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The EastWest Institute and Gallup are hosting a panel discussion "Prospects of the East African Energy Market" on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at 901 F St NW, Washington, DC.

Panelists will discuss the implications of East Africa's emergence as a leading oil and gas producer, the result of fresh discoveries that have brought new hope to the region. The steady flow of positive news regarding these findings is a clear testament to the commercial opportunities that exist in East Africa. As exploration intensifies and production continues to increase, investment in the region will expand further. This could transform East Africa into one of the world's fastest growing markets.

The panel will feature Tewodros Ashenafi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SouthWest Energy and member of the EastWest Institute's Board of Directors; Jon Clifton, Partner, Gallup Government; Raymond Gilpin, Director, Center for Sustainable Economies, United States Institute of Peace; and Abdeta Dribssa Beyene, former Director for African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Participants will discuss East Africa's complex operating environment. While the threats might not be as grave as those in other parts of the continent, companies must navigate a number of challenges ranging from political risk to physical insecurity. To take full advantage of these opportunities, the region must drive through reforms across a diversified economy covering energy, services, manufacturing, tourism, mining and construction, and quickly improve infrastructure while creating better functioning institutions and legal systems. Without such progress, investors may still shy away from the region.

To RSVP and for further information, please contact Raymond Karam at rkaram@ewi.info or +1(646)243-2319.

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This event is by invitation only. For inquiries, please email Ms. Lisa Treiling at fes.associate@fesny.org.

Watch the live stream here starting at 9:15AM EST: 

The Changing Middle East - Implications for Regional and Global Politics

The recent turmoil in the Middle East has added an unsettled new dynamic to the long-standing policy challenges in the region. Against the backdrop of perennial concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and capabilities and the Middle East peace process, key regional and international actors are grappling with how to address these new instabilities while assuring regional allies and domestic constituencies that the new dynamic does not need to lead to a further, and possibly irreparable, escalation of tension. And as the U.S. presidential election draws near, President Obama faces a daunting task of balancing election year politics, securing U.S. interests in a shifting Middle East while guaranteeing Israel’s security, and de-escalating tensions with Iran through the framework of the P5+1 negotiations.

The CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program and the EastWest Institute present:

A roundtable discussion with:
Viktor Ivanov
Director, Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation
 
Moderated by:

Andrew Kuchins
Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS

Jacqueline McLaren Miller
Senior Associate, U.S. Global Engagement, EastWest Institute

Mr. Viktor Ivanov is on an official visit to the United States for the fifth meeting of the Counternarcotics Working Group of the U.S.-Russia Bipartisan Presidential Commission. His presentation at CSIS is a timely discussion on the growing threats posed by the rising narcotics industry. Russia is in the midst of a drug crisis - President Medvedev has called Russia's drug problem a threat to national security and a matter of urgent attention. The United States and Russia have a program of active counternarcotics cooperation, with special focus on the flow of drugs from Afghanistan.

Fresh off meeting with his U.S. counterpart in Chicago, Mr. Ivanov will offer his views on the present scenario in Russia and Eurasia and discuss the goals and challenges of combatting the narcotics industry and their effect on the global financial and economic downturn.

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to REP@csis.org.

Symposium Description:

The EastWest Institute and Zayed University cordially invite you to an International Symposium: "Creating Stable and Prosperous Communities in the Middle East: Education and Innovation for Economic Security."

JOB CREATION. EDUCATION. INNOVATION. AN END TO VIOLENT EXTREMISM. Bringing together top governmental experts, educators and business leaders from around the world, this day-long symposium will explore one of the most crucial challenges of our time: how to how harness the economy to create a more stable Middle East. Our panelists will advance new strategies and solutions, but WE WANT YOUR IDEAS on how to bring economic security to the region. Join the conversation in a  WORKING LUNCH. Breakthrough-group topics will include women’s empowerment, nurturing entrepreneurship, and fostering better partnerships between industry and academia.  BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

Please RSVP to  Raymond Karam

MANAGING BUSINESS RISK THROUGH POLICY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

October 3 – 5, 2011 | Brussels

SELECTED TOPICS

> Emergency Preparedness for an International Crisis in Cyberspace

> Confidence-Building Measures in Cybersecurity

> Measuring the Cybersecurity problem: towards a trusted international entity

> Building National Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

> The G20 and Economic Security: Global Policies and Local Actions

> Meeting the Costs of Collective Security in Southwest Asia to 2020

CRAFTING NEW SOLUTIONS

The eighth annual Worldwide Security Conference (WSC8) aimed to:

> continue EWI’s tradition of articulating new goals for global security and the steps needed to achieve them,

> stimulate progressive improvement in the way global security is managed and reviewed,

> bring together leading policy makers, specialists, business executives, community leaders and journalists from around the world for debate and networking.

INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE

The World Customs Organization has hosted and co-sponsored the Worldwide Security Conference for the last 6 years. The French Government, in its capacity as Chair of the G8, has agreed to co-sponsor the WSC8. This will continue the trend of G8 Presidential support from the Russian, German, Japanese, Italian and Canadian Governments in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. The WSC is unique for its emphasis on bridging East-West divides by ensuring that fresh voices from Asia are prominent in the debates. The Council of Europe co-sponsored several workshops of WSC 6 and the Australian and Japanese Governments co-sponsored as special session of WSC 7.

WSC8 EVENTS

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> Click here for conference's main day live blog.

> Click here for conference media coverage.

> Conference updates: Update #1 | Udate #2

SELECTED SPEAKERS

Francis Finlay, Co-Chairman, EastWest Institute
General (ret.) Harald Kujat, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of German Armed Forces and former Chair of NATO’s Military Committee
Christian Masset, Director General of Globalisation, Development and Partnerships, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Paul Nicholas, Senior Director, Global Security Strategy, Microsoft Corporation
Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Former Secretary General, OSCE
Dr. Jaroslaw Pietras, Director-General, Climate change, environment, health, consumers, education, youth, culture, audiovisual, Council of the European Union
Dr. Armen Sarkissian, President, Eurasia House International; Vice-Chairman, EWI’s Board of Directors
Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO HQ  
Vladislav P. Sherstuyk, Adviser to the Secretary of the Security Council of  the Russian Federation; Director of Lomonosov Moscow State University Institute of Information Security Issues
Dr. Goran Svilanović, Co-Ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
Ambassador Yaşar Yakış, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
Dimitri Zenghelis, Associate Fellow, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Energy, Environment and Development Programme
 

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PARIS. October 13. At the EastWest Institute’s second consultation on “Alternative Futures for Afghanistan and the Stability of Southwest Asia,” hosted by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speakers pleaded for a more determined process of national reconciliation and a more focused international aid effort in Afghanistan.

The purpose of the event, which builds on the first consultation in Fbreuary 2009, was to highlight views from Afghanistan and its neighbors about measures necessary for stability in the region. It included participants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and international stakeholders including the United States, France, Germany and Russia.

In his keynote speech, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner urged top Afghan politicians Hamid Karzai and opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah to put aside their differences and work together to tackle the current crisis. "Yes, for a national unity government," he said.

Over the past decade, the Chinese and U.S. economies have fused to become one integrated system. Now the U.S. and China find themselves in an unfamiliar and challenging position. After years of seeking closer integration with the United States, China has begun to question the wisdom of that embrace. The United States, buoyed by China's loans, faces a level of dependency that has generated considerable anxiety. The intertwinement has enhanced the global economy but undermined the sovereignty that governments so crave.Yet, as Karabell argues, the fusion has advanced too far for either to extricate itself without severe harm.

The challenge for the United States is to embrace this new world even with some loss of relative power in order to ensure its prosperity in the future; the challenge for China is to recognize that it is now a major player on the world stage with all the risks and responsibilities that entails. We need them and they need us, but the jury is still out on whether either can fully accept that new paradigm.

Zachary Karabell is President of River Twice Research, where he analyzes economic and political trends. He is also a senior advisor for Business for Social Responsibility, which develops sustainable business strategies. Previously, he was executive vice president, head of marketing and chief economist at Fred Alger Management in New York; president of Fred Alger and Company; and portfolio manager of the award-winning China-U.S. Growth Fund. He was executive vice president of Alger's Spectra Funds, which launched the $30 million Spectra Green Fund, linking profit and sustainability.

Educated at Columbia, Oxford and Harvard (where he received his doctorate), he is the author of several books, including the upcoming Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It. He sits on the board of the World Policy Institute and the New America Foundation and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a regular commentator on CNBC and a contributor to Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and the Washington Post.

High-level officials and energy experts from China and the United States engage participants in discussions on global energy security, the environment, climate change, and sharing technology that promotes energy efficiency.

The EastWest Institute, in partnership with the Turkish/European Coordination Council, TUDEV (Turkish Speaking World Foundation), and AIMEE (Aider une Maman a l'Education de ses Enfants), convened a conference in Brussels on May 3rd on the “Sociography of the Turkish community living in Europe and the implications in the relations between the European Union and Turkey

The full day event, held at the Palais d’Egmond thanks to the support of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign affairs, covered the problems related to women, youth, education and school drop-off, integration, the extreme right, and social discrimination as well as the impact of migration in European countries and on EU-Turkey relations.

Speakers at the conference included Sait YAZICIOGLU, Turkey’s Minister of Immigration, Brigitte GROUWELS, Belgian Minister for Equal Opportunities, Dr. Yusuf Ziya İRBEÇ, AKP Deputy and member of the commission for Turkey's integration to the EU, and Fuat TANLAY, Turkish Ambassador to Belgium.

The outcomes of the event will soon be published in a report that will be distributed to European parliamentarians.

Media Coverage:

Turkish Press Review - Office of the Prime Minister

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