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PDFMonday, January 25, 2010- 12 noon. Ukraine After the First Round of Elections. Discussion with David Kramer, senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The Woodrow Wilson Center: One Wilson Plaza; Reagan Building; 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW. Full details at 202-691-4000, or http://www.wilsoncenter.org.
Monday, January 25, 2010- 6p.m. The Obama Administration’s Foreign Policy Concepts: An Appraisal at One Year. Discussion with Robert Kagan, Foreign Policy Initiative director and senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; John Ikenberry, professor of politics and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University; Daniel Deudney, associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University; author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman; and Stephen Sestanovich of the Council on Foreign Relations.
1 Dupont Circle NW. RSVP by January 24 to 202-296-3322, or info@foreignpolicyi.org.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010- 12noon to 2:00p.m. Zimbabwe’s Government of National Unity: A One Year Assessment. Once lauded as the breadbasket of Southern Africa, Zimbabwe has been persistently besieged by economic hardship, political instability, and a mounting humanitarian crisis. While initial progress was made in stabilizing the economy following the creation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) in February 2009, it seems that momentum for reform has dwindled. One year after the coalition government was formed, Hon. Tendai Biti will take stock of the many challenges that Zimbabwe currently faces, as well as indicate potential signs of progress and avenues for long-term success.
National Press Club: Holeman Lounge; 529 14th Street NW; Washington, D.C. RSVP with name and affiliation to Elena Postnikova at postnikova@freedomhouse.org or 202-747-7097.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010- 10a.m. Albania: Stability vs. Democracy. An U.S. Institute for Peace discussion with Edi Rama, mayor of Tirana, Albania and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania. United States Institute for Peace: 1200 17th Street NW; 2nd Floor. RSVP to Ryan McClanahan, 202-429-3819, or rmcclanahan@usip.org.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010- 10:00 to 11:30a.m. Assessing Iraq’s Future: The Path to the March Elections and Beyond. The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings will host Mas’ud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). As leader of the KRG, President Barzani stands at the center of many of Iraq’s most critical political struggles and is one of the key arbiters of Iraqi politics. President Barzani will discuss the upcoming elections as well as the current state of Iraq, the relationship between the central government and Iraqi Kurdistan, and the future U.S. role in helping Iraq build a better, more stable and just country. Saban Center Director Kenneth Pollack will moderate the discussion. After the program, President Barzani will take audience questions.
The Brookings Institution: Falk Auditorium; 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW; Washington, D.C. RSVP to the Office of Communications at 202-797-6105 or click here.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010- 10:30a.m. Participatory Institutions in Democratic Brazil. Book discussion with author Leonard Avritzer, associate professor of political science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Woodrow Wilson Center: 1 Wilson Plaza; Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW. Full details at 202-691-4000, or http://www.wilsoncenter.org.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010- 12 noon. Challenges for Romania’s Democratic Consolidation: Assessing the 2009 Presidential Elections. Discussion with Vladimir Tismaneau, professor of politics at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Woodrow Wilson Center: 1 Wilson Plaza; Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW. Full details at 202-691-4000, or http://www.wilsoncenter.org.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010- 12:30p.m. State Capacity for Development. Atul Kohli, David K. E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University, will discuss the determinants of state capacity across the developing world through a study of states that successfully promote economic growth as well as states that effectively facilitate redistribution. This analysis allows for speculation as to the types of states that might simultaneously promote growth and distribution, and thus be effective promoters of human development.
Bernstein-Offit Building, room 500: 1717 Massachusetts Ave NW. Email developmentroundtable@jhu.edu to RSVP and for additional information.
Thursday, January 28, 2010- 12 noon to 2p.m. The Backlash Against Election Monitors:
How the Profession Can Respond. In his presentation, election monitor Peter Novotny will draw on his extensive experience in Eurasia to examine current developments in domestic and international election observation, monitoring methods and practices, and the complex challenges observers face in a changing international environment. His presentation will be followed by comments by Patrick Merloe of the National Democratic Institute for International affairs.
The post-Soviet “color revolutions,” in which exit polling and election observation played key roles, have given rise to an authoritarian backlash against domestic and international election monitors. As repressive regimes have sought to counter the tide of democratization, they have increasingly obstructed election observers through intimidation, deregistering their organizations, and denying them accreditation, among other punitive actions.
National Endowment for Democracy: 1025 F Street NW; Suite 800; Washington, DC 20004. RSVP with name and affiliation by Tuesday, January 26 by email to fellowsrsvp@ned.org.
Thursday, January 28, 2010- 1:30p.m. Human Rights in Colombia: New Tools for the Toolkit. Discussion with Vice President of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderon; Virginia Bouvier, senior program officer at USIP; and Michael Shifter, president-elect at the Inter-American Dialogue.
United States Institute for Peace: 1200 17th Street NW; 2nd Floor. RSVP to 202-429-3822, or info@usip.org.
Thursday, January 28, 2010- 4:30p.m. Change in Chile: The Future of Chilean Politics After the Defeat of the Concertacion. The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies will hold a discussion with Riordan Roett, director of the SAIS Latin American Studies Program. School of Advanced International Studies: Nitze Building; 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW; Room 517; Washington, D.C. RSVP to 202-663-5734 or jzurek@jhu.edu. Full details here.
Thursday, January 28, 2010- 6:45p.m. Tibet’s Last Stand? The Tibetan Uprising of 2008. Radio Free Asia and Freedom House will hold a book discussion with author Warren Smith, Radio Free Asia researcher; and Christopher Walker, director of studies at Freedom House.
Radio Free Asia: 2025 M Street NW; First Floor Entrance; Washington, D.C. Contact Rohit Mahajan- 202-530-4900 or mahajanr@rfa.org- for more information.
Friday, January 29, 2010- 10:00a.m. Foreign Policy Challenges in 2010: The Islamic Crescent. The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) will hold a discussion with Robert Hathaway, director of the Asia Program at WWC; Aaron David Miller, public policy scholar at WWC; Barbara Slavin, author of “Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation”; Robert Litwak, director of International Security Studies; and Michael Van Dusen, executive vice president of WWC.
Rayburn House Office Building: Room 2247; Washington, D.C. Contact 202-691-4000 for more information. Full details here.
Friday, January 29, 2010- 3:00 to 5:00p.m. 44 Days: Iran and the Remaking of the World. The Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center presents a book discussion with photographer David Burnett followed by an art opening and reception.
The Woodrow Wilson Center: Reagan Bulding; 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW; Washington, D.C. RSVP to mep@wilsoncenter.org or fax 202-691-4184 with name, affiliation, title, and email. Full details here.
Friday, January 29, 2010-5:00 to 6:45p.m. Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh: The Foreign Policy Centre and the European Commission Representation to the UK are hosting the third in a series of four events entitled Reconnecting the European Parliament and its People. Speakers include: Catherine Stihler MEP, Struan Stevenson MEP, Christopher Harvie MSP, Elspeth Attwooll, Professor Jo Shaw and George Foulkes MSP in the chair. To register, please email: events@fpc.org.uk
Monday, February 1, 2010- 12:30 to 2:30p.m. The Lisbon Treaty: Implications for Transatlantic Relations. A Transatlantic Dialogue Luncheon event series of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and the Transatlantic Institute with Dr. Jürgen D. Wickert, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP, Jacob Heilbrunn, and Dr. Urs Schoettli.
Hotel Silken Berlaymont: Blvd. Charlemagne 11; 1000 Brussels. RSVP by e-mail by January 29, 2010 to info@transatlanticinstitute.org. Please indicate your organization/institution and position.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010- 6 to 7:45p.m. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Room, Parliament: FPC and the Civil Activity Fund are hosting an event entitled Kazakhstan at a Crossroads. Speakers include: the Minster for Europe, Chris Bryant MP; Iva Dobichina, Director of Central Asia Programmes at Freedom House; Bakhytzhan Ketabayev, Head of the K+ Satellite TV Channel; with Mike Gapes MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee in the chair. To register, please email: events@fpc.org.uk
Employment opportunities & events compiled by Katherine Bannor.
