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Zeyno Baran, Director of International Security and Energy Programs at The Nixon Center, writes that Tbilisi's peaceful transfer of power could herald more positive democratic things to come in the region if the US and the international community continues to support democratic reform. html version Read the transcript of The Newshour with Jim Lehrer with Zeyno Baran discussing the events in Georgia. Zeyno Baran, Director of International Security and Energy Programs at The Nixon Center, held a briefing on the morning of November 21 to discuss the implications and political fallout of the recent terrorist bombings in Istanbul. The Lesson from Istanbul: Terrorism Knows No Borders Zeyno Baran, Director of International Security and Energy Programs at The Nixon Center, writes in Forward about the recent terrorist bombings in Turkey and how Turkey and the international community should respond. US citizenship policy after September 11 The Immigration and National Security Program held a luncheon on November 13 at The Nixon Center to discuss the role of immigration naturalization in a world where there is greater emphasis on national security. The Nixon Center held a luncheon on November 10, 2003 with terrorism expert Tim Spicer to discuss the role of the private sector in the war on terrorism. The National Interest Editor and Nixon Center Senior Fellow John O'Sullivan moderated the event. Taiwan's Trajectory and the Future of US-Taiwan Relations The Nixon Center's Chinas Studies Program co-hosted a luncheon seminar with the Atlantic Council to discuss Taiwan, its upcoming elections, and relations between China, the US, and Taiwan. Ethnic Profiling and Homeland Security The Nixon Center's Immigration and National Security Program hosted a debate on October 22, 2003 between Kate Martin, Director of The Center for National Security Studies, and Heather Mac Donald, Senior Fellow at The Manhattan Institute. The two debated the role of ethnic profiling in the war on terrorism since September 11, 2001. Robert Leiken, Director of The Nixon Center's Immigration and National Security Programs, moderated the discussion. Postwar Iraq: Geopolitical Challenges and Reconstruction Director of Regional Strategic Programs at The Nixon Center Geoffrey Kemp was invited to give the 2003 Cairncross Lecture at St. Peter's College, Oxford on October 16, 2003. This annual address is named after the former Master of St. Peter's, the distinguished British economist Sir Alex Cairncross. A copy of his lecture can be found here. The Crisis with Iran and the IAEA
The Nixon Center hosted a luncheon to discuss "The Crisis with Iran and the IAEA" on September 8. Dimitri K. Simes, President of The Nixon Center, moderated the event. Panelists included Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs at The Nixon Center, Michael Eisenstadt, Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and David Albright, President of the Institute for Science and International Security. Nixon Center Strategic Studies Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writes in National Review Online about the growing inadequacies of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and considers the possible need for a new, more frank nuclear posture by the United States and its allies. The Future Orientation of Russia: Let the Bids Begin Nixon Center Strategic Studies Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writes in EIPIC that the US must do more substantively if it wants to compete with China and Europe for Russian favor. Advancing American Interests in the US-Russian Relationship
On September 22, The Commission on America's National Interests and Russia released its Interim Report, Advancing American Interests in the U.S.-Russian Relationship, at a press briefing at The Nixon Center. Co-sponsored by The Nixon Center and Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Commission made a number of important recommendations for U.S. policy toward Russia. Commission Chairman James Schlesinger and Co-Directors Graham Allison and Dimitri Simes presented the group's findings and recommendations. The "Stealth" Normalization of US-China Ties Director of the Chinese Studies Program at The Nixon Center, David Lampton has written an article in the South China Morning Post, arguing that US-China relations are much stronger and more stable than often assumed. Though the relationship will have its rocky moments, Washington would be wise to continue fostering ties with Beijing and treat China as the growing power it is. Creating Peace Zones in Georgia The Nixon Center's International Security and Energy Program held an afternoon meeting on Thursday, September 25 with Vakhtang Rcheulishvili, Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament and Chairman of the Economic Forum of Georgia. He discussed the Georgia-US-Russia trilateral relationship. Zeyno Baran, Director of the International Security and Energy Program, moderated the event. Click here for a summary. pdf Nixon Center Strategic Studies Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writes in The Moscow Times that the US and Russia must move beyond warm rhetoric and declarations and take substantive action to improve the bilateral relationship. On September 21, Zeyno Baran, Director of the International Security and Energy Programs at The Nixon Center, spoke in Vilnius, Lithuania on the strategic role of the South Caucasus. Here is the text of her speech. Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed -- And How To Stop It On September 16, The Nixon Center's National Security Program held a luncheon with Rachel Ehrenfeld to discuss her new book, "Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How To Stop It." Zeyno Baran, Director of International Security and Energy Programs at The Nixon Center, also commented on the book and Fritz Ermarth, Director of National Security Programs at The Nixon Center, moderated the discussion. Click here for a link to the discussion. Azerbaijan's Presidential Elections Zeyno Baran, Director of The Nixon Center's International Security and Energy Program, along with Nelson Ledsky of the National Democratic Institute, held a luncheon at The Nixon Center on September 11 featuring Azerbaijani Presidential Candidate, Isa Gambar. Azerbaijan's election is on October 15 and Gambar discussed his prospects. Click here to read the program brief for this event. Benign Autocracy is the Answer for Iraq Read The Los Angeles Times' (9/07) recent article, coauthored by Nixon Center Strategic Studies Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev, about the grim prospects for democracy in Iraq and what the US should do. Read The Boston Globe's (8/24) recent article about the role realism plays in the debate over US foreign policy. Robert Leiken, Director of The Nixon Center's Immigration and National Security Program, held a luncheon on August 20, featuring Victor Davis Hanson, author of Mexifornia: A State of Becoming, and Carlos Rico, Political Counselor of the Mexican Embassy. Click here to read the program brief for this event. John O'Sullivan Named Editor of The National Interest
Top Journalist John O'Sullivan has been selected as the new Editor of THE NATIONAL INTEREST, the realist foreign policy quarterly published by Hollinger International and The Nixon Center. Press release. Paul J. Saunders, Director of The Nixon Center, and The Nixon Center's US-Russian Relations Program recently held a seminar to discuss the current status of US-Russian relations, how the war in Iraq affected those relations and what is needed to ensure strong relations in the future. Click here for a summary of the discussion. Time to Repair U.S.-Turkish Relations Zeyno Baran, Director of International Security and Energy programs, writing in the Wall Street Journal. U.S.-Turkish Relations Strained Further Nixon Center Director for International Security and Energy Programs Zeyno Baran analyzes the impact of the arrest of 11 Turkish soldiers by the United States on the already strained U.S.-Turkish relationship.
CENTER DIRECTOR ANALYZES
Writing in the
June/ July 2003 issue of the journal
Policy Review, Nixon
Center Director Paul J. Saunders explains the reasons behind U.S.-Russian
dispute over Iraq and outlines a strategy to develop closer relations with
Moscow to advance important American interests.
Follow this link for
the full text of the article.
The Nixon Center's International Security and Energy program recently held a meeting to discuss the U.S.-Turkish relations following the war in Iraq and the current dynamics of Turkey's domestic politics. The panel included Prof. Ilter Turan (above right) of Istanbul Bilgi University and Dr. Ron Asmus of the German Marshall Fund. Zeyno Baran, Director of the International Security and Energy program moderated the discussion. Mexico's Illegal Alien Card: Should It Be Valid in the United States? On June 12, 2003, The Nixon Center's Immigration and National Security Program held a roundtable discussion to analyze the rise of Mexico's "matricula consular" card. The panel included Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO), Marti Dinerstein, President of Immigration Matters and Policy Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, and Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies. Click here for a summary of the discussion. KEMP TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Democratic Impulses Versus Imperial Interests: America's New Mid-East Conundrum Nixon Center Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev and Ray Takeyh, professor and director of studies at the Near East and South Asia Center at the National Defense University, writing in Orbis. China's Health Calamity: Causes and Consequences On June 4, David Lampton, Director of the China Studies Program at The Nixon Center, held a panel discussion with Bates Gill, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Freeman Chair in China Studies, and Myron Cohen M.D., Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology and Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina. They discussed the current SARS epidemic and the political and economic consequences. Click here for a summary of their discussion. The US-Russian Relationship After Iraq On June 5, 2003, The Nixon Center held a dinner for Dimitry Rogozin, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs. Mr. Rogozin predicted that the recent problems in the US-Russian relationship would heal as time passed. However, Mr. Rogozin pointed out that the postwar management of Iraq was still a point of contention between Moscow and Washington and any true improvement in the relationship would require a more frank dialogue. Nixon Center Dimitri Simes moderated the dinner.
China
Studies Director David M. Lampton in the
Washington Post: China: Fed Up With North Korea? (June 4, 2003) “Turkey,
Iraq, and the United States: Getting the Post-War Situation Right” The North Korean Nuclear Challenge and the Policy Options to Deal with It The
Nixon Center's Director of National Security Programs, Fritz W. Ermarth,
and Director of Chinese Studies, David M. Lampton, recently convened a
workshop to focus on formulating recommendations to policymakers to
address the North Korean nuclear threat. Presentations were made by
Richard Solomon, President of the United States Institute for Peace; Henry
Sokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Education Center; and
Adm. Dennis Blair, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defense
Analyses.
Terrorism
and Restrictionism:
The Immigration and National Security program at the Nixon Center continued a series of roundtable meetings on immigration after September 11 with a discussion about European immigration policies by Patrick Weil, a professor of Politics at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies commented on Dr. Weil's remarks and the Nixon Center Immigration and National Security Program Director, Robert S. Leiken, moderated the discussion.
Postwar Iraq Symposium
On April 24, the Nixon Center held a roundtable discussion on the future for a post-Saddam Iraq. The speakers included Gen. Charles Boyd USAF (ret.), President and CEO of Business Executives for National Security; Dr. Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland; Dr. Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs, The Nixon Center; and Ms. Zeyno Baran, Director for International Security and Energy Programs, The Nixon Center. Nixon Center President Dimitri K. Simes moderated the discussion. Follow the links below for articles adapted from the meeting's presentations: The
Perils of Empire Postwar
Analysis: The Military Conclusions
China Studies Director David m. lampton in the Asian wall street journal:
Georgian
Opposition Party Leader Addresses Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the United National Movement Party, an opposition party in Georgia, recently spoke at the Nixon Center on stability in Georgia and discussed the upcoming Georgian elections. Nixon Center Director of International Security and Energy programs Zeyno Baran, moderated the discussion. Follow this link for a summary of his presentation.
Nixon Center Scholar featured on 60 Minutes Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs, appeared extensively in a segment on Iran on 60 Minutes, Sunday, April 13.
Former assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation, now CSIS Senior Advisor, Robert Einhorn, discussed China's proliferation record and the progress that has been made thus far, as well as the steps that must be taken, to bring China into compliance with nonproliferation standards. Follow this link for a related article written by Mr. Einhorn for In the National Interest.
Arab Democracy and American Security
The Nixon Center recently hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss post-Saddam Iraq. The panelists included Nixon Center Director of Regional Strategic Programs, Geoffrey Kemp (middle left); Ray Takeyh, Director of the Professor and Director of Studies at Near East and South Asia Center, National Defense University (far left), and Dr. Thomas Carothers, senior associate and director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie Endowment (far right). Nixon Center Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev moderated the discussion.
Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev Reacts to President Bush's Ultimatum in National Review Online
America, China, and Russia: The Trilateral Relationship
The
Nixon Center recently hosted a roundtable discussion featuring Dr.
Christopher Marsh (above right), the director of Asian Studies at Baylor
University. Dr. Marsh focused his remarks on the
American-Chinese-Russian trilateral relationship and how the perceptions
that the countries have of one another affects their distinctive foreign
policies. Nixon Center Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev moderated the
discussion. Follow
this link for a summary of the discussion.
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Nixon Center Vice Chairman, Robert F. Ellsworth, discussed the aftermath of a war on Iraq and what happens next following the removal of Saddam Hussein.
French
Toast: Paris Has Overplayed its Hand
Profiling: Its Role in Immigration and Homeland Security
The Nixon Center's Immigration and National Security Program recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the role of profiling in immigration and homeland security. The panelists included Dieter Grimm, a former justice of the German Constitutional Court and Jan Ting, former Assistant Commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the U.S. Department of Justice. Immigration and National Security Program Director Robert S. Leiken moderated the discussion. Follow this link for a summary of the meeting.
The Potential for Islamic and Iraqi Terrorism in the United States
The Immigration and National Security Program recently held its first in what will be a series of roundtable discussions on immigration after September 11. Terrorism Expert Steven Emerson (right) discussed the potential for Islamic terrorism in the United States.
Follow this link for Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev's opinion pieces In: -
National
Review Online -
the
Moscow Times,
Djindic
& His Serbia
Nixon
Center Director of International Energy and Security Programs Zeyno Baran
discussed the importance of Turkey in a possible war with Iraq and how this has
affected U.S.-Turkish relations. Morton Abramowitz, the former U.S.
Ambassador to Turkey during the Gulf War, moderated the discussion. Follow
this link for a summary of the briefing. html
pdf
(21k) "Turkey's
Difficult Balancing Act"
"The Modernization of China's Military: Implications for American Policy" The
Nixon Center recently hosted a luncheon event featuring Dr. David
Shambaugh and the views expressed within his new book, Modernizing
China's Military: Progress, Problems and Prospects. Follow this
link for a summary of the event.
EVOLVING U.S.-CHINA MILITARY TIES WITH CHINA AND TAIWAN Former
Defense Department official and current
GEORGIAN MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY SPEAKS AT THE NIXON CENTER
New Scholar to Launch Programs on Turkey, Energy The
Nixon Center is pleased to announce that Zeyno Baran,
formerly Director of the Caucasus Project at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS), will serve as Director of the Nixon Center's
new International Security and Energy
programs. The programs will initially focus on the Eurasian
region.
ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS AT NIXON CENTER At a recent Nixon Center luncheon, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian discussed upcoming elections in Armenia and security issues in the Caucasus. Follow this link for a summary of the meeting.
Managed Pluralism and Political Parties in Russia Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writing in Baylor University's Analysis of Events. Follow this link to the article at Baylor University's Analysis of Events website.
Don't
Give Hussein the War He Wants: Senior
Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev writes on the importance of continuing intrusive
inspections in Iraq to help delegitimize the pharaonic despotism by which Saddam's regime rules. National Review Online, January
27, 2003. Key
Isle A final agreement in Cyprus is essential in easing long-standing instability in the Mediterranean and could serve as a model for reconstructing a post-war Iraq, writes Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev in the National Review Online, January 14, 2003.
Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs, discusses how democracy in the Middle East should be pursued to improve the lives of ordinary citizens yet, at the same time, could serve both regional and American interests in the long run. Follow this link for more articles by Geoffrey Kemp. NIXON
CENTER HONORS CIA
DIRECTOR GEORGE J. TENET WITH ITS 2002 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD On December 11, The Nixon Center honored CIA Director George Tenet (above center) with its 2002 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his lifetime of public service in intelligence and national security affairs. Center Advisory Council Chairman James Schlesinger introduced Director Tenet, who discussed America's war on terrorism in his keynote address. Former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft (left) and former Nixon Foundation Chairman and Nixon Center Founding Chairman George L. Argyros (right)--now the U.S. Ambassador to Spain--presented the Award to the Director. President George W. Bush and former President George H. W. Bush each sent written messages praising his service as well. Follow this link for Director Tenet's remarks. IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST HOLDS IRAQ SYMPOSIUM. "WAR ON IRAQ: WHEN, WHY AND AT WHAT COST?" On
Monday, December 9, 2002, In the National Interest held a symposium
at The Nixon Center entitled, "War on Iraq: When, Why and at What
Cost?" This gathering brought together a distinguished group of
analysts and practitioners to evaluate the policies of the Administration
and to project likely outcomes in the near future. It was chaired by the
Honorable James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense, who is the
chairman of the advisory council of The Nixon Center and the publisher of The
National Interest, the two partners who co-produce and publish In
the National Interest. CENTER SCHOLAR FRITZ W. ERMARTH IN SUNDAY'S NEW YORK TIMES. NIXON CENTER SCHOLAR ROBERT S. LEIKEN IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR FORMER
AMBASSADORS ADDRESS U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS AT NIXON CENTER MEETING CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE CAN DRIVE CHINA'S REFORMS NIXON
CENTER SCHOLARS IN THE WASHINGTON POST GRAHAM ALLISON AND ANDREI KOKOSHIN DISCUSS NATIONAL INTEREST ARTICLE AT NIXON CENTER DINNER. Graham Allison (right), Director of the Belfer Center at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Andrei Kokoshin (left), the Director of the Institute for International Security Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, discussed their Fall 2002 National Interest article, "The New Containment", and discussed the U.S.-Russian alliance on preventing a WMD threat from terrorist organizations. Fritz Ermarth (center), the Director of National Security Programs at the Nixon Center, moderated the discussion. Follow this link for a summary of the meeting.
TO
BE PRAGMATIC IS GLORIOUS Does
a New Generation of Chinese Leaders Mean New Policy? NEW
ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES SPEAKS AT NIXON CENTER LUNCHEON
BUSH'S
CHANCE TO ENGAGE A NEW CHINA
AMERICA
AGAINST THE WORLD? A
PROPER RECKONING
DUMA
OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM AT
THE
NATIONAL INTEREST The
National Interest magazine's annual editorial board dinner took place at
The Nixon Center on September 9. Among the distinguished group were
Editorial Board Chairman Conrad Black (left), Editorial Board Co-Chairman
Henry Kissinger
(center), and Publisher James Schlesinger
(right) as well as former National
Security Advisors Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, and former
Secretary of State Alexander Haig. U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS IN A POST- SEPTEMBER 11TH WORLD
REALISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
THE
DANGERS OF WRITING TAIWAN A BLANK SECURITY CHECK
PIPELINES
AND GRAND STRATEGY
IRAQ,
AL QAEDA, AND KOSOVO: ONE RULE, THREE RESULTS?
AFGHANISTAN
AND PAKISTAN: At a recent Nixon Center meeting, a distinguished panel discussed the fragile political environments in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the role the United States must play in each country. The speakers included: Anatol Lieven, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Paula Newberg, Special Advisor to the UN Foundation and the Center for International Cooperation, NYU; and Marin Strmecki, Senior Vice President, Smith Richardson Foundation. Center Director for Regional Strategic Programs, Geoffrey Kemp, moderated the discussion. Follow this link for a summary of the meeting. MEXICAN IMMIGRATION AFTER 9/11
FORMER NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN JOINS NIXON CENTER
The Nixon Center is pleased to announce that Fritz W. Ermarth, a distinguished former official who has served as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council and Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Soviet and European Affairs, has joined the Center as Director of National Security Programs. Follow this link for more information.
KEMP
TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
A
NEW RESOURCE IN THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM?
LONDON
WORKSHOP: IRAQ AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
REALISTS
AND IDEALISTS: INTERPRETING THE BUSH DOCTRINE RUSSIAN
FOREIGN MINISTER LAUNCHES BOOK AT NIXON CENTER EVENT THE
QUARTET: CAN IT BE EFFECTIVE? RUSSIAN
TV COMMENTATOR & FOREIGN POLICY AUTHORITY TO EXPAND CENTER'S
PROGRAMS IN RUSSIA DO
TERRORIST NETWORKS NEED A HOME? (pdf) REPORT
ON APRIL DIALOGUE IN MOSCOW
THREE
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Director of the International
Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),
Dr. Kurt Campbell,
Georgian
Minister of State Security, Valeri Khaburdzania, assessed Georgia's
security concerns in the Pankisi Gorge and the autonomous region of
Abkhazia at a recent Nixon Center event. 
NIXON CENTER LUNCHEON
The
Nixon Center and the Institute on Religion and Public Policy recently
cosponsored a roundtable discussion on "Realism and Human
Rights." The purpose of the meeting was to explore what
the appropriate balance is between promoting a human
rights/democratization agenda and ensuring the vital security interests of
the United States. Center Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev (right) and Institute on
Religion and Public Policy President Joseph Grieboski moderated the
discussion. 
The
Nixon Center and the 
One
day before he testifies to Congress on the Bush Administration's proposal
to create a Department of Homeland Security, former Senator Warren B.
Rudman (right), Co-Chairman of The United States Commission on National
Security/21st Century, addressed the challenge of defending the United
States at a Nixon Center luncheon. Please check back soon for a
summary of Senator Rudman's remarks. June 19, 2002. (
