Recent Events
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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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The Crisis in U.S.-Russia Relations
On March 10, Dimitri K. Simes discussed his recent trip to Russia at a Center luncheon entitled “The Crisis in U.S.-Russia Relations.” The event was moderated by Center Board member Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. A summary of this event is available here.
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