Expert Related Event Feeds

Haiti Humanitarian Assistance Evaluation: From a Resilience Perspective

Mgraybeal — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Presentations:

Ky Luu
Executive Director
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Tulane University

Jean Poincy
Vice Rector
State University of Haiti

Nelson Sylvestre
Dean of Graduate Studies
State University of Haiti

Valerie Bemo
Senior Program Officer
Special Initiatives, Global Development
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Towards a More Inclusive Hemisphere: A Post-Summit Review

Mgraybeal — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:30:00 -0400

With:

Ambassador Melanne Verveer
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
U.S. Department of State

And

John Feeley
Summit Coordinator
U.S. Department of State

Moderator:
Ambassador Carolina Barco

Police Reform in Latin America: Implications for U.S. Policy

sherry — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0400

Tuesday, April 10
9:00 - 11:00 AM
B1-B Conference Center
CSIS 1800 K. St. NW, Washington, DC 20006
Hosted by:

Stephen Johnson, Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Americas Program

Johanna Mendelson Forman, Senior Associate, CSIS Americas Program

With:

Peace Corps 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of Service

lbieniek — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

Framing Remarks:

Harris Wofford

Former Senator (D-PA), U.S. Senate

Panel Discussion Featuring:

Aaron S. Williams

Director, Peace Corps

The Honorable Sam Farr

A Conversation with Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz

ian — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:00:00 -0500

Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz is UN Assistant Secretary General and Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. He is well-known as Chile's ambassador to the Organization of American States as well as its ambassador to the United Nations. He also served as Deputy Foreign Minister for President Ricard

Returning Government to Colombia's Conflict Zones: A Light Footprint

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:00:00 -0400

Introduction:

Stephen Johnson
Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Americas Program

An overview of USAID/OTI's Initial Governance Response Program:

Susan Reichle
Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Learning, USAID

Views from the field:

Looking Forward: Prospects for Investment from the Haitian Diaspora

ian — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:00:00 -0400

Looking Forward: Prospects for Investment from the Haitian Diaspora

Panelists include:

Options for Building a New Haiti

rsickles — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:30:00 -0400

Options for Building a New Haiti

Speakers included:

Cheryl Mills
Counselor to the Secretary of State

Ambassador Albert Ramdin
Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States

Nancy Dorsinville
Office of the Special Envoy, United Nations

Moving the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Agenda Forward

farhatahir — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:00:00 -0500

Panelists Include:

Nicole Ball, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy
Mark Sedra, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Johanna Mendelson Forman (discussant), Senior Associate, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

The 2010 Global Peace Index

sherry — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The Global Peace Index (GPI), published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, is a ground-breaking annual report that ranks countries by their peacefulness based on a diverse set of indicators. The index is collated for the IEP by the Economist Intelligence Unit in conjunction with an international panel of peace experts.

China in the Americas

Fri, 21 May 2010 14:00:00 -0400

The Americas Society / Council of the Americas and the Americas Program of the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) held a discussion on:

Improving the Quality of International Engagement: A Scorecard from Haiti and Afghanistan

sherry — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

The CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Development Assistance Committee (DAC) hosted the release of the 2010 OECD-DAC Fragile States Surveys.

Lessons from Colombia: Security, Governance and Development

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

The Americas program hosted a discussion with Amb. William Brownfield, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia. He discussed Colombia’s experience in confronting challenges to security and democracy.

Meeting the Challenge of the Millennium Development Goals in Haiti

ian — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500

The 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

Countering Threats to Security and Stability in a Failing State: Lessons from Colombia

sherry — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0400

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

Investing in a New Multilateralism: A Smart Approach to the United Nations

Mon, 11 May 2009 14:30:00 -0400

The CSIS Smart Power Initiative hosted: Investing in a New Multilateralism: A Smart Power Approach to the United Nations

Access to Justice: Lessons From Civil Rights Experiences in Brazil and the United States

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:00:00 -0400

CSIS Press Briefing: President Obama's Trip to Mexico and the Summit of the Americas

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a press briefing on President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to Mexico and the Summit of the Americas.

A Conversation with Economist Paul Collier: The Bottom Billion

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400

On June 26, 2007, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Simon Chair in Political Economy and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project hosted a conversation with Oxford University professor and former World Bank economist Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About It, the book the New York Times is calling