Peace Picks: November 5 – 11

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Join the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and the International Security Program for a discussion on national security, artificial intelligence, and the nexus between AI’s national security applications and its broader commercial applications. At this launch event, we will present the research and findings of our newest report, Artificial Intelligence and National Security: The Importance of the AI Ecosystem. A public panel discussion will follow, where dialogue will focus on opportunities and challenges in AI investment, adoption, and operational management in the context of national and international security.

Speakers
Dr. David Sparrow
Researcher, Institute for Defense Analysis

Ms. Erin Hawley
Vice President of Public Sector, DataRobot

Dr. Drew Vandeth
IBM Distinguished Researcher & Senior Intelligence Adviser – Systems Acceleration and Memory at IBM Research

Mr. Ryan Lewis
Vice President, CosmiQ Works, In-Q-Tel

Andrew Philip Hunter
Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program

What is the state of the war and governance in Afghanistan? With Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections having been completed, recent insider attacks, and a looming presidential election next year, critical events continue to occur in Afghanistan, yet the country where the United States remains fighting its longest war has largely disappeared from American news coverage.

To discuss current events in Afghanistan and the lead up to the country’s 2019 presidential election, New America welcomes Ioannis Koskinas, a senior fellow with New America’s International Security program currently based in Afghanistan and CEO of the Hoplite Group, a company focused on sustainable and innovative solutions to complex problems, in the most challenging environments and harshest conditions. Koskinas retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2011 after a twenty-year career in Special Operations.

Speakers
Ioannis Koskinas
Senior Fellow, New America International Security Program

Tresha Mabile
Journalist and Emmy-Award Nominated Documentary Director, Producer, and Writer

There are few relationships as long-standing, rich, and complex as the relationship between Mexico and the United States. Mexicans have always made substantial contributions to the labor force, economy, and culture of the United States, and today Mexicans continue to be the largest immigrant population in the United States. Not only is this population substantial in size, the flow of Mexican migrants coming to the United States is becoming more diverse. From farm workers to engineers, restaurant owners to computer coders, Mexican immigrants reflect more and more the diversity and richness of the Mexican labor force. Yet, the number of Mexicans migrants coming to the United States has declined significantly in recent years.

This event aims to shed light on the diversity of Mexicans migrants, as well as discuss opportunities and challenges for them to engage in U.S and Mexican policy. This event will focus on the changing face of Mexican migrants, a narrative of Mexican immigrants and their contributions to the United States, and a discussion on the political and economic power of Mexicans migrants in the UnitedStates and those return to Mexico.

Speakers
Fey Berman
Author, Mexamerica

Ramiro Cavazos
President & CEO, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Alexandra Délano Alonso
Associate Professor & Chair of Global Studies, The New School

Julia Gelatt
Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute

Mario Hernández
Director of Public Affairs, Western Union

Mark Hugo Lopez
Director of Global Migration and Demography Research, Pew Research Center

Maggie Loredo
Co-Founder & Co-Director, Otros Dreams en Acción

Ariel Ruiz Soto
Associate Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute

Rachel Schmidtke
Program Associate for Migration, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center

Hon. Ambassador Gerónimo Gutiérrez
Mexican Ambassador to the United States

Hudson Institute will host Emily Haber, Ambassador of Germany to the United States, for a discussion about the current state of U.S.-German relations. The conversation will be moderated by Walter Russell Mead, the Ravenel B. Curry Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute.

The evolving U.S.-German relationship is facing new challenges. While Germany is a critical transatlantic ally, recently the two nations’ leaders have differed publicly on issues ranging from defense spending to trade and Russia. However, as vital trade partners and geopolitical allies, common ground and shared aims continue to unite the two nations

Speakers
Emily Haber
Ambassador of Germany to the United States

Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute

Kenneth R. Weinstein
President and CEO, Hudson Institute

In 2000, just 20 million Indians had access to the internet. By 2020, the country’s online community is projected to exceed 700 million and more than a billion Indians are expected to be online by 2025. In a new book, India Connected: How the Smartphone is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy, Ravi Agrawal shows how widespread internet use is poised to transform everyday life in India: the status of women, education, jobs, dating, marriage, family life, commerce, and governance. Building on in-depth reportage, Agrawal will unpack the story of how smartphones and digital technologies are disrupting Indian society in creative and unsettling ways. The Asia Society Policy Institute’s Lindsey Ford will offer introductory remarks and Carnegie’s Milan Vaishnav will moderate. A reception and book signing will follow.

Speakers
Ravi Agrawal
Managing Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine

Lindsey Ford
Director of Political-Security Affairs, Richard Holbrooke Fellow, and D.C. Deputy Director, Asia Society Policy Institute

Milan Vaishnav
Director of the South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

This year’s midterm elections could result in a major political shake-up of federal, state, and local leadership. Many candidates face tight, well-funded races and a political climate energized by reactions to President Trump. Once the polls close on Nov. 6, the time for analysis begins: Was the supposed “blue wave” successful? If yes, what are the implications? And if not, why? What can the results tell us about the governing challenges that will face America over the next two years?

On Thursday, Nov. 8, Governance Studies at Brookings will convene a panel of experts to address these questions and more. Panelists will review the results of the race, the factors that produced that outcome, and what this means for the state of American politics moving forward.

Speakers
Indira Lakshmanan
Executive Director, Pulitzer Center

William A. Galston
Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

Elaine Kamarck
Founding Director, Center for Effective Public Management
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

Molly E. Reynolds
Fellow, Governance Studies

Vanessa Williams
Fellow, Governance Studies

The future of Taiwan, a flourishing liberal democracy and vibrant economy, is anything but secure. China, regarding it as a renegade province, has not renounced the use of military force to resolve the standoff. Taiwan must deter China’s aggression, taking steps to convince Chinese leaders that the costs of waging war on Taiwan will outweigh any possible benefits. In a new monograph, “A Question of Time: Enhancing Taiwan’s Conventional Deterrence Posture,” a team of researchers at George Mason University and the University of Waterloo examine a holistic strategy that Taiwan can use to enhance its conventional deterrence posture. Their conclusions are simple but radical: Taiwan must intensely prepare an asymmetric deterrence and challenge orthodoxies in its strategic thinking.

Speakers
Michael A. Hunzeker
Assistant Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University.

Alexander Lanozska
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo

Scott Katsnser
Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park

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