Recent Events
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Russia’s Military Response to the NATO Summit
On Tuesday, July 26, the Center for the National Interest hosted an event focusing on Russia’s military response to the recent NATO summit, held in Warsaw, Poland. The featured speaker was Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) in Moscow. Mr. Pukhov discussed courses of action that the government of
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The Future of Free Trade
On July 19, the Center for the National Interest hosted a discussion of the future of free trade with Milton Ezrati, recently senior economist and market strategist at Lord, Abbett & Co. and Bruce Stokes director of global economic attitudes at the Pew Research Center. The discussions focused on public opinion research on the growing skepticism of trade agreements
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U.S. Policy Towards Syria
On July 15, the Center organized a panel with former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution Paul Pillar to discuss U.S. policy in Syria, Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and the options available to President Obama’s successor. Center President Dimitri K. Simes served as a discussant and shared insight on the Russian
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Sanctions and Foreign Policy
Sanctions can be effective when their objectives are limited, but typically cannot persuade governments to make fundamental policy changes, according to Washington Institute Iran sanctions expert Dr. Patrick Clawson, who spoke during a Center for the National Interest panel discussion of sanctions on July 12. Clawson, Morningstar Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the
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Dinner with Ambassador Petr Gandalovic
On July 11, the Center for the National Interest hosted a small off-the-record dinner seminar with the Czech Ambassador to the United States Petr Gandalovic. The Ambassador offered insight into the distinctly Czech perspective on European affairs including relations with the European Union, Russia and NATO. Participants included the Center’s chairman General Charles Boyd, former
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