Recent Events

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  National Security, Resource Competition and Climate Change

  The Center for the National Interest held a workshop at Tufts University European Center in Talloires, France, from May 8 to 11, 2014 to discuss “National Security, Resource Competition and Climate Change.” Thirteen participants examined topics ranging from rising sea levels to shortage of water in Asia in a successful two days gathering at the

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  American International Leadership

  Debates over state of American global leadership and the shape it should take undergird every major foreign policy discussion in the United States. The Center hosted an event – as a part of a new series for the rising generation of foreign policy leaders – on these issues featuring John Bew of King’s College London,

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  Will the American Energy Revolution Suffer from Low Energy Prices?

  On April 8, the Center held an event to discuss the future of America’s energy revolution. The panel included Karen Harbert, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy and J. Robinson West, founder and chairman of PFC Energy (1984-2013), a Center Board Member and Senior Advisor at the

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  Australian Ambassador Kim Beazley on the Asia Pivot

  As the center of gravity in the global economy moves increasingly toward the Asia-Pacific region, security-related tensions there have also grown. As a key U.S. ally in Asia, Australia has both an important perspective and valuable contributions to make in managing these and other changes in Asia. On April 2, Ambassador Kim Beazley discussed Australia’s

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  Ukraine, Armenia, and Russia

  Four expert speakers at the Center for the National Interest agreed that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s sudden decision to withdraw from negotiations on a European Union (EU) Association Agreement was a result of miscalculations in the EU and Ukraine as well as asymmetries between the EU and Russia. Event Summary Four expert speakers at the

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