Recent Events
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Book Party with Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad
On April 12, the Center hosted a book party with Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq and Afghanistan. His new book The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World combines autobiography with sophisticated insights into some of America’s greatest foreign policy challenges in recent decades. In
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The Russian Military in Syria
On April 5, the Center for the National Interest hosted a panel discussion on the Russian military’s role in Syria in light of the partial withdrawal of forces recently announced by President Vladimir Putin and the fragile ceasefire. Two leading experts on Russian affairs–Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Professor of National Security Studies at the U.S. Naval
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Europe’s Angry Muslims
On March 9, the Center hosted an evening book party featuring Robert Leiken, author of Europe’s Angry Muslims: The Revolt of The Second Generation. A former Senior Fellow at the Center for the National Interest, Leiken extensively studied Islamist ideologies and European efforts to integrate migrant populations. Europe’s Angry Muslims focuses on the United Kingdom, France and
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Russia’s Strategy in the Middle East
On March 2, the Center for the National Interest hosted a round table discussion of Russia’s strategy in the Middle East, with a special focus on its intervention in the Syrian Civil War. Fiona Hill, Director of the Center for the United States and Europe program at the Brookings Institution, began the discussion with introductory
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Dinner with Dr. Celeste Wallander
On February 17, the Center organized a small, off-the-record discussion of U.S. policy toward Russia with Dr. Celeste Wallander, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian Affairs on the National Security Council staff. Center President Dimitri K. Simes moderated the discussion. Participants included Center Chairman Charles G. Boyd, former Ambassador to the
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