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17
August 2018
Past Event
Iraq: Political Parties, Protests, and Security
Featured Speakers:
Mike Pregent
Bilal Wahab
Ahmad Khalid Majidyar
Vivian Salama
![Ballot boxes are seen at Baghdad's largest ballot boxes warehouse, June 10, 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1589/feature_20180817_featured.jpg?itok=ABtOAGbv)
15
August 2018
Past Event
Iran: Protests, Sanctions, and Regime Viability
Featured Speakers:
Mike Pregent
Alireza Nader
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Mariam Memarsadeghi
Nader Uskowi
![Iranian protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in central Tehran, June 25, 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1587/feature_20180815_featured.jpg?itok=l2KOISg0)
08
August 2018
Past Event
2018 Nicaraguan Protests: President Ortega's Violent Crackdown
Featured Speakers:
Dr. John Polga-Hecimovich
Eduardo Ulibarri
Víctor Agustín Cuadras Andino
Ambassador Jaime Daremblum
![People attend the 'Marcha de las Flores' -in honor of the children killed during protests- in Managua on June 30, 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1586/feature_20180808_featured.jpg?itok=3-slSOEX)
08
August 2018
Past Event
2018 Nicaraguan Protests: President Ortega's Violent Crackdown
Dr. John Polga-Hecimovich, Eduardo Ulibarri, Víctor Agustín Cuadras Andino, and Jaime Daremblum discuss the 2018 Nicaraguan protests.
![People attend the 'Marcha de las Flores' -in honor of the children killed during protests- in Managua on June 30, 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/events/thumb/1586/feature_20180808_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=jTCcIbwy)
Featured Speakers:
Dr. John Polga-Hecimovich
Eduardo Ulibarri
Víctor Agustín Cuadras Andino
Ambassador Jaime Daremblum
07
August 2018
Past Event
Pakistan: After The Elections
Featured Speakers:
Dr. C. Christine Fair
Dr. Mohammad Taqi
Ambassador Husain Haqqani
![Pakistani girls hold Pakistani flags during a ceremony marking Pakistan's 69th Independence Day, August 14, 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1584/feature_20180807_featured.jpg?itok=2PNkNJrG)
03
August 2018
Past Event
Living With Genocide: Four Years After ISIS Attacked
Featured Speakers:
The Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
Kent Hill
Pari Ibrahim
Sherri Kraham Talabany
Loay Mikhael
Nina Shea
Douglas M. Padgett
The Hon. Dr. Fareed Yasseen
Ashur Eskrya
![Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014, November 26, 2015](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1585/feature_20180803_featured2.jpg?itok=gTvYe3eV)
03
August 2018
Past Event
Living With Genocide: Four Years After ISIS Attacked
Experts discuss the 2014 Yezidi genocide.
![Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014, November 26, 2015](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/events/thumb/1585/feature_20180803_featured2.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=N0LXTfEM)
Featured Speakers:
The Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
Kent Hill
Pari Ibrahim
Sherri Kraham Talabany
Loay Mikhael
Nina Shea
Douglas M. Padgett
The Hon. Dr. Fareed Yasseen
Ashur Eskrya
31
July 2018
Past Event
Reforming the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
Featured Speakers:
The Honorable Mario Mancuso
Derek Scissors
Nancy McLernon
Michael Allen
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31
July 2018
Past Event
Innovating Telemedicine: A Discussion with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr
Featured Speakers:
Commissioner Brendan Carr
Harold Furchtgott-Roth
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30
July 2018
Past Event
Requirements for a Successful Military Cloud: Best Practices, Innovation and Security
Featured Speakers:
Seth Cropsey
William Schneider Jr.
Tod Lindberg
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26
July 2018
Past Event
Mexico 2018 Presidential Elections: A Populist Revolution?
Featured Speakers:
Carlos Bravo Regidor
Jorge Eugenio Guajardo Gonzalez
Jaime Daremblum
James R. Sisco
![Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador salutes attendants after his victory in the elections for the Presidency of Mexico, July 1, 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1581/feature_20180726_featured.jpg?itok=aamwo0iD)
26
July 2018
Past Event
Mexico 2018 Presidential Elections: A Populist Revolution?
Carlos Bravo Regidor, James R. Sisco, Jorge Eugenio Guajardo Gonzalez, and Jaime Daremblum discuss the 2018 Mexican election
![Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador salutes attendants after his victory in the elections for the Presidency of Mexico, July 1, 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/events/thumb/1581/feature_20180726_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=4vRpp3Hc)
Featured Speakers:
Carlos Bravo Regidor
Jorge Eugenio Guajardo Gonzalez
Jaime Daremblum
James R. Sisco
25
July 2018
Past Event
Combating the Opioid Epidemic: Finding Alternatives in Pain Management
Featured Speakers:
Senator Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
The Honorable John Walters
David W. Murray, PhD
Richard Scranton, MD, MPH
Barry Meier
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25
July 2018
Past Event
Combating the Opioid Epidemic: Finding Alternatives in Pain Management
Senator Bill Cassidy, John Walters, David Murray, Richard Scranton, and Barry Meier discuss the opioid epidemic.
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Featured Speakers:
Senator Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
The Honorable John Walters
David W. Murray, PhD
Richard Scranton, MD, MPH
Barry Meier
24
July 2018
Past Event
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Congressman Lamar Smith on the New Era in Space
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Wilbur Ross
Hon. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Earl Comstock
Hon. Ian Steff
Dr. Steve Volz
James Uthmeier
Brandt Pasco
Kevin O’Connell
Dr. Joe Pelton
![Apollo 11 view of the Earth rising over the surface of the moon](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1580/feature_20180430_featured2.jpg?itok=WhpYMN5z)
24
July 2018
Past Event
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Congressman Lamar Smith on the New Era in Space
Experts discuss space commerce.
![Apollo 11 view of the Earth rising over the surface of the moon](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/events/thumb/1580/feature_20180430_featured2.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=wSYYzxZG)
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Wilbur Ross
Hon. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Earl Comstock
Hon. Ian Steff
Dr. Steve Volz
James Uthmeier
Brandt Pasco
Kevin O’Connell
Dr. Joe Pelton
18
July 2018
Past Event
Conversations on National Security and U.S. Naval Power: Rep. Joe Courtney and Seth Cropsey
Featured Speakers:
U.S. Representative Joe Courtney
Seth Cropsey
![The USS Florida off the coast of the Bahamas](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1573/feature_20180718_featured.jpg?itok=_EAzKiQE)