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SUMMARY:National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program at 30: Reflecting on the Past and Looking Toward the Future
DESCRIPTION:2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program (SPP). Established following the breakup of the Soviet Union\, the SPP pairs National Guards from every U.S. state and territory to increase security and advance U.S. interests with partner countries abroad. As a key U.S. security cooperation tool\, SPP has 88 partnerships with 100 nations around the globe which conduct military-to-military engagements in support of U.S. foreign policy goals and to build international partnerships. Please join us for a one-on-one discussion with Colonel Scott Humphrey\, as we explore highlights from SPP programs\, current activities\, and what lies ahead. \n \nColonel Scott C. Humphrey\, U.S. Air Force\, NGB J53\, Chief\, International Affairs Division. Col. Humphrey enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1988 and has served as a Survival School (SERE) Instructor and a variety of positions with the Washington Air National Guard\, including the 105th Air Control Squadron and the Western Air Defense Sector; founding member of the 262nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron; Operations Officer and Deputy Commander\, and Commander for the 10th Civil Support Team Weapons of Mass Destruction; Deputy Joint Chief of Staff and State Partnership Senior Project Officer (Malaysia); Washington Air National Guard\, Director of Staff for the Washington Air National Guard; and Commander\, 225th Air Defense Group\, Washington Air National Guard\, Joint Base Lewis-McChord\, Washington. Prior to assuming his current position\, Col. Humphrey served as the Commander\, Western Air Defense Sector\, Joint Base Lewis-McChord\, Washington. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/national-guard-bureaus-state-partnership-program-at-30-reflecting-on-the-past-and-looking-toward-the-future/
CATEGORIES:National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:Building the U.S. Strategic Relationship with African Nations
DESCRIPTION:Africa is the fastest-growing continent of the 21st Century\, and yet U.S. foreign policy has long ignored the region. As another election approaches\, the American Security Project will take a broad look at the diplomatic and security challenges across Africa. The conversation will focus on the economic opportunities\, military options\, and use of soft power throughout the continent. \nJoin General Waldhauser\, USMC (Ret.)\, the former Commander of USAFRICOM and Congressman Adam Smith\, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee\, for a conversation with ASP Board Member Matthew Bergman about the strategic challenges and opportunities presented across Africa. Following General Waldhauser’s and Congressman Smith’s discussion\, a panel of experts- Ambassador Johnnie Carson\, Lauren Blanchard\, and ASP Board Member Matthew Bergman- will discuss the current geopolitical and security dynamics of the U.S. relationship with East African nations. \nAbout the Speakers\nGen. Thomas D. Waldhauser\, USMC (Ret.) was the fourth Commander of the United States Africa Command. In this capacity\, General Waldhauser was responsible for building defense capabilities\, responding to crises\, deterring and defeating transnational threats in order to advance U.S. national interests and promote regional security\, stability\, and prosperity\, all in concert with interagency and international partners. \nHe has served as an infantry officer at all levels in the U.S. Marine Corps\, including command of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. His General Officer commands included the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory\, 1st Marine Division\, I Marine Expeditionary Force\, and Commander\, Marine Corps Forces Central Command. \nGeneral Waldhauser’s flag officer Joint assignments included Chief of Staff\, U.S. Special Operations Command\, Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense\, Joint Staff Director of Operations J3 (Acting)\, and Joint Staff Director for Joint Force Development J7. \nCongressman Adam Smith is currently the U.S. Representative for Washingtons’ 9th congressional district. Congressman Smith was elected to the district in 1996. \nBefore serving as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee\, Adam formerly chaired the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces (ALF)\, the Terrorism\, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities subcommittee\, and has also previously served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. \nAmbassador Johnnie Carson was the former Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs (2009-2013). Prior to this he was the National Intelligence Officer for Africa at the National Intelligence Council\, after serving as the Senior Vice President of the National Defense University in Washington\, D.C. (2003-2006). \nCarson’s 37-year foreign service career includes ambassadorships to Kenya (1999-2003)\, Zimbabwe (1995-1997)\, and Uganda (1991-1994); and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs (1997-1999). Earlier in his career he had assignments in Portugal (1982-1986)\, Botswana (1986-1990)\, Mozambique (1975-1978)\, and Nigeria (1969-1971). He has also served as desk officer in the Africa section at State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1971-1974); Staff Officer for the Secretary of State (1978-1979)\, and Staff Director for the Africa Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979-1982). \nBefore joining the Foreign Service\, Ambassador Carson was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania from 1965-1968. \nLauren Ploch Blanchard is a Specialist in African Affairs with the Congressional Research Service (CRS)\, where she provides nonpartisan analysis on African political\, military and diplomatic affairs\, and on U.S. policy in the region\, to Members of Congress\, congressional committees\, and congressional staff. \nPrior to joining CRS\, she managed democracy support initiatives in East and Southern Africa\, where she coordinated governance programs funded by USAID\, the State Department\, and the National Endowment for Democracy. During that time\, she supervised and conducted training on political party and coalition strengthening\, parliamentary support\, civil society capacity building\, women’s leadership development\, and public opinion research. She also consulted on constitutional reform efforts in Kenya and the development of democratic institutions in Southern Sudan. Previously\, Lauren served as Legislative Assistant in the United States Senate. \nMatthew Bergman is an attorney\, philanthropist and entrepreneur based in Seattle. \nBergman has been active in politics at the state and national level for 40 years.  As a disciple of Henry (“Scoop”) Jackson\, he worked to promote a close US-Israel relationship and mobilize American political support for the Solidarity movement in Poland\, black trade unions in South Africa and anti-totalitarian forces in the developing world.  After establishing his law practice\, Bergman led the Bradley\, Kerry and Obama primary campaigns in Washington State and served as delegate to the Democratic Conventions in 2000\, 2004 and 2008. \nBergman has maintained a keen interest in international politics\, military strategy and third world development. In 2008\, he founded the Masai Children’s Initiative which established two girl’s schools in remote Maasai communities in Southern Kenya.  The program included solar powered computer labs\, clean drinking water\, school feeding programs and cultural programs that served 350 girls and surrounding community.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/building-the-u-s-strategic-relationship-with-african-nations/
LOCATION:Zoom Discussion
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:A New American Message: A Discussion on U.S. Rhetoric
DESCRIPTION:Join us on December 6 for a panel and discussion on the “New American Message”.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nAmerican credibility is in jeopardy. For decades\, the United States has struggled to communicate an effective message to the world. The post-9/11 era demonstrates serious inadequacies in America’s ability to build relationships with foreign audiences and out-communicate those who wish to do it harm. \nThese problems have continued through successive administrations and have allowed adversaries to capitalize on inconsistencies between America’s rhetoric and its policies. \nJoin us for a lunch discussion with introductory remarks from Secretary Chuck Hagel as we discuss the steps necessary to establish a new and effective American message to the world. \nKeynote Speaker:\nSecretary Chuck Hagel was the 24th Secretary of Defense\, serving from February 2013 to February 2015. He is the only Vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to serve as Secretary of Defense. \nSome of Hagel’s current commitments include service on the Board of Trustees of RAND; Advisory Board of Corsair Capital; Senior Advisor to GALLUP and to the McCarthy Group; Centennial Scholar\, Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service; Distinguished Scholar\, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Distinguished Statesman at the Atlantic Council; Board of Directors of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS); Director and Founding Member of the American Security Project; and Advisory Board Chairman of the HillVets Veterans Organization. \nHagel served two terms in the United States Senate (1997-2009) representing the state of Nebraska. Hagel was a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations; Banking\, Housing and Urban Affairs; and Intelligence Committees. He Chaired the Foreign Relations International Economic Policy\, Export and Trade Promotion Subcommittee; and the Banking Committee’s International Trade and Finance\, and Securities Subcommittees. Hagel also served as the Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Senate Climate Change Observer Group. \nPreviously\, Secretary Hagel was a Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University\, Co- Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board\, Chairman of the Atlantic Council. He served as a member of the Secretary of Defense’s Policy Board\, Secretary of Energy’s Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of Nuclear Power\, Systemic Risk Council Board of Directors; and as a member of the Board of Directors of Chevron. \nPanelists:\nMohamed Younis manages the direction of analysis and research featured on Gallup’s digital news page \nAs editor in chief\, Mohamed leads the Gallup News team. For the past 10 years\, Mohamed has led some of Gallup’s largest global and regional studies on social\, political and economic issues. His research at Gallup has focused on geopolitics and the shifting global order\, U.S. foreign policy\, state stability\, youth employment challenges\, and relations between Muslim communities and Western societies. \nMohamed provides briefings to world leaders and institutions on Gallup’s research and provides expert insights to television\, radio and print media worldwide. Since 2012\, Mohamed has led Gallup’s initiatives on situational intelligence and open-source monitoring. He leads a team of strategic advisers who monitor and consult on real-time geopolitical shifts around the world. Mohamed is a member of the Virginia State Bar\, has studied and worked in Egypt\, Saudi Arabia and Qatar\, and is fluent in Arabic. \nDokhi Fassihian is the Executive Director of Reporters without Borders USA \nBefore joining Reporters Without Borders\, she led the Middle East and North Africa division at Freedom House where she oversaw the organization’s regional portfolio. Fassihian also led the Democracy Coalition Project\, where she monitored the state of democracy and human rights around the world and tracked the foreign policies of governments on international human rights priorities. She has facilitated the work of civil society coalitions on a broad range of thematic\, emergency\, and chronic human rights situations and led successful international campaigns at the UN Human Rights Council and UN General Assembly. Fassihian has also worked on elections\, civil rights in the post 9/11 period\, and U.S. national security. \nFassihian holds a B.A. from George Mason University and an M.A. in international relations and Middle East Studies at the John Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. She has lived and worked in Iran and Egypt. \nDr. John Glenn is the Policy Director of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition \nJohn Glenn joined the USGLC after serving as Director of Foreign Policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, where he led Transatlantic Trends\, an annual survey of foreign policy attitudes in the United States and Europe\, and oversaw GMF’s foreign policy grantmaking and programming. His background also includes academic expertise as executive director of the Council for European Studies and project manager at the Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. He is adjunct faculty at the Elliott School for Public Affairs at George Washington University and has written numerous books\, articles\, and policy briefs\, as well as appears in the media regularly as a commentator on international affairs. Dr. Glenn holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College. \nMatthew Wallin leads ASP’s research on public diplomacy and strategic communications. \nWallin completed his Masters in Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California in 2010. While at USC\, his studies focused on the public diplomacy implications of military conflict\, and viral communication by non-state actors. Prior to that\, he received his B.A. in Political Science with a focus in international relations from California State University\, Long Beach. \nWallin is the author of the report “A New American Message”.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/a-new-american-message-a-discussion-on-u-s-rhetoric/
LOCATION:American Security Project\, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:U.S. - Russia Policy for the Next Administration
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\nDate\n\n\nDecember 8\, 2016\n\n\n\n\nTime\n\n\n12:00pm – 1:30 PM\n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\nAmerican Security Project\, \n1100 New York Avenue NW\nSuite 710 West\n\n\n\n\n  \nAs the United States prepares for a new president to take office\, one of the most pressing challenges ahead for the new administration involves determining effective policy and strategy towards Russia. From Syria to cyber\, Russia has a stake in many of the challenges the US faces. How can the new administration develop smart strategies that protect US interests overseas while facing Russian opposition? \n  \nJoin American Security Project on December 8th as we launch the U.S. – Russia Relations Program with its inaugural event. Panelists will lay out options for an effective strategy\, and explore the various policy tools that can encourage Russia to make the right choices\, while recognizing the legitimate interests Russia may have. \n  \nPart of American Security Project’s U.S.- Russia Relations Program\n \nDoors open at 12:00 PM \nLunch will be available from 12:00- 12:30 PM. \nDiscussion 12:30 to 1:30 pm. \nPlease arrive by 12:25pm for registration. \nAbout the Speakers: \n \nMatthew Rojansky\, Director of the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center \n \nJames Lewis\, SVP and Director of Strategic Technologies Program at CSIS \n \nMarc Schleifer\, Regional Director for Eurasia and South Asia at CIPE
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/russiapolicy/
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,National Security Strategy,Nuclear Security,Public Diplomacy,Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160526T120000
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SUMMARY:The Role of Military-to-Military Engagement in Building the U.S. – Cuba Relationship
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nDate\nMay 26th\, 2016\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  \nOn April 20th\, American Security Project formally launched its Cuba Program in Miami\, Florida. “Pathways to the Future of US-Cuba Relations” examines how to build confidence between Cuba and the United States\, and the benefits of closer relationships between the two governments and peoples through the lens of national security. \n  \nMilitary-to-Military Engagement (mil-to-mil or M2M) Programs are essential to strong inter-country relationships. Individual engagements\, traveling contact teams\, military liaison teams\, military and government exchange programs\, and seminars and conferences among various nation’s militaries develop partnerships between governments\, militaries\, and individuals. \nThese exchanges build relationships and establish communication and cooperation before an emergency\, and provide opportunities to discuss possible conflicts in advance. Long-standing M2M programs continue to play an important role in the U.S. foreign policy\, evidenced by their proliferation across the commands. The budding U.S. – Cuba relationship can be no different. \nJoin American Security Project on Thursday\, May 26th for “The Role of Military-to-Military Engagement in Building the U.S. – Cuba Relationship\,” a roundtable discussion on the first in a series of Cuba-focused Perspective Papers. The conversation\, and inaugural paper\, will examine the existing U.S.-Cuba mil-to-mil relationship and a strategy for successful engagement over the next decade. \nLunch refreshments will be served from 12:00pm – 12:30pm. \nPlease arrive by 12:00pm for registration. \nDue to limited space\, guests will need to request an RSVP\n \nSpeakers:\n\nBGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) – CEO\, American Security Project\nCol. Ken Robbins\, USA (Ret.) – Senior Adjunct Fellow\, American Security Project\nCDR Louis Orsini\, USCG (Ret.) – Maritime Security Enforcement Specialist\, United States Coast Guard\n\nAdditional Resources:\n\nMiami at the Center of the Cuban- American Relationship\nCuba Preview: Obama Visit and Embargo Easing\nNew Cuba Crisis Means It’s Time to Kick Out Old Policies\nPODCAST: David Ferris talks to ASP about Cuban Energy\nAndrew Holland on Cuban Energy\nPerspective: Potential Areas of Cooperation Between the U.S. and Cuba\nASP Supports Cuba’s Removal from State Sponsors of Terrorism List\nBringing Cuba Into the Digital Age\nU.S. – Cuban Relations on the Edge of Formalization\nASP in Inter American Dialogue: Geopolitics and economics are bringing U.S. foreign policy back to the Caribbean\nEnergy Security in the Caribbean\n\n  \nSpeaker Bios: \nhttps://www.americansecurityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Steve-Cheney-CROPPED.jpg \nBGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.)  \nis 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. \nCol. Ken Robbins\, USA (Ret.) \nKendric H. Robbins is a retired Army officer with more than twenty years of experience serving in tactical\, operational and strategic level assignments.  Most recently\, he served as a Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Prior to that assignment\, he commanded a Stryker infantry battalion forward stationed in Germany.  He has also served as the operations officer and later executive officer an infantry battalion while deployed to Salman Pak\, Iraq.  Ken commanded a cavalry troop as part of the NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia.  As a platoon leader\, he and his Soldiers operated a remote observation post on the Macedonian and Serbian border conducting UN peacekeeping operations (UNPREDEP).  He also served as an assistant professor and executive officer in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point\, were he taught courses on American politics. \nIn 2009\, Ken was appointed as one of fifteen White House Fellows by President Obama.  He served as a Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.  Ken worked closely with career civil servants and politcal appointees at OPM in the drafting of Executive Order 13518\, Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government\, which established the Veterans Employment Initiative. After his White House Fellowship\, Ken served as an Army Fellow at the Department of State. \nKen is the co-founder and CEO of Agent Hero Inc.\, which aims to connect home buyers and sellers with carefully selected professional real estate agents who are military veterans or spouses. \nHis educational background includes a B.S. in American Politics from the United States Military Academy and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School where he was recognized for academic and leadership excellence.  His military awards include the Legion of Merit\, NATO medal\, and UN Medal. \nCDR Louis Orsini\, USCG (Ret.) \nLou Orsini is the Senior Maritime Law Enforcement Advisor for the Chief\, Office of Law Enforcement in U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington\, DC.  He provides expert advice on a variety of law enforcement strategies\, policies\, tactics\, techniques and procedures\, and is primarily responsible for all international aspects of USCG maritime law enforcement with a particular emphasis on western hemispheric initiatives.  His primary duty is to weave international considerations and requirements from all constituents into USCG law enforcement strategy and policy to ensure effective program management.  Mr. Orsini is a 1973 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.  He received his Masters degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and his Masters in Management from Salve Regina in 1990.  He commanded two cutters\, and served in four others during a 26-year active duty Coast Guard career.  Between seagoing assignments\, Mr. Orsini served in a wide variety of positions including Chief of Naval Operations Liaison Officer in the Pentagon\, and as the Maritime Security Assistance Officer and Deputy in the Military Liaison Office in Barbados.  He also served as Deputy Group Commander of USCG Group Fort Macon\, and as Chief\, Fisheries Enforcement Division for USCG Atlantic Area.   Mr. Orsini retired from active duty in 2000 as a Commander\, and has served in his current position since then. \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT  \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visitwww.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/uscubam2m/
CATEGORIES:Cuba Engagement,Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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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/
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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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/
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy,Terrorism
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Iran Nuclear Deal
DESCRIPTION:Date\nAugust 4\, 2015 \nTime\n12:30pm – 1:30pm \nLocation \nASP Conference Facilities\, 7th Floor West Tower\, 1100 New York Ave NW\, Washington DC \n \nThe international community and Iran have just concluded two years of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. After a series of set-backs\, continued negotiations\, and international pressure on all sides\, an Iranian Nuclear Deal was finally reached.\nThis event will be an opportunity to push past the politics and understand the components and implications of The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.\nJoin the American Security Project as we host this lunch event and discuss the important implications this deal has for the United States\, its partners\, and Iran.\nLunch refreshments will be served from 12:00pm – 12:30pm.\nPlease arrive by 12:00pm for registration.\nThe event will be begin promptly at 12:30pm.\nAbout the Speakers:\nBGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret). \nStephen Cheney is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.\nHe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  Gen. Cheney’s primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia.\nOther selected highlights of Gen. Cheney’s military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps.\nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, Gen. Cheney became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas.\nGen. Cheney is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California. He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. Additionally\, he is also a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board.\nAdm. William J. Fallon\, USN (Ret.)\nAdmiral William J. Fallon retired from the U.S. Navy after a distinguished 40 year career of military and strategic leadership. He has led U.S. and Allied forces in eight separate commands and played a leadership role in military and diplomatic matters at the highest levels of the U.S. government.\nAs head of U.S. Central Command\, Admiral Fallon directed all U.S. military operations in the Middle East\, Central Asia and Horn of Africa\, focusing on combat efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. He led the U.S. Pacific Command for two years\, directing political-military activities in the Asia-Pacific region. His achievements include a resumption of military engagement with China\, new outreach to India\, a new agreement on a strategic framework with Japan\, and humanitarian assistance to the victims of the 2004 Tsunami in SE Asia. He also served as Presidential Envoy to Japan\, handling bi-lateral relations after the collision of a U.S. submarine and a Japanese fishing vessel.\nOn September 11\, 2001\, Admiral Fallon was serving in the Pentagon as Vice Chief of the Navy. He personally directed the recovery of the Navy staff in the wake of the attack and led in the planning of the retaliatory attacks on Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. He later commanded the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and U.S. Fleet Forces Command\, with responsibility for the readiness of U.S. Naval forces worldwide.\nAdmiral Fallon began his Navy career as a combat aviator flying from an aircraft carrier during the Vietnam War and participated in many vital U.S. military operations during the Cold War. He led a Carrier Air Wing in combat during the Gulf War of 1991\, and commanded a Navy Battle Group and the U.S. 6th Fleet Battle Force during NATO military operations in Bosnia.\nDr. Trita Parsi\nTrita Parsi is an award winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations\, Iranian foreign politics\, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran\, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007)\, for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli\, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.\nParsi’s latest book A Single Roll of the Dice – Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press) was released early 2012 and was selected by Foreign Affairs journal as the Best Book of 2012 on the Middle East. He interviewed 70 high-ranking officials from the U.S.\, Iran\, Europe\, Israel\, Saudi Arabia\, Turkey\, and Brazil—including the top American and Iranian negotiators—for this book. Parsi uncovers the previously unknown story of American and Iranian negotiations during Obama’s early years as president\, the calculations behind the two nations’ dealings\, and the real reasons for their current stalemate.\nParsi was born in Iran but moved with his family at the age of four to Sweden in order to escape political repression in Iran. His father was an outspoken academic and non-Muslim who was jailed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah. He moved to the United States as an adult and studied foreign policy at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanced International Studies where he received his Ph.D.\nHe founded NIAC to provide a non-partisan\, non-profit organization through which Iranian-Americans could participate in American civic life. NIAC is a vocal proponent of dialogue and engagement between the US and Iran\, which Parsi consistently has argued would enhance our national security by helping to stabilize the Middle East and bolster the moderates in Iran.\nParsi has followed Middle East politics through work in the field and extensive experience on Capitol Hill and at the United Nations. He is frequently consulted by Western and Asian governments on foreign policy matters. Parsi has worked for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN\, where he served in the Security Council\, handling the affairs of Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Tajikistan and Western Sahara\, and in the General Assembly’s Third Committee\, addressing human rights in Iran\, Afghanistan\, Myanmar and Iraq.\n \nLaura Rozen\nLaura Rozen writes the Back Channel news-blog for Al-Monitor. She previously served as senior foreign policy reporter for Politico and Yahoo News\, and wrote the “Cable” blog for Foreign Policy magazine. She is based in Washington\, D.C. You can follow her on Twitter at @lrozen\nRozen has reported from the Balkans\, Russia and Turkey and earned a masters degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. Her reporting has also been published by the Boston Globe\, the Los Angeles Times\, Washington Post\, Christian Science Monitor\, the Forward\, the Tablet\, National Journal\, Mother Jones\, the American Prospect and the Washington Monthly. She has appeared as a guest on CNN\, NPR\, the BBC\, MSNBC and other public affairs programs. She is also a columnist for World Politics Review.\nResources:\nPanel Recap: Can the IAEA Effectively Verify the Iran Nuclear Agreement?\nThe Iran Deal: Good for U.S. National Security\nWhat to Expect From The Iran Nuclear Talks\nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/understanding-the-iran-nuclear-deal/
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Energy Security,National Security Strategy,Nuclear Security,Public Diplomacy,Terrorism
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SUMMARY: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/
CATEGORIES:American Competitiveness & Economic Diplomacy,Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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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/
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:INVITE – Under Secretary Richard Stengel: American Public Diplomacy in 2014 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Under Secretary Richard Stengel: American Public Diplomacy in 2014 and Beyond \nSeptember 16\, 2014 \n12:30pm – 1:30 pm \n1100 New York Avenue\, NW 7th Floor\, West Tower \n \nThe United States faces many challenges abroad. In a time when the actions of foreign publics are changing political and security landscapes\, the need for effective public diplomacy is becoming more urgent. Understanding this need\, how should the U.S. best build relationships and influence with target audiences overseas?\nJoin us to hear from Richard Stengel\, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs\, as he discusses his plans for America’s public diplomacy.\nLunch will be served prior to the event from 12:00pm – 12:30pm\n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited)\nSpeaker\nRichard Stengel\nRichard Stengel was sworn in as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs on February 14\, 2014.\nPrior to assuming this position\, Richard Stengel was the Managing Editor of TIME from 2006 to 2013\, which includes print and digital\, domestic and international. From 2004 to 2006\, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Mr. Stengel was the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University in 1999.\nFrom 1992 to 1994\, Mr. Stengel worked with Nelson Mandela on his autobiography\, Long Walk to Freedom\, and later served as an associate producer of the 1996 Oscar-nominated documentary\, Mandela. Mr. Stengel received an Emmy award in 2012 for his work as executive producer on TIME’s documentary\, “Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience.”\nMr. Stengel received a B.A. from Princeton University and studied English and History as a Rhodes Scholar at Christ Church\, Oxford.\nResources\nThe New Public Diplomacy Imperative\nThe Challenges of the Internet and Social Media in Public Diplomacy\nAcademic Exchange: A Pillar of Public Diplomacy
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/invite-under-secretary-richard-stengel-american-public-diplomacy-in-2014-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:INVITE - Iraq in Crisis: Recent Developments and Risk Management Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Iraq in Crisis: Recent Developments and Risk Management Strategy:\nAn expert panel hosted by the American Security Project and Clements Worldwide  \nJuly 16th\, 2014 \n12:30pm – 1:30pm \nLocation: 1100 New York Avenue\, NW 7th Floor\, West Tower \n \nThe security situation in Iraq remains volatile and uncertain as ISIS has quickly unraveled regional stability by rapidly overcoming Iraqi security forces. While the consequences for the city of Baghdad and the rest of the country remain to be seen\, it is clear that this activity will have short and long-term consequences not only for Iraqi citizens\, but also for foreign businesses looking to continue operations. Similar events in Nigeria\, Mali\, and Pakistan prove that these security setbacks are not isolated events and may continue on a global basis in the near future.\nJoin the American Security Project and Clements Worldwide on July 16th\, as an expert panel will discuss the latest situation in Iraq\, assess some potential outcomes\, and determine how individuals and businesses can effectively manage risk in the region moving forward.\n \nLunch refreshments will be served prior to the event from 1200-1230.\n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited)\nSpeakers\nDaniel Wagner\, CEO\, Country Risk Solutions\nDaniel Wagner is the CEO of Country Risk Solutions (CRS)\, a cross-border risk advisory firm based in Connecticut. He is an authority on political risk insurance (PRI) and analysis\, and has 15 years of experience with AIG\, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)\, GE\, and the World Bank Group. Prior to founding CRS in 2009\, Daniel was Senior Vice President of Country Risk at GE Energy Financial Services in Stamford\, Connecticut.\nMGen Robert Scales\, USA (Ret.)\nMG Robert H. Scales (Ret.) is a former Commandant for the U.S. Army War College and held command & staff positions in the U.S.\, Germany\, Korea and Vietnam. He is the author of numerous books on contemporary and future warfare\, including Yellow Smoke: The Future of Land Warfare for America’s Military\, and Certain Victory the Official History of Desert Storm.\nMissy Ryan\, Journalist\, Reuters News\nMissy Ryan is a national security correspondent for Reuters News in Washington\, DC where she covers Middle Eastern and Latin American issues. Missy was posted in Baghdad for 20 months\, where she served as correspondent and deputy Iraq bureau chief for Reuters. She also served as Reuters’ acting bureau chief for Mexico and Central America. ​In addition to Reuters\, her articles have appeared in the Boston Globe\, World Policy Journal\, and National Journal.\nSmita Malik\, Assistant Vice President of Programs and Special Risks\, Clements Worldwide\nSmita Malik is Assistant Vice President of Programs and Special Risks at Clements Worldwide. Smita has over 17 years of experience as a broker\, servicing a varied clientele with international exposures. She has worked for Clements for more than 7 years and handles several international clients\, including Save the Children\, RMA Group\, Ecolog and AMS.\nDante Disparte\, US Managing Director\, Clements Worldwide – Moderator\nDante 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. He is credited with designing the world’s first card-based life insurance program for the United Nations and was formerly the Managing Director of Land Rover’s activities in 32 Sub Saharan African markets. Mr. Disparte is also a member of ASP’s Consensus.\n \nResources:\nASP Asymmetric Operations\nUS-Egypt Strategic Partnership\nAre We Willing\nThe Strategic Effects of a Lethal Drones Policy\nThree Reasons Why Libya Matters: Oil\, Haftar\, and Terrorism\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/invite-iraq-in-crisis-recent-developments-and-risk-management-strategy/
CATEGORIES:Asymetric Operations,National Security Strategy,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:INVITE- The 2014 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review:  A Blueprint for State and USAID
DESCRIPTION:A Briefing and Q&A with Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom\, Assistant Administrator Alexander Thier and Special Representative for QDDR Thomas Perriello\n\n\n\n24 June 2014\n\n\n1230-1330\n\n\n Hart Senate Office Building – Room 902 \nLocated on Constitution Avenue\, between 1st and 2nd Streets\, NE \n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) process and how Congress can engage on this key briefing.\nThis is an opportunity to find out about this and to engage with key State Department and USAID figures about crucial QDDR issues\nLunch Refreshments will be served at 12.00. Discussion will begin promptly at 12.30   \nThe QDDR\n\nThe Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) is the Department of State’s signature review to guide a modern State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as they move into the future.  As a joint effort by the Department of State and USAID\, the review will identify policy priorities and the organizational capabilities needed to maximize the effectiveness of our diplomats and development professionals \nAt its core\, the QDDR aims to provide a blueprint for strengthening U.S. development and diplomatic efforts to best advance our national interests. \nThe 2014 QDDR builds upon the 2010 QDDR\, the first quadrennial review in the history of the Department and USAID\, begun by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  The 2010 review launched a series of reforms in both government agencies\, elevated policy priorities such as energy\, economic diplomacy\, and support to women and girls; reestablished USAID as a premier development agency; improved budget management and strategic planning; and increasedcooperation among U.S. government agencies and with non-governmental actors. As part of a process of continuous improvement\, implementation of the 2010 QDDR continues.  The 2014 QDDR will advance the spirit and mission of the first review while focusing on a few key priorities to foster a State Department and USAID that are more nimble\, innovative and responsive.  Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom\, along with the USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah\, oversee the implementation of the QDDR; Thomas Perriello is the Special Representative for the QDDR. \nSpeakers\nHeather Higginbottom was confirmed by the US Senate in December 2013. In her current role as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources\, she shares in the global responsibilities for US foreign policy and has programmatic oversight responsibilities for both the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. She is the first female to become Deputy Secretary\, and prior to joining the State Department\, served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Ms. Higginbottom was also the first executive director the American Security Project. \nAlex Thier is USAID’s Assistant to the Administrator for Policy\, Planning\, and Learning (PPL). The PPL Bureau is USAID’s center for policy development\, strategic planning\, learning and evaluation\, and partner engagement. From  June 2010- June 2013\, Thier served as Assistant to the Administrator for Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs\, overseeing USAID’s two largest missions in the world. Before joining USAID\, Thier served with the U.S. Institute of Peace as senior rule of law adviser and director for Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2005- 2010   \nTom Perriello is the Special Representative for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR)\, appointed by Secretary of State John Kerry in February 2014. Mr. Perriello previously served as a Congressman to Virginia’s Fifth District\, Special Advisor to the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone\, a conflict analyst\, and CEO of Center for American Progress Action. He has worked and conducted research in a dozen countries and taught courses on transitional justice at the University of Virginia School of Law and University of Sierra Leone. He was a founding member of Leader Hoyer’s National Security Working Group\, and received the Truman National Security Project’s annual award for wise leadership on foreign policy. \nResources:\nASP QDDR Briefing Note \nText of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review \nFact Sheet on the QDDR Remarks at the 2014 QDDR Launch \nOpinion: The QDDR and the Future of Diplomacy \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/invite-the-2014-quadrennial-diplomacy-and-development-review-a-blueprint-for-state-and-usaid/
LOCATION:Senate Hart Building  – Room 902\, Constitution Avenue\, between 1st and 2nd Streets\, NE\, Washington \, 20009
CATEGORIES:American Security & The Oceans,Asymetric Operations,Climate Security,Egypt Strategic Partnership,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security & Space,National Security Strategy,Nuclear Security,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:INVITE - Listening in Public Diplomacy: The 2014 ASDA’A Burson Marsteller Arab Youth Survey
DESCRIPTION:Listening in Public Diplomacy: The 2014 ASDA’A Burson Marsteller Arab Youth Survey \nDate\nJune 10\, 2014 \nTime\n12:30-1:30pm \nLocations\nAmerican Security Project1100 New York Ave NW\, 7th FloorWashington\, DC 20005 \nThe key to measuring the effects of public diplomacy is having an understanding of the target audience. In the Middle East and North Africa\, youth are driving many of the movements that are changing the societies they live in forever. But what do they really think? How can information about youth perspectives\, concerns\, and aspirations be used to shape policy towards the region?\nJoin us as Jay Leveton presents the findings of the 2014 ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey.\n \nLunch refreshments will be served prior to the event from 1200-1230.\n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited)\nSpeakers\nJay Leveton\nJay Leveton currently serves as the Worldwide Executive Vice President at Burson-Marsteller and the CEO of Penn Schoen Berland (PSB).  He has more than a decade of market research experience working at PSB\, where he developed expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Jay has led domestic and international research projects in over 30 countries\, conducted research for major national Democratic Party clients\, and performed market research for a variety of Fortune 500 companies.\nResources\nASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2014 Results Released\nWhite Paper – The New Public Diplomacy Imperative\nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT\n \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-listening-in-public-diplomacy-the-2014-asdaa-burson-marsteller-arab-youth-survey/
CATEGORIES:Public Diplomacy
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