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First Monday Forum

Monday 1/8/18: “How Cities Are Collaborating to Combat Violent Extremism” with Michael Duffin of the tate Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism, author of https://blogs.state.gov/stories/2017/05/17/en/role-cities-countering-violent-extremism

Event Location and Time: American Foreign Service Association, 2101 E. Street, NW, Washington DC at 12 pm

For all PDC First Monday Forum Events, please RSVP at firstmondayforum.rsvp@gmail.com

Lunch and Learn Forum

Event Location and Time: American Foreign Service Association, 2101 E. Street, NW, Washington DC at 12 pm. Contact Frankie Sturm at SturmWF@state.gov for more details.

Public Diplomacy News

Events of possible interest this week (and most will be webcast):

Mon 12/11 9 am (all day) AAAS: “Human Rights Day Training” https://www.aaas.org/event/human-rights-day-trainings

Mon 12/11 11:30 am GW: NATO response to hybrid and other unconventional threats https://elliott.gwu.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D126105594%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D

Mon 12/11 12 noon GW: “How artificial intelligence will enhance propaganda and threaten democracy”  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16ygYYVcStU1dpHo9JdliYdsonH7riWJ6B00IXuyljwg/viewform?edit_requested=true

Mon 12/11 12:30 pm GW: US, Russia and China: different development visions for Central Asia https://elliott.gwu.edu/calendar?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D126105626%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D

Mon 12/11 12:30 pm IADB: “Conflict, State Consolidation, and the Spread of Primary Education” http://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/16970

Mon 12/11 1pm CSIS: Reexamining U.S. government funding investment in developing countries https://www.csis.org/events/time-revisit-us-enterprise-funds

Mon 12/11 6 pm Embassy of Italy: Tourism in the Digital Age, with Google, Airbnb, Mobike (no web site) RSVP to press.washington@esteri.it

Tue 12/12 10 am Atlantic Cncl: “2017 Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Forum” (note Tillerson keynote) http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/AC%20Korea%20Forum

Tue 12/12 2 pm House Foreign Affairs Cmte: “Cambodia’s Descent: Policies to Support Democracy and Human Rights”  https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-cambodias-descent-policies-support-democracy-human-rights/

Tue 12/12 2 pm House Foreign Affairs Cmte: “Protecting North Korean Refugees” https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-protecting-north-korean-refugees/

Tue 12/12 7 pm Westminster: “The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier”    https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eetbpdnl9864f88a

Wed 12/13 9 am CSIS: “Careers in Global Development” https://www.csis.org/events/careers-global-development-susan-reichle

Wed 12/13 11 am Wilson Ctr: Innovations Achieving Gender Parity in Global Leadership https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/beyond-the-numbers-the-leadership-index-and-innovations-achieving-parity-global-leadership

Wed 12/13 1:30 pm CSIS: “CORDS at 50: A Model of Civil-Military Collaboration?” https://www.csis.org/events/cords-50-model-civil-military-collaboration

Wed 12/13 1:45 pm Hudson: “The Future of Combating Terrorism”  https://www.hudson.org/events/1502-the-future-of-combating-terrorism-and-countering-the-use-of-wmd-a-conversation-with-deputy-secretary-of-homeland-security-elaine-duke122017

Wed 12/13 3:30 pm CSIS: “The Human Face of Trade and Food Security” https://www.csis.org/events/human-face-trade-and-food-security-report-launch

Wed 12/13 4:30 pm AFSA Holiday Happy Hour, open to AFSA members and non-members. Details:  http://afsa.org/afsa-holiday-happy-hour

Thu 12/14 10 am Brookings: “Advancing female entrepreneurship in the developing world: A look at Africa” https://www.brookings.edu/events/advancing-female-entrepreneurship-in-the-developing-world-a-look-at-africa/

Thu 12/14 10:30 am Wilson Ctr: “Signal Strength: Lessons from RFE/RL’s Latvian Service” https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/signal-strength-lessons-rferls-latvian-service

Thu 12/14 1:30 pm Wilson Ctr: “Endurance Test: Civil Society Adaptation in Uncertain Environments” https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/endurance-test-civil-society-adaptation-uncertain-environments

Thu 12/14 6:30 pm SAIS: “Afghanistan: Vicious Circles of Violence” https://www.sais-jhu.edu/events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D267291167%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D

Fri 12/15 12 noon UNIC: “Press Conference: UN Expert on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights” http://unicwash.org/unicw-events/extreme-poverty-pc/