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IGCC Progam on U.S. National Security

2006 Calendar

Week One: Foreign Policy, National Security, and the Opinion-Forming Process
Week Two: Terrorism and National Security: Military, Technological, and Cybersecurity
Week Three: U.S. Innovation Leadership, Globalization, and Regional Security
Week Four: One World: Public Health, Energy, Environmental, and Border Security
Week Five: California Tour Segment
Week Six: Washington Tour Segment


Week One: Foreign Policy, National Security, and the Opinion-Forming Process

Sunday, January 8

1:00 a.m.–12:00 noon

Meet at Regents Court, transportation to campus

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Orientation to U.S., UCSD, IGCC, and the National Security Program
Raymond Clark, IGCC
Sheila Cech, UCSD International Office
SSB 107

Pizza lunch provided

Monday, January 9

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Welcome and Overview of Program, Goals, and Objectives
Peter Cowhey
Susan Shirk
SSB 107

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Discussion: Recent History of U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security Policy
Richard Feinberg
SSB 107

1:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Campus ID and Computer Accounts

6:00 p.m. Opening Reception
Great Hall

Campus Welcome
IGCC Director Peter Cowhey

Tuesday, January 10

8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Campus Tour

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Lecture: Congress, the Executive Branch, and American Politics in National Security Policymaking
Peter Cowhey
Matthew McCubbins
J. Lawrence Broz
SSB 107

1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Panel: Congress, the Executive Branch, and American Politics in National Security Policymaking
Moderator: Susan Shirk
Samuel Popkin
Gary Jacobson

SSB 107

Wednesday, January 11

9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Introduction to Scholarly Projects: Policy Simulation
SSB 107

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Discussion: Presidential Transitions and the Continuity of National Security Policy
Michael Nacht
Richard Feinberg

SSB 107

1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Panel: The Role of NGOs and Academia in Advising the Government
Henry Abarbanel
Susan Shirk
SSB 107

7:00 p.m.

IGCC National Security Seminar Series
Speakers I /II (drawn from workshop participants)
Gardner Auditorium, IR/PS

Thursday, January 12

9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

National Security Program Fellows Discussion
Peter Cowhey
Susan Shirk
Program faculty
UCSD faculty and students

IR/PS Auditorium

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Talk and Brown Bag Lunch on Mongolia with
Amb. Radvan Bold
Gardner Auditorium

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

National Security Program Fellows Discussion
Peter Cowhey
Susan Shirk
Program faculty
UCSD faculty and students
IR/PS Auditorium

Friday, January 13

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Discussion: The Role of the Media and Public Opinion in Shaping National Security Policy
Sam Popkin
Matt Baum
Dan Hallin

SSB 107

Afternoon

Free time

Saturday, January 14

 

Sunday, January 15

Cultural Trips
Balboa Park and Museums


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Week Two: Terrorism and National Security: Military, Technological, and Cybersecurity

Monday, January 16

9:00 a.m.10:30 a.m.

Tour of USS Nimitz aircraft carrier

Tuesday, January 17

9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Lectures/Discussion: The Transformation of the U.S. Military: Meeting New Challenges
Harold Smith
Rear Adm. William Sullivan
SSB 107

1:30 p.m.3:30 p.m.

Lectures/Roundtable: Staying Ahead of the Curve: Technological Innovation in the U.S. Military
Amb. Robert Ellsworth
SSB 107

Wednesday, January 18
9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Discussion: Terrorism and 9/11: The Changing Landscape for National Security Decision Making
Susan Shirk
Amb. Robert Ellsworth
SSB 107

1:30 p.m.4:00 p.m.

Lectures/Discussion: Terrorism and WMDs

Nuclear:
Herb York
Michael May

Biological Weapons:
Raymond Zilinskas
Dean's Conference Room

Evening

Viewing of Short Film "Last Best Chance," followed by discussion among fellows, faculty, and UCSD students
Facilitators: Omar Clay, Herb York
Hojel Auditorium, IOA

Thursday, January 19
9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Roundtable: Arms Control and Stopping the Spread of WMDs
Bill Potter
Etel Solingen
William Dunlop

Dean's Conference Room

1:30 p.m.4:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Cybersecurity and the Global Cyber-Infrastructure
Michael Kleeman
Victor Hazlewood
Erin Kenneally

SSB 107

7:00 p.m. IGCC National Security Seminar Series
Speakers III/IV
IR/PS Auditorium

Friday, January 20
9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

National Security Case Study: North Korea and WMDs
Susan Shirk
Zachary Davis
Tai-Ming Cheung

Dean's Conference Room

1:30 p.m.4:00 p.m.

The National Security Consequences of the War in Iraq
Emily Goldman
Bruce Jentleson

Videoteleconference
CLCS

Saturday, January 21

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Week Three: U.S. Innovation Leadership, Globalization,
and Regional Security

Monday, January 23

9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Discussion: Protecting Intellectual Property While Encouraging Global Commerce: Conflicting Priorities?
Duane Roth
Roger Bohn
Dean's Conference Room

1:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.

Discussion: International Relations in the Pacific Region
Miles Kahler
Ellis Krauss

Dean's Conference Room

Tuesday, January 24

9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Lecture/Discussion: Regional Economic Security: The China Challenge
Tai-Ming Cheung
Barry Naughton

SSB 107
Afternoon

Free time

Wednesday, January 25
9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Lecture/Discussion: Regional Economic Security: The European Union
Bill Chandler
John Rielly

Dean's Conference Room
Afternoon

Free time

7:00 p.m.

IGCC National Security Seminar Series
Speakers V/VI
Gardner Auditorium

Thursday, January 26
10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.

Optional tour
FLP Research Vessel
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

1:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.

Panel: The Importance of Innovation and Technological Leadership in U.S. National Security
Lew Branscomb
Carolyn Lee
SSB 107

Friday, January 27
9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Lecture/Roundtable: Regional Security: South and Central America
Paul Drake
Amb. Jeffrey Davidow

SSB 107

1:30 p.m.4:00 p.m.

Lecture/Discussion: Regional Security: The Middle East
Eli Berman
Gershon Shafir
SSB 107

4:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.

Tour of SDSC

Saturday, January 28


Cultural Trip

San Diego Harbor Cruise, Whale Watching, and Lunch

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Week Four: One World: Public Health, Energy,
Environmental, and Border Security

Monday, January 30

9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Lecture/Discussion: International Energy Security
Mikkal Herberg

SSB 107
1:30 p.m.4:00 p.m.

Roundtable: U.S. Dependence on Oil and National Security
Ronnie Lipschutz
Daniel Kammen
Dean's Conference Room

Tuesday, January 31

9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Lecture/Discussion: Management of Ocean Resources and the Atmosphere as a National Security Concern
Mark Thiemens
Russ Moll

SSB 107

Afternoon

Free time

Wednesday, February 1
9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Discussion: Existing and Emerging Infectious Diseases as a Threat to U.S. National Security
Sam Bozzette
Tom Novotny

SSB 107
1:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.

Case Study: HIV/AIDS as a National Security Concern
Sam Bozzette
Stephanie Brodine
Dean's Conference Room
7:00 p.m. IGCC National Security Seminar Series
Speakers VII/VIII
Gardner Auditorium

Thursday, February 2
9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

U.S.Mexico Border Security in a Post-9/11 World
Carol Lam

Representative from USCBP (TBD)
SSB 107

1:30 p.m.3:30 p.m.

Preparing for Disasters: Safety and Security in Megacities
Lew Branscomb
3:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.

Travel tour meeting: California Governance
4:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.

Travel tour meeting: Silicon Valley
Roger Bohn

Friday, February 3

 

 


Afternoon:

Cultural Trip

Visit to the U.S. Mexico Border area. Discussion with Border Patrol personnel

Optional: Guided nature walk at Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge. Discussion on cross-border pollution.

Saturday, February 4
 

Tour of Naval Submarine Base, San Diego (tentative)

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Week Five: California Tour Segment

Monday, February 6

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Presentation of Group Scholarly Projects


Gardner Auditorium
1:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.

Presentation of Group Scholarly Projects
RBC Room 3202

Tuesday, February 7

9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Presentation of Group Scholarly Projects
Gardner Auditorium
1:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.

Presentation of Group Scholarly Projects
RBC Room 3201

Wednesday, February 8
Morning

Leave for Long Beach, CA

Tour of Long Beach Port Facilities
LA Port Authority

Afternoon

Port/Container Security

Leave for San Francisco

Thursday, February 9
Morning

Depart for Silicon Valley

All day tour and meetings to discuss U.S. technological and innovation leadership:

9:30 a.m.10:30 a.m. Intel Corporation

11:00 a.m.1:00 p.m. Google presentation and tour

Lunch at Google cafeteria

1:45 p.m.4:30 p.m. Cisco Systems presentation and tour

5:00 p.m.

Return to San Francisco

Friday, February 10
Morning

Leave for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

All day at LLNL for talks sponsored by the National Security Office

Evening

Reception with Global Leadership Institute Fellows and IR/PS Alumni
Miyako Radisson Hotel, San Francisco

Saturday, February 11
Morning

Optional San Francisco city tour (with Global Leadership Institute Fellows)

Afternoon/Evening

Free time

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Week Six: Washington Tour Segment

Sunday, February 12


Fly to Washington D.C. from San Francisco or Oakland

Check into hotel

Free time

Monday, February 13

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast and orientation at hotel

Morning

Meet with Senate Foreign Relations Committee majority and minority staff; meet with Sen. Feinstein's staff (possible greet by Sen. Feinstein)

Lunch

Senate cafeteria

Afternoon

Meet with House International Relations Committee majority and minority staff (possible greet by Rep. Duncan Hunter, chair of the House Armed Services Committee)

Tuesday, February 14
Morning

NSC staff briefing at Old Executive Office Building; possible briefers include terrorism staff and East Asia staff (Michael Green); possible greet by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley

Lunch

Free time

Afternoon

Briefing at USAID

Africa; Latin America and Caribbean; Global Health; Balkans

Late Afternoon

Speaker at UC Washington Center

Possible Speakers:
Robert Einhorn (CSIS)

Tom Malinowski (Human Rights Watch)
Henry Sokolski ( Nonproliferation Policy Education Center)

Wednesday, February 15
Morning

Department of Energy

Briefing by National Nuclear Security Agency

Lunch

Free time

Afternoon

Think Tanks

Brookings: Greet by Strobe Talbott; Briefing by Saban Center for Middle East Policy (Martin Indyk)

CSIS: Greet by Kurt Campbell; briefing by International Security Program/Russia and Eurasia Program

Evening

Tickets for optional cultural event

Thursday, February 16
Morning

Briefing/Evaluation at State Dept. by Study of the U.S. program staff; briefings by one or more of the following: Policy Planning Staff; Roundtable of EAP desk officers; Nonproliferation Bureau; Economic Bureau.

Noon press briefing at State Dept.

Lunch

State Dept. cafeteria

Afternoon

 

Continued briefings by State Dept. staff

Washington orientation

Vietnam Memorial; Mall; How to use Metro; Smithsonian; free time

Dinner

Dinner with foreign affairs journalists
(place and attendance TBD)

Friday, February 17

Morning

Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff/J-5 (planning): Role of JCS in policy process (Rear Adm. William Sullivan, Deputy Director of J-5)

OSD/ISA: Quadrennial Defense Review, planning for the future.
Lunch National Defense University with program faculty from Near East/South Asia Center or Industrial College of the Armed Forces

Afternoon

Free time

Saturday, February 18

Morning and Afternoon

Free time and optional facilitated tours:

Guided tour of Congress (Sen. Boxer's staff)

Guided tour of Library of Congress

Dinner

Farewell Reception and Dinner
Beacon Hotel

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