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Recent Events

A Special Address by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe
May 08, 2008
Details

Featuring:

General Bantz J. Craddock
Supreme Allied Commander Europe and
Commander, U.S. European Command



Hosted by:

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Hate Crimes: What is the Proper Federal Role?
May 08, 2008
Details

Featuring:

John S. Baker, Jr.
Dale E. Bennett Professor of Law,
Louisiana State University Law School

Gail Heriot
Professor of Law,
University of San Diego School of Law, Commissioner,
United States Commission on Civil Rights

~ and ~

Mark Agrast
Senior Fellow,
Center for American Progress

Steven M. Freeman
Legal Affairs Director,
Anti-Defamation League



Hosted by:

Edwin Meese
Chairman,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
An International Perspective on Making the Nuclear Renaissance a Reality
May 07, 2008
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Featuring:

Jonathan Temple
Energy Policy Advisor,
Embassy of the United Kingdom

Anne Lammila
Deputy Chief of Mission,
Embassy of Finland

Kenji Goto
Minister,
Economy, Trade, Industry and Energy,
Embassy of Japan



Hosted by:

Jack Spencer
Research Fellow for Nuclear Energy Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

 
China: Collapse or Fantasy
May 06, 2008
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Featuring:

Gordon C. Chang
Author of The Coming Collapse of China

James Mann
Author-in-Residence,
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University,
and Author of The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression



Hosted by:

Ambassador Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Homeland Security and Inspecting Shipping Containers: Debating the Way Forward
May 05, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Asa Hutchinson
Chairman,
Safe Commerce Coalition

Brian Goebel
President and CEO,
Sentinel HS Group

Denise Krepp
Senior Counsel,
Majority Staff,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Committee on Homeland Security

Michal Freedhoff, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Associate,
U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA)



Hosted by:

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The UN Human Rights Council: Reform or Regression?
May 02, 2008
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Featuring:

Erica J. Barks-Ruggles
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor,
U.S. Department of State

Hillel Neuer
Executive Director,
UN Watch

Tad Stahnke
Director,
Fighting Discrimination Program,
Human Rights First

Eric Rassbach
National Litigation Director,
The Becket Fund

Dokhi Fassihian
Senior Policy Associate,
Democracy Coalition Project



Hosted by:

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Overcoming Barriers to Entrepreneurship in the United States
May 02, 2008
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Featuring:

Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Editor



Hosted by:

Nanette R. Everson
Director,
Young Leaders Program and Legal Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Focusing on Human Rights, Democracy and Freedom in Cuba
May 01, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Member,
United States House of Representatives

Ambassador Lino Gutierrez
Senior Advisor on Cuba,
U.S. Department of Commerce

Caleb McCarry
Cuba Transition Coordinator,
U.S. Department of State



Hosted by:
Ray Walser
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation
 
Civil Rights and the War on Terror: Promoting Accountability and National Security
April 30, 2008
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Featuring:

Dorit Beinisch
President,
Supreme Court of Israel

Michael Chertoff
Secretary,
Department of Homeland Security,
and Former Judge,
U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals



Hosted by:

Edwin J. Feulner
President,
The Heritage Foundation

 
A Program Honoring America's Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, with a Screening of the Documentary "The Last 600 Meters"
April 29, 2008
Details

Featuring:

Brandon Millett and Laura Law-Millett
Co-Founders of the GI Film Festival

Michael Pack
Award-winning Producer and Director



Hosted by:
The Heritage Foundation
 
The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You To Know About - Because They Helped Cause Them
April 29, 2008
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Featuring:

Iain Murray
Senior Fellow,
Competitive Enterprise Institute



Hosted by:

Ben Lieberman
Senior Policy Analyst,
Energy and Environment,
Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Real Solutions for Challenges on the Mexico-US Border: The Mérida Initiative
April 28, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

Helen E. Krieble
Founder and President,
Vernon K. Krieble Foundation

James M. Roberts
Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Marcus Brubaker
Legislative Assistant,
U.S. Representative William T. Sali (R-ID)

Mario Loyola
Professional Staff,
Republican Policy Committee

Moderator:
Ray Walser
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation

 
Transforming the U.S. - South Korean Alliance
April 24, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

Richard Lawless
Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense on
Regional Alliance Transformation

Followed by a Discussion with:

Kurt Campbell
Chief Executive Officer,
Center for a New American Security, and
former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Asia and the Pacific

Chuck Jones
Director Asia Pacific,
Corporate International Business Development,
Lockheed Martin and
former Director for Asia,
National Security Council

Kim Kyou-hyun
Minister for Political Affairs,
Embassy of the Republic of Korea



Hosted by:
Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
The Heritage Foundation
 
Lessons in American Leadership: Reflections on the Marshall Plan - 60 Years Later
April 23, 2008
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Featuring:

Barry Machado, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of History,
Washington and Lee University



Hosted by:

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Strengthening the Transatlantic Alliance: The View From Riga
April 23, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Valdis Zatlers
President,
Republic of Latvia



Hosted by:

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

 
25 Years After A Nation at Risk: Returning to President Reagan's Vision for American Education
April 22, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Member,
United States Senate

Edwin Meese
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:

Dan Lips
Education Analyst,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Complex Justice: Missouri v. Jenkins and the Rise of Judicial Policymaking
April 21, 2008
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Featuring:

Joshua Dunn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs



Hosted by:

Todd Gaziano
Director,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Academic Freedom in Catholic Higher Education
April 18, 2008
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Featuring:

Stephen D. Minnis
President,
Benedictine College

Russell Shaw
Journalist and Consultant to the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications

Ken Davison
Vice President,
College Affairs,
Belmont Abbey College

Moderator:
Dr. Candace de Russy
Writer and Lecturer on Education and Cultural Issues



Hosted by:

Nanette R. Everson
Director,
Young Leaders Program and Legal Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Diplomacy in an Age of Faith: How Failing to Understand the Role of Religion Hinders America's Purposes in the World
April 18, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring Remarks by:
Thomas Farr
Visiting Professor of Religion and Foreign Affairs,
School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University

With Commentary from:
Ambassador Terry Miller
Director,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:

Jennifer Marshall
Director,
Richard and Helen DeVos
Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Pure Goldwater
April 17, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring:

Barry Goldwater, Jr. and John W. Dean
Co-editors

With commentary from:

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The New Interventionism in the Americas: President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution
April 16, 2008
Details

Featuring:

The Honorable Connie Mack (R-FL)
Member,
United States House of Representatives

Hugo Alconada Mon
Washington Correspondent,
La Nacion,
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gustavo Coronel
Venezuelan Energy and Public Policy Analyst



Hosted by:

Ray Walser
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Singing Revolution
April 15, 2008
Details

Featuring:

A new film on the nonviolent defiance of Soviet occupation by the Estonian people and the remarkable events which led to their independence.

With comments from:
James Tusty
Co-Producer,

and
His Excellency Väino Reinart
Ambassador of Estonia



Hosted by:

Atlas Economic Research Foundation

Demokratizatsiya Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization

The Heritage Foundation

Media Research Center

Reason

World Affairs

 
Perspectives on the U.S. - India Civil Nuclear Deal
April 15, 2008
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Featuring:

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Chief National Spokesperson of the Congress Party,
Member of the Indian Parliament, and
Senior Attorney of the Supreme Court of India



Hosted by:

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

 
A Special Address by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
April 15, 2008
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Featuring:

Admiral Mike Mullen
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff



Hosted by:

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Southeast Asia's Economic Future and What It Means for America
April 14, 2008
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Featuring:

Barbara Weisel
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Michael Plummer
Resident Professor of Economics,
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

James Wallar
Principal Associate,
Nathan Associates, Inc.

Richard Cronin
Senior Associate,
The Henry L. Stimson Center



Hosted by:
Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation
 
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: A Leader in America's Battle for Hearts and Minds in the 21st Century
April 10, 2008
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Featuring:

Jeffrey Gedmin, Ph.D.
President,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty



Hosted by:

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Private Conservation and Property Rights: Past Successes and Future Opportunities
April 09, 2008
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Featuring:

Robert J. Smith
who will address
Private Conservation and Property Rights: Past Successes and Future Opportunities
and receive the
2008 Lifetime Achievement Award
from the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the National Center for Public Policy Research for his work in defending property rights and advancing private conservation



Hosted by:
The Heritage Foundation
 
Why We Whisper: Restoring Our Right to Say It's Wrong
April 09, 2008
Details

Featuring:

The Honorable Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Member,
United States Senate



Hosted by:

Charlotte Montiel
Director,
Strategic Initiatives,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Protecting and Dominating the Cyberspace Domain
April 08, 2008
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Featuring:

Rebecca Grant, Ph.D.
President,
IRIS Independent Research

Maj. Gen. William T. Lord

Commander,
Air Force Cyberspace Command

Major General Robert Scales (Ret.)
Former Commander,
U.S. Army War College

John J. Tkacik Jr.
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Russian Military: Modernization and the Future
April 08, 2008
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Featuring:

Opening Remarks by:

Kim Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies
and Director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Followed by a Panel featuring:

Stephen Blank, Ph.D.
Research Professor of National Security Affairs,
Strategic Studies Institute,
U.S. Army War College

Alexander Golts
Deputy Editor-in-Chief,
Yezhednevnyi Zhurnal

Dale R. Herspring, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor,
Department of Political Science,
Kansas State University

Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Institute for National Strategic Studies,
National Defense University

Mikhail Tsypkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Center for Contemporary Conflict,
Naval Postgraduate School



Hosted by:

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Post Bucharest: NATO and the Future of the Transatlantic Alliance
April 07, 2008
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Featuring:

Dr. Liam Fox MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Defense,
United Kingdom

Kurt Volker
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State,
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs,
US Department of State



Hosted by:

Dr. Nile Gardiner
Director,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Election's Over - What's Next for Taiwan?
April 04, 2008
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Featuring:

Jacob Chang
Deputy Representative,
Kuomintang Office in the United States

Michael Fonte
Consultant to the Democratic Progressive Party

Randall G. Schriver
Partner,
Armitage International LC
and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Vincent Wang
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science,
University of Richmond



Hosted by:
Ambassador Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation
 
Star-Spangled Scots: How They Shaped America from Yorktown to the Moon
April 04, 2008
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Featuring:

Arthur Herman
Author of How the Scots Invented the Modern World

John Wilson
Professor of Ulster-Scots Studies,
University of Ulster in Northern Ireland

Robert Arnebeck
Historian and Author



Hosted by:

Vern McHargue
Controller,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Constitution and American Presidential Campaigns
April 03, 2008
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Featuring:

Andrew Busch, Ph.D.
Professor of Government and Associate Dean,
Claremont McKenna College



Hosted by:

Joseph Postell
Assistant Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Health Care 2008: Big Government vs. Individual and Family Choice
April 03, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable David Vitter (R-LA)
Member,
United States Senate

The Honorable Richard Burr (R-NC)
Member,
United States Senate

The Honorable Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Member,
United States Senate

The Honorable Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Member,
United States Senate



Hosted by:

Nina Owcharenko
Senior Policy Analyst,
Center for Health Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Asia 2008: The View from Capitol Hill
April 02, 2008
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Featuring:

Jonah Blank
Professional Staff Member,
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Majority)

Jason Kearns
Trade Counsel,
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means (Majority)

Dennis Halpin
Professional Staff Member,
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs (Minority)

Dino Teppara
Chief of Staff,
Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC)



Hosted by:

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Taking Back Our Fiscal Future
March 31, 2008
Details

Featuring:

Introduction:
Isabel Sawhill
Senior Fellow,
The Brookings Institution

Opening Comments:
Alice Rivlin
Senior Fellow,
The Brookings Institution

Stuart Butler
Vice President,
Domestic and Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel Commentary:
Rudolph Penner
Senior Fellow,
The Urban Institute

Robert Reischauer
President,
The Urban Insitute



Hosted by:

The Heritage Foundation

and

The Brookings Institution

 
Congress’ Role in U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy: A View from Inside Capitol Hill
March 31, 2008
Details

Featuring:

Evelyn Farkas
Professional Staff,
Majority,
Senate Armed Services Committee

Jonathan Katz,
Staff Director,
Majority,
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and
Senior Advisor,
Office of Congressman Robert Wexler

Chris Socha
Senior Policy Advisor,
Office of Senator Jim DeMint,
Ranking Republican,
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe

Sam Stratman
Communications Director,
Republican Staff,
House Foreign Affairs Committee



Hosted by:

James Dean
Deputy Director,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Reclaiming Conservatism: How A Great Political Movement Got Lost - and How It Can Find Its Way Back
March 27, 2008
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Featuring:

Mickey Edwards
Author



Hosted by:

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Confrontation: Winning the War Against Future Jihad
March 26, 2008
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Featuring:

Walid Phares
Author



Hosted by:

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Next Steps in Iraq and Afghanistan for Winning the Long War
March 26, 2008
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Featuring:

Panel Discussion on Afghanistan:

Brigadier General Marquis Hainse
Canadian Forces,
Former Deputy-Commander Regional Command South, Afghanistan

Ambassador James Dobbins
Director,
International Security and Defense Policy Center,
RAND National Security Research Division and
former Special Envoy to Afghanistan

Seth Jones, Ph.D.
Political Scientist,
RAND Corporation and
Adjunct Professor,
Georgetown University

Moderator:
Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation


Panel Discussion on Iraq (2:45pm):

Anthony Cordesman
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Michael Eisenstadt
Senior Fellow and Director,
Military and Security Studies Program,
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Lieutenant Colonel Gian Gentile
Academy Professor and
American History Division Chief,
U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Moderator:
Jim Phillips
Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:

James Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies and
Senior Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
AFRICOM: Progress, Challenges and Prospects
March 24, 2008
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Featuring:

PANEL 1 – WHERE DOES AFRICOM STAND?
INTERAGENCY INTEGRATION AND STANDING UP THE COMMAND

Theresa Whelan
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs,
U.S. Department of Defense

Lauren Ploch
Africa Analyst,
Congressional Research Service

Tom Donnelly
Resident Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute

Sean McFate
Program Director for the National Security Initiative,
Bipartisan Policy Center

PANEL 2 – THE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF AFRICOM

Edwin Sele
Deputy Chief of Mission,
Embassy of Liberia

Ambassador Usman Baraya
Embassy of Nigeria

Louis Mazel
Director,
Office of African Regional and Security Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Guillaume Lacroix
Counselor,
Embassy of France



Hosted by:

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

and

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America
March 18, 2008
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Featuring:

Allen C. Guelzo, Ph.D.
Author



Hosted by:

James Swanson
Senior Legal Scholar,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The United Nations and Freedom of the Press: Good for Thee, But Not For Me?
March 17, 2008
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Featuring:

William Davis
Director,
United Nations Information Center in Washington

Beatrice Edwards
International Program Director,
Government Accountability Project

Claudia Rosett
Journalist-in-Residence,
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Matthew Russell Lee
Reporter,
Inner City Press



Hosted by:

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Case For Civility - And Why Our Future Depends On It
March 13, 2008
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Featuring:

Dr. Os Guinness
Author



Hosted by:

Ryan Messmore
William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society,
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Looking Ahead to Taiwan's Presidential Election
March 12, 2008
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Featuring:

Vincent Wang
Associate Professor and Chair of the
Department of Political Science,
University of Richmond

Shelley Rigger
Brown Associate Professor of East Asian Politics,
Department of Political Science,
Davidson College

Stephen Yates
Senior Fellow in Asia Studies,
American Foreign Policy Council



Hosted by:

Ambassador Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Studies,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Rise of Global Civil Society: Building Nations from the Ground Up
March 11, 2008
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Featuring:

Don Eberly
Author and Civil Society Scholar



Hosted by:

Jennifer Marshall
Director,
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Tibet's Future: Does It Have One?
March 11, 2008
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Featuring:

Robert Thurman
Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies,
and Chairman of the Department of Religion,
Columbia University

John Kenneth Knaus
Associate,
Fairbank Center for East Asian Research,
Harvard University,
and author of Orphans of the Cold War: America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival

Amit A. Pandya
Director,
Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges,
Henry L. Stimson Center



Hosted by:

John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow for China, Mongolia, and Taiwan,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Renaissance: Assessing the Safety and Viability of a Vital National Asset
March 07, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

Edward F. Sproat III
Director,
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management,
U.S. Department of Energy

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

Mark Peters, Ph.D.
Deputy to the Associate Laboratory Director for
Energy Sciences and Engineering,
Argonne National Laboratory

Steven Kraft
Senior Director,
Used Fuel Management,
Nuclear Energy Institute

Annie Caputo
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works



Hosted by:

Jack Spencer
Research Fellow for Nuclear Energy Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Sustaining Economic Growth in India
March 06, 2008
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Featuring:

Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Executive Director and Chief Executive,
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)



Hosted by:

Daniella Markheim
Jay Van Andel Senior Trade Policy Analyst,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Recruiting for the Long War: Has Military Recruiting Reached its Efficient Frontier?
March 06, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

The Honorable David S. C. Chu, Ph.D.
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness,
U.S. Department of Defense

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

William W. Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Lawrence Kapp, Ph.D.
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy,
Congressional Research Service

Heidi L. W. Golding, Ph.D.
Principal Analyst,
Congressional Budget Office



Hosted by:

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Surge in Iraq: One Year Later
March 05, 2008
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Featuring:

Lieutenant General Ray Odierno
Commanding General,
III Corps



Hosted by:

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Courageous Women in Iraq, Afghanistan and Beyond: A Record of Success in Democratic Transition
March 05, 2008
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Featuring:

Andrea G. Bottner
Director for International Women's Issues,
U.S. Department of State



Hosted by:
Helle Dale
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation
 
Liberty's Best Hope: American Leadership for the 21st Century
March 04, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring the Author:

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies
and Director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

With Commentaries from:

Dov S. Zakheim, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Booz Allen Hamilton

Henry R. Nau
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs,
The Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington University



Hosted by:

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Who is Raúl Castro? The Future of Cuba's Revolution After Fidel
March 03, 2008
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Featuring:

Brian Latell
Senior Research Associate,
Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies,
The University of Miami



Hosted by:

Ray Walser
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Russian Presidential Transition: From Putin ... to Putin
February 27, 2008
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Featuring:

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Helle Dale
Deputy Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

PANEL 1

Moderator:
Ariel Cohen
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Ian C. Kelly
Director,
Office of Russian Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Andrei Illarionov - Invited
Senior Fellow,
Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity,
Cato Institute

Anders Aslund
Senior Fellow,
Peterson Institute

Donald Jensen
Director of Research and Analysis,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

PANEL 2

Moderator:
Blair Ruble
Director,
Kennan Institute

Sarah E. Mendelson
Director,
Human Rights and Security Initiative, and
Senior Fellow,
Russia and Eurasia,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Simon Serfaty
Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in
Global Security and Geostrategy, and
Senior Adviser,
Europe Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Ariel Cohen
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:
The Heritage Foundation
 
Shoot Down
February 26, 2008
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Featuring:

Cristina Khuly
Producer,
Rogues Harbor Studio

Daniel P. Erikson
Senior Associate,
Inter-American Dialogue

Bisa Williams
Director,
Office of Cuban Affairs,
U.S. Department of State



Hosted by:
Ray Walser
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
The Heritage Foundation
 
See No Danger? Hear No Danger? Congress Missing in Action!
February 26, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
Ranking Member,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence



Hosted by:

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Value of Transatlantic Partnership in the 21st Century
February 26, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Mirek Topolánek
Prime Minister,
the Czech Republic



Hosted by:

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Knowing the Enemy: Faith, Reason and the War Against Jihadism
February 25, 2008
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Featuring:

George Weigel
Distinguished Senior Fellow,
The Ethics and Public Policy Center



Hosted by:

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism
February 20, 2008
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Featuring:

Alfred S. Regnery
Author and Publisher of The American Spectator



Hosted by:

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Technology Leadership, Economic Power and National Security: Dual-Use Export Controls to China
February 20, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

The Honorable Mario Mancuso
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

Peter Leitner, Ph.D.
President,
MaxWell USA, LLC and
former Senior Strategic Trade Advisor,
Office of the Secretary of Defense

John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow for China, Mongolia, and Taiwan,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Edmund B. Rice
President,
Coalition of Employment Through Exports

Mark Groombridge, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Policy Planning,
Office of the Under Secretary for Industry and Security



Hosted by:

2Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Conservative Women's Network
February 15, 2008
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Featuring:

Kimberley Strassel
Columnist and Editorial Board,
The Wall Street Journal



Hosted by:

The Heritage Foundation

and

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

 
Moving Forward on Visa Waiver Reform
February 14, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Richard Barth
Assistant Secretary,
Office of Policy Development,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Jennifer Hemingway
Republican Staff Director,
Ranking Member George Voinovich,
Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight

Jesper Pedersen
Foreign Policy Advisor,
Chairman Robert Wexler,
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe



Hosted by:
James Dean
Deputy Director,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation
 
The 2008 Senate Conservative Agenda to Secure America's Future
February 14, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Member,
United States Senate, and
Chairman,
Senate Steering Committee



Hosted by:

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Biennial Budgeting: An Important Step Toward Fixing a Broken System
February 14, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Member,
United States Senate



Hosted by:

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Public Diplomacy: Reinvigorating America's Strategic Communications Policy
February 13, 2008
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Featuring:

Tony Blankley
Visiting Senior Fellow in National Security Communications, The Heritage Foundation

Michael Doran, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Support to Public Diplomacy,
U.S. Department of Defense

Joseph Duffey, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Laureate Education, Inc.

Colleen Graffy
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of State

Helle Dale
Deputy Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies,
and Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation (Moderator)



Hosted by:

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President, The Heritage Foundation

 
The Problem of Black History: Race, Memory, and the American Creed
February 12, 2008
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Featuring:

Lucas Morel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Politics,
Washington and Lee University



Hosted by:

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Demographic Winter: The Decline of the Human Family
February 12, 2008
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Featuring:

A premiere screening of the new documentary,

Followed by a Panel Discussion featuring:

Philip Longman
New America Foundation

Christine Vollmer
Latin American Alliance for the Family

Nicholas Eberstadt
American Enterprise Institute

Moderated by:
Jennifer A. Marshall
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:

DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Anniversary of the Agreement to Denuclearize North Korea: Assessing the Six Party Talks
February 11, 2008
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Featuring:

Dr. Victor D. Cha
Director of Asian Studies and D.S. Song Chair,
Georgetown University

Dr. Michael J. Green
Associate Professor,
Georgetown University
and Senior Advisor and Japan Chair,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

L. Gordon Flake
Executive Director,
Mansfield Foundation

Alan D. Romberg
Senior Associate and Director,
East Asia Program,
The Henry L. Stimson Center



Hosted by:

Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Iraq: Prospects for Continued Progress
February 07, 2008
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Featuring:

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

H.E. Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie
Ambassador of Iraq to the United States of America

Followed by a Discussion including:

Clifford May
President,
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation



Hosted by:

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Second Amendment: An Individual Right
February 07, 2008
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Featuring:
Featuring

The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Member, United States Senate

The Honorable Jon Tester (D-MT)
Member, United States Senate



Hosted by:

 

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President, The Heritage Foundation

 
American Power after the Berlin Wall
January 31, 2008
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Featuring:

Thomas Henriksen
Author and
Senior Fellow,
The Hoover Institution



Hosted by:


Helle Dale
Deputy Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

 
The Future of Zimbabwe: Prospects for Democracy and Economic Recovery
January 25, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable David Coltart
Shadow Justice Minister and Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South,
Republic of Zimbabwe



Hosted by:

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs, 
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Real Immigration Reform: A Roadmap for Demonstrating Presidential Credibility on One of America's Most Important Issues
January 24, 2008
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Featuring:
The Honorable Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Member,
United States Senate

Hosted by:
Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation
 
Major Policy Address by Vice President Dick Cheney
January 23, 2008
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Featuring:
Vice President Dick Cheney
Vice President of the United States

Hosted by:

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

 
Making REAL ID Real: Implementing National Standards
January 16, 2008
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Featuring:

The Honorable Stewart A. Baker
Assistant Secretary for Policy,
U.S. Department of Homeland Securit