Recent Events

  • Kim Jong-un’s North Korea

    The Center for the National Interest organized a panel with Professor Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Lt. General Wallace C. “Chip” Gregson, Jr., the Center’s Senior Director for Asia and the Pacific, to discuss the status of North Korea’s nuclear capacity in the larger context of American, Japanese, and

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  • 2016 Distinguished Service Award Dinner Honoring Senators Tim Kaine and Pat Roberts

    The Center for the National Interest honored Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) with its 2016 Distinguished Service Awards on May 23 in Washington, DC. Center President Dimitri Simes delivered the evening’s opening remarks. Center Vice Chairman Dov Zakheim introduced Senator Kaine and Center Chairman Charles Boyd introduced Senator Roberts. After brief speeches

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  • U.S. Energy Policy Priorities in a Changing Global Market Environment

    On Wednesday, May 18, the Center for the National Interest hosted an off-the-record, one-table discussion titled “U.S. Energy Policy Priorities in a Changing Global Market Environment,” with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Energy Resources, Mary Warlick. The meeting focused on how persistently low energy prices are impacting the United States’

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  • Donald Trump Delivers Foreign Policy Speech

    On Wednesday, April 27, the Center for the National Interest’s magazine The National Interest hosted leading Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump for a foreign policy speech as a part of its continuing coverage of the 2016 electoral campaign.

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  • Europe and a Changing Middle East

    On April 21, the Center for the National Interest hosted a round table discussion on how events in the Middle East and North Africa, such as the wars in Syria, Iraq, and Libya, and the changing roles of Turkey and Russia, are impacting the states of Europe and the European Union. Ambassador James Dobbins, Distinguished

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