January 24, 2012
“Vladimir Putin & Russian Statecraft” |
Since Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumed power in August 1999, speculation about his character, motives, and plans for Russia’s future has been rampant in the West. |
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October 27, 2011
The Bin Laden Aftermath |
After the death of Osama bin Laden, the key question to address is -- what's next? Bin Laden's death presents an
opportunity to fundamentally reassess U.S. policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It also creates the possibility for a second strategic shift in America's overall national security approach on President Obama's watch.
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September 7, 2011
How Pakistan Negotiates With The United States |
Over the past sixty years, Pakistan-U.S. relations have been marked by highs of close cooperation and lows of deep bilateral estrangement. Much of the negotiations story underscores the remarkable resilience, but also the vulnerability and volatility of the relationship. |
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August 24, 2011
Finding a new direction for America in the Middle East |
Before joining The Washington Institute, Mr. Makovsky was an award-winning journalist who covered the peace process from 1989 to 2000.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Makovsky received a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and a master's degree in Middle East Studies from Harvard University.
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May 11, 2011
Based on the latest Zogby Polls: Arab Voices - What They Are Saying to Us, & Why it Matters |
The Arab World is a region that has been vastly misunderstood in the West. Dr. Zogby asks the questions, collects the answers, and shares the results that will help us see Arabs clearly. He brings into stark relief the myths, assumptions, and biases that hold us back from understanding this important people.
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April 6, 2011
The East Moves West: India, China, and Asia's Growing Presence in the Middle East |
Does the emergence of Asian giants—with their increasingly huge need for energy—strengthen the case for cooperative security?
Or will we see reversion to more traditional competition and even conflict, given that the major Asian powers themselves have so many unresolved problems and that the future of the U.S. presence in the area is uncertain?
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March 17, 2011
EGYPT - AN ANALYSIS |
Brian Katulis - Senior Fellow at American Progress, Chris Toensing - Editor of Middle East Report & Director of the Middle East Research & Information Project , and Dina Guirguis - Washington Institute Fellow, will conduct a panel discussion & analysis on the protests in Egypt that have since ignited a "freedom fire" around the middle east in Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, and now Libya.
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February 17, 2011
Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of Global Jihad |
Pakistan and the United States have been locked in a deadly embrace for decades. Successive American presidents from both parties have pursued narrow short-term interests in the South Asian nation, and many of the resulting policies proved counterproductive in the long term, contributing to political instability and a radicalized public.
This background has helped set the stage for the global jihad confronting much of the world today.
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January 17, 2011
The Beijing Consensus: How the Chinese Model will Dominate the 21st Century |
As U.S.-China relations shift, what are the new rules of engagement?
What does China’s growing economic and military influence in the developed and developing worlds mean for the United States, the 21st Century global order, and the continuing power of Western values?
What does China’s increasing geopolitical influence mean for American prosperity, global leadership, and cultural influence for the next century?
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November 9, 2010
Crescent & Dove: The relationship between Islam & peacemaking |
In the face of overwhelming attention to extremist movements and the fundamentalist Islam they often espouse, exploration of peacemaking and conflict resolution in Muslim communities is especially timely.
Dr. Huda's book, Crescent and Dove, looks at the relationship between contemporary Islam and peacemaking by tackling the diverse interpretations, concepts, and problems in the field of Islamic peacemaking.
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October 7, 2010
ARAB U.S. RELATIONS - GOING WHERE? |
Dr. John Duke Anthony will present the changing nature of American interests in the Arab World, & its implications on U.S. policies.
He is the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
For the past 35 years, he has been a consultant on the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf for the Departments of Defense and State. |
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September 1, 2010
EVENT POSTPONED - DIRECTION FOR AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST |
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Why has the United States consistently failed to achieve its strategic goals in the Middle East?
Please join David Makovsky as he explores a new direction for America in the Middle East.
Mr. Makovsky is the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, Washington Institute.
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May 5, 2010
India - Rising Power |
Fifteen years of 6 percent annual growth has propelled India into the global front ranks. Reforms lifted many government controls and free market policies were adopted, and even though poverty, weak infrastructure and other major problems remain, the Indian elephant is moving smartly ahead.
Given its increasing economic importance and its nuclear-weapon status, what India does now matters not just in South Asia but the world at large.
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April 6, 2010
America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival |
Knaus brings a dose of real politics and detailed history to the often romanticized subject of Tibet.
A former CIA officer and a friend of the Dalai Lama's family for 40 years, Knaus became involved with the CIA's clandestine operation to support Tibetan self-determination in 1958 and watched it sputter, flourish and fizzle under Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson. |
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March 11, 2010
The Other War |
As the bloodshed in Iraq intensified in 2005, Afghanistan quickly faded from the nation's front pages to become the "other war," supposedly going well and largely ignored. In fact, the insurgency in Afghanistan was about to break out with renewed force, the drug problem was worsening, and international coordination was losing focus. That July, Ronald Neumann, now President of the American Academy of Diplomacy, arrived in Kabul from Baghdad as the U.S. ambassador, bringing the experience of a career diploma |
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February 23, 2010
Iran and the War Against the West |
Dr. Ledeen is a scholar, diplomat, writer, and philosopher who has had a voice in America’s most important foreign policy decisions of the past quarter century. “A Renaissance man...in the tradition of Machiavelli,” is Ted Koppel’s description. The Soviet Union declared him “an enemy of the Soviet people.” |
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