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I am not one for 2.5 day events, but for those who can sit still that long and pay the admission fee the 7th International Lessons Learned Conference November 30-December 2 might be a good place to find your muse. For others, here are the events this week in DC I might consider attending (were I not working feverishly to finish writing my own book). As always, writeups of these events will be considered for posting on www.peacefare.net (just let me know in advance if you are planning to do one):

1. Tunisia: From Dictatorship to Democratic Era

Hosted By: SAIS, Conflict Management Program and American Tunisian Association

November 29, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Location: Room 500, The Bernstein-Offit Building

Summary: Salah Bourjini, former division chief of the U.N. Development Program, will discuss this topic. A reception will follow at 6 p.m. For more information and to RSVP, contact itlong@jhu.edu.

2. Foreign Policy and the 2012 Elections

Tuesday, November 29th

6:00 – 7:00 PM
Registration and Networking Reception

7:00 – 8:00 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest

         Speakers:        Steve Hayes
         Speakers:        The Weekly Standard
         Speakers:        Josh Rogin
         Speakers:        Foreign Policy

Moderator: Elise Stefanik
Moderator: Foreign Policy Initiative

To RSVP, please click here.

3. America’s Challenge: Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century

Michael D. Swaine, David Lampton, Geoff Dyer Wednesday, November 30, 2011 – Washington, D.C.
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM EST

Register to attend

As the world’s predominant political, economic, and military force, the United States faces a significant challenge in responding to China’s rising power and influence, especially in Asia. This challenge will require more effective U.S. policies and a reassessment of America’s fundamental strategic assumptions and relationships.

Carnegie’s Michael Swaine will discuss his new book America’s Challenge. He will be joined by David M. Lampton of Johns Hopkins University, who will provide comments. Geoff Dyer of the Financial Times will moderate.

4. Aiding Without Abetting: Making Civilian Assistance to Pakistan Work for Both Sides

November 30, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:30pm

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There will be a live webcast of this event.

More than two years after President Obama signed the Kerry-Lugar-Berman (KLB) Act into law, the U.S. civilian assistance program to Pakistan is under fire in both countries. Many are prepared to deem it a failure. What can be done to salvage KLB? This event marks the release of a major new report on U.S. civilian assistance, the culmination of the year-long deliberations of a Wilson Center working group convened to reevaluate the aid program.

Speakers:
Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO, Woodrow Wilson Center
Jonah Blank, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Polly Nayak, Chair, Woodrow Wilson Center Working Group on Pakistan
Robert M. Hathaway, Asia Program Director, Woodrow Wilson Center
Others to be announced

Location:

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

Directions to the Wilson Center

5. Dan Drezner Book Talk

11:00 am – noon, Thursday, December 1, Abramson Family Founders Room, SIS Building, American University

Daniel W. Drezner will be speaking on his new book from Princeton University Press, called Theories of International Politics and Zombies. Drezner is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a senior editor at The National Interest. Prior to Fletcher, he taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Drezner has received fellowships from the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Harvard University. He has previously held positions with Civic Education Project, the RAND Corporation, and the Treasury Department.

Host:: School of International Service
Contact:: Catherine Favier Kelly

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