Monday in Washington April 17, 2017

RUSSIA IN THE GLOBAL ARMS MARKET. 4/17, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Sergey Denisentsev, Visiting Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST); Olga Oliker, Senior Adviser, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS.

THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT ON GOVERNANCE: ‘BEST PRACTICE’ VS ‘WORKING WITH THE GRAIN’. 4/17, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: Center for Global Development. Speakers: Luis-Felipe Lopez-Calva, Co-Director, World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law; Michael Klein,  Professor, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management; Moderator: Charles Kenny, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development.

CHINA’S NEW SILK ROAD STRATEGY AND INDIA’S OPTIONS: COMPETITIVE COOPERATION? 4/17, 12:15-1:30pm. Sponsor: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University. Speaker: Ajay Chhibber, Visiting Distinguished Professor, National Institute, Public Finance and Policy, Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Policy, George Washington University.

A UK-US TRADE PARTNERSHIP POST-BREXIT. 4/17, 3:00-4:30pm. Sponsor: Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS. Speakers: Shanker Singham, Director, Economic Policy and Prosperity Studies, Chairman, Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission; Hon. Grant Aldonas, Principal, Split Rock International, Senior Adviser, CSIS, Commissioner, Legatum Institute Special Trade Commission; Moderator: Scott Miller, Senior Adviser, Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS.

RELIGION AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC. 4/17, 3:30-4:30pm. Sponsor: Kissinger Institute on China and US, Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC). Speaker: Author Ian Johnson, The Souls of China; Moderator: Robert Daly, Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the US.

WESTERN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA ARE HARMING EUROPE. 4/17, 4:00pm. Sponsor: Institute of World Politics. Speaker: Brandon Weichert, Former Congressional Staffer, Founder, Weichert Report.