Monday in Washington May 12, 2014

Washington Monument
Reopens this Week

35 YEARS LATER: ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT. 5/12, 8:30am-3:00pm. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Representative Shen Lyushun, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office; Chris Nelson, Senior Vice President, Samuels International Associates; Carl Ford, President, Ford and Associates; David Lee, Chairman, Coordination Council for North American Affairs; Moderator: Richard Bush, Senior Fellow and Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies, Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Kevin Nealer, Principal, The Scowcroft Group; Randy Schriver, CEO and President, Project 2049; Partner, Armitage International; Andrew N.D. Yang, Assistant Professor, National Sun Yat-sen University, Former Minister of Defense, R.O.C.; Moderator: Bonnie Glaser, Senior Adviser, Freeman Chair in China Studies; Keynote: Chairman Raymond Burghardt, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, American Institute in Taiwan; Li Peng, Associate Director, Taiwan Research Institute, Xiamen University; Visiting Scholar, University of Maryland; David Wei-Feng Huang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica; Steven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Smith College. Moderator: Christopher Johnson, Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS.

NIXON'S TRANSFORMATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 5/12, 10:00am. Sponsor: National Archives. Speakers: Former National Security Council Members Robert McFarlane, Winston Lord, Richard Allen, John Lehman Jr.; K.T. McFarland, National Security Analyst, Fox News. 

REGIONALISM IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: PRESENTATION OF THE E-15 INITIATIVE ON REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. 5/12, 11:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Antoni Estevadeordal, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank; Miguel Rodriguez, Senior Associate, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; Kati Suominen, Senior Associate, Europe Program, CSIS; Moderator: Scott Miller, William M. Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS.

IVORY TOWERS AND PALACE GUARDS: THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUTSIDE EXPERTISE AND POLICYMAKING. 5/12, 4:00-5:30pm. Sponsor: Kennan Institute, Wilson Center. Speaker: Suzanna Massie, Consultant and Author, Trust but Verify.

A TIME  TO ATTACK: THE LOOMING IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT. 5/12, 5:00-6:30pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speaker: Author, Matthew Kroenig, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council.

ENERGY AND AMERICA'S LONG WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 5/12, 5:30-7:00pm. Sponsor: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Speaker: Toby Jones, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University.