Nov 22, 2009
Past Events
- Nov 9, 2009
Roundtable discussion on the Fall of the Berlin Wall and how the United States and Europe are coping with the strategic and political complexities of the post-Cold War era 20 years later.
Guest speaker: Edward Lucas, Deputy Editor of the International Section and Central and Eastern European Correspondent, The Economist
Nov 6, 2009Summer 2009 in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan was the bloodiest in several years. Since the July murder of Natalia Estemirova, a human rights activist from Memorial, three more activists have been killed.
- Nov 5, 2009
The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) hosts the fifth installment of the "PONI Debates the Issues" series. The live debate will feature Dr. John Steinbruner, Professor of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and Director of the Center for International and
Nov 5, 2009At a conference hosted at CSIS on November 5, 2009 in conjunction with the Eurasia Foundation, Sergei Guriev, Rector at the New Economic School in Moscow, and Valentin Zelenyuk of the Kiev School of Economics, shared their insights on Russia and Ukraine’s handling of the global economic crisis. Both speakers are the recipients of the 2009 Bill Maynes Award.
Nov 5, 2009The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a press briefing on President Obama’s upcoming trip to Asia and the APEC Summit.
Briefers include:
Nov 4, 2009Ten months into the Obama administration is a useful time to take stock of the U.S.-Central European relationship and to consider both common and differing foreign policy priorities. Moreover, as NATO has been tasked with formulating a new Strategic Concept, it is valuable to obtain the perspectives of the newer members of the Alliance concerning NATO’s development.
- Nov 3, 2009
The extraordinary dimension and magnitude of the current global financial and economic crisis has called into question the very nature of capitalism - leading international economists and policymakers alike to contemplate whether the concept of a truly "free market" should be fundamentally altered.
- Nov 3, 2009
With a series of pre-salt oil discoveries in 2007, Brazil now stands at the crossroads of what could be a major turning point for the future of its oil production. This session, hosted by the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, provided an overview of the pre-salt oil resources as well a variety of views on the proposed legal and regulatory framework.
Nov 2, 2009The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and The University of Miami Knight Center for International Media held the inaugural session of:
Our Global Challenges:
A Series of Dialogues on the Most Pressing Global Issues of our Time- Nov 1 - 3, 2009
This event builds upon a series of similar high-level discussions that have been conducted in Beijing since 2002, and will again involve senior experts and both current and former officials from the U.S. and China in an off-the-record, informal dialogue aimed at improving mutual understanding on nuclear weapons-related issues. The U.S.
