This week’s “peace picks”

A few recommended events for those interested in the world beyond our borders:
1.  The National Conversation–Afghanistan:  Is There A Regional Endgame? Woodrow Wilson Center, November 1, 12 — 2pm: event full but webcast
  • Deputy Special Representative, Department of State
  • Former U.S. Secretary of State
  • Public Policy Scholar
    “International Reporting Project Journalist-in-Residence” at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies
  • USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar
  • Journalist and Author of seven books, most recently “Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World”
  • Professor of International Politics, Tufts University
2.  China’s Role in Africa:  Implications, 419 Dirksen, November 1, 2:15 pm

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS

The Honorable David Shinn
Adjunct Professor
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Dr. Deborah Brautigam
Senior Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, DC
Mr. Stephen Hayes
President and CEO
The Corporate Council on Africa
Washington, DC
3.  “How to End the Stalemate in Somalia,” SAIS, 500 Bernstein-Offitt, November 1, 4:30-6 pm

J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Bronwyn Bruton, deputy director of the Ansari Africa Center. For more information, contact itolber1@jhu.edu or 202.663.5676.

4.  U.S. Policy Toward Zimbabwe, 2200 Rayburn, November 2, 3 pm

Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights

Panel I
The Honorable Johnnie Carson
Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau of African Affairs
U.S. Department of StateMs. Sharon Cromer
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Africa
U.S. Agency for International Development
Panel II
Mr. Mark Schneider
Senior Vice President
International Crisis GroupMr. Paul Fagan
Regional Director for Africa
International Republican InstituteMr. Dewa Mavhinga
Regional Coordinator
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
5.  The State of U.S.-Pakistan Relations, USIP, November 3, 2-3:30 pm (also webcast)
  • Ambassador Riaz Muhammad Khan, panelist
    former Foreign Secretary, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
    Author, Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism and Resistance to Modernity
  • Pamela Constable, panelist
    Staff Writer, The Washington Post
    Author, Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself
  • Zahid Hussain, panelist
    2011-2012 Pakistan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
    Author, The Scorpion’s Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan – and How it Threatens America
  • Andrew Wilder, moderator
    Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Programs
    United States Institute of Peace

 

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