Program Related Event Feeds

Water and Agriculture: Developing World Solutions

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500

On Thursday, November 12, 2009 the CSIS Global Water Futures project and the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) cohosted an event at the Capitol Visitor Center to launch the joint publication Water and Agriculture: Implications for Development and Growth.

Global Resource Security: Scanning the Horizon on Food, Water, Energy, and the Environment

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

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

A National Water Policy Event

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:00:00 -0400

On July 28, 2009, the CSIS Global Water Futures Project joined Jim Thebaut of the Chronicles Group and numerous congressional, non-profit, public, and private sector partners to host a major water policy event in the Capitol Visitor Center.

Towards the G8 Summit in Italy

scotta — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Global Strategy Institute and Scholl Chair in International Business, in partnership with the Embassy of Italy and The Diplomatic Courier, will be hosting a conference in anticipation of the 2009 G8 Summit in Italy. The conference will feature panels examining top G8 priorities, including nuclear nonproliferation and the global economic crisis.

Improving Transparency, Integrity, and Accountability in Water and Sanitation: Action, Learning, and Experiences

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:30:00 -0400

The CSIS Global Strategy Institute and Hills Program on Governance, Transparency International, and The World Bank Institute hosted launch of Improving Transparency, Integrity, and Accountability in Water and Sanitation: Action, Learning, and Experiences.

Water: A Strategic "Smart Power" Tool

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Honoring World Water Day with the Bipartisan House Water Caucus

Featuring:

Krishna Jafa, HIV Director and Former Deputy Country Director of PSI/Zimbabwe, Population Services International
Reducing waterborne diseases in fragile states

Water and Agriculture | Implications for Development and Growth

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Conference Objectives

Let Clean Waters Flow: U.S. Leadership and Innovation Addressing the Global Water Crisis

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Declaration on U.S. Policy and the Global Challenge of Water

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Renewing American Leadership On the Global Water Crisis

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Art, Water, War, Child Artists, Child Soldiers No More

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

FREEDOM IN CREATION

The Primacy of Water Development: Sustainability through Community

A Conversation with Loïc Fauchon, President, World Water Council

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Global Water Futures: A Roadmap for Future U.S. Policy

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

On Tuesday, September 23rd, the CSIS Global Strategy Institute launched its most recent report entitled Global Water Futures: A Roadmap for Future U.S. Policy. The event was held in the U.S. Capitol Building and Congressman Earl Blumenauer provided opening remarks.

Corruption in the Water Sector

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Transparency International's Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the Water Sector

Welcome & Introduction

Global Strategy Institute Anniversary Conference

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Smart Power Speaker Series with Jonathan Greenblatt on "Social Entrepreneurship: Global Challenges, American Innovation"

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Book Launch for Clark Murdock and Fundraiser for Give an Hour

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Please join us for a combined book signing party, celebrating the release of Clark Murdock's new book, Future Making, and fundraiser for Give an Hour.

Global Strategy Institute 2007 Anniversary Conference

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Alternative Transportation Fuels: Automotive Technologies

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500

CSIS's Energy Program and its Global Strategy Institute, along with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, held the sixth session of the Alternative Transportation Fuels series.

Seven Revolutions Forum: Fighting Corruption, Featuring Roderick Hills

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500

CSIS's Global Strategy Institute hosted Roderick Hills, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, for a discussion on fighting corruption.

Alternative Transportation Fuels, Session IV – Biofuels II

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500

CSIS's Energy Program, its Global Strategy Institute, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented the fourth in a series of discussions on future fuels and new energy technologies. The featured speakers were:

Water "Security": Defining the Links between Water, Peace, and Stability. A Conversation with Loïc Fauchon

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Seven Revolutions Forum: The Future of Chronic Disease

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

CSIS's Global Strategy Institute hosted Dr. Olusoji Adeyi, coordinator of public health programs at the World Bank, and Dr. Rachel Nugent, director of health and economics at the Population Reference Bureau, for a discussion titled, "The Future of Chronic Disease: Is the World Ready?"

Seven Revolutions Forum: Social and Political Consequences of the Middle East Population Boom

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

For GSI’s first Seven Revolutions Forum of the year, entitled “Population Boom or Bomb,” Dr. Steven Kull and Dr. Jon Alterman addressed the youth bulge and current attitudes in the Middle East.

Alternative Transportation Fuels: The New Technology Menu

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

CSIS's Energy Program and Global Strategy Institute, along with theNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, hosted the third session of the Alternative Transportation Fuels series.

Seven Revolutions Forum: Globalization and the Welfare State

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

CSIS's Global Strategy Institute, the Embassy of Denmark, the American-Danish Business Council, and the Council on Competitiveness hosted Denmark's minister for employment, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, for a breakfast discussion about the unique way in which Denmark has addressed globalization.

Alternative Transportation Fuels: Biofuels

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

CSIS's Energy Program and Global Strategy Institute, with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), hosted the second session of the Alternative Transportation Fuels series.

Alternative Transportation Fuels

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Welcome: Erik Peterson, senior vice president; holder of the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis; director, Global Strategy Institute, CSIS

GSI Annual Conference: The Changing Face of Risk

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Global Strategy Institute (GSI) was established in 2004 with the mandate to promote long-range thinking about the big global issues that loom before us.

The Future of the U.S. Military and Irregular Warfare

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

On November 22, 2005 the CSIS Global Strategy Institute and International Security Program hosted a panel event with resident experts, a noted author and national security journalist, and current and former Special Forces officers to consider the role of U.S.

GSI Forum: Jean-Philippe Cotis, OECD "Economic Policy Reforms for the Future: Structural Indicators and Policy Priorities in OEC

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

JEAN-PHILIPPE COTIS, chief economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), discussed the OECD’s recent research on the structural policy priorities for all member countries to enhance GDP per capita. Over the past decade, the GDP per-capita gap relative to the United States has widened in a number of countries, including large continent

GSI Forum: Murray Weidenbaum, Washington University "The Changing Economics of Conflict"

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

The United States presently faces a war on terrorism likely to continue for years, major troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan with uncertain end dates, and an ever-rising national debt. Can we afford this defense posture? MURRAY WEIDENBAUM, eminent economist and CSIS trustee, answers with a definite 'yes.' At a recent CSIS Global Strategy Institute forum, Weiden

GSI Forum: Andrew Natsios, J. Stephen Morrison, Lael Brainard and James Kunder "From the Front Lines: USAID Perspectives on Frag

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

The U.S.

GSI Forum: Keith Cole, General Motors "The Future of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Technology"

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400

The CSIS Energy Program and the Global Strategy Institute hosted KEITH COLE, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs at General Motors to discuss the future of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.

Read the GSI Future Watch "Hydrogen: The Fuel of the Future"

GSI Forum: Bates Gill and Sarah Palmer "China's HIV/AIDS Crisis"

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400

At a CSIS Global Strategy Institute Forum, BATES GILL, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, and SARAH PALMER, Staff Scientist, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Institutes of Health, drew from their considerable knowledge and incountry experience to address the nature of China’s future challenges, including an examination of forces that continue to drive HIV infection rates.

GSI Forum: Olcay Unver, Kent State University "Southeast Anatolia Water Project (GAP) and ETIC"

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

OLCAY ÜNVER, currently a visiting distinguished professor at Kent State University, negotiated on water issues on behalf of the Turkish government with Syria and Iraqi counterparts as part of his responsibilities as president of the Regional Development Administration, in charge of the Southeastern Anatolia Development Project (GAP) from 1991-2003, and subsequently as senior advisor to the

CSIS Global Strategy Institute First Anniversary Conference

Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400

"Scanning the Horizon: An Assessment of Critical Global Trends."

GSI Forum: Vince Tidwell and Howard Passell, Sandia National Laboratories "Innovative Methods for Water Planning and Conflict Ma

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Vince Tidwell and Howard Passell of Sandia National Laboratories shared their innovative modeling approach to stakeholder solutions in the area of water management. The model Tidwell and Passell shared is a product of the extensive work in systems modeling ongoing at Sandia. The demonstration given considered water management models for the Rio Grande river basin. Th

Global Water Futures Workshop Two: Technology Solutions

Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

On March 8-9, 2005, the CSIS Global Strategy Institute in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories hosted leading experts and leaders in the government, private sector, and nongovernmental organizations for a discussion on innovative technological approaches to managing the world's water resources and the role of the United States in developing and deploying these strategies.

GSI Forum: Paul Laudicina, A.T. Kearney "World Out of Balance"

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500

PAUL LAUDICINA, vice president and managing director at A.T. Kearney joined CSIS to discuss his new book, World Out of Balance: Three Scenarios for 2015.

Global Water Futures Workshop One: Policy Solutions

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500

On February 8-9, 2005, the CSIS Global Strategy Institute in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories hosted leading experts and leaders in the government, private sector, and nongovernmental organization community for a discussion on innovative policy approaches for the U.S. Government to address global water issues.

GSI Forum: Bulent Aliriza and Robin Niblett, CSIS "The Future of the EU: The Turkey Test"

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500

GSI Forum: Martin Wolf, Financial Times "Why Globalization Works"

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500

GSI Forum: Michael Klein, International Finance Corporation "Doing Business in 2005"

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

GSI Forum: Jon Alterman, CSIS "Technology and Social Change in the Middle East"

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400

GSI Forum: Pamela Krause, National Geospatial Imaging Center, "Proteus Project: Insights into 2020"

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400

GSI Forum: James Ragland, Saudi Aramco "Strategic Energy Issues"

Wed, 19 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400

GSI Forum: Francis Fukiyama, Johns Hopkins SAIS "Biotechnology and Future Politics"

Thu, 13 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400

FRANCIS FUKUYAMA, dean of faculty and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University, spoke at the inaugural Global Strategy Institute Forum. Dr.

GSI Forum: Richard Jackson "Aging in China"

Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400

At a CSIS Global Strategy Institute Forum, RICHARD JACKSON, Director and Senior Fellow of the CSIS Global Aging Institute, discussed the impact that unfolding demographics trends will have in China over the next fifty years.

GSI Forum: Arnold Baker, Sandia National Laboratories "Global Energy Futures"

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400