Subject: Debate on Iran, Learning from Tohoku Disaster, CCAS Annual Symposium - Week in Preview 3/16/2012
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From the Walsh Wire...

     * Andrew Natsios wrote on [3]unlinking food aid from nuclear talks
       with North Korea in the Washington Post.
     * SFS-Q students completed a [4]Zones of Conflict, Zones of Peace
       learning trip to Cambodia.
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       3. http://sfs.podbean.com/2012/03/15/andrew-natsios-urges-rethinking-strategies-with-north-korea
       4. http://sfs.podbean.com/2012/03/15/sfs-q-students-completed-zones-of-conflict-zones-of-peace-trip-to-cambodia

Religious Freedom & Extremism: Lessons from the Arab Spring

   Friday, March 16: In Egypt and elsewhere, what is the relationship
   between religious freedom and religious extremism, defined as religious
   political engagement hostile to constitutional democracy and open to
   the use of violence? Can religious freedom limit religious extremism?
   How should U.S. foreign policy seek to promote democratic institutions
   and regimes of religious freedom that best counter religious extremism
   in practice? Sponsored by the Berkley Center. 10:15am-3:30pm, Copley
   Hall Formal Lounge. [5]Click here to RSVP.
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       5. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=347&EventID=93403

Muslim Chaplaincy Hadith and Sunnah Seminar

   Sunday, March 18: 'Faith & Justice' and 'Contemplation in Action' are
   part of not only Georgetown's Jesuit values but also Islamic ones. Come
   learn about how the Prophet Muhammad translated his faith into action
   through his sayings and practices, Hadith and Sunnah. This Islamic
   Seminar will focus on how to determine whether a hadith/sunnah is sound
   and accurate or doubted. Sponsored by the Office of Campus Ministry.
   Spo10am-2pm, Healy Hall 105. [6]Click here for more information.
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       6. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=624&EventID=92547

Minority Rights in China: A Spotlight on the Uyghur People

   Monday, March 19: Prominent Uyghur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer
   will share her story of political activism and the continued fight to
   expose the repression of her people. An introduction to the issue of
   human rights in China will be provided by Sophie Richardson, China
   Director for Human Rights Watch. Sponsored by Thinking Beyond the
   Beltway and The Asia-Pacific Forum Sponsored by the Graduate Student
   Organization. 12pm, Copley Hall Formal Lounge. [7]Click here for more
   information.
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       7. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=11&EventID=93384

Time to Attack Iran?

   Monday, March 19: In the January/February 2012 issue of Foreign
   Affairs, Dr. Matthew Kroenig laid out his argument for an armed strike
   in an article entitled "Time to Attack Iran." Dr. Colin Kahl offered a
   response in the March/April 2012 Foreign Affairs, under the title "Not
   Time to Attack Iran." The two authors will debate their respective
   propositions and address new developments that have taken place since
   the publication of their pieces. Sponsored by the Mortara Center for
   International Studies and the Center for Peace and Security
   Studies.  2pm, ICC Auditorium. [8]Click here to RSVP.
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       8. http://kahlkroenigdebate.eventbrite.com

Entre El Barrio y El Mundo with author Nicolás Albertoni

   Tuesday, March 20: “Entre el barrio y el mundo”, by the young
   researcher Nicolás Albertoni Gómez, explores different paths for
   Uruguay amidst the public debate about whether Mercosur is the best
   course for its insertion in the international arena. One alternative is
   the Chilean model. Albertoni explores it in depth and manages to
   unravel any myths and doubts surrounding economic processes in both
   countries with rigor and clarity. With forewords by former presidents
   Julio Maria Sanguinetti of Uruguay and Eduardo Frei-Ruiz Tagle of
   Chile, this book is based on an investigation of nearly two years.
   Sponsored by the Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO), with
   support of the Latin American Board and the Graduate Student
   Organization.  5:30pm, Rafik B. Hariri Building Room 415. [9]Click here
   for more information.
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       9. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=43&EventID=93628

International Negotiations In Central Asia: Interaction Game

   Tuesday, March 20: This is an interactive workshop where participants
   will have an opportunity to discuss and experience the peculiarities of
   interstate interactions and negotiations in Central Asia through a
   simulation game. The participants will examine the roles of Central
   Asian countries and external powers in arranging regional interactions
   and conducting international negotiations. Particular attention will be
   paid to such issues as social perception of interstate interactions,
   culture and politics, structures and actors, identity negotiations and
   power relations in Central Asia. Any knowledge of Central Asian
   politics and geopolitics will be helpful in playing the interaction
   game. Sponsored by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European
   Studies and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. 12:30pm, Reiss
   283. [10]Click here to RSVP.
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       10. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=359&EventID=92954

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf: Looking for the Arab Spring

   Wednesday, March 21: In the midst of the Arab Spring, Saudi Arabia
   alone seems to have escaped public protests over corruption,
   authoritarianism and the quest for more equitable sharing of benefits.
   This impression masks the realities of life and reform within the
   Kingdom. This presentation explores some of the ways in which Saudi
   Arabia is working to address the challenges of the Arab Spring from a
   long-term perspective. Sponsored by the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for
   Muslim-Christian Understanding. 12:30pm, ICC 270. [11]Click here to
   RSVP.
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       11. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=106&EventID=93418

Learning from the Great Tohoku Disaster

   Wednesday, March 21: The Japanese International Cooperation Agency
   (JICA), an implementing agency of official development assistance
   (ODA), will present the outcomes of a study on how Japan, the
   technological expert on disaster management, succumbed to the triple
   disasters that occurred one year ago. The study will extract lessons
   for disaster risk management and identify how international cooperation
   agencies translate the lessons into more effective disaster risk
   management in developing countries. Sponsored by Master of Science in
   Foreign Service (MSFS) and Master in Asian Studies.  4pm, ICC
   700. [12]Click here for more information.
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The Euro: From Crisis to Resolution?

   Wednesday, March 21: Former Taoiseach of Ireland Brian Cowen will
   discuss the Euro crisis and its resolution from the Irish perspective.
   Sponsored by the BMW Center for German and European Studies.  4:15pm,
   ICC 7th Floor Executive Conference Room. [13]Click here to RSVP.
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Religious Freedom and Healthcare Reform

   Thursday, March 22: The Health and Human Services contraception mandate
   has revived the debate about the Obama administration's health care
   reform and its implications for religious freedom. The Berkley Center's
   Religious Freedom Project is convening several leading experts to
   explore the controversy from different legal, theological, and policy
   perspectives. Sponsored by the Berkley Center.   10am, Rafik B. Hariri
   Building Fisher Colloquium. [14]Click here to RSVP.
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       14. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=347&EventID=93619

Asian Anxiety: Australia and the Asia-Pacific

   Thursday, March 22: For Australia, a key U.S. cultural and military
   ally in the Asia-Pacific, the task of managing an ambivalent
   relationship to China and its regional neighbours is nothing new.
   Australian political leaders have long been grappling with an
   underlying anxiety about the nation’s geographical proximity to the
   Asia-Pacific region. This seminar explore Australia’s political
   leaders’ attempts across more than a century of election campaigns to
   offer voters a secure sense of identity by managing this perceived
   regional threat. Many of the same recurring themes of threat and
   economic opportunity are echoed in President Obama’s ‘Pacific turn’.
   Sponsored by the Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies. 12pm,
   ICC 462. [15]Click here to RSVP.
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       15. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=86&EventID=93074

Book Presentation: When Mystic Masters Meet

   Thursday, March 22: This will be a book presentation featuring author
   Syafaatun Almirzanah. This book is a study of the role of mystical
   discourse and experience can play in Christian-Muslim dialogue as a
   subset of interfaith dialogue in general. It concentrates on the work
   of two great medieval mystic masters, one Muslim, the other Christian.
   The Christian is a German Dominican mystic, Mesiter Eckhart. The Muslim
   is Muhyi al-Din al-Arabi, a Sufi teacher known as the Greatest Master.
   Sponsored by the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian
   Understanding. 12:30pm, ICC 270. [16]Click here to RSVP.
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       16. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=106&EventID=93538

The Rise of Islamist Parties in the New Middle East

   Thursday, March 22: America Abroad Media (AAM) and Georgetown
   University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs will
   host a special 'Beyond the Broadcast' panel discussion focused on
   Islamist movements in the Middle East. The event, which coincides with
   the release of AAM's one-hour America Abroad documentary, The Rise of
   Islamist Parties in the New Middle East, will feature Dr. Nathan Brown
   of George Washington University and Dr. Jocelyne Cesari, Minerva Chair
   at the National Defense University and Senior Research Fellow at the
   Berkley Center. Sponsored by the Berkley Center.  12:30pm, Berkley
   Center. [17]Click here for more information.
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Ariela Keysar: I Have No Religion But I Am Jewish

   Thursday, March 22: Dr. Ariela Keysar, a demographer, is associate
   research professor in public policy and law and the associate director
   of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture at
   Trinity College. She will speak on Jewish demography, comparing Jews
   who identify themselves as Jews by religion and those who say they have
   no religion but are of Jewish background. Sponsored by the Program for
   Jewish Civilization. 6pm, Healy Hall Kennedy Bioethics Research
   Library. [18]Click here to RSVP.
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       18. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=349&EventID=91558

CCAS Annual Symposium

   Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23: On March 22 and 23, CCAS will
   explore the causes and outcomes of the so-called 'Arab Spring' for its
   2012 Symposium, "’The People Want the Fall of the Regime’: The Arab
   Uprisings and the Future of Arab Politics." The symposium will
   explore issues more than one year after the beginning of the Arab
   uprisings. Seven expert panels will assess these events, discuss their
   historical significance, explore their underlying causes and analyze
   what these dramatic developments mean for our understanding of Arab
   politics and for the future of the Arab world. Sponsored by the Center
   for Contemporary Arab Studies. Thursday 8:30am-5:15pm and Friday
   9am-4pm, Rafik B. Hariri Building Lohrfink Auditorium. [19]Click here
   to RSVP for Day One. [20]Click here to RSVP for Day Two.
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       19. http://2012symposium1-eorg.eventbrite.com
       20. http://2012symposium2-eorg.eventbrite.com

J Street National Conference

   Saturday, March 24-27: The J Street National Conference brings together
   thousands of activists, lawyers, politicians, academics, analysts,
   journalists and students for 3 days of learning, networking and
   advocating.  The conference will feature numerous of speakers on nearly
   two dozen panels ranging from "The Arab Spring and Prospects for Peace"
   to "The Impact of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on America’s
   Interests: A Military Perspective" to "Iran: The Nuclear Options."  In
   past years, speakers have included members of the Israeli Knesset,
   members of the U.S. Congress and former National Security Advisor James
   Jones. This year some of the notable speakers will be Israeli novelist
   Amos Oz, former editor of The New Republic Peter Beinart and former
   Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert. Registration is $36 for
   students. Washington DC Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW.
   [21]Click here for more information .
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       21. http://conference.jstreet.org

A Look Ahead...

     * Mon., March 26: [22]'Preparing for Egypt's Presidential Elections'
     * Thurs., March 29: [23]Getting Real: Piloting and Financing the
       Health Impact Fund
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