Foreign Policy

 

Start Time: March 17, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: March 17, 2010 - 8:30pm
Speaker(s): Gordon M. Goldstein
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Start Time: March 16, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: March 16, 2010 - 9:00pm
Speaker(s): Ambassador Wendy J. Chamberlin, President of the Middle East Institute
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Coming soon: a new Iran NIE?

The Cable is hearing from multiple congressional sources, diplomats, and former officials that the Obama administration is getting ready to finalize a new National Intelligence Estimate that

Iranian jamming jams up the BBG

The Iranian regime's blanket censorship of satellite and Internet communications last week was so effective, it led many to wonder, why didn't the U.S. government do more to stop it?

YPFP New York, in partnership with Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), is pleased to host William Kristol, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard, to discuss the future of conservative thought in foreign policy.

Start Time: February 25, 2010 - 7:00pm
End Time: February 25, 2010 - 8:00pm
Speaker(s): William Kristol, the Founder and Editor of the Weekly Standard
Event Fees: none

New Ethics, Same Jihad

The latest attempt at an ethical code for jihad, published by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), is unlikely to be far-reaching enough to impact the current level of

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Start Time: February 23, 2010 - 6:30pm
End Time: February 23, 2010 - 8:30pm
Speaker(s): H.E. Dominick Chilcott, Deputy Head of Mission for the Embassy of the United Kingdom
Event Fees: none

Musings on India

A combination of recent events caught my attention that led to a few brief thoughts on India I wanted to share.

"Stuck in the mud" -- the Obama administration's civil war over Sudan

A meeting of top U.S. officials on Sudan last week was supposed to yield big recommendations on how to craft the right balance of incentives and pressures toward the Khartoum regime, which stands accused of fomenting genocide in Darfur and stirring instability in its autonomous southern region.

The State of the Union on Foreign Policy - Translated

Barack Obama touched on some foreign policy issues in his State of the Union speech, eventually, toward the end, for a couple of minutes. Here are the important excerpts:

The Great Recovery IV:

Start Time: February 8, 2010 - 6:00pm
End Time: February 8, 2010 - 8:00pm
Speaker(s):
Event Fees: $10 for Princeton Club Members; $15 for nonmembers (includes 1 free drink)

The top 10 Chinese cyber attacks (that we know of)

With all about the chatter about China’s hacking of Google and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s drive to deliver “consequences” to bad actors in cyberspace, it’s worth noting that the problem of cyber attacks either promulgated or supported by the Chinese government is far from new.

In a previous life, your Cable guy broke a story that revealed senior military officials believe the Chinese government is supporting hackers that attack “anything and everything” in the U.S. national security infrastructure on a constant basis. And while it’s difficult to prove guilt, the scale, organization, and intent of the attacks leads experts and officials alike to one sponsor: the Chinese government.

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Start Time: March 11, 2010 - 6:30pm
End Time: March 11, 2010 - 8:45pm
Speaker(s): Mike Dignam (RSO President at Lockheed Martin),
Perez (RSO Staffing Sr Manager at Lockheed Martin),
Ellen Daly (RSO Ethics Officer at Lockheed Martin),
Panel of RSO Leaders
Event Fees: n/a

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Start Time: January 21, 2010 - 9:30am
End Time: January 21, 2010 - 10:30am
Speaker(s): Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Event Fees: n/a

Coalition Government May Help Ease Tension in Yemen

The Obama Administration says it's determined not to send American troops to Yemen to fight Al-Qaeda. American equipment and training may be sufficient

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