Monday in Washington, June 30, 2014

Iwo Jima Memorial

Congress is in recess and the July 4th holiday is Friday.

AN ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIAN DEFENSE CAPABILITIES AND SECURITY STRATEGY. 6/30, 9:00-10:30am. Sponsor: Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS. Speakers: Paul N. Schwartz, Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS; Clark A Murdock, Senior Adviser and Director, Defense and National Security Group, Project on Nuclear Issues, CSIS; Andrew C. Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS; Jeffrey A. Mankoff; Deputy Director and Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS; Samuel J. Brannen, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS.

ABENOMICS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ASIAN ECONOMY. 6/30, 10:00-11:15am. Sponsor: Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Brookings. Speakers: Mireya Solís, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, and Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Brookings; Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank; and Eswar Prasad, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, and New Century Chair in International Trade and Economics, Brookings; Ed Gresser, Executive Director, Progressive Economy Project, GlobalWorks Foundation; Katsuhiko (Kevin) Ichikawa, General Manager, Central Japan Railway Company; Christopher G. Caine (moderator), President & CEO, Mercator XXI, LLC.

LESSONS ON HOW THE U.S. CAN REFORM THE UN. 6/30, 11:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: Heritage. Speakers: Christopher Bancroft Burnham, Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Management; Kim R. Holmes, Former Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, U.S. Department of State; Joseph M. Torsella, Former U.S. Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform; and Brett D. Schaefer, Jay Kingham, Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs, Heritage.

AN EVOLVING PARTNERSHIP: US-JAPANESE RELATIONS AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA’S VISIT TO JAPAN. 6/30, 3:00-4:00pm. Sponsor: Center for American Progress (CAP). Speaker: Neera Tanden, President, CAP; Kenichiro Sasae, Japanese Ambassador to the United States; and Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow, CAP.

CALL FOR TRANSNATIONAL JIHAD. 6/30, 4:00-5:00pm. Sponsor: Hudson. Speakers: Husain Haqqani, Senior Fellow and Director for South & Central Asia, Hudson Institute; and Arif Jamal, Author.

BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS UNDER MODI. 6/30, 3:30-5:00pm. Sponsor: South Asia Program, Carnegie. Speakers: Farooq Sobhan, President and CEO, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute; and Frederic Grare, Director, South Asia Program, Carnegie.