— Oil to Innovation: The Gulf’s Economic Pivot and Global Implications
Virtual Member-only Briefing.
Dr. Karen E. Young, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University-
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Past Events
— Kashmir In Context: A New Chapter In An Old Conflict
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Mr. Farooq Kathwari, Chairman, President, and CEO of Ethan Allen Interiors and Founder of the Kashmir Study Group
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Navigating Risk: Lessons from National Security and the Private Sector
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Dr. Scott Sarlin, National Intelligence Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations & recent Deputy Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Mission Performance, Analysis, and Collection (MPAC) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Caught in the Crossfire: Vietnam, U.S.-China Rivalry, and the New Era of Tariffs
Virtual Member-only Briefing.
Professor Edmund Malesky, Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Duke Center for International Development at Duke University
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Tokyo’s Tightrope: Japan’s Foreign Policy Goals Amid U.S. Strategic Recalibration
Virtual Member-only Briefing.
Dr. Sheila Smith, John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— The Importance of Alliances
In-person, Members-only Briefing, Co-hosted with EACCNY
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges & Heather Conley
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
— The Future of Taiwan-U.S. Relations in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape
In-person, Members-only Briefing, Co-hosted with TECONY
Panel Discussion
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— The Implications of the U.S. Withdrawal from the WHO
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Panel Discussion
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Finland on the Global Stage: NATO, Trade, Environment and more
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Amb. Jarmo Sareva, Consul General of Finland in New York
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Rethinking the U.S. Industrial Base Policy in the Era of Great Power Competition
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Colonel Wilfred Rivera, U.S. Marine Corps, Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations,
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Power and Opportunity: Türkiye’s Foreign Policy Amid Syria’s Turmoil
Virtual Member-only Briefing.
founding director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkey program and author of “Erdogan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria.”
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Tackling the Global Fentanyl Supply Chain: Lessons Learned
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Annie Pforzheimer, Adjunct Professor of International Relations at The City University of New York and former Senior Advisor to the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Two Administrations, One Border – What the Future Holds for U.S.-Mexico Cooperation
Virtual Salon Series
Enrique Perret, Managing Director
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— A Review of U.S. Trade Policy After the Election
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Mark Linscott, Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— A Conversation with the Cyprus Consul General in New York City
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Cyprus Consul General Michalis Firillas
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Private Dinner with the Consul General of India
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Mr. Binaya Srikanta Pradhan, Consul General of India
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— After the Vote: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Election Landscape
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Elise Labott, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Leading Tech: The Future of Army Innovation and Civilian Partnership
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Mr. Young Bang, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology), and Ms. Jennifer Swanson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering & Software
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
New York City
— People of the Book
In-person Partnership Event
Theater performance and a talk back with Lisa Anderson, Network 20/20 Advisory Council member and former President of the American University in Cairo
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET
Urban Stages Theater
— Reflections on a year of war in the Middle East
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Courtney Kealy, Veteran Broadcast and former War Correspondent in the Middle East
Time: 7 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Security Implications of New Technologies: A View from Southeast Europe
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Ambassador Pejanović-Đurišić, Former Defense Minister of Montenegro
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— The Election’s Impacts on Global Trade and Industrial Policy
In-person, Members-only Briefing, Co-host with the New York Private Equity Network
Jennifer Hillman, Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy at the CFR
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Political and Economic Crossroads: U.S.- Latin America Relations Amidst the 2024 Elections
Virtual Member-only Briefing.
Ambassador P. Michael McKinley, former U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Colombia, Afghanistan, and Brazil
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— A conversation with the UK Consul General, Hannah Young
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Hannah Young, Consul General at the British Consulate in New York City
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Iran’s Elections: Implications for Iran and the Region’s Future
Virtual Member-only Briefing.
Dr. Arash Azizi – Contributing Writer to the Atlantic and the Author of the 2024 book, “What Iranians Want: Women, Life, and Freedom”
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Australia: The New Superpower of the South?
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Dr. Michael Jonathan Green – Chief Executive Officer at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Elections 2024: Combating Foreign Disinformation amidst the U.S. Election
In-person, Members-only Briefing
Dr. Dana S. Lafon, Chief and Founder of the National Security Agency’s Office of Operational Psychology
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Charting the Future: Security and Economic Policy Outlook under President Lai’s Administration
In-person, Members-only Briefing, Co-hosted with TECO New York
Dr. Bonny Lin & Mr. Riley Walters
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Redefining Stability: The Middle East in the Wake of the Gaza Crisis
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Mr. Thanassis Cambanis, Author, Journalist, and Director of Century International
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— The Fight of the Future: New Technology in the U.S. Military
In-person, Member-only Briefing
The Council on Foreign Relations’ Military Fellows
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Struggling Democracy: Politics, Power, and Elections in Pakistan
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Shuja Nawaz, Distinguished Fellow and First Director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Energy Security in a Time of Conflict
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Ms. Amy Myers Jaffe, Director of the Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab
at New York University’s School of Professional Studies
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Elections 2024: South Africa’s Democracy and Foreign Policy Outlook
Virtual Salon Briefing
Amb. Charles A. Ray, Chair of the Africa Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— The Israel-Hamas War through the Lens of International Humanitarian Law
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Gabor Rona, Professor of Practice at Cardozo Law School and Lecturer at Law at Columbia Law School
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Strategic Shifts: Unpacking Taiwan’s Election and Global Relations
Virtual Salon Briefing
Dr. Kharis Templeman, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— “Getting Russia Right” with Thomas Graham
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Thomas Graham, Council on Foreign Relations
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Pivotal Partners: U.S.-Vietnam Relations and Stability of the Indo-Pacific
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Ambassador Ted Osius, Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam
Time: 8:00 PM – 9:15 PM ET
— The Israel-Hamas War: An Off-the-Record Discussion
Virtual Off-the-Record Briefing
Former senior advisor to the special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
— Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Professor Anu Bradford, Columbia University
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Why the Polish Elections Matter to the US and NATO
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Ambassador Daniel Fried, Former U.S. Ambassador to Poland
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Hinge Points: An Inside Look at North Korea’s Nuclear Program
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker, Former Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Professor Emeritus of Stanford University
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— America’s Great-Power Opportunity: Revitalizing U.S. Foreign Policy for Strategic Competition
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Ali Wyne, Senior Analyst with Eurasia Group’s Global Macro-Geopolitics and Author of ‘America’s Great-Power Opportunity: Revitalizing U.S. Foreign Policy for Strategic Competition’
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Shifting Sands: Regional Realignment in the Middle East and Its Implications
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Sanam Vakil, Director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET
— The Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Elizabeth Shackelford, Senior Fellow of U.S. Foreign Policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Understanding Sudan’s Conflict: Context and Implications
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Sami Hamdi, Managing Director of the International Interest
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM ET
— Latin America’s Leftward Shift: Implications for Economic Policy
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Lisa M. Schineller, Managing Director in the Sovereign Ratings Department and Economist for Latin America at Standard & Poor’s
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Pakistan’s Triple Crisis: What’s Behind the Economic, Political, and Security Turmoil
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Shuja Nawaz, Director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— China’s Long March to Market Authoritarianism
Deep Dives: China 2023/Member-only Discussion Group
Scott McDonald, Non-resident Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Time: 6 PM – 7:30 PM ET
— A Global Spring: Trends to Look For in a Post-Pandemic World
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz, Author and Professor in the MA International Relations Program at New York University
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Earthquake in Turkey: How Will the Erdogan Government Recover?
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Soner Cagaptay, Director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET
— Eyes on Afghan Women: A Conversation with Shoshana Stewart
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Shoshana Stewart, CEO of Turquoise Mountain, an international NGO working in Afghanistan
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET
— Tension in the Taiwan Strait: Is the U.S. Ready?
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Council on Foreign Relations’
Military Fellows
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— Israel’s Hard-right Turn: Implications for Its Foreign Policy
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Dr. Michael Koplow – Chief Policy Officer at Israel Policy Forum
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET
— A Post-Abe Japan in a Changing Asia
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Dr. Michael Jonathan Green – Chief Executive Officer at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Russia’s War in Ukraine: Insights from Brigadier General Peter Zwack
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Brigadier General (r) Peter Zwack, Former U.S. Senior Defense Official and Attaché to the Russian Federation
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— The Geopolitics of Energy Security in Europe
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Dr. Carolyn Kissane
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
— EU Security and the Future of Transatlantic Relations
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Ambassador Michael Curtis – Deputy Head of European Union Delegation to the U.S.
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: The Saudi Struggle for Iraq
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Katherine Harvey
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
— Putin’s Endgame
In-person Briefing
Dr. Fiona Hill
Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs on the National Security Council
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM ET
Network 20/20
— Where is U.S.-China Relationship Headed Amidst the War in Ukraine?
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Stephen Orlins
President of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Network 20/20
— U.S.- Russia Relations Amidst the Invasion of Ukraine
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Katrina vanden Heuvel & David C. Speedie
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
Network 20/20
— Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Prof. Taylor Fravel
Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and
Director of the Security Studies Program at the MIT.
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— America Second: How America’s Elites Are Making China Stronger
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Isaac Stone Fish
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Network 20/20
— Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Self-determination vs. Spheres of Influence
Virtual Member-only Briefing
Professor Angela Stent
Senior Adviser to the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies and Professor Emerita at Georgetown University
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— A Troubled Triumvirate: U.S – Pakistan Relations After the Afghanistan Withdrawal
Member-only Briefing
Mr. Shuja Nawaz
Distinguished Fellow & Former Director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— Lebanon’s Economic Meltdown: Why and What’s Next?
In-person, Member-only Briefing
Dr. Amer Bisat and Sarah Himadeh
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Network 20/20
— Navigating U.S.-Turkey Tensions: Erdogan’s Multipolar Vision
Member-only Briefing
Dr. Ian Lesser
Acting President at The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Network 20/20
— November 22
Professor Bernard Haykel
Director of the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East at Princeton University
“Saudi Arabia and the Balance of Power
in the Middle East”
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— November 4
Member-only Briefing
Hanna Liubakova – Journalist from Belarus and Non-resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council
“Discord and Dissent: Belarus and the Struggle for Democracy”
Time: 12:00 PM -1:00 PM ET
Network 20/20
— September 16
Member-only Briefing
Farah Pandith – Adjunct Senior Fellow at the CFR, Foreign Policy Strategist, and Former Diplomat
“20 Years After 9/11:
Countering Violent Extremism Today”
Time: 6:00 PM -7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— August 12
Member-only Briefing
Professor Ted Henken
“Cuba After the Castros”
Time: 6:00 PM -7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— July 20
Member-only Briefing
Amb. William B. Taylor – Former Ambassador to Ukraine
“Ukraine and the Battle for an Independent Future”
Time: 6:00 PM -7:30 PM ET
Network 20/20
— May 13
Member-only Briefing
Scott Worden – Director of Afghanistan and
Central Asia Programs at the United States Institute of Peace
“Forever War? Afghanistan’s Road Ahead After U.S. Withdrawal”
Time: 6:00 PM -7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— April 22
Member-only Briefing
Keith Luse – Executive Director of the National Committee on North Korea
“North Korea: The Path Forward for the Biden Administration”
Time: 6:00 PM -7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— March 11
Member-Only Briefing
Jason Tower – Country Director for the Burma Program at USIP
“What is happening in Myanmar? The Coup, in Context”
Time: 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM ET
Network 20/20
— February 11
Member-Only Briefing
Dr. James M. Lindsay – Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations
“The Sustainability of American Power: How Domestic Politics Will Shape U.S. Foreign Policy”
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— January 13
Member-Only Briefing
Amb. Olof Skoog
“EU Priorities and Possibilities for Transatlantic Cooperation in UN75”
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM ET
Network 20/20
— December 17
Member-Only and Year-End Briefing
“An Inside View of the UN: A Conversation with Ambassador Milica Pejanović-Đurišić”
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Network 20/20
— November 23
Member-Only Briefing
Prof. Victoria Tin-bor Hui
Hong Kong: The Future of “One Country, Two Systems”
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Network 20/20
— November 12
Member-Only Briefing
H. Onno Ruding – Former Executive Director of International Monetary Fund
“The U.S. Election’s Impact on the Global Economy: A Discussion with Onno Ruding”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Network 20/20
