Events

Event Archive

• How China and California Collaborate and Compete for Our Future

  
  • September 20, 2019 —  Washington, DC

  Tensions between the world’s superpowers are mounting in Washington and Beijing. But between these hubs of high-level politics, a new reality is emerging between China and the state of California, which have built deep and interdependent socioeconomic exchanges that reverberate across the globe.

• New Technologies and Nuclear Risk

  
  • September 17, 2019 —  Washington, DC

  The proliferation of new technologies threatens to increase the risks of nuclear use. Join us to discuss two of those risks; precision-strike weapons in the hands of U.S. allies and artificial intelligence.

• Samantha Power on The Education of an Idealist

  
  • September 13, 2019 —  Washington, DC

  Join Carnegie President William J. Burns for a moderated conversation with Ambassador Samantha Power about her extraordinary career and how the United States can best advance human dignity at this time of upheaval and division.

• The Counter-ISIS Coalition: Diplomacy and Security in Action

  
  • September 10, 2019 —  The Brookings Institution

  Join the Brookings Institution and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.

• Yemen: The War and the Way Out

  
  • August 20, 2019 —  Beirut, Lebanon
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  Yemen’s devastating conflict has entered its fifth year, with all sides exhausted by the enormous material and human costs incurred.

• The Legality of Nuclear Deterrence

  
  • July 15, 2019 —  Washington, DC

  The legality of nuclear weapons, nuclear war, and nuclear deterrence have been much debated over the years. What if the ICJ were to take up the issue again after their 1996 Advisory Opinion? Would the result be any different, especially in light of the negotiation of the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons? Please join us for a discussion of these issues.

• Tunisia at a Crossroads

  
  • July 09, 2019 —  Washington, DC

  Tunisia is at a crossroads. The democratic transition has failed to meet the expectations of most citizens, with the government unable to address key challenges facing their country. What comes next?

• Hypersonic Missiles: Assessing the Benefits and Risks

  
  • July 09, 2019 —  Washington, DC

  What are the potential benefits for the United States of hypersonic missiles? Specifically, will they help offset equivalent Chinese and Russian capabilities? And what are the risks of their acquisition and potential employment, including of escalation to a nuclear war?

• A Conversation with Pakistan’s Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan

  
  • June 24, 2019 —  Washington, DC

  Pakistan remains at the center of many challenges facing the United States in South Asia yet the foreign policy establishments in both countries are less certain than ever about the direction and potential of the bilateral relationship. George Perkovich will conduct a conversation with Ambassador Khan on these and other issues.

• Closing the Gender Gap in Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament

  
  • June 24, 2019 —  Washington, DC

  Carnegie hosted a presentation of UNIDIR's new report and an interactive discussion on how to close the gender gap in arms control, non-proliferation, and disarmament.