Monday in Washington, March 19, 2018

A CONVERSATION WITH NICHOLAS KRISTOF. 3/19, 8:30-11:00am. Sponsor: Center for Global Development. Speaker: Nicholas Kristof, Columnist, New York Times. Moderator: Amanda Glassman, Chief Operating Officer, Center for Global Development.

REVOLUTION WITHOUT REVOLUTIONARIES: MAKING SENSE OF THE ARAB SPRING. 3/19, Noon-1:30pm, Sponsor: Project on Middle East Political Science, Institute for Middle East Studies, Elliott School, GWU. Author: Dr. Asef Bayat, Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies & Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

THE NORTH KOREAN CRISIS: ON THE BRINK OF A BREAK THROUGH OR A BUST? 3/19, 12:30-1:45pm. Sponsor: Center for American Progress (CAP). Speakers: Kurt Campbell, & CEO, Asia Group; Chairman of the Board, CAP; Suzanne DiMaggio, Senior Fellow & Director, U.S.-DPRK Dialogue, New America; Kelly Magsamen, Vice President, National Security and International Policy, CAP. Moderator: Michael Fuchs, Senior Fellow, CAP.

JAPAN'S BALANCING BETWEEN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND DETERRENCE. 3/19, 1:00-2:30pm. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Masahiro Kurita, Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies; Wakana Mukai, Assistant Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Asia University; Masashi Murano, Research Fellow, Okazaki Institute; Masahiro Okuda, Ph.D. Candidate, Takushoku University; Heigo Sato, Vice President, Institute for World Studies, Takushoku University. Moderator: Yuki Tatsumi, Co-Director, East Asia Program, Stimson Center.

FOREIGN POLICY AND FRAGILE STATES. 3/19, 2:00-3:00pm. Sponsor: U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). Speakers: Nancy Lindborg, President, USIP; Ilan Goldenberg, Director, Middle East Security Program, Center for a New American Security; Kimberly Kagan, Founder & President, Institute for the Study of War. Moderator: Joshua Johnson, Host, 1A, NPR.

2018 U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY SEMINAR: NEXT STEPS ON NORTH KOREA. 3/19, 4:00-5:00pm. Sponsor: Japan Chair, CSIS; Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). Speakers: Yoshiji Nogami, President, JIIA; Jung H. Pak, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Northeast Asia Policy Studies, Brookings; Tetsuo Kotani, Senior Fellow, JIIA. Moderator: Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President, Asia & Japan Chair, CSIS.