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Afghanistan: What Does the Future Hold?
CACI FORUM
Afghanistan: What Does the Future Hold?
Thursday, 3 Nov. 2016, from 5 to 7 p.m.
(reception with Georgian wine at 5 p.m.; main program at 5:30)
This CACI forum presents three of its Afghan colleagues, all of them recipients of the Rumsfeld Fellowship. With one a senior official in President Ghani's office, the second the head of Afghanistan's largest TV network, and the third from the Afghan private sector with military background, they are well positioned to speak about their country's future, its security, its politics, and the views of its citizens.
Speakers:
Mr. Zafar Hashemi
Deputy Spokesman to the President of Afghanistan
Mr. Lotfullah Najafizada
Award-winning journalist and Director of TOLOnews (Afghanistan’s top 24/7 news and current affairs television channel)
Mr. Sami Sadat
CEO, Blue Sea Logistics Company
Military and Security Expert
Moderated by S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
A video recording of this forum can now be viewed on the SAIS Events YouTube channel.
Rome Building Auditorium
SAIS - Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Heart of Asia Business Partnerships, from the Black Sea to Mongolia
CACI FORUM
Heart of Asia Business Partnerships,
from the Black Sea to Mongolia
Tuesday, 1 Nov. 2016, from 5 to 7 p.m.
(reception with Georgian wine at 5 p.m.; program at 5:30)
In this CACI forum, eleven participants from the Fall 2016 Rumsfeld Fellowship program, representing eight countries, will discuss INNOVATIVE EMERGING regional business partnerships in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
A video recording of this forum can now be viewed on the SAIS Events YouTube channel.
Moderated by S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Rome Building Auditorium
SAIS - Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Update from Tashkent: A Conversation with Senator Sodiq Safoev
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and
the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan invite you:
Update from Tashkent: A Conversation
with Senator Sodiq Safoev, Сhairman of the Committee for Foreign Relations of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Important developments are under way in Uzbekistan. With national elections impending on December 4, and fresh initiatives already taken in areas as diverse as policy reforms, business, and international relations, Uzbekistan has entered a vital new phase.
Senator Safoev served as Ambassador to Washington from 1996 to 2001, where he was warmly received, and subsequently was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Rector of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Tashkent. He was elected to the Senate in 2010. Additionally, he worked as the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; as Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan in Afghanistan; as Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Germany; and as Chief Consultant and Head of the Department of International Economic Relations under the presidential administration.
Moderated by Svante Cornell, Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Lunch (Uzbek cuisine) will be served.
Washington, DC 20036
Registration is REQUIRED for this event:
The Road Ahead for Azerbaijan and the Caucasus
CACI FORUM
The Road Ahead for Azerbaijan and the Caucasus
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, from 5 to 7 p.m.
(reception at 5 p.m.; main program at 5:30)
This event can now be viewed on the SAIS events YouTube channel.
A Talk by
Elin Suleymanov
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States of America
As Azerbaijan celebrates twenty five years of independence, Ambassador Suleymanov will look at the achievements of his country and focus on future prospects both for Azerbaijan and the region as a whole in an era of mounting tension and geopolitical transformations.
Moderated by S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
SAIS - Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
