Weekly Events Update

Monday, March 30th

@ The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Water and Agriculture Implications for Development and Growth
March 30, 2009 The conference will convene international leaders—from government, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and academia—to share their expertise in realms of water, agriculture and global development. Discussions will focus on the impact of these global resource trends on smallholder farmers, assessing strategies to increase both financial incomes and health outcomes in an effort to reduce poverty and improve smallholder farmer livelihood. Ultimately, the event will build awareness about agricultural and water issues, suggest key research initiatives relevant to future policy, and contribute to the ongoing debate about the nature and structure of U.S. development policy and U.S. international water policy.

9:30 am - 4:00 pm (Conference)

Rajeev Venkayya: Global Health Delivery Systems
March 30, 2009 The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center cordially invites you to hear Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, Director for Global Health Delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He will concentrate his presentation on strategies for improving the delivery of essential health technologies and services in developing countries.

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Tuesday, March 31st

@ The Wilson Center

Can the G-20 Save the World Economy from Deeper Crisis and Protectionism?
March 31, 2009 As President Obama and world leaders travel to the April 2nd London Summit on the global economic crisis, CSIS’s Scholl Chair in International Business Steven Schrage invites you to a roundtable discussion examining the potential impact of the G-20 on critical issues facing the global economy.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, B1

@ CSIS

Islam(s) in Post-Soviet Eurasia: One or Many?
John Schoeberlein, Lecturer on Central Asia, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University. Read More

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., 6th floor conference room

Wednesday, April 1st 

@ The Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, Georgetown University 

The Future of NATO
  
a discussion with 
  
His Excellency
José María Aznar 
Distinguished Scholar in the Practice of Global Leadership, Georgetown University
President of the Government of Spain (1996-2004) 

and

The Honorable
John R. Bolton
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006)

and

Mr. Fred Kempe
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic Council

moderated by   
  
Dr. Angela Stent
Professor of Government and Foreign Service and 
Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies 
in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

10:30 AM @ the Intercultural Center Auditorium

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Thursday, April 2nd - Friday, April 3rd 

CCAS 2009 Annual Symposium: 
Palestine and the Palestinians Today

Held at: 
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Day 1, April 2, 2009: 

·  Changing Conceptions of Palestinian Nationalism

·  Politics and Leadership: The Changing Trajectory of Governance and Resistance

·  Economics and Development in Palestine

·  Human Rights and the Rule of Law

A reception for all conference speakers and guests will immediately follow the conclusion of Day 1 of the conference.

RSVP for Day 1 here

Day 2, April 3, 2009

·  Local Institutions and Issues: Health, Water and Culture

·  Palestinians and Israeli Policies

·  U.S. Policy Toward Palestine and Palestinians

·  Political Solutions for Palestine/Israel

RSVP for Day 2 here