Events

  • The Downturn in U.S.-Turkey Relations

    The Center hosted a panel discussion on the recent downturn in U.S.-Turkey relations and its implications for U.S. policy on Thursday, October 4. The panel included two leading experts on Turkey, Henri Barkey, an adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen

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  • Water Crises, Security and Climate Change

    On Wednesday, September 26, the Center hosted a launch for its new monograph on Water Crises, Security and Climate Change. The discussion featured the report’s lead editor, Geoffrey Kemp, Senior Director for Regional Security Programs at the Center; Sherri Goodman, a Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense

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  • Continuing War in Ukraine

    On Thursday, September 20, the Center hosted a lunchtime discussion on the continuing conflict in Ukraine. The discussion featured Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at RAND and co-author of the recent book Everyone Loses: The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet Eurasia; and Keith Darden, an associate professor at American University’s School

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  • The North Korea Challenge and East Asia’s Security Architecture

    On August 28, the Center for the National Interest hosted a one-day workshop on The North Korea Challenge and East Asia’s Security Architecture, which convened distinguished experts from the United States and South Korea. The first two panels were off the record. The initial panel examined prospects for ongoing diplomatic engagement between the United States

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  • 2018 Distinguished Service Award Dinner with Secretary James Mattis

    Remarks by Secretary James N. Mattis Center for the National Interest Distinguished Service Award Dinner 25 July 2018 Thank you, General Boyd. I’m humbled to be introduced by a warrior with your record of valor in the most awful circumstances. It is an honor to join all you this evening. I find it hard to

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