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Network 20/20’s Virtual Briefing Series is a bi-monthly series of moderated conversations or panel discussions on timely topics in global affairs Series featuring distinguished experts weighing in on critical topics in foreign policy. We cover country-level developments on six continents as well as macro-level global trends that are shaping our world. Our virtual briefings provide a sophisticated international audience from over 80 countries the chance to ask questions of our speakers and are an excellent introduction to Network 20/20’s programs.
 
The Virtual Briefing Series is currently free and open to everyone around the world due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.


— April 15

Jack Devine – Former Spymaster
“Spymaster’s Prism: CIA Legend Jack Devine on Russian Intelligence”
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1: 00 PM ET

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— April 19

Panel Discussion
“Building Resilience:
Innovative Approaches to Adapting to Climate Change”
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

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— April 21

Panel Discussion
“Geopolitics in the Arctic:
Competition or Cooperation”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— 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

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— April 28

Panel Discussion
“Inadequate or Excessive?
The Use of Sanctions in Foreign Policy”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— May 6

State of Democracy Series #2
“Democracy vs. Illiberal Democracy:
Which Will Win in Eastern Europe?”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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Past Events

— April 6

State of Demoracy Series #1
“U.S. Democracy Promotion: Tool of the Past or
Policy Priority?”
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

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— 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

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— March 9

Maria Ressa- Executive Editor and CEO of Rappler
“Maria Ressa: Holding the Line for
Press Freedom and Democracy”
 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET

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— March 1

David Miliband – President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee
“The Age of Impunity: Global Accountability amidst a Refugee Crisis”
 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— February 25

Dr. Kharis Ali Templeman
“Tensions over Taiwan:
Implications for U.S. – China Relations”
 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET

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— February 22

Panel Discussion
“Digital Development: Using Technology to Advance Global Financial Inclusion”
 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— February 18

Richard Fontaine – CEO of
Center for a New American Security
“Uniting the Techno-Democracies and
Forging Digital Cooperation”
 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— February 16

*Rescheduled from Feb. 1*
Panel Discussion
“Minutes to Midnight: The 2021 Doomsday Clock Explained”
 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— 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

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— February 9

Panel Discussion
“Gender and Geopolitics: The Role of Women in Foreign Affairs”
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

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— February 4

Panel Discussion
“A New START? Convergence and Confrontation
in U.S. – Russia Relations”
 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— January 25

Stefan Selig – Former Under Secretary of
Commerce for International Trade
“Trade, Tariffs, and Post-Trump:
The Future of U.S. Policy”
 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— January 21

Panel Discussion
“Scrap or Salvage? The Future of International Liberal World Order”
 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— 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

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— January 11

Panel Discussion
“Change on the Horizon: The Impact of New Diplomatic Ties in the Middle East”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— January 6

Panel Discussion
“The State of the State Department: Reforming American Diplomacy”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— 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

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— December 14

Panel Discussion
“U.K. and EU after BREXIT Transition Ends”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— December 9

Panel Discussion
“The 10th Aniversary of the Arab Spring: Examining Its Long-Term Impacts”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM ET

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— December 4

Panel Discussion
“Uniting a World in Crisis: The Role of the UN in Its 75th Year”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— December 2

Panel Discussion
“The U.S. and China: Charting a New Course”
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET

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— 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

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— November 19

Panel Discussion
“Economic Emergency: The G20’s Role in a Covid-Induced Crisis”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— November 17

Global Leadership Series
Richard N. Haass – President of Council on Foreign Relations
“The Next President’s Inbox: A World of Increasing Disarray”
 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— 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

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— October 29

Global Leadership Series
H.E. Michelle Bachelet – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
“The Future of Human Rights”
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET

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— October 9

Panel Discussion
“Facing the Facts: Disinformation in the U.S. Election”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— September 29

Global Leadership Series
Prof. Kishore Mahbubani – Former Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN and Former President of the UN Security Council
“The Future of U.S.-China Relations – Has China Won?”
 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET

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— September 21

Global Leadership Series
Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. – Emeritus and former Dean of the Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
“Do Morals Matter in Foreign Policy?”
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— September 12

Panel Discussion
Paying for Covid-19: International Tax Reform and a Socially Just Economic Recovery
Zoom Webinar
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

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— August 20

Nadim Shehadi
How Did Lebanon Get Here
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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— August 11

Jack Devine – Former Spymaster
CIA Legend Jack Devine on Challenges to the U.S. Intelligence Community
Zoom Webinar
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

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— August 4

Panel Discussion
Is a Health Impact Fund an Equitable Solution to Fund Vaccine Access for All?
Zoom Webinar
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET

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— July 30

Soner Cagaptay
Meet Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Zoom Webinar
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

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— July 28

Carmelyn L. Malalis – NYC Commissioner on Human Rights
COVID-19 & Human Rights: Lessons Learned from New York City
Zoom Webinar
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

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— July 9

Panel Discussion
The South China Sea Conflict: Issues and Prospects
Zoom Webinar
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

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— July 16

Panel Discussion
The Future of New START: Are We Heading Towards a New Arms Race?
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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— June 18

Panel Discussion
Eyes on Latin America: COVID-19 and Its Economic Impacts
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST

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— June 22

Richard Hornik
“Wolf Warrior” – Understanding China’s New Foreign Strategy
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— June 15

Therese Pearce Laanela
Pandemic Polls: The Challenges to Elections Under COVID-19
Zoom Webinar
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

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— June 8

Antony Phillipson
British Consul General in New York & Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America
The U.K. – U.S. Relationship: Navigating Trade Amidst a Pandemic
Zoom Webinar
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

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— June 1

Andrew Bacevich
The Age of Illusions: How to Fix U.S. Foreign Policy
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— June 4

Thomas Graham
Putin and the Pandemic: What’s to Come in Russia
Zoom Webinar
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

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— May 28

Dr. Parag Khanna
Shifting Powers in the Post-Pandemic World
Zoom Webinar
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST

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— May 18

Panel Discussion
International Cyber Conflict: Winners, Losers, and Tackling Threats Together
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— May 21

Britt Groosman – VP Global Climate for Evironmental Defense Fund
Green or Gray Recovery? Assessing COVID-19’s Environmental Impact
Zoom Webinar
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST

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— May 11

Helen Lackner
Yemen: New Challenge for a War Torn Country
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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— May 14

Panel Discussion
North Korea: An Analysis of Fact and Fiction
Zoom Webinar
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST

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— May 7

Adrienne Fricke
Health Without a Home: the Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugees
Zoom Webinar
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

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— April 27

Ahunna Eziakonwa – UNDP Regional Director for Africa
Coronavirus in Africa: Responding and Building Back Stronger
Zoom Webinar
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

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— April 30

Elmira Bayrasli & Buke Cuhadar
A Dialogue on Global Entrepreneurship under COVID-19
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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— April 22

Eckart Woertz
COVID 19 Impacts on Energy Security and Political Stability in the Middle East and North Africa
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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— April 23

Mira Rapp-Hooper
Geopolitics After Coronavirus
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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— April 20

Michael Koplow
Covid Coalition: What’s in Store for Israel
Zoom Webinar
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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— April 6

Steven A. Cook and Eugene Rumer
Turkey, Russia, and Power in the Middle East
Zoom Webinar
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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— April 15

Howard Friedman
Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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— April 2

Arthur Kroeber
China, Coronavirus and the Interconnected World
Zoom Webniar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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— April 9

Jamie Metzl
Coronavirus Broke the World, What’s Next?
Zoom Webinar
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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— March 30

Sital Kalantry
Protests in India: Understanding Identity, Minority Rights and Citizenship
Conference Call
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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— March 26

Dr. Gigi Gronvall
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: What You Need to Know
Conference Call
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

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— March 23

Scott Smith
Is the Afghan Peace Process Dead Already?
Conference Call
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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— Deep Dives: China

Series of Dinner Discussions with Top Experts on China
Application Deadline: February 10
Sessions: March – May

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— February 10

Ciarán Donnelly
Violence, Migration and New Forms of Conflict in
Latin America
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— April 17

CFR Military Fellows
State of the Armed Forces
Zoom Webinar
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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— January 10

Barbara Slavin
The U.S. and Iran: Escalation and the Road Ahead
Conference Call
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

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— January 21

Dr. Theodore R. Bromund
Brexit and the Future of U.S. – UK Relations
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

— December 12

The Innovators in Global Affairs Awards
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— December 17

Ambassador Frank Wisner
The U.S. and the Middle East: Challenges Ahead
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

— March 5

Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr.
Environment, Inequality, and Radicalism:
What We Can Learn from Indonesia
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

— November 19

Markus Jaeger
The Real Deal: U.S. – China
Economic Relations in Geopolitical Context
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

— November 7

Scott Moore
The Politics of Water:
Climate Change, Conflict, and Cooperation
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— October 29

Jean-Yves Fillion
The Economic View from Europe
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— October 16

David Phillips
Syria Crisis: Strategic, Security,
and Humanitarian Implications (Conference Call)
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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— October 1

Ending America’s Longest War:
What Is Next for Afghanistan?
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— September 17

This Is Not Propaganda
 Disinformation and the New Global Reality
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— September 10

Beyond the Border:
 Putting Central American Migration in Context
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— June 12

Ambassador Frederick Barton
Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— April 11

Christopher Ankersen
The State of Democracy in Southeast Asian States: Why It Matters, Why We Should Care, and What We Should Do
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— May 23

Elizabeth Economy
The Third Revolution : Xi Jinping and The New Chinese State
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— July 12

Elizabeth Radin
Angels in America? U.S. Foreign Policy and the End of AIDS
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— July 17

Conference Call with
Kimberly Marten
Where Do We Go From Here?
The Outcomes and Implications of the U.S. – Russia Summit
Time: 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

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— October 3

Christopher Sabatini
The Presidential Election in Brazil:
What to Expect and Prepare For
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— November 27, 2018

Council on Foreign Relations Military Fellows
Panel Discussion with CFR Military Fellows
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— June 14

Mike Martin
A New Way to Look at Conflict
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— March 13

CFR Military Fellows
Panel Discussion with CFR Military Fellows
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— February 15

Rachel Bronson
The Doomsday Clock: What it Says and Why it Matters
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— March 8

Safwan Masri
Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:15 PM

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— February 12, 2019

Conference Call with
Martin Wolf
Brexit: All You Need to Know About UK Leaving the EU
Time: 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

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— September 24

William Drozdiak
Fractured Continent:
Europe’s Crises and the Fate of the West
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— November 1, 2018

Ann Lee
Will China’s Economy Collapse?
(The Future of Capitalism)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— September 23

Gebran Bassil
Lebanon’s Perspective:
The Middle East and Regional Security
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

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— April 25, 2019

Mohammad Javad Zarif
U.S. and Iran: What Lies Ahead
Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

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— February 6, 2019

Panel Discussion
Powerful Peacebuilding through Jobs: Empowering Youth in the Middle East Today
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— March 6

Antony Phillipson
Trade After Brexit: Britain’s Economic Future
Time: 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM

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— March 6, 2019

Alejandro Arreaza
Venezuela: The Economics Behind Political Collapse
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— September 18

Conference Call with
Ahmed Rashid
What Imran Khan’s Election Means for U.S. – Pakistan Relations
Time: 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

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— February 28, 2019

Elise Giuliano
Why the Ukraine Crisis Endures: 
Russian Foreign Policy and Ukrainian Domestic Politics
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— October 18

Christian Stephen
When War Zones Meet
Sundance-quality Virtual Reality
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

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— October 4

Ambassador Kanwal Sibal
U.S. – India Relations
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— March 27, 2019

Damien Mander
A Noble War: The Fight to Stop Poaching
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— December 17, 2018

Sabeel Rahman
Democracy Against Domination:
The Shifting World Order
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

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— January 24, 2019

Network 20/20 networks
Join us for an evening of conversation and networking!
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— January 17, 2019

A Conversation with Ajay Banga,
President and CEO of Mastercard on
The Future of Money
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— January 23

Foreign Policy Networking Event 2020
Co-hosted by Network 20/20 and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

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— February 5

Network 20/20’s Foreign Policy Networking Evening
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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— January 17

Intelligence in Flux, from the Cold War to the Present
Speaker: David P. Hunt
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

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