Past Events

Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA)
Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities

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The Hills Program hosted the Indonesian Rule of Law Forum, a fifteen-member delegation of eminent jurists, officials and members of civil society.

A discussion with Moeletsi Mbeki, Deputy Chairman South African Institute for International Affairs. This conversation will be moderated by Jennifer Cooke, Director of the CSIS Africa Program.

CSIS hosted an event with the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead, USN. Admiral Roughead discussed the following subjects:

Co-author Rachel Gisselquist, Research Director for the Index, discussed the research methodology and findings of the 2009 Index and its accompanying report.

The CSIS Global Strategy Institute convened leading thinkers from the policy, modeling, and analytical realms for a discussion of resource scarcity and the impact on the environment and stability/security.

CSIS hosted a Statesmen’s Forum with Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, president of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government, on “Somalia: Promoting Peace through International Engagement.”   

President Sharif spoke in Somali with a continuous English translation.  He took questions from the audience after his remarks. 

A discussion was held for the publication Countering Threats to Security and Stability in a Failing State.

Introduction by:
John J. Hamre
President and CEO of CSIS

Panel discussion with:
Peter DeShazo and Johanna Mendelson Forman