Improving Science and Technology Innovation in the United States (Brookings) President Strobe Talbott will welcome participants to the forum, which includes Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer; Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer; Phil Weiser, Senior Advisor to the National Economic Council Director for Technology and Innovation; and Robert Braun, Chief Technologist of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, will offer a congressional perspective at lunch.
Shifting the Balance in Asia: Indian Military Modernization (AEI) India's military modernization is perhaps the most overlooked of the major trends occurring in the Asia-Pacific region. While many have focused on the buildup of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, comparatively little time and resources have been devoted to studying the Indian military. Yet India's armed forces are likely to play as important a role as China's over the coming decades as Asia's two giants assume their roles as the region's predominant powers.
Taking Tehran’s Temperature: One Year On (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) NPR’s Steve Inskeep will moderate a conversation between leading Iran analysts Abbas Milani of Stanford University, Gary Sick of Columbia University and Carnegie’s Karim Sadjadpour, on the stability of the regime and how the United States should deal with the Islamic Republic.
The Global Fight for LGBT Rights (Center for American Progress) Antigay legislation in Uganda has prompted a global outcry and heightened attention to the dangers facing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in Africa. Join Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo and Bishop Gene Robinson along with Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and CAP's Sally Steenland for the discussion.For more events, see the calendar in the sidebar.
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