Subject: Fwd: National Democratic Institute Dinner with Board of Directors, Monday, October 5
From: "James van der Klok" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:20:29 -0400

*Hi Hunter, checking in to see if you will be able to attend the October 5
dinner. All the best, James*

*James van der Klok*

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James van der Klok <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:55 AM
Subject: National Democratic Institute Dinner with Board of Directors,
Monday, October 5
To: James van der Klok <[email-masked]>

 Why Nations Fail excerpt.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/a/ndi.org/file/d/0By-d8wNV9V_TNW1zS25xRlQ1MWM/view?usp=drive_web>
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Dear
​Chairman's Council

Members,

​Please
join members of the NDI Board of Directors
​for a
dinner discussion on Monday, October 5 at 6:30 PM at Restaurant Nora (2132
Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008).

Given the ongoing discussion on NDI’s democratic development efforts in a
changing and challenging world environment, we will be joined at the dinner
by Dr. James Robinson, co-author of the highly acclaimed “Why Nations Fail
<http://whynationsfail.com/summary/>” (excerpt attached). Currently
teaching at Harvard University and the Harris School of Public Policy at
the University of Chicago, Dr. Robinson’s research interests are comprised
of comparative economic and political development. He is currently
conducting research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone,
Haiti, and Colombia.

Thomas Carothers, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, will offer brief commentary following Dr. Robinson’s
remark​s.

Please RSVP to me by Thursday, September ​17. I hope to see you there.

All the best,

James

p.s. NDI's annual Democracy Award Dinner will be held November 10 in
Washington, DC. I hope you can attend that event as well.

*James van der Klok*

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
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Office: 202-728-5516
Mobile: 202.256.2079
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