Monday in Washington May 5, 2014

MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

RUSSIA IN EAST ASIA: HISTORY, MIGRATION AND CONTEMPORARY POLICY. 5/5, 9:00-11:00am. Sponsor: Kennan Institute, Wilson Center. Speakers: Matthew Ouimet, Senior Analyst, Office of Analysis for Russia and Eurasia, US Department of State, Public Scholar, Wilson Center; Alyssa Park, Assistant Professor of Modern Korean History, University of Iowa, Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute; Matthew Rojansky, Director, Kennan Institute.

ADVANCING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT AND DISPLACEMENT SITUATIONS. 5/5, 10:30am-Noon. Sponsors: Brookings Institution; London School of Economics (LSE); British Embassy. Speakers: Peter Westmacott, British Ambassador to the US; Peggy Kuo, Former Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Georgetown University; Megan Bradley, Fellow, Brookings-LSE. 

PACIFIC AIR FORCES STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC. 5/5, 11:15am-12:15pm. Sponsor: International Security Program, CSIS. Speakers: Herbert Carlisle, Commander, US Pacific Air Forces; David Berteau, Senior Vice President and Director, National Security Program on Industry and Resources, CSIS; Michael Green, Senior Vice President, Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS.

SOPHISTICATED INTERDEPENDENCE IN CLIMATE POLICY: FEDERALISM IN THE UNITED STATES, BRAZIL, AND GERMANY. 5/5, 11:30am-1:00pm. Sponsor: Heinrich Bӧll Stiftung. Speakers: Author Vivian Thomson, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Politics, University of Virginia; Virginia Parente, Professor, University of São Paulo; Rebecca Bertram, Program Director for Environment and Global Dialogue, Heinrich Boell Foundation. 

MAGNIFICENT DELUSIONS: PAKISTAN, THE UNITED STATES AND AN EPIC HISTORY OF MISUNDERSTANDING. 5/5, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: Middle East Institute (MEI). Speaker: Author Husain Haqqani, Former Pakistan Ambassador to the US. 

THE UKRAINE CRISIS AND US SECURITY STRATEGY. 5/5, 1:30-3:00pm. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Andrew Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS; Clark Murdock, Director and Senior Advisor, Defense and National Security Group, CSIS; Vikram Singh, Vice President, National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress.

STRATEGIC REASSURANCE AND RESOLVE: US-CHINA RELATIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. 5/5, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Author Jim Steinberg, Dean, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University; Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Brookings; Michael Green, Vice President, CSIS. 

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S VISIT TO KOREA: AN ALLIANCE STRONGER THAN EVER. 5/5, 2:30-3:45pm. Sponsor: Korea Chair, CSIS. Speaker: Ho-Young Ahn, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the US; John Hamre, President and CEO, Pritzker Chair, CSIS; Victor Cha, Senior Advisor, Korea Chair, CSIS.

THE GLOBALIZATION OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY - LESSONS FROM CHINA. 5/5, 3:30-5:00pm. Sponsor: China Environment Forum, Wilson Center. Speaker: Author Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, Tufts University.