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SUMMARY:Congressman Adam Smith on US-Africa Security Relations
DESCRIPTION:Join the American Security Project on Tuesday\, July 12 for a discussion with Congressman Adam Smith\, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee\, about security challenges in Africa\, the American national security interests in the region\, and his proposals for addressing the problems. Congressman Smiths remarks will be followed by a discussion with LtGen John Castellaw\, USMC (ret). ASP Board Member Matthew Bergman will introduce Congressman Smith and moderate the discussion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\nCongressman Adam Smith\nCongressman Adam Smith represents Washington’s 9th congressional district in the House of Representatives\, and is a Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee. Having served as congressman since 1997\, Congressman Smith has chaired the subcommittee on Air and Land Forces (ALF)\, and the Terrorism\, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities subcommittee\, which oversees the US Special Operations Forces and counter-terrorism policy. Congressman Smith has also served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. \nCongressman Smith’s background gives him a unique insight into today’s most important national security issues\, especially throughout the Middle East\, the war in Afghanistan\, Northern Africa\, and US efforts to stop the spread of violent extremism. He recognizes the need for poverty reduction\, education access\, sustainable global markets\, diplomatic engagement\, good governance\, among other measures to strengthen national and international security. \n  \nLtGen John “Glad” Castellaw\, USMC (Ret.) – Discussant \nJohn “Glad” Castellaw is co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Farmspace Systems LLC.\, a provider of aerial (drone) services and equipment. During his 36-year career with the Marines\, he 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 was the chief of staff for the U.S. Central Command at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also commanded Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (REINFORCED)\, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1\, and the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing. His last tours were in the Pentagon as head of Marine Aviation and then overseeing the Marine Corps budget. \nCastellaw\, a recognized national security expert\, is a member of the USGLC National Security Advisory Council\, lectures on National Security at UTM\, serves on several Washington\, DC based groups including the Nuclear Security Working Group (NSWG)\, the American Security Project Consensus\, and the Climate Security Working Group (CSWG). His honors\, in addition to several military decorations\, include membership in the UTM Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Hall of Fame\, selection as the 1990 Marine Aviator of the Year\, and as a recipient of the 2016 R. Clayton McWhorter Innovation Award given by the Ned Ray McWherter Institute. He was awarded the Order of Timor Leste (East Timor) by Prime Minister de Araujo for his service in restoring peace and security to that country. \n  \nMatthew Bergman – Moderator\nMatthew Bergman is an attorney\, philanthropist and entrepreneur based in Seattle.  Bergman has been involved in promoting educational reform\, professional development and equal access to justice. He serves as a Trustee of Reed College on the Board of Visitors of Lewis & Clark Law School. He chaired the Cardozo Society of the Seattle Jewish Federation and currently serves on the House of Delegates of the Oregon State Bar Association. He is an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School where he teaches litigation strategy. Bergman is a board member of the Mississippi Center for Justice which prosecutes voting rights\, fair housing and consumer protection litigation in Mississippi. \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. Bergman has traveled extensively in Africa and the Middle East and established relationships with business and political leaders there. Bergman is particularly interested in female literacy as a bridge to economic\, social and political development. In 2008\, he founded the Maasai 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. \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/congressman-adam-smith-on-us-africa-security-relations/
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Terrorism
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SUMMARY:U.S. Military Facilities in the Middle East - Furthering America's Strategic Interests
DESCRIPTION:Check in time and refreshments served from 12:00-12:30. \nPlease arrive no later than 12:30. \nAmerica’s presence in the Middle East has long been a subject of interest\, influence\, and controversy. Over the past 15 years\, the nature and location of some of the bases and facilities the U.S. operates from has evolved and changed along with the security environment. These facilities have become the focal point of a security relationship with many of America’s partners in the Middle East. \nJoin us as we discuss the role these facilities play in maintaining America’s influence in the region\, their effects on security and stability\, and the contributions host governments make to assist the U.S. military. \n \nWatch live on our Facebook page\nSpeakers\nDavid Des Roches\, Near East South Asia Center for Security Studies \nDavid Des Roches is an Associate Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Security Studies. Prior to this\, he was the director responsible for defense policy concerning Saudi Arabia\, Kuwait\, Qatar\, Bahrain\, Oman\, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. He has also served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as the DoD Liaison to the Department of Homeland Security\, as the senior country director for Pakistan\, as the NATO operations director\, and as the deputy director for peacekeeping. His first job in government was as a special assistant for strategy and later as the international law enforcement analyst in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. \nA British Marshall Scholar\, he has also attended the Federal Executive Institute\, the German Staff College’s Higher Officer Seminar\, the US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School and the US Army Command and General Staff College. \nAn Airborne Ranger in the Army Reserve\, he was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan. He has commanded conventional and special operations parachute units and has served on the US Special Operations Command staff as well as on the Joint Staff. \n  \nStaff Major General Nasser AbdulAziz Al-Attiyah\, Inspector General\, Qatar Armed Forces \nAfter graduating from the Royal Naval College in the UK\, Staff Major General Al-Attiyah joined the Qatar Armed Forces in 1986. He was an executive officer and navigation officer on the Rebega missile boat\, on-surface weapons officer on the Hiwar missile boat as well as the Hiwar missile boat assistant commander and the Hiwar (G5) missile boat commander. \nHe was then transferred QEN to GHQ as the office director of His Highness’ Commander in Chief from 2003 to 2008.  The Staff Major General was the Qatari Duty Force Commander for Peacekeeping 2006 to 2008 (UNIFIL) and then transferred from His Highness the Emir’s Office to the Office of Inspector General in 2016\, where he now works.  Staff Major General Al-Attiyah has attended military courses in the US\, EUK\, France\, Holland and Qatar. \n  \nBGen Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret)\, CEO American Security Project \nBGen 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.  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. \n  \nModerator:\nAsha Castleberry\, Adjunct Fellow\, American Security Project \n \nAsha Castleberry is an adjunct faculty professor at Fordham University. She teaches U.S. Foreign Policy and International Politics. A U.S. Army veteran\, Asha recently completed a 30-month deployment in the Middle East. Since the 2014 ISIL incursion in Iraq\, she served for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Kuwait. From December 2012 to June 2014\, Asha served as the Kuwait Desk Officer for International Military Affairs\, U.S. Army Central. During the Obama Administration\, she worked with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations at the State Department.  Asha is an adjunct fellow at the American Security Project\, a fellow at Foreign Policy Interrupted and Defense Council Member at the Truman National Security Project. \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/u-s-military-facilities-in-the-middle-east-furthering-americas-strategic-interests/
CATEGORIES:Asymetric Operations,Featured Event,National Security Strategy,Terrorism
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SUMMARY:What Comes After? Strategy for Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria
DESCRIPTION:Date \n\nJune 21st\, 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 \nAs the conflict in Syria enters its 5th year\, questions of stabilization\, peace\, and reconstruction seem far away. However\, building a sustainable peace will require clear planning now.  \nJoin American Security Project on June 21st for the launch of its latest White Paper on Syrian stabilization and reconstruction to discuss building a coherent strategy for building a durable peace.  \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. \nSpeakers \nHani Masri\, ASP Board of Directors and Founder of Tomorrow’s Youth Foundation \nDavid Pollock\, Kaufman Fellow and Director of Project Fikra at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy \nBetty Bernstein-Zabza\, Senior Advisor and Director of Operations for Global Women’s Issues in the Office of the Secretary of State \nMatthew Wallin\, Fellow for Public Diplomacy at American Security Project \nModerator \nBGen. Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.)\, CEO of American Security Project and member of the Foreign Affairs Policy Board and International Security Advisory Board.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/what-comes-after-strategy-for-stabilization-and-reconstruction-in-syria/
CATEGORIES:Asymetric Operations,National Security Strategy,Terrorism
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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: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:Special Envoy Amos Hochstein: Energy Diplomacy and National Security Challenges in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Date\nDecember 8\, 2014\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 1:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nAmerican Security Project\, 1100 New York Ave\, 7th Floor West Tower\, Washington DC 20005\n\n\n\nASP will host Special Envoy Hochstein as he speaks on energy as a tool for regional cooperation in the Middle East and Mediterranean\, and on coalition efforts to deny oil revenues to ISIL. \nLunch refreshments will be served prior to the event from 12:00pm – 12:30pm. \n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited) \nSpeakers\n  \n\nAmos J Hochstein\, Special Envoy\, Bureau of Energy Resources\n\n\n\nAmos J Hochstein currently serves as the Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs leading the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) at the U.S. Department of State. He oversees U.S. foreign policy engagement in the critical intersection of energy and national security. In this role\, he advises the Secretary on global energy security and diplomacy\, as well as promotes U.S. interests to ensure energy resources are used to increase economic opportunity\, stability and prosperity around the world. Special Envoy Hochstein also advises the Secretary on U.S. strategy to advance global integration of renewable and clean energy sources. Prior to this role\, Mr. Hochstein served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy and in that capacity oversaw the Office of Middle East and Asia and the Office of Europe\, the Western Hemisphere and Africa where he lead the bureau’s energy diplomacy efforts. \nPrior to joining the State Department\, Mr. Hochstein spent more than 15 years advising U.S. elected officials\, candidates for public office and thought leaders on domestic and global energy policy initiatives. He began his career in Washington\, DC\, on Capitol Hill where he served in a variety of senior level positions\, ultimately serving as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. \nMr. Hochstein first served as the principal Democratic staff person on the Economic Policy\, Trade and Environment Subcommittee where he oversaw work authorizing Ex-Im Bank\, OPIC and USTDA\, as well as drafting legislation on export controls and trade-related multilateral organizations and regimes. \nMr. Hochstein served as Policy Director to Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT). Prior to his work with Sen. Dodd\, he worked as a Senior Policy Advisor to Senator (then Governor) Mark Warner (D-VA). \nHarnessing his experience in the policy\, campaign and public sector\, Mr. Hochstein moved to the private sector as Executive Vice President of International Operations at Cassidy & Associates. Throughout his career\, he has been a counselor for both domestic and international oil and gas companies\, as well as companies focusing on renewable energy. In this capacity\, he assisted corporations in assessing potential new markets and the development of alternative sources of power and best strategies to bring them to market.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/energy-diplomacy-in-the-middle-east-cooperation-and-counter-terrorism/
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,Terrorism
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