Monday in Washington, January 28, 2018

CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. 1/28 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speaker: Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; Moderator: Michael E. O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, and Director of Research, Foreign Policy, Brookings.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE 2019 STATE OF THE UNION. 1/28, 10:00-11:15am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: E.J. Dionne Jr., W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings; John Hudak, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Effective Public Management, Brookings; Vanessa Williamson, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings; Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, and Editor-in-Chief, Lawfare, Brookings; Moderator: Molly E. Reynolds, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings.

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BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO: CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING AS AN ANTITRUST REMEDY. 1/28, 11:45am-1:30pm. Sponsor: Hudson. Speakers: Commissioner Noah Phillips, Federal Trade Commission; Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Senior Fellow, Hudson.


TAXING WARS: THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR FINANCE AND THE DECLINE OF DEMOCRACY. 1/28, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation. Speaker: author Sarah Kreps is an Associate Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell University.

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BOOK LAUNCH: THE STATE STRIKES BACK: THE END OF ECONOMIC REFORM IN CHINA? 1/28, 12:15-1:30pm. Sponsor: Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE). Speaker: author, Nicholas R. Lardy, Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, PIIE. Streaming Only.

ACTORS AND CONTROL: THE STRUGGLE FOR HISTORY AND MEMORY IN RUSSIA. 1/28, 2:00-3:00pm. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speaker: Ivan Kurilla, Professor, History and International Relations, and Director, Department Development Partnership Program, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia.

GLOBAL STATUS OF CCS: IS US TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP AT RISK? 1/28, 3:00pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council; Global CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Institute. Speakers: keynote: Steven Winberg, Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy, US Department of Energy; Jeff Erikson, General Manager, Global CCS Institute; Lynn A. Brickett, Project Manager, National Energy Technology Laboratory; Daichi Nakahara, Vice President, Director of Operations, IHI INC. PPED; Kurt Waltzer, Managing Director, Clean Air Task Force; Geir Westgaard, Vice President, Political & Public Affairs, Equinor; moderator: David Livingston, Deputy Director for Climate & Advanced Energy, Global Energy Center; Atlantic Council.

TECH AND THE FUTURE OF NATIONAL SECURITY. 1/28, 4:00-5:30pm. Sponsor: School of Foreign Service, GU. Speakers: Palmer Luckey, Founder, Anduril Industries; Trae Stephens, Chairman, Anduril Industries; Toni Gidwani, Director of Research, ThreatConnect.