Subject: Peace Corps' Hassler-Radelet, Russia's Election, Economy of the Amazon - Week in Preview 3/22/2012
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From the Walsh Wire...

     * The Institute for Turkish Studies recently rolled out their [3]new
       website.
     * Georgetown's Colin Kahl (SSP) and Matthew Kroenig (Government)
       [4]debated whether now is the time for the U.S. to attack Iran.
     * Former U.S. Rep. Jane Harman delivered the [5]Institute for the
       Study of Diplomacy's 30th annual Iden Lecture, calling for a real
       debate over the ethics intelligence gathering for counterterrorism.
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       3. http://www.turkishstudies.org
       4. http://www.georgetown.edu/news/professors-debate-iran-invasion.html
       5. http://www.georgetown.edu/news/jane-harman-iden-lecture.html

Preparing for Egypt's Presidential Elections

   Monday, March 26: A panel will explore the political and legal
   implications of Egypt’s recent parliamentary elections and forthcoming
   presidential elections. The discussion will bring together experts to
   analyze post-revolution legal reforms and election laws, specifically
   asking how these laws have affected minority groups and parties, and
   offering recommendations for future reforms. Sponsored by the Alwaleed
   Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Egyptian
   American Rule of Law Association (EARLA) and the Center for
   Contemporary Arab Studies. 12:30pm, ICC 270. [6]Click here to RSVP.
     Links:
       6. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=106&EventID=93416

The Legal Dimensions of National Security: Tensions and Resolutions in the
Israeli Experience

   Monday, March 26:  Featuring Amichai Cohen, Vice Dean and Senior
   Lecturer at Ono Academic College and Research Fellow at Israel
   Democracy Institute; Stuart Cohen, Professor of Political Studies at
   Bar-Ilan University and Senior Research Associate at Begin-Sadat
   Center. Sponsored by the Center for Peace and Security Studies. 3pm,
   Mortara Building. [7]Click here to RSVP.
     Links:
       7. http://cpasslegaldimensions.eventbrite.com

Film Screening: 'Why has Bodhidharma Left for the East?'

   Monday, March 26: Sponsored by CNDLS. 7pm, New South Screening Room.
   [8]Click here for more information.
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       8. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=100&EventID=91787

The People's Voice Online in Authoritarian Contexts

   Tuesday, March 27: Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of
   Diplomacy and the Mortara Center for International Studies. 9:30am-4pm,
   Mortara Building. [9]Click here to RSVP.
     Links:
       9. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=359&EventID=93857

Poling & Egginton: In Defense of Religious Moderation

   Tuesday, March 27: Rev. Jason Poling is the founding pastor of New Hope
   Community Church. He is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at Biblical
   Theological Seminary and blogs for the Baltimore Sun's 'In Good Faith'
   and the Washington Post's 'On Faith.' Professor Bill Egginton is Andrew
   W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities in the Department of German and
   Romance Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University. His most
   recent book, In Defense of Religious Moderation, was published by
   Columbia University Press in 2011. Sponsored by the  Program for Jewish
   Civilization. 1pm, McCarthy Hall McShain Lounge. [10]Click here to
   RSVP.
     Links:
       10. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=349&EventID=91559

Russia's Presidential Election - with CNN's Jill Dougherty

   Tuesday, March 27: Jill Dougherty is the foreign affairs correspondent
   for CNN. Based in the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau, Dougherty
   covers U.S. foreign policy. In addition to reporting on news
   developments from the State Department, she provides analysis on
   international issues across multiple CNN platforms and has traveled
   widely with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Europe, Asia and the
   Middle East. Sponsored by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East
   European Studies. 1pm, ICC McGhee Library. [11]Click here to RSVP.
     Links:
       11. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=91&EventID=93898

The Peace Corps: The Past 50 Years and the Next 50

   Tuesday, March 27: Please join us for a panel discussion on the Peace
   Corps, its impact and its future moderated by Dean Lancaster with
   Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Deputy Director of Peace Corps, RPCV Western
   Samoa; Emily Zenick, Assistant Dean at SFS, RPCV Thailand; Seth
   Luxenberg, and  M.A. Candidate at SFS, RPCV Mauritania and Morocco. The
   panelists will look back on their personal experiences with the Peace
   Corps and will discuss the future of the agency. If you are interested
   in pursuing opportunities with the Peace Corps or are a returned
   volunteer, this event is not to be missed. Sponsored by SFS. 3:30pm,
   Copley Hall. [12]Click here to RSVP.
     Links:
       12. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=11&EventID=93647

Joint Conference on James J. Angleton

   Thursday, March 29: The Georgetown University Center for Security
   Studies and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars are
   sponsoring a joint conference on longtime CIA counterintelligence chief
   James J. Angleton.  The goal of this conference, generously sponsored
   by the George T. Kalaris Intelligence Studies Fund, is to foster
   informed, scholarly discussion of James Angleton and his time at the
   CIA, as well as his continuing influence on American
   counterintelligence. The conference will bring together a wide variety
   of experts on intelligence history with a view towards examining
   Angleton's career and legacy from all sides. 9am-5:30pm, Woodrow Wilson
   Center. [13]Email [email-masked] to RSVP.
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       13. mailto:[email-masked]

Mark Ozer: The Litvak Legacy

   Thursday, March 29: Dr. Mark Ozer is the author of several books. As
   part of the Program for Jewish Civilization's Community Scholars
   Series, he will discuss the history and legacy of Lithuanian Jewry. A
   Q&A session and book-signing will follow the lecture. Lunch will be
   served. Sponsored by the  Program for Jewish Civilization. 12pm, ICC
   462. [14]Click here to RSVP.
     Links:
       14. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=349&EventID=91240

The Economy of the Amazon

   Thursday, March 29: Andrew Miller from Amazon Watch will be speaking
   about environmental, economic and indigenous issues in the Amazon.
   Andrew brings more than a decade of human rights campaigning and
   advocacy experience to his position with Amazon Watch. Previous work
   includes a year of field protection for local human rights defenders in
   Colombia through Peace Brigades International and several staff posts
   with Amnesty International USA. Sponsored by Thinking Beyond the
   Beltway and the Center for Latin American Studies. 12pm, ICC 450.
   [15]Click here for more information.
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       15. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=43&EventID=93899

Current Change in Cuba: From Chaos to Market Socialism

   Thursday, March 29: Speaker Domingo Amuchastegui has worked at the
   Cuban Foreign Ministry and in the Tricontinental Organization and also
   served a a professor in the Diplomatic Academy and National Defense
   College in Havana. He has written extensively on Cuban politics and
   foreign policy and is a regular contributor to Cuba News. He lives in
   Miami and has just returned from a month-long visit to Cuba. Sponsored
   by the Center for Latin American Studies and Cuba Program. 12:15pm, ICC
   McGhee Library. [16]Click here for more information.
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       16. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=43&EventID=93572

Getting Real: Piloting and Financing the Health Impact Fund

   Thursday, March 29: The Health Impact Fund (HIF) is a proposed
   pay-for-performance mechanism that would offer innovators the option to
   register any new medicine, thereby undertaking to make it available
   worldwide for ten years at no more than the lowest feasible cost of
   production and distribution. During this decade, the registrant would
   be compensated from fixed annual reward pools divided among registered
   products according to their health impact. Is the idea realistic? This
   lecture discusses the latest thinking on how reliable long-term funding
   for the HIF can be secured. Sponsored by the Mortara Center for
   International Studies and the Master of Science in Foreign Service
   Program. 3pm, Mortara Building. [17]Click here to RSVP.
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       17. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=242&EventID=91124

The Palestinian Kufiya: Solidarity and/vs. Fashion

   Thursday, March 29: Dr. Swedenburg's talk investigates what some have
   called the "kufiya craze," the moment (roughly 2004-2009) when the
   Palestinian kufiya was embraced by Western celebrities, fashion
   designers and hipsters, and the debates and controversies that ensued,
   including claims that it represented terrorist sympathies or that it
   represented the commodification and degradation of an important
   political symbol. Sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Arab
   Studies. 6pm, CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241). [18]Click here to RSVP.
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       18. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=89&EventID=93042

Open House for M.A. in German and European Studies

   Friday, March 30: Meet MAGES faculty, students and alumni and learn
   about the MAGES Curriculum, Master’s Project, internships and more.
   There is a special accepted student session from 3:30-5:00 pm.
   Sponsored by the BMW Center for German and European Studies. 10am-5pm,
   ICC 501. [19]Click here to RSVP.
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       19. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=87&EventID=93582

The British Security Service (MI5): Past and Present

   Friday, March 30: Christopher Andrew is Britain's leading historian of
   intelligence, professor of modern and contemporary history, and former
   President of Corpus Christi College and chair of the faculty of history
   at Cambridge University. He is also chair of the British Intelligence
   Study Group; founding coeditor of Intelligence and National Security;
   former visiting professor at Harvard, the University of Toronto and the
   Australian National University; and a regular presenter of BBC Radio
   and TV documentaries. Sponsored by the Center for Peace and Security
   Studies and the Georgetown Institute for Global History. 2pm, Old North
   205. [20]Click here to RSVP.
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       20. http://guchristopherandrew.eventbrite.com

Georgetown Diplomacy and International Security Conference

   Friday, March 30: Sponsored by the BMW Center for German and European
   Studies. 5pm, Riggs Library. [21]Click here to RSVP.
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       21. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=87&EventID=93896

A Look Ahead...

     * Mon., Apr. 2:  [22]Beyond Aid: How Philanthropy and Partnerships
       Can Drive Global Prosperity
     * Tues., Apr. 3:  [23]Maggie Paxson: Remembering the Good
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       22. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=11&EventID=93869
       23. http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=349&EventID=91498

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