Center for Preventive Action Meetings

Conference Panel Session

Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Preventive Priorities for a New Era, Session One: Preventive Priorities for the Next Administration

Introductory Speaker:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Speaker:

Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group

Presider:

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
December 9, 2008

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Conference Panel Session

Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Preventive Priorities for a New Era, Session Two: Outlook for Critical Regions

Speakers:

Steven A. Cook, Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa, Council on Foreign Relations, Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, United Nations
December 9, 2008

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Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Preventive Priorities for a New Era, Session Three: Enhancing Capacities to Respond

Speakers:

Martin Griffiths, Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Special Adviser to the Secretary General for Regional Cooperation, United Nations, Elisabeth Kvitashvili, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations
December 9, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Council Special Report on Ukraine: Second Advisory Committee Meeting

Speaker:

Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, Council on Foreign Relations
December 1, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Council Special Report on Ukraine: First Advisory Committee Meeting

Speaker:

Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, Council on Foreign Relations
October 28, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Egypt on the Brink?

Speakers:

Steven A. Cook, Council on Foreign Relations, Steven Heydemann, U.S. Institute of Peace

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, Council on Foreign Relations

Policy Memo: Egypt on the Brink

October 1, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Dealing with Pakistan and its Unstable Western Border

Speakers:

Donald A. Camp, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South-Central Asia, U.S. Department of State, Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations, J. Alexander Thier, Senior Rule of Law Adviser & Director, U.S. Institute of Peace

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations
September 17, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Learning from the Kenya Mediation Process

Speakers:

Meredith Preston McGhie, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, James C. Swan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations
September 11, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Managing Global Insecurity - International Cooperation on Civil Violence and Regional Conflict

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers:

Bruce Jones, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Center for International Cooperation, New York University, Carlos B. Pascual, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Insitution, Stephen J. Stedman, Professor and Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
June 12, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Conflict Prevention at the United Nations - A Conversation with B. Lynn Pascoe

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Speaker:

The Honorable B. Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, United Nations
May 27, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Angola's Democratic Challenge: Preparations for Parliamentary Elections

Presider:

Jamie Ekern, Assistant Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers:

Her Excellency Josefina Pitra Diakite, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Angola, Alcides Sakala Simões, Member of Parliament and President of UNITA Parliamentary Group, National Assembly of the Republic of Angola
May 19, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting

Kyrgyzstan

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers:

Charles F. Dambach, President and CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Michael S. Lund, Management Systems International
April 9, 2008

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General Meeting ⁄ Washington

The Race for Resources: Conflict in the 21st Century

Speakers:

Leon S. Fuerth, Shapiro Professor of International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Paul J. Kern, Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group, David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations, Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, Gen. John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention; Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Concerns are increasing about the consequences of global climate change, rising consumption rates, and population growth on the availability of natural resources, including water, land, forests, oil, gas, and a variety of minerals. In the face of scarcity, are we likely to see a rise in violent conflict over valuable resources? Or is the probability of 'resource wars' much less than feared? Join our speakers to discuss these issues at a meeting cosponsored with the Council’s Center for Preventive Action.

March 28, 2008 12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting

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Roundtable Meeting

The Future of Bangladesh

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Speaker:

Sumit Ganguly, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
February 13, 2008

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Roundtable Meeting ⁄ Washington

Independence for Kosovo? Managing the Consequences

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers:

Janusz Bugajski, Director, CSIS Eastern Europe Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow forf Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Daniel P. Serwer, Director, Peace Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace, Dimitri Simes, President, The Nixon Center

A joint meeting of the Center for Preventive Action and European Studies Program

December 14, 2007

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Symposium ⁄ New York

Center for Preventive Action Symposium: The Future of Conflict Prevention - Session I

Speaker:

Terje Rød-Larsen, President, International Peace Academy

Introductory Speaker:

Paul B. Stares, Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Opening Luncheon

December 10, 2007

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Symposium ⁄ New York

Center for Preventive Action Symposium: The Future of Conflict Prevention - Session II

Speakers:

David A. Hamburg, President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Bruce W. Jentleson, Director & Professor, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Fen Osler Hampson, Paul Heinbecker, and Gordon S. Smith, Director, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Bathsheba N. Crocker, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, Peacebuilding Support Office, United Nations

Presider:

Major General William L. Nash, Director of the Military Fellows Program, Council on Foreign Relations

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Meeting

December 10, 2007

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Symposium ⁄ New York

Center for Preventive Action Symposium: The Future of Conflict Prevention - Session III

Speakers:

Nancy E. Soderberg, Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group, Donald K. Steinberg, Vice President for Multilateral Affairs, International Crisis Group, Stewart M. Patrick, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development, Paul B. Stares, Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

December 10, 2007

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Roundtable Meeting

Planning for Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe

Presider:

J. Anthony Holmes, Cyrus Vance Fellow in Diplomatic Studies on Africa, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers:

Knox Chitiyo, Head, Africa Programme, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Michelle D. Gavin, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
December 4, 2007

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Roundtable Meeting

Consolidating the Peace in DRC: The Challenge of Eastern Congo

Presider:

Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers:

Severine Autesserre, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Thomas Turner, Country Specialist, Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty International USA (DC)
November 27, 2007

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