— 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
— 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
Past Events
— 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
