Recent Events

  • Seminar with Russia’s Andranik Migranyan

    On June 22, Andranik Migranyan, Director of Russia’s government-connected Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, spoke about U.S.-Russian relations at a Center seminar moderated by President Dimitri K. Simes.  Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak also participated in the discussion. A summary of the meeting is available here.  

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  • Secretary Carter at the 2015 DSA Dinner.

    2015 Distinguished Service Award Dinner Honoring Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter

    The Center for the National Interest honored Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter with its 2015 Distinguished Service Award on June 9 in Washington, DC.  Center Chairman Charles Boyd and Vice Chairman Dov Zakheim introduced Secretary Carter following tributes by National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Dinner Co-Chair Michael Strianese, Chairman, President and CEO of

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  • National Security, Resource Competition, and Climate Change

    The Center for the National Interest held a workshop focused on “National Security, Resource Competition, and Climate Change” at the Tufts University European Center in Talloires, France, from May 5 to 8, 2015. The thirteen participants discussed issues ranging from the creation of a bipartisan consensus on climate change in the U.S. government to the

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  • Countdown to War: The Coming U.S.-Russia Conflict

    On April 21, the Center hosted an event to discuss the new National Interest cover story “Russia and America: Stumbling to War,” by Graham Allison, Director of Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Dimitri K. Simes, President of the Center for the National Interest. The speakers cautioned against the unintentional escalation

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  • Iran in American Politics

    On March 27, the Center hosted a high-profile panel discussion on how Iran and the ongoing crises in the Middle East have influenced U.S. politics. David Rothkopf, CEO of The FP Group and a former senior Department of Commerce official in the Clinton administration, and Dov Zakheim, Vice-Chair of the Center and a former top

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