Monday is Columbus Day, a federal holiday
In New York the UN General Assembly Third Committee will begin discussions on the advancement of women. South Korea is expected to raise the Comfort Women issue
KYRGYZSTAN: IS IT A SOVEREIGN STATE? WILL IT BE? 10/13, 5:30-7:00pm. Sponsor: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Speaker: Johan Engvall, research fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program.
MARITIME SECURITY DIALOGUE LAUNCH. 10/14, 4:00-5:00pm. Sponsor: CSIS International Security Program and U.S. Naval Institute. Speaker: Admiral Jonathan Greenert, USN Chief of Naval Operations; Moderated by: Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), Chair of the Board of Directors, U.S. Naval Institute and Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
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RELIGION, THE MISSING DIMENSION OF STATECRAFT: A TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION. 10/15, 5:15-6:45pm, Reception, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Berkley Center, Georgetown University. Speaker: Dr. Douglas Johnston, President, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, Co-editor, Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft; Moderator: Eric Patterson, Research Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs.
COMMON INTERESTS, SHARED VALUES: PERSPECTIVES ON THE US-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP. 10/16, 5:00-7:00pm. Sponsor: Congressional Study Group on Japan. Speakers: Admiral Dennis Blair (ret.), Chairman, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, CSGJ Honorary Co-Chair; Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, CSGJ Honorary Co-Chair; and H.E. Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador of Japan to the United States.
ALLIANCE 21: THE AUSTRALIA-UNITED STATES PARTNERSHIP. 10/17, 10:30am-Noon. Sponsor: East-West Center in Washington. Speaker: Dr. Bates Gill, Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney.
KYRGYZSTAN: IS IT A SOVEREIGN STATE? WILL IT BE? 10/13, 5:30-7:00pm. Sponsor: Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Speaker: Johan Engvall, research fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program.
MARITIME SECURITY DIALOGUE LAUNCH. 10/14, 4:00-5:00pm. Sponsor: CSIS International Security Program and U.S. Naval Institute. Speaker: Admiral Jonathan Greenert, USN Chief of Naval Operations; Moderated by: Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), Chair of the Board of Directors, U.S. Naval Institute and Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
COMMON INTERESTS, SHARED VALUES: PERSPECTIVES ON THE US-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP. 10/16, 5:00-7:00pm. Sponsor: Congressional Study Group on Japan. Speakers: Admiral Dennis Blair (ret.), Chairman, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, CSGJ Honorary Co-Chair; Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, CSGJ Honorary Co-Chair; and H.E. Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador of Japan to the United States.
ALLIANCE 21: THE AUSTRALIA-UNITED STATES PARTNERSHIP. 10/17, 10:30am-Noon. Sponsor: East-West Center in Washington. Speaker: Dr. Bates Gill, Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney.
US-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA COOPERATION: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES. 10/17, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: East Asia Program, Stimson Center. Speakers: Ken Jimbo, Ph.D, Associate Professor at Keio University, Senior Research Fellow at Canon Institute of Global Studies and Tokyo Foundation; James L. Schoff, Senior Associate, Asia Program, Carnegie; and David Envall, Research Fellow, Department of International Relations at The Australian National University; Moderator: Yuki Tatsumi, Senior Associate, East Asia program, Stimson Center.