Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
Washington Program on National Security
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SCHEDULE
Monday, June 18: NATIONAL SECURITY - THE FRAMERS’ VISION
Location: Cato Institute
2 pm: Meeting with Dr. Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Studies, Founding Director of the Center for Constitutional Studies, and B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
9:00 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon, Senior Fellow, Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
Location: Kirby Center
11 am: Meeting with Dr. Matthew Spalding, Associate Vice President and Dean of Educational Programs, Hillsdale College
Location: American Foreign Policy Council
2 pm: Meeting with Ilan Berman,
3:30 pm: Meeting with Alexander Skouras, Director of External Relations, Atlas Network
Tuesday, June 20: INFORMATION WARFARE; PRAGMATISM
Location: Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center
9:00 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
10:00 am: Meeting with Omran Salman, News Producer, Alhurra TV, Middle East Broadcasting Networks
Location: American University
2:00 pm: Meeting with Dr. Tom Merrill, Associate Director, Political Theory Institute, and Interim Chairman, Department of Government, AU
3:30 Meeting with COL David S. Maxwell, Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program, Georgetown
Wednesday, June 21: INTELLIGENCE; RULE OF LAW
Location: Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center
8:45 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
9:30 am: Meeting with Eric Rozenman, Communications Consultant, InFocus Magazine
11 am: Meeting with Dr. John J. Dziak, Distinguished Fellow in Intelligence Studies, American Foreign Policy Council, and President, Dziak Group
Location: Heritage Foundation
1:00 pm: Meeting with Dr. Lee Edwards, Senior Fellow, Heritage Foundation
2:00 pm: Meeting with David Inserra, Policy Analyst, National Security Law Program, Davis Institute for International Studies, Heritage Foundation
Location: National Endowment for Democracy
3:30 pm: Meeting with Rodger Potocki, Senior Director for Europe, Nicholas Cicchinelli, Assistant Program Officer for Eurasia, Vanessa Aliaga, Assistant Program Officer for Latin America, and Tara Baumgarten, Regional Programs Coordinator, at the National Endowment for Democracy,
Location: Hoover Institution
5:00 pm: Book event - Discussion with Prof. John Inazu (Washington Univ.) and Alan White (Hoover Inst.) on Confident Pluralism
Thursday, June 22: STRATEGY; CONGRESS; STRATEGIC NETWORKING; PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Location: Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center
9:00 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
10:00 am: Meeting with Dr. Seth Cropsey, Director, Center for American Seapower, Hudson Institute
12:15 pm: Meeting with Dr. Tom Palmer, Executive Vice President for International Programs,
Location: Rayburn House Office Building
2:00 pm Meeting with Cong. Trent Franks and Saghar Erica Kasraie, Personal Assistant to Cong. Franks.
Location: Voice of America
4:00 pm: Meeting with Dr. Rick Barnes, Supervisor for Radio and Multimedia Operations, Voice of America
Friday, June 23: TERRORISM; LOBBYING; APPROPRIATIONS
Location: American Foreign Policy Council
10 am: Meeting with Dr. Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council
11:30 am: Meeting with Eric Hannis, Senior Manager for International and Civil Programs and Policy at the Raytheon Company
Location: Russell Senate Office Building
2:00 pm: Meeting with Josh Carter, Military Legislative Assistant, Sen. John Hoeven
Location: Victims of Communism
3:30 pm: Meeting with Marion Smith, Executive Director, and Ashlee Moody, College Programs Manager, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Saturday, June 24: MEMORIALS
Visit to the 9/11 Memorial at Pentagon
Visit to Arlington Cemetery
Sunday, June 25: AMERICAN HISTORY
Visit to the National Museum of American History
Monday, June 26: COMPLEXITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
Location: American University
8:30 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
Location: National Defense University
11:00 am: Meeting with Michael Miklaucik, Director of Research, Information and Publications at the Center for Complex Operations, National Defense University
Location: Committee on Human Rights in North Korea
1:30 pm: Meeting with Dr. Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
Location: Hudson Institute
4:00 pm: Meeting with Dr. John Fonte, Director, Center for American Common Culture, Hudson Institute, and Dr. Michael Poliakoff, President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Tuesday, June 27: CYBERSECURITY; SOFT POWER
Location: American University
8:30 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
10:00 am: Meeting with Dr. Steve Bryen, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Trade Security Policy
Location: Department of State
1:30 pm: Meeting with Todd Leventhal, Chief of the Counter-Misinformation Team, U.S. Department of State
Location: United States Institute of Peace
3:00 pm: Meeting with Amb. Steve Steiner, Gender Advisor, and Allison Sturma, Press Secretary, US Institute of Peace
Location: Center for International Private Enterprise
4:30 pm: Meeting with Andrew Wilson, Managing Director, Center for International Private Enterprise
Wednesday, June 28: GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT; COUNTER-RADICALIZATION; GENOCIDE
Location: American University
8:30 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
9:30 am: Meeting with Dr. Lou Goodman, Professor and Dean Emeritus of the School of International Service, American University
10:30 am: Meeting with Hedieh Mirahmadi, Senior Consultant at the FBI, and former President, World Organization for Resource Development and Education
Location: Holocaust Museum
2:00 pm: Meeting with Dr. Radu Ioanid, Director, International Archival Program, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, Holocaust Museum
Thursday, June 29: TRANSPORT SECURITY; GLOBAL FINANCE
Location: American University
8:30 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
Location: Transportation Security Administration
10:30 am: Meeting with Hai Eastman, Supervisory Budget Analyst, John Simmons, Senior Intelligence Analyst, and Toby Estes, Budget Analyst
Location: International Monetary Fund
2:00 pm: Meeting with Piotr Trabinski, IMF advisor
Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies
4:30 pm: Debate on Nuclear Weapons
Friday, June 30: DEVELOPMENT ENGAGEMENT; WAR - LESSONS LEARNED; TERRORISM
Location: American University
8:30 am: Discussion with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon
10:00 am: Meeting with Dr. Hrach Gregorian Practitioner-in-Residence, School of International Service, American University
1:00 pm: Meeting with COL Michael R. Eastman
3:00 pm: Meeting with Eric Brown, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
5:00 pm: Certificate awards to participants