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July 15 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: Reducing the Global Nuclear Threat
Video (1:27:27 wmv) | Audio ( 1:27:27 streaming MP3)The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a Smart Power Speaker Series event with former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, who discussed how future administrations should move towards a smarter nuclear policy. Robert Einhorn, CSIS Senior Advisor and former assistant secretary for nonproliferation at the Department of State will moderate the discussion. Sec. Perry focused on recommendations for future administrations' nuclear policies. He offered his remarks and took questions from the audience. The Smart Power Speaker Series is part of the ongoing work of the CSIS Commission on Smart Power, chaired by Joseph Nye and former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage. For more information on the CSIS Commission on Smart Power (including the report), please see www.csissmartpower.org.
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June 24 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: The Future of U.S. Trade Policy
AUDIO (mp3, 01:39:07) | VIDEO (wmv, 01:40:00) The Center for Strategic & International Studies hosted a Smart Power Speaker Series event with former United States Trade Representative Carla Hills on the future of U.S. trade policy. Amb. Hills focused her remarks on how the U.S. should approach upcoming free trade agreements, negotiations, and the balance of trade issues in the next administration, given the decline in public confidence in the benefits of free trade. She offered her remarks and took questions from the audience.
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June 23 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: A Local Perspective on Global Challenges and Opportunities
Audio (mp3 stream ) | Video (01:18:18 wmv) Governor Jon M. Huntsman discussed the role of states in responding to global challenges and opportunities. What role do states play in working with the federal government and private industry to promote smart power policies that balance economic, security, and environmental concerns?
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June 18 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers
AUDIO(mp3, 56:25) | VIDEO(wmv, 56:49) Senator Chuck Hagel discussed his new book, America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers. Senator Hagel, a CSIS Smart Power Commissioner, argues that the key to a sound economic and foreign policy is successful leadership, global engagement, and a retooling of America's global image.
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June 4 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: Nation Building After Iraq
AUDIO (mp3, 01:33:28) | VIDEO (wmv 01:33:28) Ambassador Dobbins spoke on the future of America's nation building efforts taking into account lessons learned from Iraq, Afghanistan and earlier U.S. and UN operations.
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May 21 |
Dilemmas of Democracy: Work in Progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan
AUDIO (00:53:52) | VIDEO (00:53:52) | PREPARED REMARKS (pdf) The Rt. Hon. David Miliband UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs spoke at a CSIS event. He built on recent speeches he has made on the theme of democracy, reflecting on recent trips he has made to Afghanistan and Pakistan. David Miliband was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in June 2007. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2001, and headed Tony Blair's Policy Unit from 1997 to 2004. The CSIS Senior European Dialogue series is made possible through the generous support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The Smart Power Speaker Series features policymakers, practitioners and opinion leaders from around the world and across the political spectrum to engage in a discussion on U.S. Smart Power. The series is a spin-off of the CSIS Commission on Smart Power. Please RSVP by COB Monday, May 19 by contacting Jared Wrage at Jwrage@csis.org or (202) 887-0200, ext. 3332
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May 6 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: "Superclass and Futurecast: A Conversation on Globalization"
AUDIO (mp3, 01:24:53) | VIDEO (wmv, 01:24:59) Who are the new leaders influencing economic and political agendas around the world? What will life be like in America, Europe, Japan, or China in the year 2020? Which countries will dominate the course of globalization? CSIS was pleased to host David Rothkopf, President and CEO of Garten Rothkopf and Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Robert Shapiro, Chairman of Sonecon LLC and former Undersecretary of Commerce, for a discussion on globalization. These international economic experts addressed these questions above and discuss their new books, respectively entitled, "Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making," and "Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work." Charles Freeman, Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, chaired the session.
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May 1 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: "Working for the Greater Good: The Nexus among Government, Corporate America, and Private Foundations"
Audio (01:15:04, mp3) | Video (01:16:27, wmv) | TRANSCRIPT CSIS hosted Mr. Robert Mallett, President of the Pfizer Foundation and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Alliance Development, Philanthropy, and Corporate Responsibility, for a discussion on the rising force and changing nature of American philanthropy abroad and Pfizer's efforts to deliver better global public health outcomes. Pfizer is the world's largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company. Mr. Mallett, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, supervises Pfizer's worldwide philanthropy and corporate giving. Stephen Morrison, executive director of the HIV/AIDS task force and director of the Africa program at CSIS, will chair the session.
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April 29 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: "National Security Resource Planning: Integrating Civilian and Military Tools"
AUDIO (mp3, 01:17:38) | VIDEO (wmv, 01:18:58) CSIS hosted Dr. Gordon Adams, professor of international relations at American University's School of International Service, distinguished fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center, and director of Stimson's new program on Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense, for a discussion on how to reform the planning and budgeting processes for U.S. national security policy. Dr. Adams served as an advisor to the CSIS Commission on Smart Power and was a member of the CSIS Task Force on Nontraditional Security Assistance. Kathleen Hicks, senior fellow of the international security program at CSIS, chaired the session.
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April 24 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: "Smart Leadership: A Book Conversation"
VIDEO (01:24:52 wmv) | AUDIO (01:24:44 mp3) CSIS was pleased to host Joseph S. Nye Jr., CSIS Trustee, Distinguished Service Professor from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; Susan Eisenhower, Chairman of Leadership and Public Policy Programs at The Eisenhower Institute; David Sanger, White House Correspondent from The New York Times; and Brent Scowcroft, CSIS Trustee and President of the Scowcroft Group for a discussion on Dr. Nye's new book, "The Powers to Lead," and how leadership is critical to the effective implementation of Smart Power. Michael J. Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair at CSIS, chaired the session. "The Powers to Lead" should be required reading for anyone interested in assessing the leadership qualities of CEOs, cabinet secretaries, or the next president of the United States.
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