Governance Events
Moderating Extremism: Lebanese Leaders' Perspective
January 21, 2010 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Middle East Program
Elissar Douaihy, Training and Mobilization Coordinator, Women Empowerment: Peaceful Action for Security and Stability (WEPASS), Beirut; May Akl, Foreign Press Secretary for MP and Former Prime Minister Michel Aoun, Beirut; Dima Dabbous-Sensenig, Director, Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University, Beirut; Claudia Chamoun Abi Nader, Professor, Military Academy, Fayadieh; Wafa Abed, President, Institute of Progressive Women Union, Beirut
Governance and Democratic Politics in Honduras
December 08, 2009 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Latin American Program
The event sought to examine the status of democratic governance in Honduras in light of the June 28 coup d'état, November presidential elections, and prospects for reconciliation in the post-electoral period.
Prisons and Protests: Covering Iran After the Election
November 30, 2009 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Middle East Program
Iason Athanasiadis, Freelance journalist; Barbara Slavin, Assistant Managing Editor, World and National Security, The Washington Times; Jon Sawyer, Executive Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Buy American: Creating or Costing U.S. Jobs?
November 17, 2009 // 8:00am — 10:00am
Canada Institute
The Canada Institute hosted a program that explored the effectiveness of the controversial Buy American provision included in the Obama administration's stimulus package.
Engaging Cuba: Policy Options for the United States, Europe, and the Western Hemisphere
November 16, 2009 // 8:15am — 11:30am
Latin American Program
A meeting was held to discuss the divergent perspectives within the international community over how best to engage Cuba.
Energy Forum 11: Accelerating the Transformation of North American Energy Systems: How Much Should Canada and the United States Restrict International Offsets?
October 29, 2009 // 8:15am — 1:30pm
Canada Institute
The 11th Energy Forum brought together senior level Canadian and U.S. government officials, energy industry representatives, and energy experts to discuss the merits and drawbacks of using international offsets as a means of reducing North American carbon emissions.
Internet Piracy: Copyright Law in Canada and the United States
October 14, 2009 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Canada Institute
At the U.S. launch of the 11th issue of the One Issue, Two Voices series, panelists Barry Sookman and Eric Schwartz discussed the critical challenges and issues posed by new digital technologies and debated approaches to copyright reform and enforcement in their respective countries.
What's Next? Perspectives From Afghan Civil Society
October 01, 2009 // 10:30am — 11:30am
Middle East Program
Mary Akrami, Afghan Women Skills Development Center; Orzala Ashraf, Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan; Palwasha Hassan, International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
Copyright Law in Canada and the United States: The Digital Challenge [Toronto]
September 25, 2009 // 7:30am — 10:00am
Canada Institute
At the Canadian launch of the 11th issue of the One Issue, Two Voices series, panelists Barry Sookman and Eric Schwartz discussed the critical challenges and issues posed by new digital technologies and debated approaches to copyright reform and enforcement in their respective countries.
The One-State Solution is a Fantasy...But What About Two?
September 10, 2009 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Middle East Program
Hussein Ibish, Author of recently published book, What's Wrong with the One-State Agenda? and Senior Fellow, American Task Force on Palestine; Robert Malley, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center