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Lectures and Speeches

2012

"Making Sense of the Nuclear Posture," by Janne Nolan at the British American Security Information Council's Strategic Dialogue on Nuclear Posture, September 18, 2012.
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"Obama's Foreign Policy: Has He Earned a Second Term?" by Henry Nau at the Canon Institute for Global Studies, Tokoyo, Japan, January 11, 2012.

2011

"United States and China in Africa: Advancing the Diplomatic Agenda," by David H. Shinn at the Virginia Military Institute's Center for Leadership and Ethics confernece "The Eagle and the Dragon in Africa: Stability and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa," Lexington, Va, 11/3 - 11/4.

Africa: U.S. Interests/Policy and Potential Collaboration/Competition with China, Amb. David H Shinn, at the Fifth Symposium on "U.S.-China Relations in a Global Context," June 1-3, 2011, Beijing, China

New Frontiers in Poverty Measurement - Part 1, James Foster, March 1, 2011.

Multidimensional Poverty, Massachusetts Avenue Development Seminar, James Foster, February 23, 2011.

Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty, Columbia University's Institute of Latin American Studies, James Foster, February 18, 2011.

Poverty Indicators (Panel Discussion), Keck Center of the National Academies, February 16, 2011.

2010

The Role of China in Africa: Trade, Investment and Aid , by Amb. David H. Shinn, as part of the Social Investment Forum International Working Group in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2010.

A Vision for the Horn of Africa , by Amb. David H. Shinn, at a conference hosted by Advocacy for Ethiopia and the Ethiopian National Priorities Consultative Process in Arlington, Virginia on April 9, 2010.

2009

"Ethiopian Armed Groups" by Amb. David H. Shinn at The Future of Armed Groups in Africa conference hosted by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research and U.S. Africa Command in Garmisch, Germany, November 13-14, 2009.

"African Conflicts and American Diplomacy: Roles and Choices," Amb. David H. Shinn, Oct. 29, 2009

International Perspectives: Involvement of Non-Western States, David Shinn, October 8, 2009.

Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia, Maritime Piracy Summit 2009, Tyson's Corner, VA, September 22, 2009, by David H. Shinn, September 22, 2009.

"Diaspora Engagement", U.S. State Department, by Jennifer Brinkerhoff with the Office of Policy and Planning, July 15, 2009

"Diaspora Organization Capacity Building: A Call and Agenda," International Conference on Diaspora for Development, Migration and Remittances Team, Development Economics Prospects Group, and the Migration Working Group, The World Bank, Washington, DC, by Jennifer Brinkerhoff, July 13-14, 2009.

The Current Situation in Somalia, Conversations on Somalia, New York Center for Conflict Dialogue, by David H. Shinn, May 21, 2009.

An Evaluation of U.S. Policy toward Somalia, Conversations on Somalia, New York Center for Conflict Dialogue, by David H. Shinn, May 21, 2009.

The U.S. and China in Africa, David H. Shinn, remarks at the Fourth Dialogue on U.S.-China Relations in a Global Context, May 12, 2009.

Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia, David H. Shinn, April 7, 2009

The United States and Africa: Issues and Challenges, David H. Shinn, April 1, 2009.

Comparing Engagement with Africa by China and the United States , David Shinn, March 6-7, 2009.

Impact of Transnational Issues on Stability and the Evolution of African Militaries, David Shinn, February 8, 2009.

2008

Implications of Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the Horn of Africa, David Shinn, October 17-19, 2008.

China's Relations with Zimbabwe, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, David Shinn, March 15, 2008.

The Paradox of Affluence: Whither Africa?, David Shinn, Feb. 2, 2008.

2007

Somalia: Prospects for Lasting Peace, David Shinn, June 8, 2007.

The US and the UN: Working Together in the 21st Century Lecture: The United Nations and the International Compact with Iraq, Amb. Ibrahim Gambari, special advisor to the UN Secretary General, April 10, 2007.

The Art of Diplomacy in the New Millennium, Edward Gnehm, April 2, 2007.

Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Ambassador of the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, spoke at GW on January 22, 2007.
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2006

Nile Basin Relations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, David Shinn, July 2006.

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ten Years After Dayton — On Its Way To Brussels, Sulejman Tihic, the Chairman of the B-H Presidency, May 10, 2006.

The United States and the United Nations: Working Together in the 21st Century, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, May 5, 2006.

Avoiding a Water War in the Nile Basin , David Shinn, Los Alamos Laboratory, March, 2006.

2005

Afghanistan: Parliamentary Elections & Narcotics, by H.E. Said Tayeb Jawad, September 8, 2005.

A Second Term Agenda for South Asia, by Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, January 28, 2005.

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