Monday in Washington, February 26, 2018

BP ENERGY OUTLOOK 2018. 2/26, 9:30-11:00am. Sponsor: Energy & National Security Program, CSIS. Speaker: Spencer Dale, Chief Economist, BP. Moderator: Sarah Ladislaw, Director & Senior Fellow, Energy & National Security Program, CSIS.

CLIMATE AND NATIONAL SECURITY FORUM 2018: A RESPONSIBILITY TO PREPARE. 2/26, 9:30am-12:30pm. Sponsor: Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Speakers: Brid. Gen. Gerald Galloway, U.S. Army (ret.), Former Dean of the Academic Board, U.S. Military Academy at West Point; Gen. Ron Keys, U.S. Air Force (ret.), Former Commander, Air Combat Command; V.Adm. Robert Parker, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.), Former Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area; Joan VanDevort, Former Deputy Director for Ranges, Sea and Airspace; R.Adm. Jonathan White, U.S. Navy (ret.), President, Ocean Leadership Consortium; Hon. John Conger, Former Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense of Comptroller, Senior Policy Advisor, Center for Climate and Security; Hon. Sherri Goodman, Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense of Environmental Security, Senior Fellow, Wilson Center; R.Adm. Ann C. Phillips, U.S. Navy (ret.), Former Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group TWO; R.Adm. David Titley, U.S. Navy (ret.), Director, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Penn State University, Former Oceanographer of the Navy. Moderator: Hon. John Conger, Former Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense of Comptroller, Senior Policy Advisor, Center for Climate and Security; Heather L. Messera, Senior Fellow for Government Affairs, Center for Climate and Security.

NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW: CONTINUITIES AND CHANGES. 2/26, 10:00-11:00am. Sponsor: Heritage. Speaker: David Trachtenberg, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense. Moderator: Michaela Dodge, Senior Policy Analyst, Defense and Strategic Policy, Heritage.

IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. 2/26, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsors: Bipartisan Policy Center; Nuclear Innovation Alliance. Speakers: Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH); Matt Bowen, Senior Policy Fellow, Nuclear Innovation Alliance; Matthew Bunn, Professor of Practice, Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Kate Strangis, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy; Elina Teplinsky, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Moderator: Ashley Finan, Policy Director, Nuclear Innovation Alliance.

RUSSIA IN THE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE? BEYOND CHINESE AND NORTH KOREAN CHALLENGES. 2/26,10:30am-Noon. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speakers: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Associate Professor, George Mason University; Serghei Golunov, Professor, Kyushu University; Akihiro Iwashita, Professor, Kyushu University/ Hokkaido University; Matthew Rojansky, Director, Kennan Institute; Paul J. Saunders, Executive Director, Center for the National Interest; Ha Yong Chool, Professor, University of Washington. Moderator: Edward Boyle, Assistant Professor, Kyushu University.

THE LOGIC OF AMERICAN NUCLEAR STRATEGY. 2/26, Noon-2;00pm. Sponsor: Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council. Author: Matthew Kroenig, Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council. Speakers: Rebecca Hersman, Director, Project on Nuclear Issues, Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS; James N. Miller, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Moderator: Thom Shanker, Pentagon Correspondent, New York Times.

HISTORY OF MODERN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: THE ORIGINS OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY (USIA). 2/26, 1:00-2:30pm. Sponsors: Project on Military and Diplomatic History & Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS. Speakers: Elizabeth "Betsy" Whitaker, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Media and Public Affairs, GWU; Dr. Caitlin E. Schindler, Research Professor, Institute of World Politics; Dr. Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Public Diplomacy, Founding Director, Master of Public Diplomacy, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California. Moderator: Daniel F. Runde, William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis, Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS.

STRENGTHENING ASEAN’S ROLE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 2/26, 2:00-3:00pm. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Program, CSIS. Speaker: Rep. Joaquin Castro, Co-chair, Congressional Caucus on ASEAN. Moderator: Dr. Amy E. Searight, Senior Adviser & Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS.

LIFE WITH A NUCLEAR NORTH KOREA. 2/26, 6:30pm. Sponsors: Newseum; The New York Times. Speakers: David E. Sanger, National Security Correspondent, The New York Times; Helene Cooper, Pentagon Correspondent, The New York Times; Jake Sullivan, Former National Security Adviser to Vice President, Former Director of Policy Planning. Moderator: Mark Landler, White House Correspondent, Former Hong Kong Bureau Chief, The New York Times.