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| Staff: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change |
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March 1, 2006 - Present
Meetings
Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy: A Global Climate Change Deal - Fantasy and Reality
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Tom Burke, Environmental Policy Adviser, Rio Tinto |
Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy: Saving the Oceans - The WTO's Conservation Agenda
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| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology and Director, Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Andrew Sharpless, CEO, Oceana |
Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy: Green Buildings
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology, Director of Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | William M. Sisson, Director of Sustainability, United Technologies Research Center |
Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy: Globalizing the Digital Revolution
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Frederick S. Tipson, Senior Policy Counsel, Microsoft |
Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy: Forests and Climate Change
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Peter Seligmann, Chairman and CEO, Conservation International |
Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy: Global Warming at the Supreme Court
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Speakers: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Cornelia Dean, Science and Health Editor, New York Bureau, The New York Times |
Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy: The Insurance Industry and Nuclear Nonproliferation
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Debra Decker, Research Associate, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, Harvard University |
| Erwann Michel-Kerjan, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy: The Future of Biotechnology in International Politics
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Bruce W. Jentleson, Director & Professor, Sanford Institute of Public Policy |
| Steven Weber, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley |
Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy Roundtable: Energy Dependence and the Car of the Future
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Speaker: | Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Global Environment and Energy Correspondent, The Economist |
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| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Council on Foreign Relations |
Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy Roundtable: Science and Technology in International Development
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Speaker: | Thomas R. Pickering, The Boeing Company |
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| Presider: | Michael A. Levi |
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy Roundtable: Meeting with NCTC Representatives
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Speakers: | Neal A. Pollard, National Counterterrorism Center |
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| Gordon N. Lederman, National Counterterrorism Center | |
| Presider: | Michael A. Levi |
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy Roundtable: Religion, Science, and the Global Biotechnology Landscape
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Speaker: | Lee Silver, Professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs, Princeton University |
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| Presider: | Michael A. Levi |
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Information Technology and Intelligence
Related Project: Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy
| Speaker: | Gilman Louie, Alsop Louie Partners |
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| Presider: | Michael A. Levi, Council on Foreign Relations |
11:45 a.m - 1:45 p.m.
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In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
Complete list of CFR Books.
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After two decades of liberalization, many countries around the world are adopting new restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) that could retard continued progress. The authors make recommendations for correcting this protectionist drift by proposing guidelines for how countries can better regulate FDI yet still reap its economic benefits.
In this Council Special Report, the authors make a strong case that the Bush administration’s policy of diplomatic isolation of Syria is not serving U.S. interests, and offer informed history and thoughtful analysis of the country and its external behavior.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1-212-434-9627
gsamore@cfr.org
Sebastian Mallaby
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
smallaby@cfr.org
Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
+1-212-434-9753
jhill@cfr.org
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