Week One: Foreign Policy, National Security, and
the
Opinion-Forming Process
Friday, January 19 and Saturday, January 20
All day
Fellows arrive in San Diego.
Sunday, January 21
10:30 a.m.
Meet outside of Regents La Jolla
apartments for transport to campus.
11:00
a.m.–2:30
p.m.
Orientation
to the United States, UCSD, IGCC, and the National Security Program Raymond Clark, IGCC Horst Hoffman, UCSD International Office
Emily Maxon, Director of International House Location: Social Science Building Room 107 (SSB 107)
Notes: Lunch will be provided, as well as
transportation to and from Regents La Jolla.
3:00
p.m. –4:30 p.m.
Guided tour of UCSD
campus.
4:30 p.m. –6:30
p.m.
Opening Reception
Mandeville Suite, Tioga Hall
Monday, January 22
9:00
a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Meet at Student Business
Services for campus IDs.
Walk to IGCC
.
Campus ID and Computer Accounts Gary
Hoffman
Location: IR/PS Computer Lab
1:30
p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Terrorism and 9/11:
The Changing Landscape for National Security Decision-Making Susan Shirk, UCSD
Harold Palmer
Smith, UC Berkeley
Location: Fourth Floor Conference Room, RIMAC
Tuesday, January 23
9:00
a.m.–12:00 p.m.
U.S. Foreign Policy
and the National Security Decision-Making Process: Part I Richard Feinberg, UCSD
Location: SSB 107
1:30
p.m.–4:00 p.m.
U.S. Foreign Policy and the
National Security Decision-Making Process: Part II Richard Feinberg, UCSD
Location: Fourth Floor Conference Room, RIMAC
U.S. Intelligence
Community: Practice, Policies and Politics C. Wes Spain, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jeff Richelson, National Security Archive (invited)
Location: SSB 107
Panel: The
Importance of Innovation and Technological Leadership in U.S. National
Security Lewis Branscomb, UCSD
Arthur Ellis, VC for Research at UCSD (invited)
Location: SSB 107
1:30
p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Chemical/Biological
Weapons and U.S. National Security Raymond Clark, IGCC
Location TBD
Please note: The Washington Tour schedule is very tentative
at this time. We will update this portion as we schedule events.
Sunday, February 25
Fly to Washington, D.C.
Free time.
Monday, February 26
Morning
Briefings at UCDC Bruce Cain, Director of UCDC
Scott Sudduth, Director of UC Federal Relations
Afternoon
The U.S. Senate
Briefings by committee staff/members of the Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence
Committees
Optional: Tour of Senate/House Office Complexes
Tuesday, February 27
Morning
National
Security Council staff briefing
Possible briefers include terrorism and East Asia staffs (Michael
Green); possible greeting by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley Location:
Old Executive Office Building
Afternoon
The U.S. House of Representatives
Briefings
by committee staff/members of the House International
Relations and Armed Services Committees
Wednesday, February 28
Morning
Briefings
at CIA or NSA Headquarters
Afternoon
CSIS
Greeting by Kurt Campbell;
briefing by International Security Program/Russia and Eurasia Program
Evening
Tickets for optional cultural
event
Thursday, March 1
Morning
Briefings
at U.S. State Department
Afternoon
Debrief by DoS staff
Congressional Research Service Briefing on counterterrorism
Friday, March 2
Morning
U.S. Department
of Defense:
Joint Chiefs of Staff/J-5 (planning)
Role of JCS in policy process Rear Adm. William Sullivan, Deputy Director J-5
OSD/ISA
Quadrennial Defense Review, planning for the future
Afternoon
National War College Briefing on national security operations by Michael Mazarr
Saturday, March 3
All
day
Free time in Washington,
D.C.
Optional facilitated tours:
Guided tour of Congress (Sen. Boxer's staff)
Guided tour of White House (Sen. Feinstein's staff)