Policy Events (June 28, 2021)
Feminist foreign policy, post-pandemic policing, Biden's first six months, the Gaza ceasefire and cybersecurity and policy are just some of the topics being discussed at think tank events next month.
Welcome to Policy Events. Over the next two weeks, we will be a number of events across a wide range of topics at different tanks. There are events about feminist foreign policy, post-pandemic policing as well as on the Gaza ceasefire and cybersecurity. There is also an event that takes stock of the first six months of Biden’s presidency across a range of key areas.
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Online Event
EUROPEAN POLICY CENTRE - Tuesday, July 6 @ 10:30am Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
EPC Talks Geopolitics with Suhasini Haidar
Being the largest democracy and one of the world’s major economies, India has significantly buttressed its global profile in recent years. Caught between hostile neighbours in an increasingly complex and uncertain world, India’s development and policy choices have worldwide impact. Where does India stand in the global order? What are India’s key strategic interests and what challenges does it face in the current international environment? How is COVID-19 shaping India’s role on the international stage? In an online exchange with Ricardo Borges de Castro, Associate Director and Head of the Europe in the World Programme at EPC, Suhasini Haidar will look at India’s global role in a shifting geopolitical landscape, its engagement in Asia, in particular its relations with China, and shed light over India’s domestic record on human rights and democratic freedoms. The discussion will also touch upon global democracy trends, prospects for BRICS and the future of India-EU relations.
For more information and registration: https://www.epc.eu/en/events/EPC-Talks-Geopolitics-with-Suhasini-Haidar~40aab0
Online Event
CENTRE FOR CITIES- Tuesday, July 6 @ 4:30 British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Reaching net-zero: What role should cities play in achieving a carbon-neutral future?
The UK Government has set an ambitious target to reach net zero emissions by 2050. While this is a national goal, delivering on it will require action at a local level. So what role should cities and large towns play in reaching net-zero? How should local transport and housing policies be geared towards meeting the target and what support do mayors and city leaders need from the Government? Join us for this online event to discover insights into these questions and more.
For more information and registration: https://www.centreforcities.org/event/reaching-net-zero-what-role-should-cities-play-in-achieving-a-carbon-neutral-future/
Webinar
THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE - Thursday, July 7 @ 6pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Feminist Foreign Policy with Margot Wallström
In the new book 'The Nordic Edge', Wallström tells the story of how she initiated and led the introduction of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy, including its adoption into the UN Security Council. During its two years on the Security Council, Sweden’s representatives consistently asked the question: where are the women? They insisted on representation of women in meetings, in peace negotiations, in peacekeeping operations and as experts briefing the Council. Join The Australia Institute for a discussion about feminist policy, in conversation with the book’s co-editor Professor Andrew Scott, Convenor of the Nordic Policy Centre at the Institute.
For more information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F3TafPBsTvWEMuXBpB3YIQ
Online Panel Discussion
WILSON CENTRE- July 6 @ 10am Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
The Gaza Ceasefire: What’s Next?
The Palestinian - Israeli conflict took the centre stage once again as Israel and Hamas engaged in a bloody c11-day war. Following a tense confrontation between Israeli police and Palestinian protestors at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, Hamas militants in Gaza fired long-range rockets toward Jerusalem. Over the next 11 days, Israel carried out airstrikes aimed at Hamas military infrastructure and Hamas fired rockets into Israel – at least 230 Palestinians and 12 Israelis were killed. The event will include a panel comprising Ambassador Motaz Zahran, Ambassador of Egypt to the United States, to discuss Egypt’s role in brokering the negotiation and Acting Assistant Secretary Joey Hood to comment on the Biden Administration’s reactions. Moreover, David Makovsky will join the panel to discuss views on Israel and the West Bank.
For more information and registration: wilsoncenter.org/event/gaza-ceasefire-whats-next
Online Event
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION - Wednesday, July 7 @ 10am Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Policy Pulse: inflation and Congress’s Role in Controlling it
America’s rising consumer price index and weak job growth has led to talk of the 1970s-style ‘stagflation’. That exhibits both high unemployment and inflation. What are the appropriate responses from Congress and the Federal Reserve? In an environment where the line between fiscal and monetary policy has become increasingly blurry, it is important to separate the two. The following event is a 30 min discussion, breaking down the current inflationary trend and laying out a way forward that clarifies the roles of Congress and the Feds.
For more information and registration: https://www.heritage.org/monetary-policy/event/virtual-policy-pulse-inflation-and-congress-role-controlling-it
Webinar
REFORM - Thursday, July 8 @ 9am British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Post-Pandemic Policing: Harnessing the Power of Data
Measures taken to tackle the pandemic have led to some significant changes in criminal activity. As the country comes out of lockdown, it is unclear exactly what the ‘new normal’ will look like, but it is very possible that the geography of crime will shift as people’s working and living patterns remain altered. The pandemic has also reinforced the importance of data-driven decision-making in public services. There is a huge opportunity for policing to harness the power of data to understand the changing crime landscape. Predictive analytics, for example, can help provide police officers with detailed information to prevent crime, enabling police resources to be targeted most effectively. To really make the most of this opportunity, however, it is essential that forces have high-quality data, easily accessed by those who need it. This roundtable will look at how police forces can make the most of data analytics to most effectively fight crime and keep communities safe
For more information and registration: https://reform.uk/index.php/events/post-pandemic-policing-harnessing-power-data
Online Panel Discussion
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE - Thursday, July 8 @ 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
Surging Gun Violence and How to Reverse It
Dramatic increases in shootings have wracked urban America since summer 2020. In the 50 largest U.S. cities, gun violence rose by 42% last year. This brutal trend has continued into 2021. In the first quarter, shootings in Chicago were up nearly 40% year-to-date, and in Portland, Oregon, shooting victims nearly tripled in the first four months of this year compared to 2020. What might be fueling these brutal increases and what can be done to turn them around? Rapidly passed reductions to police budgets, decriminalization of offenses, and the rise of “progressive prosecutors” who choose not to pursue charges for a host of crimes have all reduced shooting deterrents as well as the incapacitation of offenders. But public rhetoric continues to focus on even further-reaching police reforms, and reductions to policing and prosecution. And political pressures to counter police violence have overshadowed the much larger and growing number of criminal shooting victims. Join the Manhattan Institute for a discussion with leading practitioners and scholars who have been sounding the alarm on the rise in gun violence, the innocents it harms, its connection to misguided policies, and the disproportionate victimization of black Americans.
For more information and registration: https://www.manhattan-institute.org/surging-gun-violence-and-how-reverse-it
Online Forum
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE- Thursday, July 8 @ 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
A (Pandemic) Year in the Life of a Peace Teacher
Amid the COVID 19 Pandemic, teachers in the United States participated in the USIP’s Peace Teachers Program and dedicated themselves to helping students understand conflicts around the world and to showing them how peace can be achieved. The Peace Teachers Program is rooted in the conviction that educators can be pivotal in bringing issues of international conflict and practical peace-building skills into their classrooms, schools and communities. Join USIP and the 2019-2021 Peace Teachers as they share their experiences, insights and strategies for engaging new generations in peacebuilding based on their time in the program — including how their own approaches to teaching conflict and peace evolved during this tumultuous period.
For more information and registration: https://www.usip.org/events/pandemic-year-life-peace-teacher
Online Event
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT STUDIES - Saturday, July 9 @ 9am Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Biden’s First Six Months
The 2020 presidential election race was a lot closer than pollsters had expected. Trump received five million more votes in 2020 than in 2016, gaining 48 percent of the popular vote (higher than any poll during his presidency), which broadened the Republican Party’s base. However, Joe Biden, a two-time loser in the Democratic nomination race (in 1988 and 2008) made a great political comeback to become America’s 46th president. To get an overview of Joe Biden’s first six months, the post-Trump Republican party, the future of America’s conservative movement and the increasingly intense US-China strategic competition, join the Centre for an online webinar at 9 am on Friday 9 July, to hear from George F. Will, a leading intellectual figure in the US conservative movement.
For more information and registration: https://www.cis.org.au/events/bidens-first-six-months/
Online Event
WILSON CENTRE- July 14 @ 3pm Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
Cybersecurity on the Final Frontier: Protecting Our Critical Space Assets from Cyber Threats.
Our overwhelming reliance on Space Technology puts us in a precarious position, as satellites and other space-based assets are vulnerable to cyber\attacks. These concerns are no longer hypothetical and, if not mitigated, could interfere with the space-enabled technology we take for granted in our day-to- day lives as well as national security and global economic development broadly. This event will offer expert insights into understanding and navigating the increasingly contested cyber threat landscape in space, including threat vectors unique to a space cyber attack, and high-level drivers necessary for hardening our critical space systems.
For more information and registration: wilsoncenter.org/event/cybersecurity-final-frontier-protecting-our-critical-space-assets-cyber-threats
Online Event
WORLD AFFAIRS- Thursday, July 15 @ 12pm Pacific Daylight Time (UTC7)
The Nixon Shock: How Three Days at Camp David Changed Financial History
At a secret meeting at Camp David, held over the weekend of August 13-15, 1971, President Nixon and his senior advisors decided to sever the link between the dollar and gold, a decision with profound consequences for the global economy. This event was a major fault line in modern American history, signaling to the world that the United States was no longer rich and powerful enough to shoulder the responsibilities it undertook after World War II to hold up the free world economically and militarily. Join World Affairs for an insider’s look into the three fateful days at Camp David, with author Jeffrey E. Garten and hosted by NPR’s chief business correspondent Scott Horsley. Option to purchase an advance, signed copy of Three Days at Camp David from Books Inc, delivered to you, when you register through World Affairs.
For more information and registration: https://www.worldaffairs.org/events/event/2168
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