Events

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Jan. 25, 2006: WSI Board of Directors meeting at the World Security Institute.

Jan. 19, 2006: Bruce G. Blair, President of the World Security Institute, will be presenting at the United Nations, NYC, at the World Citizen Association Awards Ceremony.

Jan. 12-14, 2006: Theresa Hitchens, Director of CDI, will be a panelist at the first Forum on Space and Defense in Colorado Springs; she will discuss Space and Grand Strategy on a panel led by Dr. Jim Wirtz.

Jan. 10, 2006: CDI/PSR Global Security Seminar will hold its January meeting at the UCLA Faculty Center in Los Angeles at 6:30 p.m. The speaker will be Professor David Goodstein, Vice Provost and Professor of Physics at Caltech, who will assess the coming end of the age of oil.

Dec. 13, 2005: CDI Senior Advisor will give a presentation on the Significance of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Outcomes - Now and in the Future - to the San Diego Chamber of Commerce at the Bay View Restaurant on the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego on Dec. 13, 2005.

Dec. 13, 2005: Col. Chet Richards (USAF, ret.) has recently completed a new work, Neither Shall the Sword: Conflict in the Years Ahead. It is now at the printers and will be released in January. On Dec. 13, 2005, Col. Richards will present a short briefing summarizing his controversial new monograph, and pre-publication copies will be available.

• Time: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 11:00 – 12:00
• Place: Butler Room, First Floor, Carnegie Building, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW
• Sponsor: Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information
• Contact: for more information, at 202-797-5271.

Dec. 12, 2005: “Conflict in the Years Ahead,” a briefing presentation on “4th Generation Warfare,” its relationship to earlier conflict, and how to win at it.

• Time: Monday, Dec. 12, 2:00 – 5:00
• Place: Shotwell Room, First Floor, Carnegie Building, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW
• Presenter: Col. Chet Richards (USAF, ret.). Col. Richards is the author of “A Swift Elusive Sword” on making the U.S. Armed Forces far more effective in conventional warfare at much lower cost, and “Certain to Win,” which applies certain concepts of warfare to business practices.
• Sponsor: Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information
• RSVP: : 202 797-5271.

Dec. 06, 2005: CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle will give a presentation on the significance of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Outcomes - Now and in the Future - to the Ventura Country Regional Defense Partnership at 7:30 a.m. at the Ventura County Government Center on.

Nov. 15, 2005: CDI Director Theresa Hitchens will debate Gen. Daniel Leaf at MIT's Technology and Culture Forum on "The Militarization of Space: A Policy Debate"; Cambridge, Mass, 7 p.m.

Nov. 14, 2005: WSI International Media Division to host "Access, Bias, and Censorship: How the World Learns About America;" New York, NY, 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 09, 2005: CDI Director will speak at the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces on space weapons; 1:30 pm.

Nov. 07, 2005: CDI Director will chair a panel at the Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference panel on "Outer Space Security: Past Perspectives, Future Prospects," with Ambassador Paul Meyer, Brig. Gen. Simon Worden, and Ye Ru'an; at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 03, 2005: CDI Director will address the 7th RUSI Missile Defense Conference during a panel session on "International Perspectives – Independent Views;" Banqueting House, Royal Palace of Whitehall.

Oct. 26, 2005: WSI Brussels Director Tomas Valasek will speak on the "The Role of Transatlantic Relationship in Global Security Environment" in Bratislava, Slovakia. More details soon.

Aug. 23, 2005: , editor in chief of Taqrir Washington, addressed the CNI Foundation Public Hearing, "Democracy in the Middle East."

July 26, 2005: WSI Caucasus Project hosts “ The South Caucasus: Problems of Stability and Regional Security.”