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  Ambassador S. Jaishankar on India’s foreign and domestic policy

  H.E. S. Jaishankar, Ambassador of India to the United States, spoke at a small off-the-record dinner at the Center for the National Interest on Monday, November 17, 2014. The Ambassador discussed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign and domestic policy, India’s evolving influence in the region, and its relationship with Pakistan

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  Vitaly Naumkin on The U.S., Russia and the Crisis in the Middle East

  On November 7, Vitaly Naumkin, Director of Russia’s Institute for Oriental Studies, led a discussion on the U.S., Russia and the Middle East. Mr. Naumkin spoke at length about the Russian perspective on ISIL, as well as the prospects of a U.S.-Iranian nuclear deal. Event Summary “The Russian-U.S. relationship cannot get any worse than it

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  Ambassador Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari on the U.S. and the Middle East

  H.E. Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari, Qatar’s Ambassador to the United States, spoke during an off-the-record dinner at the Center for the National Interest on November 5, 2014. The Ambassador discussed the regional threat posed by ISIL, the Syrian civil war, and the future of U.S.-Iran relations.

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  2014 Distinguished Service Award Dinner Honoring Senator Rand Paul

  Senator Rand Paul outlines the principles of “conservative realism” at the 2014 Center for the National Interest Distinguished Service Award Dinner. Click here to view the remarks on YouTube. To read the text of the speech, click here. Click here to see the presentation of the award.

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  Lunch Panel with Professor Kishore Mahbubani

  Professor Kishore Mahbubani speaks with Jacob Heilbrunn, Editor of The National Interest about China’s economy and rise to preeminence in the international system. In this video interview, Dr. Mahbubani discusses the likelihood of China’s primacy and how it will impact the U.S. role in the world. Click here to view the interview on YouTube. To read a summary

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