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Colloquium: Zbigniew Brzezinski's 80th Birthday

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Date:

April 10, 2008

Time:

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Location:

Mayflower Hotel State Ballroom
1127 Connecticut Ave, NW
Washington DC

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The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) hosted a foreign policy colloquium in honor of Zbigniew Brzezinski’s 80th birthday.

The colloquium provided a retrospective on the big issues of Dr. Brzezinski’s career as well as focusing on his current perspective. It was split into three panels, each featuring top former government officials and foreign policy experts. Please see below for a complete agenda:

2:00 p.m.

Welcome Remarks

John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS

2:05 p.m.–3:15 p.m.  AUDIO (01:11:35) | VIDEO (01:11:59)
The Cold War, the Collapse of the Soviet Empire, and the Reunification of Europe

Brent Scowcroft, President, Forum for International Policy
William Odom, Senior Adviser, CSIS
Charles Gati, Senior Adjunct Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

Moderated by Simon Serfaty, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, Senior Adviser, Europe Program, CSIS

3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. AUDIO (01:20:36) | VIDEO (01:20:43)
Great Power Strategic Alignments of the 20th Century

Henry Kissinger, Chairman & CEO, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Richard Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

Moderated by Stephen Flanagan, Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, CSIS

5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. AUDIO (00:43:55) | VIDEO (00:42:45)
America Going Forward

CBS Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer will interview Zbigniew Brzezinski


Closing Remarks
John Hamre
, President and CEO, CSIS

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