implementing\, and managing United States foreign and national security policies.\nFor five years after leaving the military\, Don Kerrick served as Vice President\, General Dynamics Advanced Information systems. Subsequently\, he is the Managing Director of Kerrick Consulting providing consulting services for select defense and intelligence clients. He serves on the Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board and is a Florida Southern College Trustee.\nDon Kerrick served\, by Presidential Appointment\, as a principal negotiator on the United States Balkans Peace Delegation that negotiated an agreement ending the Bosnian War. Later\, he was appointed by the President to serve on the Steering Committee for the Protection of the United States Critical Infrastructure and developed the blueprint for the structure and procedures designed to protect national critical infrastructure.\nOther significant military assignments include: Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief of Staff/Staff Director\, the National Security Council\, The White House; Director of Operations\, Defense Intelligence Agency; the Army Staff\, Commander 701st Military Intelligence Brigade and Field Station Augsburg\, Germany; and Commander 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation)\, Korea. Additionally\, he is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft and is a multi-engine instructor pilot.\nDon Kerrick holds a Masters degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors degree and honorary Doctor of Diplomacy from Florida Southern College.\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 has 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.\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
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/tampa-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:The University of Tampa\, 401 W Kennedy Blvd\, Tampa\, FL\, 33606\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:ORLANDO EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security\n\n\n\nDate\nNovember 17th\, 2014\n\n\nTime\n8:00am – 10:30am\n\n\nLocation\nPegasus Ballroom – Student Union Building – University of Central Florida: 12715 Pegasus Dr.\, Orlando Fl 32816\n\n\n\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\nLieutenant General Claudia Kennedy\, USA (Ret.) \nLieutenant General Kennedy was the first woman to achieve the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She served as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Forces Command\, Deputy Commanding General for the Army Intelligence Center and School and completed her Army career as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. She serves on the board of directors of the non-profit Population Action International and the advisory board of Opportunity International\, one of the world’s largest micro-finance organizations. \n  \n  \nLieutenant General Donald Kerrick\, USA (Ret.) \nLieutenant General Don Kerrick served in the United States Army for 30 years and retired as a three-star General. At retirement\, he was serving in the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He managed the nation’s deputies committee and was responsible for developing\, implementing\, and managing United States foreign and national security policies. \nFor five years after leaving the military\, Don Kerrick served as Vice President\, General Dynamics Advanced Information systems. Subsequently\, he is the Managing Director of Kerrick Consulting providing consulting services for select defense and intelligence clients. He serves on the Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board and is a Florida Southern College Trustee. \nDon Kerrick served\, by Presidential Appointment\, as a principal negotiator on the United States Balkans Peace Delegation that negotiated an agreement ending the Bosnian War. Later\, he was appointed by the President to serve on the Steering Committee for the Protection of the United States Critical Infrastructure and developed the blueprint for the structure and procedures designed to protect national critical infrastructure. \nOther significant military assignments include: Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief of Staff/Staff Director\, the National Security Council\, The White House; Director of Operations\, Defense Intelligence Agency; the Army Staff\, Commander 701st Military Intelligence Brigade and Field Station Augsburg\, Germany; and Commander 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation)\, Korea. Additionally\, he is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft and is a multi-engine instructor pilot. \nDon Kerrick holds a Masters degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors degree and honorary Doctor of Diplomacy from Florida Southern College. \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 has 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. \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
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/orlando-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:University of Central Florida\, 12715 Pegasus Dr.\, Orlando\, FL\, 32816\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,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/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Security Jam: Brainstorming Global Security
DESCRIPTION:An Event by the Security & Defense Agenda\n  \n\n\n\nDate: October 14th 12:00pm CET until October 16th 6:00pm CET\n\n\nLocation: Online Forum – Global Access\n\n\n\n  \nUkraine. Syria. Cyber-defence. The EU’s comprehensive approach. These are some of the security issues that will be discussed at this year’s Security Jam. Join the unrivalled global online conversation bringing together thousands of security stakeholders and experts and be at the heart of the debate. Leading political and military figures\, security and defence senior officials and practitioners\, civil society representatives\, industry\, think-tankers\, NGOs\, academics and journalists all interact online\, from anywhere in the world\, to bring real solutions to real security issues. The 10 most innovative ideas will be outlined in a report to be delivered to the new NATO and EU leaderships\, providing a roadmap for their mandate. \nThe 2010 and 2012 Security Jams brought together some 4\,000 participants from over 120 countries. The top 10 recommendations were presented to the NATO and EU leaderships and received global media attention\, including from the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, and Bloomberg\, as well as numerous blogs and specialist publications around the world. \nThis year’s VIP jammers include Gen. Philip Breedlove\, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe\, Gen. Jean-Paul Paloméros\, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation\, NATO ACT\, Csaba Hende\, Hungarian Minister of Defence\, Anna Fotyga\, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Security & Defence\, European Parliament\, Alexander Vershbow\, NATO Deputy Secretary General and many more. \nThe 2014 Security Jam will bring together the full range of stakeholders and experts to address the new reality and develop concrete policy recommendations to address the key challenges. \nTo be held over 54 hours\, from October 14-16\, 2014\, the Security Jam will be a catalyst for creative thinking by national\, UN\, NATO\, and EU policymakers\, experts\, NGOs\, industry representatives\, soldiers\, journalists\, scholars and opinion-leaders. The 6 forums will focus on: \nThe new global balance • The EU as a global security broker • NATO’s role 2025\nCybersecurity and cyberdefence • Ukraine and Russia • Syria \nWHAT IS THE SECURITY JAM?\nWhat is the Jam? \n\nA time-limited online discussion that can elicit participation of several thousand individuals simultaneously anywhere in the world;\nVIP Jammers log in and discuss their ideas with Jammers at regular intervals throughout the Jam;\nSpecialised experts moderate the discussions and guide participants to build on each others’ ideas;\nPowerful data-mining tools for post-event analysis.\n\nThe Jam is organised into six forums: \n1. The new global balance \nWhat do the U.S. pivot to Asia and declining Western influence mean in economic\, diplomatic\, and security terms for powers such as Russia\, China\, India or Turkey? Is China showing renewed inter-est in Europe as a security player? What impact will NATO’s Afghan drawdown have on regional peace? \n  \n  \n2. The EU as a global security broker \nIs the EU a credible security provider\, and if not\, what are the elements needed to reinforce its global status? Have Europeans agreed on common security interests or will differences in member states’ foreign policy vision continue to plague the Union? What lessons can Europe draw from its humanitarian and development experience? \n  \n  \n3. NATO’s role 2025 \nCan alliance members maintain their own security with-out NATO? After the NATO Newport Summit\, are the allies more prepared to react robustly to threats? Recent tensions with Russia have led to a renewed faith in the organisation as well as public debate in Sweden and Finland about joining NATO\, but is that only temporary? \n  \n  \n4. Cyber-security and cyber-defense \nWhat can governments and citizens do to ensure the internet remains a free yet secure global common and continues to contribute to economic and societal development? Can international rules be enforced let alone be agree upon? How much freedom and privacy are citizens prepared to forgo in the name of security? \n  \n  \n5. Case-study—Ukraine and Russia \nDo Europeans\, Americans and Russians suffer from a profound cultural misunderstanding or is this crisis all about realpolitik? How far has Russian domestic pres-sure influenced the conflict? How has propaganda affected people’s perceptions of the conflict? \n  \n  \n6. Case-study—Syria \nWith ISIL spreading terror both Syria and Iraq and the resulting coalition to defeat it\, what role can the UN and the Security Council play\, and is it even possible the Gulf Cooperation Council or the Arab League could eventually broker a deal? \n  \n  \nWhen? October 14\, 12:00 CET until October 16\, 18:00 CET \nHow? \n\nExperts from leading think-tanks moderate the discussions;\nFree registration on www.securityjam.org.\nFrom broad discussions on Day 1 to concrete proposals on Day 3;\nA massive communications campaign to raise interest across the global affairs community:\nJam website & banners on all partners websites;\nRegular and targeted email campaigns by the SDA and Jam partners;\nVigorous social media campaign;\nTargeted relations with key media;\nDistribution of brochures and posters at key events and locations;\nCreation and circulation of Jam videos (see below).\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N71ycqoG8_0
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/security-jam-brainstorming-global-security/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges\n\n\n\nDate: October 6\, 2014\n\n\nTime: 12:00pm – 3:00pm\n\n\nLocation: American Security Project\, 7th Floor West Tower\, 1100 New York Ave. NW Washington\, DC\n\n\n\nRecent political changes\, the steady increase in militancy\, and rising threat of ISIS are changing the region. Coupled with the developing hydrocarbon industry in the Bay of Bengal\, all these factors have political\, security\, and economic implications for Bangladesh- and South Asia. The growing Chinese footprint in the region\, in Bangladesh in particular\, has implications for the US pivot to Asia. As a key maritime nation with major control over the entry into the Indian Ocean through the Bay of Bengal\, the US-Bangladesh relationship is vital to the successful execution the policy. \nThe evolution of these interconnected factors will impact the stability of Bangladesh and South Asia. As a long-time ally of the United States\, the evolving landscape and rise in potential threats will directly inform the US-Bangladesh relationship\, especially as the US continues to withdrawal from Afghanistan.\nLast October\, the American Security Project and Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) co-hosted “Bangladesh at a Cross Roads: A Political and Security Outlook.” The events offered an in depth look at Bangladesh’s political climate\, impact of terrorism\, economic development\, and its relationship with regional partners and neighbors. \nOn October 6\, 2014 “Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges” will offer an opportunity to continue these conversations. \nThe half day conference will include two panels and will facilitate a discussion on the political\, security\, and economic issues facing Bangladesh and how they can impact the US going forward. \nAgenda \n12:00pm – 12:30pm Networking and Lunch Refreshments \n12:30pm – 12:50pm \nClinton Brown\, Acting DAS for South Asia\n12:50pm – 2:00pm Panel One \nBangladesh: Political Climate and Security Challenges\nThis panel will cover both political and security issues. The political focus will include the recent turmoil and increase in Chinese influence in the region. The panel will examine possible scenarios that could evolve in the coming months and years\, and how the United States will engage with Bangladesh as the situation evolves. \nThe panelists will also address the rise in militancy through extremist madrasas and the threat of ISIL to Bangladesh and South Asia. The implications of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan\, the new Al Qaeda in the sub-continent\, relations with China\, and the increasing instability of Pakistan will also be discussed in detail. Panelists will also speak to the reality of climate change and its related security impacts in Bangladesh and across the region. \nResources: Bangladesh at a Crossroads: A Political and Security Outlook \nChair: Major General Muniruzzam\, BIPSS \nPanelists: Dr. Piash Karim\, Brac University \nDr. Thomas Lynch\, NDU \nMr. Shafqat Munir\, BIPSS \n2:00pm – 3:00pm Panel Two \nBangladesh: Economy\, Trade and Opportunities to Invest \nThe panel will examine current macro-economic trends\, particularly bi-lateral trade agreements and economic activity outside and including the garment manufacturing business. It will also discuss recent developments regarding the Bay of Bengal and the potential role of energy as a significant economic force going forward. \nResources- Bangladesh’s Economy: Prospects and Challenges \nChair: BGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, ASP \nPanelists: Dr. Piash Karim\, Brac University \nMr. Dante Disparte\, Clements Worldwide\n \nPartner Organization \n \nResources:\nBangladesh at a Crossroads: A Political and Security Outlook \nBangladesh At Risk \nBangladesh at a Crossroads Conference: Speakers’ Biographies \nClinton S. Brown \nClinton S. “Tad” Brown took up his current position as Director of the Office of Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, Nepal\, Sri Lanka\, and Maldives in August 2014.  He had previously been a Senior Watch Officer in the 24-hour Operations Center\, where he led a team that managed Secretary Kerry’s communications\, provided briefings to the Secretary and other Department Principals\, and tracked and responded to crises and breaking events around the world.  From 2010-2013\, Tad was the Chief of the Political and Economic Section at the U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata\, India\, which managed a wide variety of U.S. political\, economic\, and global interests in ten states of East and Northeast India.  From 2006-2009\, Tad was the Deputy Political Chief in Yaounde\, Cameroon\, where he worked on human rights\, internal politics and elections\, corruption and governance challenges\, and economic and commercial issues\, including in the energy and mining sectors.  From 2003-2005\, he served as an Economic Officer and subsequently the Ambassador’s Staff Assistant at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi\, Kenya.  His first diplomatic posting was as a Consular Officer in Dhaka\, Bangladesh.  Tad’s and his wife\, a public health professional\, have two children.  A graduate of Georgetown University\, he still considers Buffalo\, New York to be his home. \n\n\n\nMajor General Muniruzzaman\n\n\n\nModerator Major General Muniruzzaman (Retd). is the President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies\, which he founded in 2007. He is also the current Chairman of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (GMACCC). GMACCC comprises of serving and retired flag officers from 28 different countries and works closely with EU\, NATO\, ARF and national governments advising them on the security implications of Climate Change.In a career spanning 37 years in active duty in the Bangladesh Army\, General Muniruzzaman has held a variety of command\, staff and instructional appointments. General Muniruzzaman also served as the Military Secretary to the President of Bangladesh. He underwent training in various parts of the globe including the United States where he attended the US Naval War College and the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies\, Hawaii. General Muniruzzaman is a member of the Board of Governors of the Council for Asian Transnational Threats Research and a founding member of the Non Traditional Security Consortium Asia based in Singapore. He is also the editor of Peace and Security Review\,an academic journal published by BIPSS. \n\n\n\nDr. Piash Karim\n\n\n\nPanelist Dr. Manjur (Piash) Karim is a professor of economics and social science at BRAC University in Bangladesh. He obtained his Ph.D in Sociology from Kansas State University\, USA. His specializations include Political Economy\, Political Sociology\, Nationalism and Social Theory. He had extensive teaching experience in the United States and held faculty positions at University of Nebraska at Kearny and Culver- Stocketon College\, Missouri for seventeen years before joining BRAC University in 2007. His present passion focuses on Civil Society and Media Activism. He has published in international and national Journals. Dr. Karim appears frequently on the electronic media in Bangladesh analyzing political issues and is known for his astute commentary. He also writes op-eds for various newspapers and magazines in Bangladesh. \n\n\n\nMr. Shafqat Munir\n\n\n\nPanelist Mr. Shafqat Munir is currently an Associate Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies [BIPSS]. Prior to this\, he has worked as a Senior Analyst with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He subsequently worked with the Singapore Technologies in their Homeland Security Consulting arm as a Security Consultant. At BIPSS\, Shafqat is closely associated with Bangladesh Center for Terrorism Research\, a constituent unit of BIPSS and also works on research projects on Indian Ocean security issues and electoral violence. He is also closely involved in organising various track 1/5 and track 2 dialogue organised or co-hosted by BIPSS. \n\n\n\nThomas F. Lynch III\, PhD\n\n\n\nDistinguished Research Fellow\, Center for Strategic Research (CSR) \nPanelist Dr. Thomas F. Lynch III is a Distinguished Research Fellow for South Asia and the Near East in the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) at the Institute of National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington\, D.C.  He researches\, writes\, and lectures for Department of Defense customers on the topics of Pakistan\, Afghanistan\, India & the Subcontinent\, the Gulf Arab States\, and the past & future trajectory of radical Islam.   Dr. Lynch joined NDU in July 2010 after a 28 year career in the active duty U.S. Army\, serving in a variety of command and staff positions as an armor/cavalry officer and as a senior level politico-military analyst.  Dr. Lynch was a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff & Deputy Director of the Chairman’s Advisory & Initiatives Group; Commander of the U.S. Army War Theater Support Group in Doha\, Qatar; Director of the Advisory Group for the Commander\, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM); and Military Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan.  He spent 42 of 44 months from 2004-07 on assignment in the Middle East and South Asia supporting OPERATIONS ENDURING & IRAQI FREEDOM. \n\n\n\nBGen. Stephen A. Cheney\n\n\n\nCEO\, ASP \nModerator BGen Stephen Cheney USMC(Ret) is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP). He 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. He 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 was appointed to the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board in December\, 2013. \nHe has been on the Board of Directors for ASP since 2006. \n\n\n\nMr. Dante Disparte\n\n\n\nManaging Director-Clements Insurance \nPanelist Dante Disparte is the U.S. Managing Director for Clements Worldwide\, a leading risk management firm and insurance brokerage serving customers in more than 180 countries. Mr. Disparte is a specialist in risk reduction through the design and delivery of comprehensive risk solutions of worldwide scope.  He is credited with designing the world’s first card-based life insurance program for the United Nations\, a plan that has placed more than a half billion USD of risk with the markets in more than 150 countries.  He is conversant in 6 languages and has published numerous articles on the subject of risk\, strategy and business effectiveness.  A graduate of Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development\, Mr. Disparte holds a degree in International and Intercultural Studies from Goucher College and a MSc. in risk Management from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/bangladesh-prospects-and-challenges/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:American Security & The Oceans,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141002T120000
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SUMMARY:ASP Conference:  Africa - Promoting Investment and Extending America's Security
DESCRIPTION:  \nDate: October 2\, 2014 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 4:30pm \nLocation: American Security Project\, 7th Floor West Tower\, 1100 New York Ave. NW Washington\, DC \nThe half-day event will bring together experts from the public and private sector\, as well as policy makers and members of the media to discuss the mutually beneficial impacts of US private investment on the African continent\, opportunities for practical investment\, and how to effectively manage the accompanying risk. \n12:00pm – 12:30pm    Networking and Lunch Refreshments \n12:30pm – 12:45pm    Welcome by ASP – Mr. Nelson Cunningham \n12:45pm – 1:45pm Panel One \nExtending America’s National Security through Private Sector Investments\nThe panel will discuss how strengthening US-Africa economic ties through investment can increase stability and serve US national security interests without boots on the ground.  It will also include an examination of the present roles of the United States government in taking forward these concepts by supporting private investment. \nChair: Mr. Nelson Cunningham\, McLarty Associates \nPanelists: Director Leocadia Zak\, USTDA \nPDAS Robert P. Jackson\, State Department \nMr. Scott Eisner\, VP Africa Affairs and International Operation – US Chamber of Commerce \n2:00pm –3:00pm Panel Two \nOpportunities for Investment in Africa\nThe panel will discuss investment opportunities across sectors and regions in Africa with a focus on energy\, petrochemicals\, and telecommunications. The focus will be on key geographic opportunities\, potential ROIs\, and how the US government and individual embassies can support US private investment in Africa. \nChair: Mr. Peter Choharis\, Choharis Global Solutions \nPanelists: Mr. Patrice Backer\, COO – AFIG Funds \nMr. Jake Cusack\, Managing Partner– Crossboundary \nMs. Carolyn Campbell\, Managing Partner- EPC \nMr. Fadi Elsalameen\, Principal – YCF Group \n*Networking Opportunity with Refreshments* \n 3:30 pm– 4:30pm Panel Three \nHow to Invest and Manage Risk for US Companies\nThe panel will examine mechanisms for investment and how to most effectively manage the accompanying risk.  As the capstone discussion\, topics will include how to secure capital\, navigating various regulatory environments\, managing risk insurance\, preferred financial centers\, and how to best secure shareholder return. \nChair: Mr. Fadi Elsalameen\, Principal – YCF Group \nPanelists: Mr. Dante Disparte\, Managing Director – Clements Worldwide \nDr. Barbara Samuels\, Executive Director – Global Clearing House for Development Finance; UN FfD Business Steering Committee \nMr. Andrew Herscowitz\, Power Africa and Trade Africa Coordinator – USAID \nMr. John Moran\, VP of Insurance – OPIC \nSponsors:
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/asp-conference-africa-promoting-investment-and-extending-americas-security/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Asymetric Operations,Egypt Strategic Partnership,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/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Fusion Energy,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:INVITE –Future of the Middle East and America’s Role
DESCRIPTION:Future of the Middle East and America’s Role \nSeptember 18th 2014 \n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM \nLocation: American Security Project\n1100 New York Avenue\, NW\n7th Floor\, West Tower\,\nWashington D.C. 20005 \nThe Middle East is currently brimming with violence – bringing into question the future of the region and the role of the United States.\nThe panel of experts will discuss the possible outcomes of the present turbulence in the Middle East. They will also discuss what options the United States has\, and if it should be engaged in the region in the first place.\nThe panel will be moderated by Fadi Elsalameen.\nLunch refreshments will be served prior to the event from 12 PM – 12:30 PM.\n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited)\nSpeakers\nShadi Hamid\nDr. Shadi Hamid is a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy and the author of Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East (Oxford University Press\, 2014). He served as director of research at the Brookings Doha Center until January 2014. Prior to joining Brookings\, Hamid was director of research at the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy\, Development\, and the Rule of Law.\nHe is currently vice-chair of POMED’s board of directors\, a member of the World Bank’s MENA Advisory Panel\, and a contributing writer to The Atlantic. His articles have appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Foreign Affairs\, The New Republic\, Foreign Policy\, The National Interest\, and many other publications. His writing has been featured on NBC’s “Meet the Press\,” and the Washington Post named him one of the top 23 Twitter accounts “you must follow to understand Egypt.”\nHamid received his B.S. and M.A. from Georgetown University and Ph.D. in political science from Oxford University.\nTara D. Sonenshine\nTara D. Sonenshine is the former Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs for the Department of State and previously served as the Executive Vice President of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). She is an adjunct faculty member and former Distinguished Fellow at George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs.\nPrior to joining USIP\, she was a strategic communications adviser to many international organizations including USIP\, the International Crisis Group\, Internews\, CARE\, The American Academy of Diplomacy\, and the International Women’s Media Foundation. Ms. Sonenshine served in various capacities at the White House during the Clinton Administration\, including Transition Director\, Director of Foreign Policy Planning for the National Security Council\, and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Communications.\nPrior to serving in the Clinton Administration\, Ms. Sonenshine was an Editorial Producer of ABC News’ Nightline\, where she worked for more than a decade.  She was also an off-air reporter at the Pentagon for ABC’s World News Tonight and is the recipient of 10 News Emmy Awards for coverage of international affairs.\nShe holds a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University.\nFadi Elsalameen\nFadi Elsalameen is a Principal of YCF Group LLC\, a private international investment firm.\nElsalameen is actively involved in several of YCF Group’s portfolio investments that address global food and maritime security issues including YCF Maritime\, a leading global shipping services company and YCF Agriculture\, a large-scale international agribusiness company.\nPreviously\, Elsalameen served as the Director General of two internet newspapers in English and Arabic covering the United States and the Middle East. He holds a BS in Biochemistry from Earlham College and a Master’s degree in International Relations and Economics from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) with a specialization in China studies.\nElsalameen has been a member of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) and is a Fellow with the New America Foundation’s American Strategy Program\, a nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States. \nPaul Hamill\nPaul Hamill is the Chief Operating Officer and  Director of External Affairs for the American Security Project (ASP)\, and a leading political and national security communications strategist.\nPaul has advised major clients on strategic narratives\, communications planning\, influence operations and approaches\, political campaigning\, media engagements\, as well as detailed communications research and analysis.\nAs Director of External Affairs for ASP\, Paul develops and implements public policy campaigns on key national security issues. At ASP\, Paul also works on national security strategy issues and information/influence campaign policies.\nPaul has provided advice to a number of high-level foreign policy officials regarding National Security Strategic Communications; these include officials within the NSC\, DOD\, CENTCOM\, Congressional staff\, and officials from a number of other countries.\nResources:\nDefeating the ISIL Threat For Good \nAsymmetric Operations\nNational Security Strategy\n21st Century U.S. – Egypt Relations: A Strategic Conference\nEvent Review – Iraq in Crisis: Recent Developments and Risk Management Strategy\nSonenshine: Cementing Peace in the Middle East\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/invite-future-of-the-middle-east-and-americas-role/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:National Security Strategy
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