Scott Gilmore, Founder and Executive Director, Peace Dividend Trust
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
This meeting is on the record.
Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Elliot R. Cattarulla, Executive Director, Nasher Foundation
11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Mara Hvistendahl, Correspondent, Science Magazine
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow and Deputy Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations, Joshua Kurlantzick, Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Project Director, Independent Task Force on Turkey, Henri J. Barkey, Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University; Member, Independent Task Force on Turkey
Anya Schmemann, Director, Task Force Program, Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations has convened an Independent Task Force on Turkey, chaired by Madeleine K. Albright, former secretary of state, and Stephen J. Hadley, former national security adviser. The Task Force aims to assess and provide recommendations to policymakers and others on the U.S.-Turkish bilateral relationship, Turkey's role within NATO, its relations in the Middle East, Europe, and elsewhere, Turkey's place in the global economy, and its political and social development, among other important issues. Please join the Task Force's project director Steven A. Cook and Task Force member Henri J. Barkey for an intimate discussion of the ongoing work of the Task Force.
**Please note that this is a special event designed to solicit input from Council members engaged in the subject matter of the Task Force. Seating is limited and will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.**
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Roundtable Discussion
Marisa Lago, Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Richard Meddings, Group Finance Director, Standard Chartered
With bank capital requirements under review in Europe, United States, and Asia, global financial regulatory harmonization continues to be an area of concern for regulators, investors, and business given the uncertain global economic environment. What steps, if any, are policymakers taking on coordinating global financial guidelines? What is the progress of global regulatory harmonization in the major financial markets? How would potential changes in regulatory policy impact the global economy and business? Please join Assistant Secretary Marisa Lago and Richard Meddings as they discuss the outlook for potential global financial regulation in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and beyond.
8:00-8:15 a.m. - Breakfast
8:15-9:15 a.m. - Meeting
James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
12:00-12:45 p.m. - (ET)
Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services
James P. Dougherty, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School; Director, South Asia Initiative, Harvard University
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William D. Baumgartner, Seventh District Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
James T. Hill, President, The JTHill Group, Inc
6:30-9:00 p.m.
Scott A. Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director, Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Spencer H. Kim, Chairman, CBOL Corporation
6:00-8:15 p.m.
Steve Coll, President and CEO, New America Foundation, Robert Grenier, Chairman, ERG Partners, Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Tom Gjelten, National Security Correspondent, NPR
Join Steve Coll, Robert Grenier, and Daniel Markey for a look at the past year of changes in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and recommendations for moving forward. This meeting reconvenes three members of last year's CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force Report on U.S. Strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan to evaluate the report's recommendations pertaining to Pakistan in the context of the current bilateral relationship.
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Dinner Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
Transcript: U.S.-Pakistan Relations: The Year Past, The Year Ahead
Audio: U.S.-Pakistan Relations: The Year Past, The Year Ahead (Audio)
Video: U.S.-Pakistan Relations: The Year Past, The Year Ahead (Video)
David Mares, University of California, San Diego
Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Harvard University; Council on Foreign Relations
In a departure from long-standing trends, energy analysts are predicting recent technological advances will enable a shift in the center of global energy production from the Middle East to the Americas. The deep water potential of Brazil and shale gas—not just in the United States, but also in Mexico and Argentina—suggest the potential for the Western Hemisphere to meet much more of its energy needs in the future than it does today. But as the situation in Venezuela demonstrates, whether this potential is materialized depends as much on politics as it does on geology. An expert on both the political and energy sectors of Latin America, David Mares will help us better evaluate the extent to which we can look forward to a shift in energy production from east to west.
6:30 p.m.-6:45 a.m. - Reception
6:45-8:00 p.m. - Meeting
Tasha Cooper Coleman, Founder and CEO, Upward Action LLC
Maria Teresa Kumar, Founding Executive Director, Voto Latino
Please join branding strategist and social media consultant Tasha Cooper Coleman for a workshop on tools for building and managing personal profiles in various social media outlets.
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Dinner Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Workshop
This meeting is on the record.
Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Manpreet Singh Anand, Senior Policy Advisor, Chevron Corporation
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Public Meeting
7:15-9:00 p.m. - Private Dinner
John B. Bellinger III, Adjunct Senior Fellow, International and National Security Law, Council on Foreign Relations; Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP; Former Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, David J. Scheffer, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, and Director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law; Former U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State; Author, All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals
Jeffrey Toobin, Staff Writer, New Yorker; Senior Legal Analyst, CNN
Ambassador David Scheffer and former State Department legal adviser John Bellinger will discuss how international justice over the last two decades has affected international politics, including the U.S. role in assisting local war crimes prosecutions in Libya and elsewhere.
Related readings:
Regime Trials Belong in Libya's Courts by John B. Bellinger III
Partners in Preventive Action: The United States and International Institutions, A Council Special Report
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
Transcript: The Synthesis of Law and Politics and the Evolution of International Justice
Audio: The Synthesis of Law and Politics and the Evolution of International Justice (Audio)
Video: The Synthesis of Law and Politics and the Evolution of International Justice (Video)
R. Glenn Hubbard, Dean, Columbia University Graduate School of Business; Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
W. Bowman Cutter, Senior Fellow and Director of the Next American Economy Project, Roosevelt Institute
Nisha Biswal, Assistant Administrator for Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Deborah Brautigam, Professor, American University School of International Service; Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Evan A. Feigenbaum, Adjunct Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
For decades, with Japan the notable exception, Asian countries were principally recipients of international development assistance. But several emerging Asian powers--including China, India, and South Korea--have now become donors to Africa, Central Asia, and elsewhere. This session of Evan Feigenbaum's "Asia and the World" roundtable series explored some of the ways in which aid from emerging Asian powers will influence assistance norms and practices, as well as the international system.
The roundtable featured two speakers: Nisha Biswal of USAID, whose presentation focused both on India, the Busan Development Forum, and U.S. outreach efforts to various emerging Asian donors; and Professor Deborah Brautigam of American University's School of International Service, whose presentation focused primarily on China but ranged beyond "development assistance" to discuss lending practices and project finance. The discussion touched upon emerging donors' challenges to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) foreign aid model, as well the various tools wielded by emerging donors for development assistance and project finance.
Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Captain Melissa Bert, USCG, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Willard Buhl, USMC, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Kathryn Burba, USA, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Chad T. Manske, USAF, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Captain Bradley S. Russell, USN, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Following the International Atomic Energy Agency's November 2011 report claiming credible evidence that Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapons program, the issue of a nuclear weapons-capable Iran has risen to the forefront of policy debates in the region. In this exercise, the members present will be divided up into smaller breakout groups, each representing one of several actors in the region, and will seek to determine policy prescriptions for that actor with consideration of its political, military, and economic priorities. The groups will then be brought together at the end of the discussion to review each group's conclusions.
Please note the special time.
6:30-7:00 p.m. - Dinner
7:00-8:30 p.m. - Case Study and Discussion
Walter B. Jones, Member, House Armed Services Committee (R-NC)
Karen J. DeYoung, Associate Editor and Senior National Security Correspondent, Washington Post
Please join Representative Walter B. Jones, member of the House Armed Services Committee, to discuss U.S. policy in Afghanistan, as well as other global military commitments.
8:00-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:30-9:30 a.m. - Roundtable Discussion
Oday Rasheed, Writer and Director, Qarantina
Deborah S. Amos, Foreign Correspondent, National Public Radio
The Council on Foreign Relations and The Global Film Initiative invite you to a screening and discussion of Qarantina, by Iraqi filmmaker Oday Rasheed. Qarantina follows a broken family living within the gated courtyard of a rundown house in Baghdad. To keep the family afloat, they are forced to take in a mysterious boarder. Rasheed's second feature captures the beautiful surroundings of modern Baghdad and finds unexpected sources of resilience in the wake of catastrophe. To learn more about Qarantina and Oday Rasheed, please go to http://articles.latimes.com/print/2011/jun/23/world/la-fg-iraq-movie-20110623.
Qarantina is part of the Global Lens 2012 film series and is co-presented with the Global Film Initiative (www.globalfilm.org).
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Light Supper
6:30-8:00 p.m. - Screening
8:00-8:30 p.m. - Discussion
Transcript: Qarantina: Film Screening and Discussion
Audio: Screening of Qarantina (Audio)
Video: Screening of Qarantina (Video)
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