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    <copyright>2009, Center for Strategic &amp; International Studies</copyright>
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      <title>Resources on Afghan-Pakistan Meeting</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2009 17:45:10 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will meet with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai this week in Washington. To provide context to this meeting and the ongoing debate about U.S. policy toward the two countries, the Center for Strategic and International Studies has assembled a resource page that includes relevant events, multimedia, publications, and experts.]]></description>
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      <title>New CSIS Testimony </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2009 13:17:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[David J. Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG), testified before the House Armed Services Committee on reform of major weapons system acquisition and related legislative ]]></description>
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      <title>Pakistan: Struggling Through the Perfect Storm</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:44:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Teresita Schaffer, director of the South Asia Program at CSIS, has written an analysis of the political situation in Pakistan for the latest issue of the South Asia Monitor newsletter. The analysis focuses on the authority of the Pakistani state, which Schaffer writes has been under attack for "the better part of a decade." She also writes that Washington's role for bringing Pakistan "back from the brink" is one of only indirect influence.]]></description>
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      <title>Influenza Outbreak in Mexico</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:20:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Critical Question by Katherine Bliss, deputy Director of the Americas Program, discusses the flu outbreak in Mexico. ]]></description>
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      <title>Russia Balance Sheet Published </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:22:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Russia Balance Sheet provides comprehensive, balanced, and accurate information on all key aspects of Russia’s developments and their implications for the United States. After the strained Bush-Putin years, the Obama administration must seize the initiative to define its policy toward Russia.]]></description>
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      <title>Reuben Jeffery III Joins CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:31:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS is pleased to announce that Reuben Jeffery III, former Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, has joined CSIS as a senior adviser.]]></description>
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      <title>King Abdullah II of Jordan Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[King Abdullah II of Jordan spoke at a CSIS luncheon. He discussed "The Middle East: End the Process, Make the Peace." The discussion was presided over by Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), a counselor and trustee at CSIS. After the discussion, King Abdullah II took questions from audience. His speech is part of the ongoing Statesmen’s Forum, which are designed to provide global political leaders the opportunity to present their views about critical policy issues before a group of U.S. government executive and legislative branch officials, foreign diplomats, academic and regional experts, leaders from the corporate community, and the media. ]]></description>
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      <title>Cohen, Nunn Applaud Obama Energy Initiative</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:26:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Former secretary of defense William S. Cohen and former senator Sam Nunn, praising President Obama’s call for a multinational Energy and Climate Change Forum, today sent a joint letter to the president, presenting a set of energy recommendations and calling for bipartisan support to help the Obama administration develop, implement, and sustain a sensible energy policy. The recommendations found in the letter were developed at a conference held last November at the Howard Gilman Foundation’s White Oak conference center in northern Florida.]]></description>
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      <title>Examining Tactical Air and the F-22 </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:25:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[At a Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) event, panelists examined the future of tactical air, overall strategy, and industrial base issues. Senator Saxby Chambliss and Congressman Joe Sestak delivered remarks]]></description>
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      <title>30 Years After the Taiwan Relations Act </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:25:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies hosted a day-long conference to discuss the Taiwan Relations Act's relevance today. Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou delivered the opening address via videoconference and Paul Wolfowitz delivered the luncheon keynote address.]]></description>
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      <title>China’s Long March to Retirement Reform</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:37:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest report from the Global Aging Institute (GAI) warns that the aging of China’s population could usher in a new era of slower economic growth and mounting social stress as tens of millions of Chinese arrive at old age over the next few decades without pensions and with inadequate family support.
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      <title>U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:41:55 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project hosted a discussion with Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. ]]></description>
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      <title>Commission on Smart Global Health Policy</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:41:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Global Health Policy Center launched their Commission on Smart Global Health Policy at a recent event. The commission will develop actionable recommendations for a long-term, strategic U.S. approach to global health, culminating in a commission report to be released in early 2010. The commission has issued six papers to discuss major issues in the global health field. Commission cochairs Helene Gayle and Adm. William Fallon (pictured left) led the discussion for two panels of other health commissioners. ]]></description>
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      <title>Securing Cyberspace</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:45:09 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Recommendations in the final report by the CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency are timely in the wake of recent news of cybersecurity breaches of sensitive federal systems.]]></description>
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      <title>Looking Inward in an Age of Globalization</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:51:33 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest Issues in International Political Economy, by Sidney Weintraub, CSIS Simon Chair in Political Economy, discusses globalization in the during the economic crisis.]]></description>
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      <title>Open Innovation for Government</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:28:34 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1999/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) project hosted a panel featuring open government champions from Federal agencies. This meeting discussed the challenges and opportunities that the Federal government faces in innovations that can make it more inclusive, and efficient while guaranteeing privacy, security, and accountability]]></description>
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      <title>A Vision for the U.S.-South Korea Alliance </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:38:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The International Security Program (ISP) published a report on long term U.S.-ROK relations. The program also hosted a panel discussion on the report.]]></description>
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      <title>Completing America's Mission in the Balkans</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:35:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The New European Democracy Program (NEDP) hosted a day-long conference to alert the Washington policy community and business representatives to specific opportunities and obstacles in the wider Balkan region. With the administration of President Barack Obama in place and key appointments being finalized in the security, foreign policy, and commercial arenas, the conference offered a compelling vision for completing the U.S.-allied mission in the western Balkans. Listen | NEDP]]></description>
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      <title>Critical Questions on the Americas</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:35:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Peter DeShazo, director of the CSIS Americas Program, has written a Critical Questions on the Summit of the Americas. Johanna Mendelson Forman, senior associate in the Americas Program, has written a Critical Questions on the Haiti donor’s conference.]]></description>
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      <title>President Obama's Trip</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:35:20 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[In preparation for President Obama's visit to Mexico and the Summit of the Americas, CSIS hosted a press briefing.
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      <title>NATO’s 60th Anniversary</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:14:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Moderated by CBS chief Washington correspondent and Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer (pictured left), a panel of top former and current government and military officials and journalists discussed the future of the NATO alliance at its 60th anniversary. The panel featured Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (Ret.), CSIS Counselor and Trustee and former national security adviser; Gen. George Joulwan (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Karen DeYoung, Washington Post associate editor for diplomacy; and Rep. John Tanner (D-TN), president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. ]]></description>
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      <title>The Challenges of a Changing Climate</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:07:33 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted an event on the global informational needs for managing climate change. The keynote address was provided by John W. Warner, former U.S. senator from Virginia (pictured left). A panel of experts discussed topics such as current national and international adaptation efforts and challenges, the national and international security implications of climate change, the informational needs to implement mitigation policy, and risk management for climate change. Following the discussion, the panelists took questions from audience. ]]></description>
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      <title>Turkey Update: President Obama’s Trip to Turkey</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 13:20:07 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest Turkey Update discusses President Obama's historic visit to Turkey on his European tour. By choosing Turkey as his second destination for a bilateral visit, President Obama has sent a very important signal to his Turkish hosts and the wider Islamic world.]]></description>
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      <title>Norwegian Foreign Minister Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:01:59 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Global Health Policy Center held a luncheon with Jonas Gahr Store, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He discussed the need for a stronger strategic focus of global health as a foreign policy issue.]]></description>
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      <title>Canadian Foreign Minister Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:03:10 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen's Forum with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon of Canada. He discussed "Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy" and took questions from the audience following his remarks. ]]></description>
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      <title>Turkey's Evolving Dynamics</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:07:21 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[President Obama is visiting Turkey as the last stop on his first major trip as president. Over the past year, an interdisciplinary team of CSIS scholars engaged in a comprehensive assessment of Turkey’s internal developments and changing relations with its neighbors and the United States. This report was recently released at a CSIS event with Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser, CSIS Counselor, and Trustee and Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser, CSIS Counselor, and Trustee. CSIS also has a number of resources to put President Obama’s trip abroad into context, including a press conference. ]]></description>
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      <title>Cost-Plus Contracting </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:07:21 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5088/type,0/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) has produced a report and narrated slideshow discussing cost-plus contracting.]]></description>
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      <title>60 Years of NATO</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 10:29:21 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 60th anniversary NATO summit begins Friday in France and Germany. CSIS has a number of resources to put the summit and the rest of President Obama’s trip abroad into context. Stephen Flanagan, the Kissinger Chair at CSIS, has written a Critical Questions piece on NATO. A press briefing with CSIS scholars also addressed the summit. ]]></description>
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      <title>U.S. Strategy For Afghanistan</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:17:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anthony Cordesman, CSIS Burke Chair and Karin Von Hippel, codirector of the CSIS post-conflict reconstruction (PCR) Project, testified before the house the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on U.S. Strategy For Afghanistan.]]></description>
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      <title>Improving Water and Sanitation</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:49:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1997/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Strategy Institute (GSI) and Hills Program on Governance, Transparency International, and The World Bank Institute hosted the book launch of Improving Transparency, Integrity, and Accountability in Water and Sanitation: Action, Learning, and Experiences. ]]></description>
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      <title>President Obama's First Trip Abroad</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:39:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has landed in London for the G-20 meetings. CSIS has a number of resources to put the meetings and his entire trip into context. On Tuesday, CSIS hosted an event focused on the G-20 that featured former USTR William Brock, now a counselor and trustee at CSIS; Clay Lowery, a former assistant treasury secretary; and David Smick, author of The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy. Other resources include a press briefing and a set of Critical Questions about the trip.]]></description>
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      <title>Juan Zarate Joins CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:43:16 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS is pleased to announce that Juan Carlos Zarate, Esq., former deputy assistant to the President and deputy national security advisor for combating terrorism, has joined CSIS as a non-resident senior adviser. ]]></description>
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      <title>Global Health Delivery Systems</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:43:35 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1954/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Health Policy Center hosted Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, director for global health delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss strategies for improving healthcare delivery in developing countries. ]]></description>
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      <title>Turkey's Evolving Dynamics</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:43:35 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1992/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the past year, an interdisciplinary team of CSIS scholars engaged in a comprehensive assessment of Turkey’s internal developments and changing relations with its neighbors and the United States. This study was released at recent CSIS event.]]></description>
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      <title>Lessons Learned from Japan's Lost Decade</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:49:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Richard C. Koo, Chief Economist from the Nomura Research Institute, spoke on the current global economic outlook at a private luncheon at CSIS. The discussion was moderated by Steven Schrage, CSIS William M. Scholl Chair in International Business.]]></description>
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      <title>The Afghan-Pakistan War: Key Trends</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:49:26 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5368/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS Burke Chair in strategy, has written a new report that provides important insights into the trends of the war in Afghanistan, and shows the situation at the point when President Obama announces his new strategy.]]></description>
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      <title>Hard Lessions: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:49:26 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1990/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a discussion on the recently published Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience by Stuart Bowen, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction (SIGIR).
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      <title>President Obama's Trip to Europe</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:17:07 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/resources/obamaeurope/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a press conference to discuss President Obama's upcoming trip to Europe.
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      <title>Policy in an Aging Latin America </title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:17:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5357/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Aging Institute (GAI) and the Americas Program released a major new report exploring the economic, social, and geopolitical implications of Latin America's rapid population aging at a day-long conference.]]></description>
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      <title>Scholar Testifies to Senate</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:23:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Andrew C. Kuchins, director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, testified Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Prospects for Engagement with Russsia.
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      <title>Scholar Testifies to Congress on Cybersecurity</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:23:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[James A. Lewis, director of the CSIS technology program, testified before both the House and Senate on cybersecurity.
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      <title>UK Defense Minister John Hutton at CSIS </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:08:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen’s Forum with the Rt. Hon. John Hutton, MP, British secretary of state for defense, on "The State We’ll Be In: The Role for NATO in Future Conflict."]]></description>
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      <title>The Washington Quarterly now online </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:34:12 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.twq.com</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The current issue of The Washington Quarterly analyzes the geopolitical effects of the financial crisis, the myth of the No-NATO-Enlargement Pledge to Russia, whether or not there is a consensus on human rights, and more. In addition, the feature section explores the interconnected problems that the Obama administration is encountering within Afghanistan and Pakistan.]]></description>
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      <title>Declaration on the Global Challenge of Water</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:20:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cochairs of the Declaration on U.S. Policy and the Global Challenge of Water E. Neville Isdell (pictured left), chairman of the Board of Directors of the Coca-Cola Company, and Senator William H. Frist joined the CSIS Global Strategy Institute for the declaration's release. The declaration emphasizes the centrality of water to U.S. interests and calls for the United States to play a stronger role in addressing water as one of the most important "strategic" challenges of our time. ]]></description>
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      <title>Innovation in the Global Fight Against TB</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:20:13 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Global Health Policy Center hosted Dr. Peter Small, senior program officer for tuberculosis at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He discussed the status of global TB control and the innovations in research and development needed to address TB in high-burden countries. Listen | Watch | Global Health]]></description>
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      <title>Renewing Leadership On the Global Water Crisis</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:18:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Global Health Policy Center and the Global Strategy Institute at CSIS held a discussion of water, health, development, and the pending "Paul Simon Water for the World Act" in advance of World Water Day. The discussion featured a keynote address by Senator Richard Durbin (pictured left), Rep. Earl Blumenauer, and a panel of water experts. ]]></description>
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      <title>Terror Threats Facing the United States</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:09:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Transnational Threats (TNT) Project hosted a discussion of current and future terror threats and challenges facing the United States with Juan C. Zarate, former deputy assistant to the President and deputy national security advisor for combating terrorism.]]></description>
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      <title>NATO in the 21st Century</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:50:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[On the 10th Anniversary of the 1999 round of NATO enlargement the CSIS Henry A. Kissinger Chair and Europe Program held a Senior European Dialogue with Imre Szekeres, Hungarian Defense Minister to reflect on Hungary’s membership to NATO.
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      <title>China's Soft Power in the Developing World</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:50:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Smart Power Commission presented findings from their latest publication China’s Soft Power and Implications for the United States: Cooperation and Competition in the Developing World at a recent event.]]></description>
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      <title>China's Foreign Minister Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:34:10 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1978/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS and the U.S.-China Business Council hosted a luncheon for Yang Jiechi, China's minister of foreign affairs. Minister Yang discussed a host of security and economic issues in the context of bilateral U.S.-China relations. He told the audience that the "strategic foundation of China-U.S. relations lies in our major and unique responsibility of maintaining world peace and stability." ]]></description>
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      <title>Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:34:10 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy Project hosted a discussion on the role of democracy in future U.S. security strategy with Larry Diamond, Stanford University, and Francis Fukuyama, Johns Hopkins SAIS, moderated by Alexander T. J. Lennon, CSIS project director.
 
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      <title>Somalia: Challenges for Renewed Engagement</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:59:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Africa program, hosted a conference to examine current developments in Somalia and the possibilities for greater U.S. and international engagement. Speakers will included a variety of Somalia experts from the region itself, distinguished policymakers such as Senator Russ Feingold (pictured left), humanitarian representatives, and security analysts. The event was moderated by Jennifer Cooke, director of the CSIS Africa Program, and David Smock, vice president of USIP's Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution]]></description>
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      <title>A Conversation on U.S.-China Relations</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:29:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies hosted a conversation on U.S.-China Relations with Dr. Wang Jisi, dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University and Ambassador John D. Negroponte, vice chairman McLarty Associates. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:49:58 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1967/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen's Forum with the Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia.]]></description>
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      <title>U.S.-Japan-India Strategic Dialogue</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:05:38 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5323/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS, in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), and the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), hosted the fifth U.S.-Japan-India Trilateral Strategic Dialogue in Tokyo from February 27 to March 1.]]></description>
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      <title>Foreign Policy Opportunities for NASA</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:07:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5324/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vincent Sabathier, director of the CSIS Human Space Exploration Initiatives, and Ashley Bander, program manager Human Space Exploration Initiatives, have written a new commentary on Foreign Policy Opportunities for NASA. ]]></description>
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      <title>An Assessment of 16 Years of Ukrainian Independence</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:20:39 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1960/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S.-EU Partnership Committee for Ukraine co-chairs Zbigniew Brzezinski and Volker Rühe released an update to the 2008 Ukraine Net Assessment publication at an event held at CSIS. This updated report assesses the progress made by the Ukrainian government, European Union, and U.S. government in implementing the report's recommendations over the past year. In addition to U.S.-EU Partnership Committee co-chairs Brzezinski and Rühe, the report’s authors participated.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:20:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1969/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Turkey Project hosted a meeting with members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee on Turkish foreign policy.]]></description>
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      <title>Progress Since the Kenyan Crisis</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:20:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1962/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Africa Program hosted a two-panel event featuring leading members of Kenyan civil society who reflected on the progress that Kenya has made since the violent aftermath of the December 2007 elections. Listen | Africa
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      <title>Ghana’s Big Test</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 13:33:25 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1932/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Africa program hosted an event with Oxfam America and the Integrated Social Development Centre (Ghana) to release the new report, "Ghana's Big Test: Oil's Challenge to Democratic Development."]]></description>
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      <title>Pressing the "Reset Button" on US-Russia Relations</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:53:03 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5316/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Andrew Kuchins, director of the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, and Anders Aslund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, have published a policy briefing on US-Russia Relations. This policy brief is the concluding chapter of the forthcoming book, The Russia Balance Sheet. ]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS President Testifies Before Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:55:47 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,272/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. John J. Hamre, president & chief executive officer of CSIS, testified before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs on the role of civilian and military agencies in the advancement of America’s diplomatic and development objectives.]]></description>
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      <title>East Asian Economic Integration</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:55:08 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1959/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Japan Chair and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) hosted a conference on the East Asian Economic Integration and U.S.-Japan Relations.]]></description>
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      <title>Smart Power in U.S.-China Relations</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:02:41 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org//smartpower/chinareport/</link>
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The Smart Power Commission released their latest report today on U.S.-China Relations. U.S.-China ties could have a greater impact on international affairs than any other relationship. Solving the world’s most serious issues is difficult to envision without joint action by Beijing and Washington. ]]></description>
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      <title>Food Security and the Global Economic Crisis</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:18:44 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1958/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Task Force on Food Security and Chatham House cohosted a conversation with Josette Sheeran, executive director of the UN World Food Program. Moderated by Johanna Nesseth, director of the CSIS Task Force on Food Security, the event examined the effects of the financial crisis on global food security and steps taken by the WFP to combat worldwide hunger.]]></description>
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      <title>Statesmen’s Forum with Staffan de Mistura</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:18:43 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen’s Forum with Staffan de Mistura, the special representative of the UN Secretary General for Iraq, on "Iraq 2009: Opportunities and Challenges." ]]></description>
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      <title>U.S.-Bolivia Relations: Looking Ahead</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,271/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Peter DeShazo, director of Americas Program at CSIS, testified on Bolivia before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.]]></description>
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      <title>The UK Global Health Strategy</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:28:59 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1938/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Health Policy Center and the Chatham House Centre on Global Health and Foreign Policy hosted panelists to discuss the components of the UK global health strategy, its origins, and crucial next steps for advancing the strategy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:04:27 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen’s Forum with H.E. Hervé Morin, the Defense Minister of France. He discussed the "U.S., NATO, and the EU: Partnership for Security in a Troubled World." The discussion was moderated by Julianne Smith, director of the CSIS Europe Program. His remarks centered on the need to change existing international institutions, and improve cooperation with the United States.
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      <title>Weather Postpones Monday's Schieffer Dialogue</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:01:21 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/schiefferdialogues</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Monday's scheduled discussion among Sunday morning political talk show hosts has been postponed because of weather. This event will be rescheduled. CSIS will contact attendees with a new date and time once that happens. To learn more about the Schieffer Dialogues, a partnership between CSIS and the Schieffer School of Journalism at TCU, or to watch video and audio from previous events, please visit the page dedicated to the series.]]></description>
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      <title>New Critical Questions on Transatlantic Relations </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:00:56 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/criticalquestions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Julianne Smith of the CSIS Europe Program have written on France and NATO Reintegration, and Reginald Dale, director of the Transatlantic Media Network, has written on British prime minister Gordon Brown’s visit to Washington.]]></description>
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      <title>The House at Sugar Beach </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:59:59 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1943/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a reception with New York Times White House Correspondent Helene Cooper discussing her book, The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood.]]></description>
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      <title>Challenges in Nation Building and Peace Consolidation</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:39:09 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted José Ramos-Horta, the president of Timor-Leste. He discussed Timor-Leste: Challenges in Nation Building and Peace Consolidation. The event was moderated by Derek Mitchell, director of the CSIS Southeast Asia Initiative. President Ramos-Horta is the second president of Timor-Leste since independence from Indonesia, taking office on May 20, 2007. He is a corecipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and has served from 2006 until his inauguration as president after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. ]]></description>
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      <title>Reaction to President Obama's February 24th Address</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:39:09 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/criticalquestions/audio/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Steven Schrage, the CSIS Scholl Chair in Business in International Business, discussed president's Obama February 24th Address in the latest audio Critical Questions.]]></description>
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      <title>A U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:13:59 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=5304</link>
      <description><![CDATA[David Pumphrey, the deputy director of the Energy and National Security Program, has written a new commentary on the U.S-Canada clean energy dialogue. ]]></description>
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      <title>Ghadar Joins CSIS as Senior Adviser</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:18:26 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,5414/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Fariborz Ghadar, the Founding Director of the Center for Global Business Studies at Pennsylvania State University, has joined CSIS as a senior adviser.]]></description>
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      <title>The Future of Trade and Economic Cooperation</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:09:35 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Scholl Chair in International Business hosted a renowned group of former U.S. Trade Representatives (USTR) and senior officials to discuss the way forward as America, the World Trade Organization, the G-20 and countries around the world face a global economic crisis and the rising risk of protectionism. The panelists included former USTR's Carla Hills (pictured left), William Brock, and Stuart Eizenstat. The discussion was moderated by Steven Schrage CSIS Scholl Chair. ]]></description>
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      <title>The Future Challenge of the Iraq and Afghan-Pakistan Wars</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:45:14 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5301/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anthony H. Cordesman, the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, has written a new Critical Questions on the Iraq and Afghan-Pakistan wars.]]></description>
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      <title>Economic Whiplash in Russia</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:26:13 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5294/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Russia and Eurasia program has written a new report on the economic situation in Russia. Understanding the ramifications of Russia's economic crisis for its foreign policy is critically important. Since the crisis hit, Russia’s foreign policy moves have largely been characterized by greater assertiveness, as demonstrated by the "gas war" with Ukraine. As a result, some analysts have concluded that Russia is on a path toward confrontation with the West. However, it is too early to make definitive judgments about the direction in which the crisis will push Russian policy.]]></description>
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      <title>John Zogby Book Event</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:30:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1923/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[John Zogby, CEO of Zogby International, discussed his recent book, The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream, and took questions from the audience. ]]></description>
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      <title>Executive Director of the Global Fund Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:10:32 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1913/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Health Policy Center hosted a speech by Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Dr. Kazatchkine reviewed the multiple gains made in this decade in reducing global inequities through innovative health partnerships, expanded financial commitments, and new forms of political leadership.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:51:09 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5289/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Peter DeShazo, director of the Americas program at CSIS, has just written a new Critical Questions on President Obama's visit to Canada. This brief publication discusses the outlook for this meeting, what is on the agenda for this visit, and what results can be expected from this visit. ]]></description>
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      <title>Strategic Views on Asian Regionalism</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:50:34 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1931/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Japan Chair and Freeman Chair on China Studies co-hosted an event to launch their new report Strategic Views on Asian Regionalism.]]></description>
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      <title>Structuring National Security and Homeland Security </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:29:36 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,270/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Christine E. Wormuth, a senior fellow in the International Security Program (ISP), testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.]]></description>
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      <title>Congressional Testimony on the Crisis in Afghanistan</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:59:48 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,269/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman, who holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at CSIS, testified before the House Armed Services Committee.]]></description>
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      <title>More Years for Chávez?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:29:05 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5281/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Peter DeShazo, director of the Americas Program, has written a new Critical Questions on the upcoming Venezuelan Constitutional Referendum]]></description>
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      <title>Afghanistan: Where Things Stand</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:43:36 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1922/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a discussion with Gary Langer, director of polling for ABC News, on Afghanistan. He presented results at an event moderated by Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS Burke Chair, and discussed the results in a brief follow-up interview. ]]></description>
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      <title>Supporting Democracy Abroad</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:57:04 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Congressmen David Price and David Dreier (pictured left) were joined by Lorne W. Craner, president of the International Republican Institute (IRI), and Kenneth Wollack, president of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to discuss their work on the House Democracy Assistance Commission and the future of democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy. The session was moderated by Alex Lennon, editor in chief of The Washington Quarterly and senior fellow, International Security Program. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:11:40 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1917/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS's Scholl Chair in International Business hosted a roundtable discussion with leading CSIS scholars on the Congress' unprecedented stimulus package.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:11:40 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1927/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a press briefing on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s upcoming trip to Asia.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:07:42 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5276/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Steven P. Schrage, the Scholl Chair in International Business, has written a new Critical Questions on the US-Korea alliance.]]></description>
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      <title>Critical Questions: Deciphering the Israeli Elections</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:37:07 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5274/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jon B. Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program and Haim Malka, deputy director and fellow, write about Gaza, Hamas, and possible Israeli political outcomes in a new critical questions.

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      <title>Steven Schrage joins CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:50:42 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,5348/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS is pleased to announce that Steven Schrage, whose experience spans senior positions across the Executive Branch, Congress, private sector and Presidential campaigns, has joined CSIS as its new Scholl Chair in International Business.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:12:08 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5264/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Burke Chair, writes that Iraqis have good reasons to celebrate the conduct of their local and provincial elections. The elections have taken place with a minimum of violence and high levels of participation. For the first time, Iraqi forces provided most of the security during an election. Candidates ran on the basis of representing their constituents, rather than as part of the ethnic lists that polarized the country during the last elections.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:12:07 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1899/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the third installment of the America's Program Cuba Outlook Series, panelists examined the political, economic and social role of the Cuban Armed Forces (FAR) in the Raúl Castro regime.]]></description>
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      <title>Renewing U.S. Leadership in Reproductive Health</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:12:07 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1907/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Global Health Policy Center hosted Ward Cates, MD, MPH, President of Research at Family Health International. He discussed the pivotal global reproductive health play in defining a new era of leadership in global health and social justice.]]></description>
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      <title>Breakthrough Energy Technologies</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:38:35 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1909/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The pathway to a secure, low-carbon energy economy will require accelerated development of advanced technologies. A recent event hosted by the CSIS energy program discussed a the new science for a secure and sustainable energy future.
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      <title>Georgian Military Reform - An Alternative View</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:47:41 -0500</pubDate>
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Robert E. Hamilton a U.S. Army fellow in the International Security Program (ISP) has written a commentary on the militrary of Georgia. ]]></description>
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      <title>Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad Named CSIS Counselor </title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:22:18 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,5332/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS is pleased to announce that Zalmay Khalilzad, former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has joined CSIS as a Counselor.]]></description>
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      <title>Violence in the North Caucasus </title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:20:10 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5254/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Since January 2004, CSIS has tracked, violent incidents occurring in the North Caucasus. This new report, assembled by our staff, draws on our database. In particular, the report illustrates the rise in incidents during Fall/Winter 2008.]]></description>
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      <title>Keeping the Iraqi Elections in Perspective</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:44:07 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5255/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Burke Chair, writes that Iraqis have good reasons to celebrate the conduct of their local and provincial elections. The elections have taken place with a minimum of violence and high levels of participation. For the first time Iraqi forces provided most of the security during an election. Candidates ran on the basis of representing their constituents, rather than as part of the ethnic lists that polarized the country during the last elections.]]></description>
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      <title>A Bleak Picture for Global Oil in 2009</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:30:48 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[In a new commentary the CSIS Energy program discusses new forecasts for global oil markets in 2009.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:02:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Washington NATO Project, a consortium of four U.S. think tanks including the CSIS International Security (ISP) and Europe programs, launched a project and published a report to spark debate before and after NATO's 60th anniversary summit in April 2009.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:33:32 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Moderated by CBS chief Washington correspondent and Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer, an expert panel discussed what steps we can take to move toward a nuclear weapon-free world. The panel featured Sam Nunn, co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, former U.S. Senator, and CSIS Board chairman; The Honorable George P. Shultz, distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution and former U.S. Secretary of State; Sidney D. Drell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution; and David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times.]]></description>
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      <title>A Roadmap for a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Economy</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:14:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Energy Program and the World Resources Institute have been engaged in a yearlong effort to find ways to achieve a secure, reliable supply of energy for the United States. They held an event to discuss this study.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:31:24 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rick Barton and Karin Von Hippel codirectors of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project have written a new commentary on Pakistan and Afghanistan.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:31:24 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Charles W. Freeman, the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, has written a new commentary China's currency regime.

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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:45:36 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, in his role as an Ambassador for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, discussed his views on the potential role that medical diplomacy can play in improving America’s global standing. He also shared some insights from recent visits to Rwanda and Tanzania;and the consequences of the financial crisis on global health policy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:38:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1906/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, and the Brookings Institution hosted a panel discussion on Russian-Ukrainian gas relations.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:33:14 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gerald Hyman, President of Hills Program on Governance, provides an in-depth analysis including a series of recommendations for substantial reform short of a new cabinet agency.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:18:40 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Chief Ojo Maduekwe, minister of foreign affairs for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, discussed foreign policy on a broad range of issues including his country’s role in Africa, its contributions to regional security, and the future of U.S.-Nigeria relations under the new Obama administration.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:24:43 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The current issue of the Southeast Asia Bulletin from the International Security Program Asia Division offers a preview of Southeast Asia in 2009. ]]></description>
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      <title>Issues in International Political Economy</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:24:44 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest Issues in International Political Economy discusses U.S. - Mexico relations with the new Obama administration.
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      <title>CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Foundation at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:28:33 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Global Health Policy Center hosted Pamela W. Barnes, President and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, to discuss creating a generation free of HIV through the dramatic scale-up of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs in Africa.

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      <title>Ambassador Cameron Hume at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:28:33 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cameron Hume, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, delivered a presentation titled "A Strategic Partnership: U.S.-Indonesia Relations in the 21st Century" at a CSIS Southeast Asia Initiative event.
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      <title>Challenges to Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:11:19 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Africa program hosted a discussion of a new report about the key obstacles to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and examined options for U.S. and international engagement in Sudan. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:42:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The term "smart power" re-entered the news cycle Tuesday when Senator Hillary Clinton vowed to adhere to the concept’s tenets during her confirmation hearings to become the next secretary of state. In November 2007, the CSIS Commission on Smart Power - co-chaired by Richard Armitage and Joseph Nye - released a report that outlined how the United States can combine its military and economic might with greater investments in soft power to tackle the considerable challenges faced by the world]]></description>
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      <title>Closing Guantanamo</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:37:53 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/hrs/gtmoreport/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Closing Guantanamo: From Bumper Sticker to Blueprint by Sarah Mendelson, director of the CSIS Human Rights and Security Initiative, and the CSIS Working Group on Guantanamo and Detention Policy discusses how can we expand a position that has been little more than a bumper sticker "Close Guantanamo!" and turn it into a blueprint for real policy change? The challenges are considerable, and there is no "silver bullet." In fact, there are only imperfect options. That said, the report authors have concluded that the costs of keeping Guantanamo open far outweigh the costs of closing it. ]]></description>
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      <title>Reflections on the WHO and the Global Fund</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:37:52 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Global Health Policy Center hosted William (Bill) Steiger, Director of the Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA). Dr. Steiger reflected on the successes and challenges of the U.S. relationship with the global health institutions. ]]></description>
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      <title>FATA: A Most Dangerous Place</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:29:02 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Transnational Threats (TNT) Project hosted an event to release their report, "FATA: A Most Dangerous Place". The report’s authors presented the study’s key findings and took questions from the audience. Arnaud de Borchgrave, director of the TNT Project, moderated the discussion.]]></description>
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      <title>Statesmen's Forum with Stephen Hadley</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:29:03 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Stephen Hadley, U.S. assistant to the president for national security affairs, gave a speech at CSIS as part the Statesmen’s Forum series. The speech, "Assessing the Foreign Policy of the Bush Administration," covered topics such as Iraq and the Global War on Terror. Dr. John J. Hamre, president and CEO of CSIS, introduced Hadley and moderated the question-and-answer session that followed.]]></description>
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      <title>New Turkey Update </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:00:03 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The year had begun with the Justice and Development Party (JDP), which has been in office since November 2002, riding high after its second successive election victory in July 2007. However, with the invalidation by the Constitutional Court of its legislative move in February to lift the headscarf ban in universities and its ‘near death experience’ between March and July, when it faced and ultimately avoided closure by the Constitutional Court, the JDP appears to be less certain of its future direction.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:44:24 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS scholars and programs have a variety of audio and video to enjoy on iTunes U. You can use iTunes to listen or watch events, commentaries, and interviews created by CSIS. Visit CSIS on iTunes U to download your selections to your iPod, PC, Mac, or burn to a CD. There you can download an interview with Sidney Weintraub, the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, about his recent commentary What Can We Believe In Now? The commentary discusses how trust in decisionmaking in the United States has almost completely evaporated. ]]></description>
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      <title>What Can We Believe In Now</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:04:03 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest issue of Issues and Insights by the Sidney Weintraub, CSIS Simon Chair, discusses how trust in decisionmaking in the United States has almost completely evaporated. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:49:18 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1886/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Moderated by Bob Schieffer, CBS News' chief Washington correspondent and host of Face the Nation, an expert panel comprised of Washington’s top journalists will focus on the foreign policy priorities of the next administration. The panel will feature Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for USA Today; nationally syndicated columnist Clarence Page; Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard; Arnaud de Borchgrave, director of the CSIS Transnational Threats Project; and Ed Henry, CNN's senior White House correspondent.]]></description>
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      <title>South Asia Monitor: Afghanistan’s Long-Term Stability</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:06:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nearly three decades after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan sent some 3.5 million refugees into exile in Pakistan, nearly 2 million are still there. The refugees' lack of education and skills have made returning an unattractive option]]></description>
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      <title>Future Operating Environment in Iraq</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:53:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1882/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh, the Iraqi government’s official spokesman, spoke at CSIS on the upcomming elections, possible changes to the federal system, sectarian violence, and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)]]></description>
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      <title>NATO at 60: Bigger, Bolder, Better?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:53:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1877/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS and four Washington-based think tanks held a series of panels to pay tribute to NATO’s progress through recent history, inform the new Administration, and openly debate how NATO must evolve to face the new and growing challenges of the 21st century. ]]></description>
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      <title>Josette Sheeran Podcast</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:53:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_progj&amp;task=view&amp;id=1454</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS recently interviewed Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Program, on how the current financial crisis is affecting global food security]]></description>
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      <title>MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman on China</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:49:05 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1871/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MPAA Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman addressed the opportunity a new Administration presents to open the next chapter in the U.S.-China relationship at Smart Power China Series Event. As a former Cabinet member in the Clinton Administration who supported China's accession to the World Trade Organization, Glickman shared his perspective on the future of one of the most important diplomatic relationships of our nation in the 21st century. He discussed trade issues as well as the increasingly shared stake in shoring up the intellectual property underpinnings of the modern global information economy.]]></description>
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      <title>Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 60</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:48:27 -0500</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On the 60th anniversary of the UDHR, Sarah Mendelson, director of the CSIS Human Rights and Security Initiative, reflects on what the Obama administration can do to make it more than an aspirational document. Listen | Read More | Human Rights and Security]]></description>
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      <title>Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 17:48:27 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5162/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A report by a joint working group of CSIS, AAAS, and the American Physical Society discusses Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security.]]></description>
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      <title>Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:48:13 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency has released its final report, "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency." The Commission’s three major findings are: cybersecurity is now one of the major national security problems facing the United States; decisions and actions must respect American values related to privacy and civil liberties; and only a comprehensive national security strategy that embraces both the domestic and international aspects of cybersecurity will improve the situation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:47:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1853/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Dr. Ronald Sugar, CEO of Northrop Grumman, Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, former undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA), and a panel to discuss climate change, security, and earth observation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:47:05 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1858/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This event, the second in a five-part series on Cuba, examined the current state of the Cuban economy, including the energy sector, the outlook for future development and investment, and the potential for evolution toward a more open system.]]></description>
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      <title>Applying International Lessons to Domestic HIV/AIDS</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:27:53 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1852/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a major address by Dr. Shannon Hader, the Senior Deputy Director for the District of Columbia Department of Health.]]></description>
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      <title>Serfaty Awarded French Legion of Honor</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:33:15 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,5045/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS is pleased to announce that Simon Serfaty, the Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, has been made a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor), one of France's highest decorations. ]]></description>
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      <title>World Energy Outlook 2008</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:11:40 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Energy Program hosted International Energy Agency (IAE) deputy executive director Richard H. Jones and chief economist Fatih Birol to discuss the new World Energy Outlook (WEO 2008). WEO 2008 presents the IEA's view of key energy trends and focuses on two pressing issues facing the sector today: future prospects for global oil and gas production and post-2012 climate scenarios. WEO 2008 takes a hard look at future global oil and gas supply. The report also reviews two different climate scenarios and distills the implications for energy demand, investment, prices, air pollution, and energy security. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:38:21 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1837/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Homeland Security Program hosted the "Third Annual Symposium on Homeland Defense and Security: Looking at the Next Administration."]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:55:47 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1865/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a press briefing on the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference in Lima.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:52:15 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen's Forum with the Secretary of the Navy, Donald Winter, to discuss "Private Industry's Roles." Raymond DuBois, a csis senior adviser, moderated the discussion.]]></description>
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      <title>Strengthening Aviation Security for the 21st Century</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:33:18 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1855/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff spoke at CSIS on changes to aviation security. At the speech he announced an agreement with Ireland on aviation pre-clearance.]]></description>
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      <title>Energy Priorities for the Next Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:32:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Senator Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke at CSIS on Energy priorities in the next congress. Senator Bingaman presented 10 principles for climate change legislation as part of his speech. The principles included focusing on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas, creating a national cap-and-trade program, and creating legislation with minimum carve-outs. The discussion was moderated by David Pumphery, deputy director and senior fellow in the CSIS Energy and National Security Program. After the speech Senator Bingaman took questions from the audience.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:11:07 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Five years after the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security, the most pressing needs for enhancing homeland security do not lay in further bureaucratic changes, but rather in strengthening the effectiveness of the national homeland security enterprise as a whole. CSIS, in partnership with the Heritage Foundation, takes a comprehensive look at the nation’s homeland security enterprise in a study that will provide a blueprint for the next President with the report Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise To Keep America Free, Safe, and Prosperous.]]></description>
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      <title>Transitioning Defense Organizational Initiatives </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:54:57 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5124/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS International Security Program examined eight years of the Bush administration defense reforms and identified for the incoming administration: (1) successful reforms to maintain; (2) partially successful reforms to improve; (3) and failed experiments to halt.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:37:52 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Health Policy Center held a major address by Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. global AIDS coordinator. Ambassador Dybul discussed sustaining progress on HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria in the face of the global financial crisis. After his discussion, Ambassador Dybul took questions from the audience. The discussion was moderated by Steve Morrison, director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:37:13 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1857/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a pressbriefing with a few of its experts on the upcomming World Economic Summit. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:36:22 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1850/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen's Forum with Michael Donley, the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force. ]]></description>
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      <title>Closing Guantánamo</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:45:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/hrs/gtmoreport/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[How can we expand a position that has been little more than a bumper sticker "Close Guantanamo" and turn it into a blueprint for real policy change? This report outlines an answer to this question. The challenges are considerable, and there is no "silver bullet." In fact, there are only imperfect options. That said, Sarah Mendelson, director of the Human Rights and Security Initiative, and the CSIS Working Group on Guantanamo and Detention Policy have concluded that the costs of keeping Guantanamo open far outweigh the costs of closing it.]]></description>
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      <title>U.S.-China Engagement for a Global Century</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:47:41 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1849/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[James Wolfensohn, ninth president of the World Bank Group from 1995 to 2005, discussed "U.S.-China Engagement for a Global Century" at a CSIS event. This is the inaugural event in the speaker series focusing on U.S.-China relations. The CSIS China Series will provide a platform for senior opinion leaders to discuss and debate issues related to a rising China and implications for the United States. Mr. Wolfensohn examined the shared and conflicting interests of the two countries on issues ranging from climate change to global governance reform]]></description>
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      <title>Assessing Strategies to Manage Nuclear Waste</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:02:45 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Energy and National Security Program hosted a discussion on long term strategies to manage nuclear waste.]]></description>
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      <title>The Future of American Military Power</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:45:29 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, has written a new commentary, "The New Presidency and the Future of American Military Power.]]></description>
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      <title>Human Rights and Governance in Ethiopia </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:40:36 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1833/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Africa Program hosted Assistant Secretary of State David Kramer and a panel of experts to talk about recent developments in the region.]]></description>
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      <title>The Kurdistan Region and the Future of Iraq</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:31:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Masoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, spoke at CSIS on the Kurdistan Region and Future of Iraq President Barzani was introduced by Dr. John J. Hamre CSIS president and CEO.  President Barzani discussed the roles of Kurds in Iraq, the Status of Forces Agreement in Iraq and other pressing issues. After his speech President Barzani took questions from the audience.  The event was moderated by Raymond F. DuBois, CSIS senior adviser.]]></description>
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      <title>The U.S.-Japan Alliance: A New Framework for Enhanced Global Security</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:42:36 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1838/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S.-Japan Alliance: A New Framework for Enhanced Global Security a report by Hideki Wakabayashi, a visiting fellow in the CSIS Japan Chair, was presented at a recent event.]]></description>
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      <title>Great Recessions: Lessons Learned from Japan</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:00:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Richard C. Koo, the world-renowned chief economist of Nomura Research Institute, discussed the lessons learned from Japan's "lost decade" during a presentation at CSIS. During his discussion, Koo suggested that government stimulus can play a key role in alleviating the problems of a balance sheet recession. Koo's recent book, The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japan's Great Recession, discusses these issues in greater detail.]]></description>
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      <title>UNAIDS Director Discusses Global Health Challenges</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:52:36 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1807/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Dr. Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS. Dr. Piot delivered an address on the achievements and challenges the world has faced in the past decade, during the period of his leadership at UNAIDS. He also spoke to current global challenges and their implications for the health status of persons living with HIV/AIDS and for other vulnerable populations, as well as the implications for donor support of critical programs. ]]></description>
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      <title>Crafting U.S. Economic Strategy toward Asia </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:45:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A bipartisan CSIS task force has written a new report on lessons learned over the last 30 years of economic relations between the US and Asia.]]></description>
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      <title>An Agenda for U.S.-Japan Cooperation </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:53:42 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1824/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Japan Chair program held an event to discuss ways the United States and Japan can work on energy security, climate change, development in Africa, governance, and multilateral cooperation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:52:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Frank A. Verrastro, a senior fellow at CSIS and director of its Energy and National Security Program, and Sarah O. Ladislaw, a fellow with the program, have written a new commentary on the lack of a price response to an OPEC production quota cut.]]></description>
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      <title>Coca-Cola Company CEO Joins CSIS Board of Trustees</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) is pleased to announce that Muhtar Kent, president and chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Company, has become a member of the CSIS Board of Trustees. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:13:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bob Schieffer, CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent and anchor of Face the Nation, moderated an expert panel to assess U.S. policy toward Russia in the wake of the Russia-Georgia conflict. The panelists were Alexander "Sandy" Vershbow, former U.S. ambassador to Russia; Jim Hoagland, Washington Post associate editor and chief foreign correspondent; and Andrew Kuchins, director of the CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program. The series is a partnership between CSIS and The Schieffer School of Journalism at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas.]]></description>
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      <title>An Update by Ethiopia's Health Minister</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:15:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Africa Program hosted Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Health for Ethiopia, to discuss Ethiopia's health policy innovations.
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      <title>The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal and Nonproliferation</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:06:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ola Dahlman, the former deputy director of the Swedish Defense Research Agency, and Jenifer Mackby, fellow in the International Security Program (ISP), have written a new commentary on nonproliferation issues. Read More | ISP ]]></description>
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      <title>U.S.-China Strategic Nuclear Dynamics</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:15:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5084/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS and other organizations held a conference to discuss strategic nuclear weapons issues in the U.S.-China relationship. ]]></description>
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      <title>Security and Governance in Afghanistan</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:46:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1795/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Hills Program on Governance hosted Ronald E. Neumann, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, to discuss governance in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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      <title>China Balance Sheet Book Launch</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 16:46:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1785/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Peterson Institute for International Economics and CSIS hosted a conference to launch a new book, "China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities." The event featured remarks from the coauthors of the book and also included a panel of former U.S. ambassadors to China.]]></description>
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      <title>The Rise and Impact of Chindia</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:49:10 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1793/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS South Asia Program and the Freeman Chair in China Studies hosted an event to discuss the impact of the rise of China and India on the international system.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:49:10 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/leadership/fellows/2008-09</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy (AILA) hosted the 2008-2009 AILA International Fellows at CSIS this week.]]></description>
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      <title>China's Capacity to Manage Infectious Diseases</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:29:26 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1780/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies held a meeting of prominent experts to discuss various aspects of infectious disease management in China and its regional and global impact. ]]></description>
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      <title>Global Energy Outlook</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:16:19 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1802/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS International Policy Roundtable (IPR) hosted a discussion on the "Global Energy Outlook: Implications for the Future of U.S. Energy Policy". Listen | International Policy Roundtable]]></description>
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      <title>New Allies and the New U.S. Adminstration</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:22:47 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1797/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The New European Democracy Program (NEDP) hosted a symposium to examine the strategic relationship between the United States and the Central and East European states.
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      <title>Brazil's Multi-Stakeholder Approach</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:36:24 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1787/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Americas Program and the Global Health Policy Center of CSIS hosted a keynote address by Jose Gomes Temporao, Minister of Health of Brazil.]]></description>
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      <title>Scholar Testifies Before Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:10:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Clark Murdock testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government affairs.]]></description>
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      <title>A Healthy Dose of Treaties</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:33:03 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4989/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ashley Deeks, a visiting fellow at CSIS, has written a commentary on the U.S. Senate's approval of treaties governing U.S. behavior during and after armed conflict. Read More]]></description>
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      <title>Launch of the Global Health Policy Center</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:07:16 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1781/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a roundtable discussion to mark the launch of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, featuring former Senate majority leader Bill Frist (pictured left), Sally Canfield program mamanger of the Gates Foundation Global Health Division, and president of the Pfizer Foundation Robert Mallett. The CSIS Global Health Policy Center is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is charged with generating a coherent, long-term, strategic vision for U.S. engagement in global health.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:07:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Secretary of the Army Pete Geren discussed “Challenges Facing Our 21st Century Army” at an event sponsored by the International Security Program (ISP).  
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      <title>The United States and Southeast Asia</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:50:59 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1769/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Southeast Asia Initiative of the International Security Program (ISP) hosted its first annual two-day conference focused on U.S. policy in Southeast Asia entitled The United States and Southeast Asia: Toward a Strategy for Enhanced Engagement. The event featured prominent Southeast Asians and U.S. policymakers as panelists and keynote speakers, including U.S. deputy secretary of state John Negroponte and ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan.]]></description>
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      <title>U.S. Military Health Programs in Africa</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:50:58 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1775/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Health Policy Center and the Civil-Military Initiative (CMI) held a two-panel conference to discuss the military health programs. ]]></description>
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      <title>The Global Economy and Financial Turmoil</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:06:22 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1786/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky for an event. He offered the Fund’s outlook for the world economy, analyzing the steps taken so far, and offering some perspectives on what policymakers can do over the coming months.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:10:44 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4876/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A task force co-chaired by experts at CSIS and the Heritage Foundation has released a new report, Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise to Keep America Safe, Free, and Prosperous.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:09:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A task force co-chaired by experts at CSIS and the Heritage Foundation has released a new report, Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise to Keep America Safe, Free, and Prosperous. ]]></description>
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      <title>Reducing the Global Nuclear Threat</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:27:57 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thomas D'Agostino, Undersecretary for Nuclear Security at the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator (NNSA), discussed ways the NNSA and the international community can meet 21st century nonproliferation challenges at a CSIS Smart Power Speaker Series event.]]></description>
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      <title>Scholars Testify Before Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:57:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sarah E. Mendelson, director of the CSIS Human Rights and Security Initiative, submitted testimony on restoring the rule of law to the U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary. James A. Lewis, director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program, testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security on cyber security.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:37:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new administration in Taiwan has brought with it promising prospects for improved mainland China–Taiwan relations. CSIS scholars Bonnie Glaser and Brad Glosserman led a delegation of experts to Taipei and Beijing to hold meetings with experts and officials on potential confidence building measures.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:46:52 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted the first event of the fall season of the CSIS-Schieffer School Series Dialogues. This installment of the series focused on Bob Schieffer's career in journalism in honor of the publication of his new book, Bob Schieffer's America. Former Executive Editor & Current Vice President at Large of The Washington Post, Leonard Downie, Jr. and New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent, David Sanger, turned the tables on Bob Schieffer and interviewed him on his life in journalism. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:41:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[How can we expand a position that has been little more than a bumper sticker "Close Guantánamo" and turn it into a blueprint for real policy change? A new report from the CSIS Human Rights and Security Program outlines an answer to this question. It will likely fall to the next administration to carry out this new policy. The challenges are considerable, and there is no "silver bullet." In fact, there are only imperfect options. That said, Sarah Mendelson and the CSIS Working Group on Guantánamo and Detention Policy have concluded that the costs of keeping Guantánamo open far outweigh the costs of closing it.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:10:37 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen’s Forum with Davit Bakradze, chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, on the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia and what it means for international security. Also, CSIS scholars have written commentaries, Critical Questions and conducted audio interviews on the conflict in Georgia. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:54:37 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two of the leading surrogates for each campaign held a discussion and dialogue at a CSIS event on how the next president intends to counter the terrorist threat and shape the U.S. homeland security enterprise, including what the candidates see as the highest priorities and greatest challenges in homeland security. Frank Keating (pictured far left), former governor of Oklahoma, represented the McCain campaign, and James Lee Witt (pictured left), former FEMA director, represented the Obama campaign at this event. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:07:13 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The autumn 2008 issue of The Washington Quarterly features articles from around the world on the expectations (and hopes) of China, Europe, India, Japan, the Middle East, and Russia for the next U.S. administration. The issue also includes provocative articles by former U.S. government officials highlighting some of the key challenges for the new administration, including: how to navigate through the foreign policy and national security challenges of the upcoming presidential transitions; and why the next administration should maintain the separation of India and Pakistan in U.S. policy. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:20:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS will launch a new Center for Global Health Policy that is designed to bridge the foreign policy and public health communities. The CSIS Center for Global Health Policy will define a long-term strategic plan for expanded U.S. engagement in global public health. The new Center has been made possible by a three-year, $6.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It is the single largest foundation grant CSIS has received in its history, and is the successor to three previous Gates Foundation grants that supported the highly successful CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS. Read More]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:01 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS South Asia Program and Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project (PCR) held a discussion with Ambassador Husain Haqqani Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States on managing Pakistan’s transition.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Teresita C. Schaffer, director of the CSIS South Asia Program, has written a new commentary on the future of Pakistan. The commentary suggests Musharraf's resignation, after nearly nine years at Pakistan’s helm, should help the transition to elected government, improve political institutions, and give the United States an opportunity to re-calibrate U.S.-Pakistan relations without the complication of its personal connection with the former president.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:16:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Vincent Sabathier, G. Ryan Faith, and Alexandros Petersen cover the broader security impact of the conflict on the International Space Station.]]></description>
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      <title>Commentary on the War in the Caucasus</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:15:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Edward Chow, a senior fellow with the Energy and National Security Program, has written on the energy issues involved in the Cacasus conflict.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:45:03 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Janusz Bugajski, director of the New European Democracies Project and author of Expanding Eurasia: Russia’s European Ambitions, has written a commentary on the conflict's broader implications.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:23:45 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4768/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Southeast Asia Initiative has released the August edition of its newsletter.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:22:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies has published the July/August issue of the Freeman Report on the architecture of Beijing.]]></description>
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      <title>An August War in the Caucasus</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:59:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sarah E. Mendelson, senior fellow in the Russia & Eurasia Program, has written a new Critical Questions on the war in the Caucasus. She answers questions about the reasons for the escalation of violence and the consequences for the region and the international community as a whole. ]]></description>
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      <title>Transnational Threats Update</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:02:57 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Transnational Threats Project (TNT) has been published the July issue of Transnational Threats Update newsletter with analysis on terrorism, drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, and arms trafficking]]></description>
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      <title>U.S.-China Space Cooperation</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:11:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS' Human Space Exploration Initiative (HSEI) and Freeman Chair in China Studies hosted a discussion with Dorothy Reimold, the Federal Aviation Administration's acting assistant administrator for international aviation, on China-American cooperation in the aviation field. ]]></description>
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      <title>Reforming the Foreign Assistance Bureaucracy </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:04:49 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gerald F. Hyman, Senior Advisor at CSIS and President of the Hills Program on Governance testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.]]></description>
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      <title>Evaluating the Business Case for Nuclear Power </title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:04:50 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1750/</link>
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      <title>Scholar Testifies Before House Committee</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:49:56 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,263/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Johanna Mendelson Forman, senior associate in the Americas Program, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. Read Testimony | Americas]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:10:09 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,261/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Christine Wormuth, Senior Fellow of International Security Program, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and Oversight.]]></description>
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      <title>The President’s Trip to Asia and the Olympics</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:10:07 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1755/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a briefing for members of the media on the president’s trip to Asia, including his stop at the Olympics. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:54:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4708/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Task Force on the Global Food Crisis has released a new report that assesses the rising humanitarian, security, developmental, and market impacts of rising food costs and shortages. Co-chairs Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) and Sen. Robert P. Casey (D-PA) charged the task force with identifying a food security plan that the Bush administration, the presidential campaigns, Congress, and the next administration could embrace.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:51:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1747/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee gave their thoughts on solving our greatest future challenges.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:48:49 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kathleen H. Hicks, senior fellow of International Security Program (ISP), and Steve Morrison, director of the CSIS Africa Program, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs. Read More | ISP | Africa]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:49:25 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://66.28.70.47/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4705/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Frank Verrastro, the director of the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, has written a new commentary on energy independence.]]></description>
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      <title>EU Sanctions on Bulgaria</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:21:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4704/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Janusz Bugajski, the director of the CSIS New European Democracies Project (NEDP), has written a new Critical Question on EU sanctions on Bulgaria.
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      <title>U.S. Strategy in the Arctic</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:21:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1746/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a panel discussion on Energy, Security, and the Geopolitics of the High North.
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      <title>A Diplomatic Path between the US and Iran</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:22:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1748/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a discussion on the implications of the opening steps for a diplomatic path between the United States and Iran with Zbigniew Brzezinski, CSIS Trustee and Counselor and Former National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter; Gen. Brent Scowcroft (Ret.), CSIS Trustee and Counselor and Former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush; and David Ignatius, Associate Editor and Columnist, The Washington Post. The discussion was moderated by Bob Schieffer, CBS News' Chief Washington Correspondent and Host of Face the Nation.]]></description>
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      <title>Achievements Since Independence</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:22:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1746/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen’s Forum with the president and prime minister of Kosovo on achievements since independence.]]></description>
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      <title>NAFTA Revisited: How to Proceed</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:27:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4677</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jon Huenemann, CSIS fellow and former assistant United States Trade Representative responsible for NAFTA coordination, and Sidney Weintraub, the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy at CSIS, have written a new commentary on NAFTA.]]></description>
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      <title>U.S.-Russia Relations: Facing Reality Pragmatically</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:03:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4610/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new report from the CSIS Russia and Eurasia program analyzes U.S.-Russia relations. In both countries there is a widespread belief that things have gone terribly wrong—and that the other side is largely at fault.]]></description>
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      <title>Fighting Terrorism in the 21st Century</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:14:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1743/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities spoke at a CSIS event on sharpening the tools of strategic communication and public diplomacy. ]]></description>
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      <title>Secretary of Defense William Perry Speaks at CSIS </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:13:42 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1739/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry discussed how future administrations should move towards a smarter nuclear policy at CSIS Smart Power event. Robert Einhorn, CSIS Senior Advisor and former assistant secretary for nonproliferation at the Department of State, moderated the discussion.]]></description>
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      <title>A Process for Closing Guantanamo</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:36:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http:/csis.org/hrs/gtmoreport/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sarah Mendelson, director of the CSIS Human Rights and Security Initiative, has released a draft report, Closing Guantanamo: From Bumper Sticker to Blueprint. The report calls for the next president to announce during his first week in office the date for closure of the facility, while simultaneously appointing a non-partisan panel to review the files of all remaining detainees to decide who would be released, transferred, or tried]]></description>
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      <title>U.S.-UK Nucleperation After 50 Years</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:37:07 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4552/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) published a new book, U.S.-UK Nuclear Cooperation After 50 Years. The book includes abstracts of interviews with current and former senior officials and scientists, with their full interviews available online.

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      <title>Understanding Khamenei</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:37:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1727/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Post Conflict Reconstruction Project (PCR) hosted its second event in a series devoted to improving the understanding of prominent religious figures around the world.]]></description>
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      <title>International Economic Policy in a Globalized World </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:29:12 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1699/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[David H. McCormick, the Under Secretary for International Affairs and the principal advisor to Secretary of Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr. on international economic issues, spoke at CSIS event sponsored by the Freeman Chair in China Studies.]]></description>
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      <title>Another Long, Hot Summer in Ankara</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 15:30:11 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4557/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bulent Aliriza, director of the Turkey Project, has written a new commentary on the political situation in Ankara.
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      <title>The Terrorist Attack on the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 15:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4556</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sam Brannen, a fellow in the International Security Program U.S.-Turkey Strategic Initiative (ISP), has written a new Critical Questions on the attack against the U.S. consulate in Istanbul.
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      <title>Colin Powell Speaks at CSIS Project Launch</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:31:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1721/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS launched the Next America Project with a speech by former Secretary of State Colin Powell. The Next America Project is designed to engage future American leaders in a substantive foreign policy debate.  After Secretary Powell's speech a roundtable discussion was held with four young leaders on foreign policy issues focusing on energy and climate change. <br/><a href="/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1721/" class="morelinks">Listen</a> ]]></description>
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      <title>Two New Russia and Eurasia Program Publications</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:07:41 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The first, EU-Russia Relations: Toward a Way Out of Depression, discusses the current disagreements in order to find solution to the current phase of depression. The second, U.S.-Russia Strategic Partnership against Nuclear Proliferation, suggests a need to put stronger barriers in place before new nuclear capabilities spread. ]]></description>
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      <title>Update on Six Party Talks</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:37:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1723/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ambassador Christopher Hill, the assistant secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the head of the U.S. delegation to the Six-Party Talks, gave an update on six party talks at a CSIS Statesmen's Forum. Ambassador Hill was introduced by Derek Mitchell, senior fellow and director Asia, CSIS International Security Program (ISP). After a brief update of recent events in the six party talks Ambassador Hill answered questions from the audience. ]]></description>
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      <title>Japan Chair Forum: Ambassador Fujisaki</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:14:19 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1716/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Japan Chair Forum hosted Japan's ambassador to the US to discuss the upcoming G-8 summit that is being held in Japan.
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      <title>Assessing U.S. Policy Towards Iran</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:14:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1709/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS and TCU's Schieffer School of Journalism hosted the fifth CSIS-Schieffer Dialogue on assessing U.S. policy toward Iran. Moderated by CBS chief Washington correspondent and Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer, an expert panel consisting of top journalists and current and former government officials discussed U.S. policy toward Iran, North Korea, and the Middle East. The panel answered questions from the audience.]]></description>
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      <title>North Korea's Nuclear Decision </title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:41:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://66.28.70.47/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4538</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jon Wolfsthal, senior fellow in the International Security Program (ISP), has written a new Critical Question on North Korea's nuclear decision.]]></description>
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      <title>Scholar Testifies Before Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:23:01 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,258/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Teresita C. Schaffer, director of South Asia Program, testified before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.]]></description>
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      <title>International Energy Outlook 2008</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:40:46 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1687/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The administrator of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), Guy Caruso, released the latest edition of the agency’s long-term assessment of world energy markets at a CSIS Energy and National Security program event. The International Energy Outlook 2008 (IEO2008) includes projections of world energy demand by region and primary energy sources through 2030; and electricity generation by fuel type.]]></description>
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      <title>China, the United States, and the Middle East</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:18:09 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1707/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Middle East Program hosted a book launch for The Vital Triangle: China, the United States, and the Middle East written by John W. Garver and Jon Alterman, CSIS Middle East Program directo]]></description>
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      <title>The Future of U.S. Trade Policy</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:20:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1701/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Smart Power Speaker Series event with former United States Trade Representative and CSIS counselor and trustee, Carla Hills, and CSIS senior adviser, Grant Aldonas, on the future of U.S. trade policy. They focused their remarks on how the United States should approach upcoming free-trade agreements, negotiations, and the balance of trade issues in the next administration, given the decline in public confidence in the benefits of free trade.]]></description>
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      <title>Towards an Energy Revolution?</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:20:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1691/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The director for energy technology and R&D at the International Energy Agency discussed how we could face the challenges of rising energy demand, severe climate change, and threats to energy security at a CSIS Energy and National Security Program event. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:50:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman discussed the role of states in responding to global challenges and opportunities at a CSIS Smartpower Speaker Event. He discussed the role states play in working with the federal government and private industry to promote smart power policies that balance economic, security, and environmental concerns. CSIS President John Hamre introduced the Governor. The Governor took questions from the audience.]]></description>
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      <title>Critical Questions: The Beef Crisis in South Korea</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:15:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4531/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Seung-Hwan Kim, a non-resident senior advisor in the International Security Program (ISP), has written a new Critical Questions on the beef crisis in South Korea.]]></description>
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      <title>Ambassador from Honduras Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:19:59 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ambassador Flores Bermúdez gave an overview of the current regional situation in Central America, as well as going in to specific details about domestic achievements and challenges within Honduras at CSIS Americas Program event.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:51:38 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Senator Chuck Hagel discussed his new book, America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers, at a Smart Power Speaker Series event held at CSIS. Senator Hagel, a CSIS Smart Power commissioner, argues that the key to a sound economic and foreign policy is successful leadership, global engagement, and a retooling of America's global image.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:52:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three interrogators with significant operational experience discussed opportunities the United States has to improve its ability to collect intelligence from high-value detainees and other human sources at a CSIS Human Rights Initiative event. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:14:09 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a Statesmen’s Forum with the Honorable Raila Odinga, prime minister of Kenya, on the way forward in Kenya. Prime Minister Odinga visited CSIS just 60 days after the coalition government came in to power. He took questions from the audience. Dr. John Hamre, CSIS president and CEO, introduced the prime minister. The event was moderated by Joel Barkan, CSIS Africa Program senior associate. ]]></description>
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      <title>Critical Questions: Global Oil Prices</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:13:24 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4517/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Market fundamentals, dollar weakness, geopolitical tensions and speculators are driving the surge in crude oil prices, but to varying degrees, writes Frank Verrastro in a new "Critical Questions]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Scholar Testifies Before Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:49:33 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,257/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Robert J. Einhorn, a senior adviser with the International Security Program, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the U.S.-Russia Civil Nuclear Agreement.]]></description>
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      <title>High Performance with High Integrity</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:50:34 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1675/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS and Transparency International-USA sponsored a panel discussion on Controlling Corporate Corruption: High Integrity or High Regulation. Ben W. Heineman, Jr., a CSIS Trustee and author of the book, gave a brief introduction into the key concepts of this work. He was followed by Daniel H. Mudd, President and CEO, Fannie Mae, and David Wessel, Wall Street Journal Deputy Washington Bureau Chief who gave commentary and analysis. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:25:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[India hopes to secure energy assets through a vigorous commercial presence, the beginnings of an aid program, and political engagement. For the United States, this expansion of India’s international leadership role should be welcome, though some of its manifestations may be inconvenient.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:23:21 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS Trustee William Cohen and CSIS Chairman Sam Nunn hosted the a panel discussion on national service in Atlanta as part of the Cohen-Nunn Dialogues.]]></description>
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      <title>Critical Questions: Global Oil Prices</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:24:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Market fundamentals, dollar weakness, geopolitical tensions and speculators are driving the surge in crude oil prices, but to varying degrees, writes Frank Verrastro in a new "Critical Questions." Verrastro, director of the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, writes that demand growth has been so high, especially in the Middle East and Asia, that "there is little in the way of spare capacity to make up" for a shortfall caused by a supply disruption.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Jun 2008 10:21:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) hosted Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's ambassador to the United States, for a discussion of WMD proliferation in the Middle East.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:14:28 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1676/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The growing instability and resurgence of Islamic extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan pose a great threat to U.S. interests and global security. Drawing on his newly published book, Ahmed Rashid and panelists discussed U.S. policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.]]></description>
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      <title>Turkey's Shifting Dynamics</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:12:12 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4513/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS U.S.-Turkey Strategic Initiative has released a new report, Turkey's Shifting Dynamics. This report is the first in a year-long study that seeks to advance a new understanding and new strategic framework by which to conduct U.S.-Turkish relations.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:34:11 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4514/type,0/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This report is the result of more than a year of intense discussions and debates with individuals from across the U.S. homeland security and defense policy communities. This report is part of the Beyond Goldwater-Nichols (BGN) Phase 4 project]]></description>
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      <title>Turkey's Shifting Dynamics</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:33:17 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4513/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Security Program's (ISP) has released a new report, Turkey's Shifting Dynamics. This report is the first publication by U.S.-Turkey Strategic Initiative.]]></description>
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      <title>Proliferation in the Middle East</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:37:39 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) hosted Nabil Fahmy (left), Egypt's ambassador to the United States, for a discussion of proliferation in the Middle East. Clark Murdock, PONI director and a senior adviser with the International Security Program (ISP) at CSIS, introduced Ambassador Fahmy. Jenifer Mackby, a fellow with ISP, moderated the question-and-answer session that followed Ambassador Fahmy's speech]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Scholar Testifies Before Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:37:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,256/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jon Alterman, director of CSIS's Middle East Program, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia.]]></description>
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      <title>The President’s Trip to the U.S.-E.U. Summit</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:36:32 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1681/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies hosted a briefing for members of the media on the President’s upcoming trip to the U.S.-E.U. Summit.]]></description>
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      <title>Nation Building After Iraq</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:07:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1670/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Smart Power Speaker Series hosted Ambassador James Dobbins to discuss the future of America's nation building efforts taking into account lessons learned from Iraq, Afghanistan and earlier U.S. and UN operations. He took questions from the audience following his speech. The discussion was moderated by Rick Barton, codirector of the post-conflict reconstruction project.]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Scholar Testifies Before Senate</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:36:40 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,255/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Stephen Morrison, director of the CSIS Africa program, delivered testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs on "China in Africa: Implications for U.S. Policy."]]></description>
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      <title>New York Leadership Dinner &amp; Dialogue</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:49:49 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1672/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted our New York Leadership Dinner & Dialogue on Elections, Bubbles, War, and Warming: Trade in Troubled Times with former U.S. Trade Representatives Charlene Barshefsky; William E. Brock, CSIS counselor and trustee; and Carla A. Hills, CSIS counselor and trustee.]]></description>
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      <title>Status of the North Korean Six-Party Talks</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:24:49 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1669/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Moderated by Bob Schieffer, CBS News' chief Washington correspondent and Face the Nation anchor, an expert panel discussed the status of the North Korean Six-Party Talks. The panel featured Joseph DeTrani, North Korea mission manager for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Robert Einhorn, a CSIS senior adviser and former assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation; Michael Green, the CSIS Japan Chair and former senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council; and David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times.]]></description>
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      <title>Summer 2008 Washington Quarterly Now Online</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 11:56:26 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://twq.com</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The new issue of the Washington Quarterly examines China’s military objectives, political reforms, and diplomatic posture approaching the Olympics and beyond. ]]></description>
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      <title>The U.S.-Russia Civil Nuclear Agreement</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:51:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4499/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Security Program (ISP), has written a new report on The U.S.-Russia Civil Nuclear Agreement. The United States has 123 Agreements with almost all countries with major nuclear energy programs except Russia.]]></description>
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      <title>An Energy Discussion with the Presidential Campaigns</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 12:18:59 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1657/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Energy and National Security program hosted a panel discussion with senior representatives from the presidential campaigns on their energy policy and climate change positions. The panelists were Elgie Holstein of the Obama campaign; Rebecca Jensen Tallent of the McCain campaign; and Dan Utech of the Clinton campaign. The discussion was the first in the Energy Solutions Series. This series is designed to move the energy policy debate beyond a simple recitation of current problems into a more realistic examination and discussion of ideas, options and solutions that will lead to a more sustainable future.]]></description>
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      <title>Western Investment in Central-Eastern Europe</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 12:18:02 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1663/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The New European Democracies Project (NEDP) hosted a policy roundtable focused on corruption, judicial reform, and transparency of investments in Central-Eastern Europe.]]></description>
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      <title>Greek Finance Minister Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:21:38 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1661/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a Statesmen’s Forum with The Honorable George Alogoskoufis, Greece’s minister of finance and economy, to discuss development in Southeastern Europe.]]></description>
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      <title>Smart Power with David Miliband</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:20:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1660/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rt. Hon. David Miliband, UK secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, gave a speech titled, "Dilemmas of Democracy: Work in Progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan" at a CSIS Event. The speech reflects on his recent trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Julianne Smith, director of the Europe program, moderated the event.]]></description>
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      <title>Statesmen's Forum: Haris Silajdzic</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:57:11 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1662/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a discussion with His Excellency Haris Silajdzic, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina. President Silajdzic gave a speech titled "Bosnia’s Euro-Atlantic Integration: Prospects and Challenges." Janusz Bugajski, director of the CSIS New European Democracies Project, introduced President Silajdzic and moderated the questions-and-answer session. ]]></description>
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      <title>John Negroponte at CSIS Event</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:41 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1641/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[John Negroponte, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, and Gordon England, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, gave opening remarks at a Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group event titled, "Toward a 21st Century Export and Technology Control Regime." Pierre Chao, a senior associate, presented the results of the CSIS study by the same name and took questions from the audience. His speech was followed by two panels highlighting other recent efforts on Capitol Hill and studies from different groups. ]]></description>
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      <title>Developments in Taiwan</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:53:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4489</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Daniel Murphy, a military fellow in the International Security Program (ISP), has written a new Critical Questions on developments in Taiwan. ]]></description>
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      <title>The Politics of Confrontation in Bolivia</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:45:13 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4485/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The America's Program has published the Hemisphere Focus newsletter on the politics of confrontation in Bolivia. ]]></description>
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      <title>The Humanitarian Crisis in Burma Post Cyclone Nargis</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 18:03:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1645/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Derek Mitchell, director of the CSIS Southeast Asia initiative, moderated a discussion on the crisis in Burma. Speakers included Tony Banbury of the World Food Programme Bangkok, Patrick Marcham of the National Security Council, Chris Beyrer of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and Ky Luu of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.]]></description>
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      <title>Victory Day in Moscow</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 16:58:59 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4482/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sarah E. Mendelson, senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program, has written a new Critical Questions on the Victory Day in Moscow.]]></description>
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      <title>A Conversation on Globalization</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 09:05:09 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1626/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a discussion on globalization with David Rothkopf, author of "Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making," and Robert Shapiro, author of "Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work." ]]></description>
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      <title>Afghanistan: America’s Longest War?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 15:04:17 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1643/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Richard Holbrooke (left), the chairman of the Asia Society and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., gave a speech on Afghanistan at an event co-hosted by CSIS and the Asia Society. Jack Garrity, executive director of the Asia Society in Washington, welcomed the audience. Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, introduced Holbrooke and moderated the question-and-answer session that followed the speech.]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Press Briefing</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 17:03:40 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1642/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a briefing for members of the media on the President’s upcoming trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. The briefing was lead by Anthony Cordesman, CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy and Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program.]]></description>
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      <title>Transition in Russia? </title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 14:36:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4472/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Sarah E. Mendelson, senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program, has written a new Critical Questions on the Presidential transition in Russia.  
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      <title>How to Cover Presidential Elections</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 18:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1638/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Transatlantic Media Network (TMN) and George Washington University hosted a group of veteran journalists to discuss "do's" and "don'ts" of covering presidential elections in today's rapidly changing media environment.]]></description>
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      <title>President of Panama Visit</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 17:22:54 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4470/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Peter DeShazo, director of the Americas Program, has written a new Critical Questions on upcoming visit by President Martín Torrijos.]]></description>
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      <title>May 1 Immigration Protests</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 17:56:55 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4468</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sidney Weintraub, William E. Simon chair in Political Economy, has written a new Critical Questions on May 1 immigration protests.]]></description>
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      <title>President of Pfizer Foundation Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 17:56:19 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1625/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Smart Power Speaker series hosted Robert L Mallet, president of the Pfizer Foundation, to discuss working for the public good.]]></description>
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      <title>Analysis of the Annual Report on Terrorism</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 12:06:51 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4466/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[David Heyman, director of the Homeland Security Program, has written a new commentary analysing the National Counterterrorism Center Annual Report on Terrorism.]]></description>
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      <title>War in Iraq: The Public Perspectives</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 12:06:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1637/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gary Langer, director of polling with ABC News, presented “War in Iraq: The Public Perspectives.” He was introduced by Anthony Cordesman, the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at CSIS.]]></description>
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      <title>The Challenges to America's Homeland Security</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:33:21 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1636/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS held a discussion at NYU as part of the Cohen-Nunn Dialogues. The dialogues are a series of public roundtable discussions designed to focus Americans on the seminal issues that the United States must face. This dialogue "Preserve, Protect And Defend: The Challenges to America's Homeland Security" included the Honorable Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City; Stephen Flynn, author of America The Vulnerable; and Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God. ]]></description>
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      <title>National Security Resource Planning</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:44:42 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1620/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Dr. Gordon Adams, professor of international relations at American University's School of International Service, for a discussion on how to reform the planning and budgeting processes for U.S. national security policy. ]]></description>
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      <title>President of Guatemala Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:03:36 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1621/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom Caballeros spoke at CSIS on the government of Guatemala and Guatemala's bilateral relationship with the United States.]]></description>
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      <title>Smart Leadership: The Powers to Lead</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:15:39 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1614/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS held a discussion with Joseph Nye, CSIS trustee and Smart Power Commission co-chair, on his new book, "The Powers to Lead," and how leadership is critical to the effective implementation of Smart Power. Michael J. Green, senior advisor and Japan Chair at CSIS, moderated the discussion that also included Susan Eisenhower, chairman of leadership at The Eisenhower Institute; David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent from The New York Times; and Brent Scowcroft, CSIS trustee and president of the Scowcroft Group.]]></description>
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      <title>Book Launch Event</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:16:22 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1630/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a book launch and discussion for "War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism" by Douglas J. Feith former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.]]></description>
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      <title>Nuclear Reactor in Syria</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:38:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4462</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jon Wolfsthal, senior fellow CSIS International Security Program (ISP), has written a new Critical Questions on North Korea’s role in building a nuclear reactor in Syria.]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Trustees testified before Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:38:10 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,254/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS Trustees Richard L. Armitage and Joseph S. Nye Jr., who are co-chairs of the CSIS Commission on Smart Power, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on "Implementing Smart Power: Setting an Agenda for National Security Reform."]]></description>
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      <title>United States Attorney General Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:55:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1628/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey for a speech entitled "Combating the Growing Threat of International Organized Crime." The speech was followed by a panel discussion on combating international organized crime featuring experts from the FBI, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security.]]></description>
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      <title>The Shi'ite Gamble</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:15:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4459/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Antony Cordesman, CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, has written a new report, "The Shi’ite Gamble: Rolling the Dice for Iraq’s Future."]]></description>
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      <title>World Food Programme Director Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:10:13 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1610/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Josette Sheeran, executive director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), for a discussion on the new humanitarian challenges in the 21st century. Climate change, natural disasters, demographic trends, and soaring food prices all underpin mounting global food insecurity challenges. Ms. Sheeran discussed the "new face of hunger," its root causes, implications for malnutrition and stability, and the way forward.]]></description>
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      <title>The North American Summit</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:14:50 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4458</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Peter DeShazo, director of the Americas Program, has written a new Critical Questions on meeting among President George Bush, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada.]]></description>
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      <title>Global Strategy Institute Anniversary Conference</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:13:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1572/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Strategy Institute (GSI) celebrated its fourth anniversary with a conference. The conference honored David Walker for his creative and dedicated service as Comptroller General of the United States by presenting him with the 2008 Strategic Vision Award. ]]></description>
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      <title>South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s Visit to US</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:18:58 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4457</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Derek Mitchell, senior fellow and director for Asia in the CSIS International Security Program (ISP), has written a new Critical Questions on South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s visit to the United States.  ]]></description>
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      <title>British PM Gordon Brown’s Visit to the United States</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:14:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4454</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Julianne Smith, the director and senior fellow in the Europe Program, has written Critical Questions on the Gordon Brown's visit to the US.]]></description>
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      <title>Food Riots in Haiti Threaten Progress</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:42:33 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4433</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Johanna Mendelson Forman, CSIS senior associate, has written a short commentary on food riots in Haiti.]]></description>
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      <title>Colloquium: Zbigniew Brezinski's 80th Birthday</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:45:38 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1609/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a foreign policy colloquium in honor of Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 80th birthday. The colloquium provided a retrospective on the big issues of Dr. Brzezinski’s career as well as focusing on his view of America going forward. The discussion was divided into three panels that included Dr. Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, and an interview of Dr. Brzezinski by Bob Schieffer]]></description>
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      <title>Iraqi Ambassador to U.S. Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:58:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1608/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[His Excellency Samir Sumaida'ie, Iraq's ambassador to the United States, spoke at CSIS as part of the Statesmen's Forum. He delivered a speech entitled "Iraq: After Five Years". Dr. Anthony Cordesman, CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, introduced Ambassador Sumaida'ie and moderated the question-and-answer session.]]></description>
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      <title>New Report on Iraq</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:58:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4430/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ 
Anthony Cordesman, the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at CSIS, has published a new report, "Iraq and the Crocker-Petraeus Testimony: The Risks that Only Time and a Sustained US Presence Can Deal With." ]]></description>
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      <title>National Guard and Reserves Report</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:33:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1601/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves (CNGR) released its final report on January 31, 2008. Several of the almost 100 recommendations are already being hotly debated by stakeholders in the National Guard community. CSIS hosted a conference to hear senior perspectives on the CNGR report and a discussion on the most significant - and in some cases controversial – recommendations. Former Secretary of Defense and CSIS Trustee William Cohen (left) gave the conference keynote address.]]></description>
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      <title>India and Pakistan in Afghanistan</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:33:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4417/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The South Asia Monitor discusses how India and Pakistan share deep cultural and historic ties with Afghanistan but have for decades had competing strategic agendas there. ]]></description>
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      <title>New Commentary on Turkey</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4416/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On March 31, Turkey’s Constitutional Court heard a case to close the ruling JDP for 'Islamist' activities just a few months after its second successive election victory. CSIS Turkey Project Director Bulent Aliriza offers a commentary on the implications this will have on Turkish politics.]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Scholar Testifies before Congress</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:38:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,253/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jim Lewis, the director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program, testified in front of the House Armed Services Committee, on approaches to cybersecurity.]]></description>
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      <title>Shell energy scenarios to 2050</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:08:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Shell's 2008 energy scenarios chart two plausible ways in which the globe's sources and uses of energy may evolve over the next half-century. Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer discussed, at CSIS Energy and National Security event, the implications these truths have on the United States now and in the next fifty years.]]></description>
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      <title>Demography and Geopolitics in the 21st Century</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:05:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1595/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Graying of the Great Powers: Demography and Geopolitics in the 21st Century, a report of the CSIS Global Aging Initiative (GAI), was released at a CSIS Policy Forum on March 31, 2008. The report, by Richard Jackson (left), and Neil Howe, explores how population aging and population decline will constrain the ability of the United States and other developed countries to maintain national and global security over the next few decades. ]]></description>
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      <title>The Future of NATO through the ISAF Prism</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:44:51 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4409/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Julianne Smith, director and senior fellow of the Europe Program, has written a new report on the future of NATO.]]></description>
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      <title>Japanese Admiral Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:18:17 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1592/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Admiral Takashi Saito Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff of the Ministry of Defense in Japan spoke at CSIS as part of the Japan Chair Forum. He was introduced by CSIS Trustee Richard Armitage and took questions from the audience.]]></description>
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      <title>The Future of UN Peacekeeping</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1578/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Jean-Marie Guehenno, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for a discusssion on the future of UN peacekeeping as part of the Smart Power Speaker Series. ]]></description>
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      <title>Critical Questions: The Latest Violence in Iraq</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:19:57 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4403</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sam Brannen, a fellow in the International Security Program, has written a new Critical Questions on the latest violence in Iraq.]]></description>
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      <title>The Status of U.S. Efforts in Iraq</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:03:17 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1587/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies and TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism hosted the second CSIS-Schieffer School of Journalism Dialogue in Journalism and Public Policy. Moderated by CBS Chief Washington Correspondent and Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer, an expert panel comprised of top journalists and policy analysts discussed the status of U.S. efforts in Iraq and took questions from the audience. ]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Press Briefing: President’s trip to NATO Summit</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:07:59 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1586/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) held a briefing for members of the media on the President’s upcoming trip to the NATO Summit. ]]></description>
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      <title>Critical Questions: The Taiwan Election</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:55:26 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4399/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bonnie Glaser, a senior associate at CSIS, has written a Critical Question on the Taiwan elections.
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      <title>Brazil's Defense Minister Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:55:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1576/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nelson Jobim, the defense minister of Brazil, gave an overview of his country's defense as part of the Statesmen's Forum series at CSIS. Retired General Brent Scowcroft, a trustee and counselor at CSIS, introduced Minister Jobim. Johanna Mendelson Forman, a senior associate at CSIS, moderated the event.]]></description>
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      <title>Invigorating Defense Governance</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:14:32 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4380/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Beyond Goldwater-Nichols (BG-N) project of the CSIS International Security Program (ISP) has issued the final installment in the assessment of defense reform. The report takes a strategic view of defense governance, focusing on the future efforts of the next U.S. secretary of defense and the secretary's senior-most aides to fulfill priority objectives. With so many prior reform efforts on which to build, the BG-N study team sought to identify the key problems inhibiting effective performance in the Department of Defense (DOD).]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:09:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,4001/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) today announced that it has launched a comprehensive Southeast Asia Studies Initiative headed by CSIS Senior Fellow Derek Mitchell to focus on this strategically important region.]]></description>
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      <title>Founder of Ethos Water at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:20:21 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1566/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Jonathan Greenblatt, Founder of Ethos Water and former vice president for Starbucks Coffee Company, for a discussion on social entrepreneurship and the role of the private sector in enhancing U.S. global leadership. ]]></description>
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      <title>Trustee Testifies on Infrastructure</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:09:42 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,252/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ambassador Felix Rohatyn, a CSIS trustee, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs about the need to revitalize investment in America’s aging and ailing infrastructure]]></description>
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      <title>Inaugural Cohen-Nunn Dialogue</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:08:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/cohen-nunn/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cohen-Nunn Dialogues are designed to focus Americans on the seminal issues that our nation must face. The Dialogues will be held throughout the next year and will feature top thought leaders, public policy experts, prominent journalists, and leading scholars. The first dialogue will be "America's Role in the World." It will be broadcast live at cnn.com from 5:30-7 pm EDT. 
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      <title>Roles and Missions: Emerging Congressional Perspectives</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:38:45 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1568/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted The House Armed Services Committee's Roles and Missions Panel release of their report Initial Perspectives. The report is the first comprehensive review of the U.S. military services' roles and missions in fifteen years. The event featured a roundtable discussion with Panel Chairman Jim Cooper (D-TN) and Ranking Member Phil Gingrey (R-GA).]]></description>
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      <title>South Asia Monitor: After Pakistan's Elections</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:47:14 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4379/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The excitement of Pakistan's February 18 election, a sharp rebuff to President Pervez Musharraf and his ruling party, has given way to intense maneuvering and anxiety about how a divided political leadership will tackle the country's formidable problems.]]></description>
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      <title>The First Lady Visits Haiti</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:34:34 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4378/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Johanna Mendelson Forman, CSIS Senior Associate, has written a new Critical Questions on the March 13 and 14 visit by Laura Bush to Haiti. ]]></description>
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      <title>The Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:17:10 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4376</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Clark Murdock, a senior adviser in the International Security Program, has written a new report The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century. This report argues that nuclear weapons are still important to U.S. national security, and it outlines a set of recommendations for how the Department of Defense should organize for nuclear missions in the twenty-first century.]]></description>
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      <title>Lieutenant General Vaughn at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:16:34 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1555/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lieutenant General Vaughn, Director of the United States Army National Guard gave a brief presentation "The Army Guard: Transitioning from a Strategic to an Operational Reserve" and took questions.]]></description>
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      <title>Tensions in the Andes</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:59:30 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080305_cq_deshazo.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Peter DeShazo, director of the Americas program, has written a new Critical Questions on the deterioration of relations between Colombia and its neighbors Ecuador and Venezuela.]]></description>
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      <title>Strengthening Africom's Case</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:58:22 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_progj/task,view/id,1160/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mark Bellamy, Kathleen Hicks, and J. Stephen Morrison published a new commentary on recommendations for improving the performance of AFRICOM.]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Expert Testifies on Capitol Hill</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:24:51 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,250/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Janusz Bugajski, director of the CSIS New European Democracies Project, gave testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the strategic challenges facing the United States and Europe in the aftermath of Kosova's independence. He later appeared before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) to discuss NATO enlargement in the Balkans. ]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Expert Testifies Before Helsinki Commission</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:24:09 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_congress/task,view/id,249/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Steven Pifer, a senior adviser for the Russia & Eurasia Program, testified before the before the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on "Ukraine and NATO at the Bucharest Summit" 
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      <title>Ukraine-Russia Tensions</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:38:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4368</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Steven Pifer a senior adviser in the Russia-Eurasia program has written a new Critical Questions on the tensions between Russia and Ukraine.]]></description>
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      <title>European Commissioner for Energy at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:06:52 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1518/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Energy and National Security Program hosted Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Energy, for a discussion on European Union renewable energy policy. Commissioner Piebalgs also spoke on strengthening the EU-US energy relationship. Robert E. Ebel, Senior Adviser to the Energy and National Security Program introduced Commissioner Piebalgs and moderated the Q&A session.
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      <title>Balancing Relations with Turks and Kurds</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:24:43 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_progj/task,view/id,1159/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bulent Aliriza, the director of the CSIS Turkey Project, analyzes Washington's difficult balancing act with Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds in the aftermath of the recent Turkish operation in Northern Iraq.

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      <title>Critical Questions on Russian Election</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:25:45 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4348</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Andrew Kuchins, director of the Russia and Eurasia program, and Sarah Mendelson, senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia program, have both written a Critical Question on the Russian elections.]]></description>
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      <title>Mapping the Future</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:22:48 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://mappingthefuture.csis.org</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Global Strategy Institute has released a new website "mapping the future" for the the years 2008 through 2012 identifying major upcoming events in seven categories.]]></description>
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      <title>Schieffer Series: U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:09:13 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1522/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted the inaugural event in its new series with the Schieffer School of Journalism at TCU. CBS News' Bob Schieffer, for whom the school is named, moderated a discussion of Afghanistan with Nick Burns, U.S.undersecretary of state for political affairs; Col. David Lamm, U.S. Army (Ret.); two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Steve Coll; and Rick Barton, a senior adviser at CSIS and codirector of its Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project.]]></description>
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      <title>The Washington Quarterly: Putin and Beyond</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:10:07 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.twq.com/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Spring 2008 Washington Quarterly examines the Iraq war’s strategic legacy and how Putin’s choices have affected Russia. ]]></description>
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      <title>Statesmen's Forum: Mirek Topolánek</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:10:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1521/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a discussion with Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on security challenges in central Europe.]]></description>
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      <title>Ukraine: A Net Assessment of 16 Years of Independence</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:44:27 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1515/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted a report release event focused on Ukraine’s successes and shortcomings since independence. The discussion featured remarks by CSIS Trustee and former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and Volker Rühe, the former Defense Minister of Germany. Other speakers included U.S.-EU Partnership Committee members Jan Petersen, the former Foreign Minister of Norway, and Bronislaw Geremek, the former Foreign Minister of Poland, as well as three of the report’s authors. ]]></description>
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      <title>Luncheon to Honor Obiageli Ezekwesili</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:01:51 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1514/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Obiageli Ezekwesili, vice president of Africa at the World Bank, gave a speech detailing the changing landscape of African nations and current World Bank activity in Africa. ]]></description>
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      <title>Health of the U.S. Space Industrial Base</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:42:13 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1509/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Defense Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at CSIS hosted a briefing on the health of the U.S. space industrial base and the impact of export control. The briefing summarizes the key findings and offers recomendations of an independent working group cochaired by CSIS. The briefing provides thirteen findings and nine recomendations to improve the U.S. space industry.]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Resources on Africa</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:12:23 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/researchfocus/Africa/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS resources on Africa including the recent press briefing on President Bush's trip to Africa by Stephen Morrison, Africa program director, and Jennifer Cooke, Africa program co-director.
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      <title>Smart Power Speaker Series</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1502/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted two events as part of its Smart Power Speaker Series. Jeffrey Gedmin, president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, discussed the challenges ahead for international broadcasting in promoting openness and pluralism overseas. Former Governor Christine Todd Whitman discussed the future of U.S. foreign assistance and an environmentally sustainable America.]]></description>
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      <title>The Situation in Iraq: A Briefing from the Battlefield</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:47:09 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1506/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy Anthony H. Cordesman held a press briefing and written a new report on Iraq based on his recent visit.
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      <title>Detention in Afghanistan</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:24:48 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_progj/task,view/id,1153/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ashley Deeks, a visiting fellow with the International Security Program, has written a new commentary. ]]></description>
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      <title>Greek Foreign Minister Speaks at CSIS Event</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:24:16 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1505/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted an event with Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. Minister Bakoyannis gave a speech titled "The Transformation of Southeastern Europe: A Challenge for Smart Power." CSIS Trustee and Counselor Brent Scowcroft introduced the Minister. Following the speech, the Minister took questions from the audience.]]></description>
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      <title>Sri Lanka- Peace Through War?</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:24:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4332/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The South Asia Program has published the latest issue of South Asia Monitor on the ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka.]]></description>
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      <title>U.S. Smart Power in the Americas</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:39:24 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1491/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With the 2008 elections approaching, the event panelists reflected on what they believe should be the key elements of future U.S. policy in the Americas.]]></description>
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      <title>National Space Forum</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:54:41 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis,org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1492/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS International Security Program, CSIS Technology Program, and the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies at the US Air Force Academy hosted the National Space Forum, a two day conference exploring the space challenges of 2009.]]></description>
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      <title>New Director of DIIG Named</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:20:33 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,3796/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic and International Studies is pleased to announce that David J. Berteau has been named Senior Adviser and Director of the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) in the Center’s International Security Program (ISP)]]></description>
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      <title>CSIS Press Briefing: President's Trip to Africa</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:04:51 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1494/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Stephen Morrison, CSIS Africa Program Director, and Jennifer Cooke, CSIS Africa Program Codirector, gave a briefing for members of the media regarding the President's upcoming trip to Africa]]></description>
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      <title>Rep. John Murtha Speaks at CSIS Event</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:43:26 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1495/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted an event with Representative John Murtha. Rep. Murtha gave a speech titled "The Hidden Costs to the War in Iraq: The Challenges We Face." John J. Hamre, president and CEO of CSIS, introduced Rep Murtha. Following the speech, Rep. Murtha took questions from the audience.
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      <title>The CEO of The MCC Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:25:37 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1490/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Ambassador John Danilovich, head of The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) as part of the CSIS smart power speaker series. He discussed the corpoation's goal of reducing poverty through growth, and how a smart power approach can improve international assistance programs. John J. Hamre, president and CEO of CSIS, introduced Ambassador Danilovich.]]></description>
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      <title>The CNGR Final Report</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:24:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4319/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Security Program at CSIS has published a new report on The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves (CNGR) final report. The CNGR report makes almost 100 recommendations to adapt and transform the National Guard and Reserves.]]></description>
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      <title>In Memoriam Ambassador William Clark Jr</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:22:05 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_progj/task,view/id,1145/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS remembers William Clark Jr. a retired ambassador and former CSIS Japan Chair from 1993-1995]]></description>
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      <title>The United Nations Commemorates the Holocaust</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:21:26 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_progj&amp;task=view&amp;id=1146</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Johanna Mendelson Forman a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies has written a new commentary on the International Day in Memory of Holocaust Victims.]]></description>
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      <title>Transforming India's Space Program</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:30:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1474/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, gave a speech at CSIS about India's Space Program.]]></description>
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      <title>Foreign Minister of Albania Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:49:33 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1487/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a discussion with Lulzim Basha, the foreign minister of Albania, on Albania’s hopes for NATO membership and Kosovo’s status.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:48:22 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[In a speech at CSIS, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates elaborated upon points he made in the well-known address he gave in November 2007 at Kansas State University. Secretary Gates spoke about balancing the "military and civilian elements of our national security apparatus." John J. Hamre, president and CEO of CSIS, introduced Secretary Gates and moderated the question-and-answer session that followed. ]]></description>
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      <title>Economic Uncertainty</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:52:43 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Sidney Wientraub, CSIS Scholl Chair, has written an new Critical Questions on international economic uncertainty.]]></description>
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      <title>U.S. Air Force Bomber Modernization Plans</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:53:16 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4301/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Clark Murdock, a senior adviser at CSIS, has written an independent assessment from an "external perspective" of Air Force bomber modernization options.]]></description>
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      <title>India’s Space Program</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:53:08 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_pubs&amp;task=view&amp;id=4300</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vincent Sabathier, director of the CSIS Human Space Exploration Program, and Ryan Faith, program manager CSIS Human Space Exploration Program, have written a new Critical Questions on India’s Space Program. ]]></description>
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      <title>Imran Khan Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:03:48 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Imran Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party, spoke at CSIS to share his insights about the rapidly evolving political scene in Pakistan. Mr. Khan gave a speech entitled "Pakistan's Political Future: An Alternative Perspective". He offered practical solutions to break the ongoing political impasse that will facilitate a transition to democracy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:18:58 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vice Minister Li Zhongjie, of the Communist Party of China, delivered a speech entitled "An Insider's Look at the 17th CPC National Congress" at an event hosted by the CSIS Freeman Chair in China studies.]]></description>
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      <title>Innovation and Education: Are we investing well?</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:20:24 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1463/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ASTRA and CSIS sponsored a discussion that critically examined the role of education in driving innovation and reviewed how well American students are doing relative to their peers in other nations.]]></description>
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      <title>The U.S.-Iranian Naval Incident</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:11:54 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jon Alterman, director CSIS Middle East Program, and Daniel Murphy, military fellow International Security Program, have written a new Critical Questions on the US-Iranian Naval Incident.]]></description>
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      <title>Kenya in Crisis</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1469/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Africa Progam has published a new report Breaking the Stalemate in Kenya and has hosted a series of events on the calamity in Kenya.]]></description>
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      <title>The Rise of Islamic Neoradicalism in the Netherlands</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:40:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1476/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Transnational Threats Project hosted the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands (AIVD) to discuss findings from their recently released report on the rise of Islamic neoradicalism in the Netherlands.]]></description>
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      <title>Head of US Southern Command Speaks at CSIS</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:38:55 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Admiral James G. Stavridis, head of the United States Southern Command. Admiral Stavridis explained some common misconceptions about the region and the need for increased engagement with United States' large trading partners to the south. He also suggested that the major problems in the region, narco-terrorism and poverty, could be addressed using smart power approaches. ]]></description>
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      <title>Smart Power Speaker Series with Henry Crumpton</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:28:08 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted Henry A. Crumpton, the Ambassador-at-Large for counterterrorism at the Department of State. Ambassador Crompton discussed the importance of diplomacy in winning the war against asymmetrical threats and the need for diplomatic relations at global, regional, national, and local levels. John Hamre, president and CEO of CSIS, introduced the speakers.]]></description>
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      <title>Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain World</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:51:32 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1468/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS hosted the launch of a new report Towards a Grand Strategy in an Uncertain World, examining the complexity of emerging global security challenges and the capabilities of existing institutions to address them.]]></description>
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      <title>Keeping an Eye on an Unruly Neighbor</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:42:40 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The International Security Program at CSIS has a new report on North Korea based on discussions with Chinese specialists on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) made during a visit to China. ]]></description>
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      <title>Kenya in Crisis</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:49:27 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4267/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The CSIS Africa Progam has published a new report Crisis in Kenya and is hosting a related event on the elections in Kenya.]]></description>
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      <title>China–North Korea Relations</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:06:13 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4264/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bonnie Glaser, senior associate in the CSIS International Security Program, has written a new Critical Questions on China-North Korea relations.]]></description>
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      <title>Press Briefing: Presidents Middle East Trip</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:38:12 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,1464/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CSIS held a press briefing by Anthony Cordesman and Jon Alterman on the Presidents upcoming middle east trip. ]]></description>
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      <title>The Security Impact of the Bhutto Assassination</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:05:40 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_progj/task,view/id,1132/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Political stability is only one of the unanswered questions growing out of the Bhutto assassination. Anthony Cordesman considers the security implications and potential fallout.]]></description>
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      <title>Critical Questions: The UN Climate Change Conference</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:05:40 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4256/type,3/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The purpose of the annual UN Climate Change Conference, held over two weeks in Bali, was to determine the scope and timetable for negotiating a climate agreement for when the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012.]]></description>
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      <title>Global Forecast for 2008</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:05:27 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4209/type,1/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Forecast: The Top Security Challenges of 2008 showcases CSIS's collective wisdom on the most important security issues facing America in 2008. Some of these challenges depend on political developments in other countries, while others hinge on U.S. actions. Some are regional in focus; others have transnational or global reach. All have the potential to expand into full-scale crises and must be watched and managed carefully.]]></description>
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