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The world's top leaders and thinkers come to CSIS to discuss pressing global challenges. Each week, “Curated Conversations” culls the most critical of these discussions. For more on CSIS events, visit csis.org/events.

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CSIS Events episodes:

03.10.2020
The Venezolana Perspective: Women and the Venezuelan Crisis
The severe humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has had significant impacts on the female population both inside and outside the country. This event will address the impact the humanitarian crisis is having both on women who remain in Venezuela and who...
03.02.2020
Syria's Tragedy, Our Lessons
The CSIS Middle East Program and Humanitarian Agenda are pleased to host David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, to discuss the current crisis in Idlib, the dangerous lessons of war, and how Syria could serve as...
02.24.2020
Gavi at Twenty: A Critical Inflection Point
Over the past twenty years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has proven to be a high-impact and resilient global health partnership. Launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2000, Gavi has mobilized its network of government, private sector, and...
02.10.2020
A Consensus Proposal for a Revised Regional Order
Disputes over the regional order in post-Soviet Europe and Eurasia are at the core of the breakdown in Russia-West relations, and have created major security and economic challenges for the states caught in between: first and foremost Ukraine, but also...
02.06.2020
The Present and Future Promise of Synthetic Biology
Emerging technologies—such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 5G, and synthetic biology—drive security and economic competition and are increasingly shaping national strategies. To develop an effective strategy for synthetic biology, policy makers and the general public need a better understanding of...
02.05.2020
Making the Case for Sustained U.S. Engagement in a Transitioning Afghanistan
In the United States, there is a sense of "Afghanistan fatigue." While there are certainly valid criticisms that can be levied against U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, a significant amount of social, economic, political, and public health progress has resulted from...
01.27.2020
Climate Change and the Australian Bushfires: A Singular Catastrophe or The New Normal?
Australia is being ravaged by the worst bushfires seen in decades. Beginning in 2019, the fires have burnt through 25.5 million acres, the size of Denmark and Belgium combined. At least 27 people are dead, including three volunteer firefighters, and...
01.22.2020
The Future of Europe: French and German Perspectives
In 2020, Europe will be facing a unique set of political, economic, and security challenges, including Brexit. However, the beginning of the new decade also offers an opportunity to lay out an ambitious vision for the future of Europe and...
01.15.2020
The Prospects for U.S.-Russia Arms Control
With the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and an unclear future for New START, U.S.-Russian arms control is in dire condition. Some experts in both capitals question the feasibility or necessity of further bilateral arms control. However,...
01.08.2020
Strategic Japan: Shaping the Rules Based Order in the Reiwa Era
Strategic Japan draws on the newest research from Japanese scholars to inform the policy debate in Washington. This year, the CSIS Japan Chair has invited four scholars to examine Japan’s leadership role in international and regional institutions and avenues for...
12.09.2019
Electric Vehicles: The Future of Development and Deployment
More than two million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in 2018, a trend expected to grow over the coming decades. The smart deployment of EVs and EV infrastructure will be an important part of broader mobility planning and offers...
12.05.2019
Global Partnerships to Combat Cybercrime & the Challenge of Going Dark
Digital technologies are creating new challenges for law enforcement agencies around the world. Cybercrime is proliferating due to the growing sophistication of online criminal networks and the difficulties of trans-national enforcement. Investigations of traditional crimes are also becoming more difficult...
11.25.2019
The Future of Work in Argentina
With the fourth industrial revolution set to disrupt labor markets, global stability is contingent on developing countries' ability to transform their economies and create jobs to meet the economic aspirations of their people. Argentina, during its presidency of the G20...
11.18.2019
Responding to Armed Groups in Venezuela
The presence of armed groups in Venezuela significantly affects how policymakers consider addressing the Venezuelan political and humanitarian crisis. The Maduro regime seeks to benefit from Venezuela's status as a hub for transnational crime and illicit activities, causing policymakers to...
11.15.2019
A Conversation with Afghanistan First Lady Rula Ghani
Women have made great economic and social strides in the past 15 years. More than 3.6 million girls are in school and women are now allowed to work, both of which are essential to peace and stability in Afghanistan. However,...
11.06.2019
China's New Era in Techno-Governance
Technology was once viewed as a liberating tool for individuals living under authoritarian regimes, yet today, illiberal governments around the world are developing, acquiring, and utilizing technologies to strengthen political control over their population. Perhaps more than any other authoritarian...
10.30.2019
A Conversation with Senators Murkowski and Manchin
The CSIS Energy & National Security Program is pleased to welcome The Hon. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and The Hon. Joe Manchin (D-WV) for a conversation on energy policy priorities in the United States. This discussion will center on the opportunities...
10.17.2019
Japan’s Infrastructure Development Strategy: Supporting a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Welcoming remarks by John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS and remarks by Tadashi Maeda, Governor, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). Followed by a discussion moderated by Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Director of Asian Studies,...
10.09.2019
Dry Hills, Full Ponds: Climate Change, Resilience, and Agriculture in Nepal
Climate change is upon us. In places like Nepal, where two-thirds of the labor force rely on agriculture to earn a living, the impacts of rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and protracted droughts are becoming especially severe. The U.S. government...
10.03.2019
Venezuela's Water Crisis and the Path Forward
Venezuela’s water system is currently facing a number of critical issues and a clear path forward is needed to address the country’s water crisis in the short term and to identify a roadmap for longer term structural reforms addressing all...
09.24.2019
Schieffer Series: The Iran Situation
In the wake of the investigations into the bombings of Saudi Arabian oil facilities last week, tensions have heightened between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, culminating in Iran threatening an ‘all-out war’ should the U.S. retaliate. CSIS's Seth...
09.19.2019
Yemen’s Crisis
Many observers describe the situation in Yemen as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Nearly 80 percent of the country’s 28 million residents require assistance, and more than 7 million people are at risk of famine. Providing humanitarian assistance presents many...
09.10.2019
Dividing America: A Conversation with Senator Michael Bennet
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) invites you to a conversation with Senator Michael Bennet on his new book, Dividing America: How Russia Hacked Social Media and Democracy. In this new book, Senator Bennet highlights the various ways...
08.29.2019
Out of the Shadows: Shining a Light on Irregular Migration
Recognizing the critical, understudied, and often misunderstood nature of this global phenomenon, CSIS produced a research study on irregular migration involving field research in Mexico, Eritrea, and Ghana.
08.20.2019
A Discussion with Millennium Challenge Corporation’s CEO Sean Cairncross
Since its creation in 2004, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has acted as a key U.S. foreign assistance instrument focused on economic growth, country partnerships, and cost-effective projects. Its impact spans nearly 50 countries around the world in the agriculture, education,...
08.08.2019
Building Bridges? Development and Infrastructure in U.S.-China Relations
Amid escalating U.S.-China tensions, Washington and Beijing are focused on managing their differences on bilateral trade. At the same time, both countries have a major stake in the functioning of the global economic order—the institutions, rules, and norms that shape...
07.31.2019
Are Sanctions Working?
The CSIS Energy & National Security Program invites you to listen to Are Sanctions Working?, a conference examining the state of U.S. sanctions―what is different, what is and is not working, and implications for U.S. foreign policy, the global economy, and...
07.22.2019
Homeland Defense and the Role of NORAD and USNORTHCOM: A Conversation with General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy
Listen as the International Security Program holds a conversation with General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, where he discusses homeland defense and the role of NORAD and USNORTHCOM.
07.17.2019
G20 Osaka Debrief: What, So What, Now What?
On June 28-29, government leaders representing 85 percent of the global economy convened in Osaka, Japan, for the 14th Group of Twenty (G20) Summit. While most media attention focused on developments outside the meeting room, including a trade truce between...
07.10.2019
Network Futures: 5G, SDN and the Internet
Telecom technology is changing again, and it's more than the move to 5G. How and when it changes will have a major effect on key issues like Huawei's efforts to dominate the telecom market, supply chain diversity, and how your...
07.01.2019
A Different Kind of Prison: Mass Surveillance in Xinjiang and Its Global Implications
Listen as the Human Rights Initiative at CSIS holds a discussion on the mass detention and surveillance of Muslims in Xinjiang, China and the risks such technologies may pose as they are implemented in other areas of China and globally....
06.20.2019
The Global Peace Index 2019 Launch
The Human Rights Initiative of CSIS invites you to listen in on a public launch event of the 2019 Global Peace Index (GPI). The Global Peace Index is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness, ranking 163 countries and territories...
06.10.2019
Representative Adam Smith on the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act
Listen as we discuss with House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith U.S. national security challenges in advance of the markup of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
06.04.2019
HIV/AIDS in the United States: The Road to 2030
Listen as the CSIS Global Health Policy Center discusses the “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for the United States” campaign, which will aim to end the HIV epidemic in the United States by 2030. This discussion features Dr. Anthony...
05.31.2019
Report Launch: Rethinking Taxes and Development
Listen as we discuss the public launch of our report, Rethinking Taxes and Development: Incorporating Political Economy Considerations in DRM Strategies. This report offers a fresh perspective for U.S. policymakers and other development agencies on how they can better partner with developing...
05.21.2019
Beyond Technology: The Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Developing World
Listen as we discuss the public launch of our report "Beyond Technology: The Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Developing World," which looks at how these 4IR technologies might affect us in various ways as we simultaneously plan for the eventual...
05.13.2019
Investing in Women for a New Economic Future
The world’s fastest growing emerging market is not a country or a region; it is the world’s women. In April 2019, Ivanka Trump (Advisor to the President) and David Bohigian (Acting President and CEO of OPIC) announced OPIC's 2X Africa Women's...
05.08.2019
Iran One Year Later: The Trump Administration’s Policy, Looking Back and Looking Forward
The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a discussion with Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, on President Trump's Iran policy, the impact of the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, and the future of U.S.-Iran relations.
05.03.2019
Refugees and Migrants: A Test of Civilization
While millions of people are displaced around the globe and thousands more contemplate dangerous journeys in search of a better life, "We’re in Danger! Who Will Help Us?" draws on lessons from the “refugee decade” to inform responses to today’s...
04.25.2019
Civil-Military Relations in the United States: A Conversation with the Hon. Leon E. Panetta
As Americans grapple with the legacies of the post-9/11 conflicts, the relationship between the country and its armed forces is at a critical inflection point. What role do Americans want their military to play in civic life? How much does,...
04.16.2019
Maritime Security Dialogue: A Conversation with ADM William Moran, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations
A Maritime Security Dialogue event featuring a discussion with ADM William Moran, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
04.10.2019
US-China Innovation Forum: Setting the Agenda
Rapid technological advancements offer a wealth of potential opportunities for business and consumers, but also present a set of serious public policy challenges for the United States, China and others.
04.03.2019
The Future of Arms Control
Arms control and the nonproliferation regime are being challenged on multiple fronts. U.S.-Russia bilateral cooperation on arms control stalled under the cloud of INF violations by Russia and withdrawal by the United States.
03.27.2019
Post-Hong Kong: Human Genome Editing's Brave New World
The National Academy of Medicine and the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security hosted a conversation on the unfolding debate as to whether human germline genome editing should be permitted, the types of applications which might be appropriate, the...
03.20.2019
Schieffer Series: China's Rise
China’s rise has become a key point of inquiry in discussion of the future of geopolitics and economy. This event will discuss China’s rise and its impact, both on the U.S. and globally.
03.11.2019
Schieffer Series: The Kremlin Playbook 2: The Enablers
It builds on the first Kremlin Playbook, which described the patterns of Russian economic influence in five Central and Eastern European countries. This new report, with six new case studies, exposes how countries can either be targets or enablers of...
03.07.2019
Implications of the U.S.-North Korea Summit
In the aftermath of the Hanoi Summit, a special speech by Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) to assess the outcome of the summit between the United States and North Korea. The Senator's speech was preceded by a panel of distinguished experts.
02.28.2019
China's Pursuit of Semiconductor Independence
Semiconductors and microelectronics are the backbone of the digital economy and closely linked to national security. Recognizing this, China intends to gain semiconductor independence through espionage and immense investments, but it lags behind the U.S.
02.22.2019
Prospects for the Trump-Kim Vietnam Summit
A timely discussion with scholars, experts, and opinion leaders on the potential impact of the February 27 and 28, 2019 Vietnam Summit between the United States and North Korea, the possibilities for denuclearization, and regional implications of summit diplomacy for...
02.13.2019
Report Launch: Risk and Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria
Listen as CSIS Global Food Security Project for the launch of our newest report, Risk and Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria through Feed the Future , by Julie Howard and Emmy Simmons. The report examines what the...

What's CSIS Events about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

CSIS Events episodes:

The Venezolana Perspective: Women and the Venezuelan Crisis

Syria's Tragedy, Our Lessons

Gavi at Twenty: A Critical Inflection Point

A Consensus Proposal for a Revised Regional Order

The Present and Future Promise of Synthetic Biology

Making the Case for Sustained U.S. Engagement in a Transitioning Afghanistan

Climate Change and the Australian Bushfires: A Singular Catastrophe or The New Normal?

The Future of Europe: French and German Perspectives

The Prospects for U.S.-Russia Arms Control

Strategic Japan: Shaping the Rules Based Order in the Reiwa Era

Electric Vehicles: The Future of Development and Deployment

Global Partnerships to Combat Cybercrime & the Challenge of Going Dark

The Future of Work in Argentina

Responding to Armed Groups in Venezuela

A Conversation with Afghanistan First Lady Rula Ghani

China's New Era in Techno-Governance

A Conversation with Senators Murkowski and Manchin

Japan’s Infrastructure Development Strategy: Supporting a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Dry Hills, Full Ponds: Climate Change, Resilience, and Agriculture in Nepal

Venezuela's Water Crisis and the Path Forward

Schieffer Series: The Iran Situation

Yemen’s Crisis

Dividing America: A Conversation with Senator Michael Bennet

Out of the Shadows: Shining a Light on Irregular Migration

A Discussion with Millennium Challenge Corporation’s CEO Sean Cairncross

Building Bridges? Development and Infrastructure in U.S.-China Relations

Are Sanctions Working?

Homeland Defense and the Role of NORAD and USNORTHCOM: A Conversation with General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy

G20 Osaka Debrief: What, So What, Now What?

Network Futures: 5G, SDN and the Internet

A Different Kind of Prison: Mass Surveillance in Xinjiang and Its Global Implications

The Global Peace Index 2019 Launch

Representative Adam Smith on the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act

HIV/AIDS in the United States: The Road to 2030

Report Launch: Rethinking Taxes and Development

Beyond Technology: The Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Developing World

Investing in Women for a New Economic Future

Iran One Year Later: The Trump Administration’s Policy, Looking Back and Looking Forward

Refugees and Migrants: A Test of Civilization

Civil-Military Relations in the United States: A Conversation with the Hon. Leon E. Panetta

Maritime Security Dialogue: A Conversation with ADM William Moran, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations

US-China Innovation Forum: Setting the Agenda

The Future of Arms Control

Post-Hong Kong: Human Genome Editing's Brave New World

Schieffer Series: China's Rise

Schieffer Series: The Kremlin Playbook 2: The Enablers

Implications of the U.S.-North Korea Summit

China's Pursuit of Semiconductor Independence

Prospects for the Trump-Kim Vietnam Summit

Report Launch: Risk and Resilience: Advancing Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria