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Note: Calendar is subject to change. Please check back for updates. Last updated 1/22/08.

2008 Calendar of Events

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Week One: Foreign Policy, National Security, and the Opinion-Forming Process
Week Two: Terrorism and National Security: Military, Intelligence, and Counterterrorism
Week Three: U.S. Foreign Policy and Regional Security
Week Four: One World: Globalization, Technological Leadership, and Non-Traditional Security
Week Five: Study Tour to Northern California
Week Six: Study Tour to Washington, D.C.

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2006 calendar


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

Sunday, January 20

All day

Fellows arrive in San Diego and check into apartments.

Monday, January 21

 

Martin Luther King Day: Campus Holiday

101:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Welcome and Overview
Susan Shirk, IGCC

Location: CV Towers Clubhouse

11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Orientation to the United States, UCSD, IGCC, and the National Security Program

Location: CV Towers Clubhouse

Afternoon

Organized trip to purchase groceries/set up Wells Fargo accounts

Tuesday, January 22

8:30 a.m.

Meet outside apartments for transport to campus

9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.

Campus IDs.

10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Computer Accounts
Gary Hoffman
Location: IR/PS Computer Lab

11: a.m.

Campus Tour

2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

Terrorism, Regional Instability, and 9/11: The Changing Landscape for National Security Decision-Making
Barbara Walter, IR/PS
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

3:30 p.m. –4:30 p.m.

Optional Talk: Whither NAFTA After 2008?
Gustavo Vega-Canovas
Location: Deutz Room, Institute of the Americas

4:30 p.m. –6:30 p.m.

Opening Reception
Mandeville Suite

Staff will drive Fellows.

Wednesday, January 23

9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

U.S. Foreign Policy and the National Security Decision-Making Process: Part I
Richard Feinberg, UCSD
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

U.S. Foreign Policy and the National Security Decision-Making Process: Part II
Richard Feinberg, UCSD
Location: RIMAC 4th floor conference room

3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

Orientation to the UC and UCSD Library System and Resources
Harold Colson, IR/PS Library Staff
Location: IR/PS Computer Lab

Thursday, January 24

9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Congress, the Executive Branch, and American Politics in National Security Policymaking
Mathew McCubbins, UCSD
Samuel Popkin, UCSD

Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

The Role of the Media and Public Opinion in Shaping National Security Policy
Matt Baum, UCLA
Dan Hallin, UCSD
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

Friday, January 25

9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Presidential Elections
Gary Jacobson, UCSD
Sam Popkin
, UCSD
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

Afternoon

Free time

Saturday, January 26

All day

Free time

Sunday, January 27

 

Cultural Trip
Balboa Park and Museums


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Week Two: Terrorism and National Security: Military, Intelligence, and Counterterrorism

Monday, January 28

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

The National Security Strategy of the United States of America
John E. Rielly
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

1:30 p.m.2:30 p.m.

Introduction to Scholarly Projects: Policy Simulation
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

1:30 p.m.2:30 p.m.

5:45 – 7:30 PM
President Bush’s State of the Union Speech and discussion
Thad Kousser, UCSD
Location: Robinson 1301

Tuesday, January 29

9:30 a.m.12:00 p.m.

National Security Program Fellows Discussion
Susan Shirk, Program faculty, UCSD faculty and studentsLocation: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

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

National Security Program Fellows Discussion
Susan Shirk, Program faculty, UCSD faculty and studentsLocation: TBD

Wednesday, January 30
9:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Political Economy of Terrorism
Jake Shapiro, Princeton
Location: TBD

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

Terrorism and Economic Development
Eli Berman, UCSD/IGCC
Location: RIMAC 4th Floor Conference Room

Evening

IGCC National Security Seminar Series (Fellows 1 & 2)
Location: TBD

Thursday, January 31
Morning

Free time

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

U.S. Intelligence Community: Practice, Policies, and Politics
Jeffrey Richelson, NSA
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

Friday, February 1
9:30 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Lectures/Discussion: Chem-Bio Threats
Raymond Zilinskas
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

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

Counterterrorism and  Counterinsurgency
Bruce Newsome, UCSD
Location: RIMAC

 

Saturday, February 2
 

Sunday, February 3

All day  

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Week Three: U.S. Foreign Policy and Regional Security

Monday, February 4

9:30 a.m.12:00 p.m.

The United States as a Global Power: Challenges and Opportunities
David Lake, UCSD
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

Afternoon

Group Project Discussion and Open Program Discussion
Location: RIMAC

Tuesday, February 5

9:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.

Regional Security: The China Challenge
Susan Shirk, UCSD
Tai-Ming Cheung, IGCC

Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

1:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.

Tour of the
USS Ronald Reagan

Wednesday, February 6
9:30 a.m.11:00 a.m.

Global Warming and the Environment as National Security Concerns
Richard Somerville, SIO
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

 

1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Panel: Regional Security: South and Central America
Richard Feinberg, UCSD
Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow, IOA

Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

Thursday, February 7
9:30 a.m.11:00 a.m.

Debate:  The Future of NATO and the Transatlantic Alliance
Bill Chandler, UCSD
John Rielly, UCSD

National Security Fellows
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.



Regional Security: The Middle East
Steven Spiegel, UCLA
Location: TBD

7:00 p.m.

National Security Fellows Seminar Series (Fellows 3 &4)
Location: Robinson 1301

Friday, February 8
9:30 a.m.12:00 p.m.

Regional Security in South Asia
Neil Joeck, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

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

Military and Policy Perspectives on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Paul Hughes, U.S. Institute for Peace

Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

Saturday, February 9
Cultural Trip

Sunday, February 10

All day

No events planned.

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Week Four: One World: Globalization, Technological Leadership, and Non-traditional Security

Monday, February 11

9:30 a.m.12:00 p.m.

International Energy Security
Mikkal Herberg, National Bureau of Asian Research
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

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

Cybersecurity and the Global Cyberinfrastructure
Michael Kleeman, UCSD

Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

7:00 p.m. National Security Fellows Seminar Series (Fellows 5 & 6)
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

Tuesday, February 12

9:30 a.m.11:00 a.m.

Session topic TBD
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

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

Free time

7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.

Film:  An Inconvenient Truth
Public showing and discussion
Location: Robinson Complex 3202

Wednesday, February 13
9:30 a.m.12:00 p.m.

The Importance of Technological Leadership
Lew Branscomb, UCSD
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

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

Group Project: Senate Hearings
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS
Evening Global Gourmet

Thursday, February 14
9:30 a.m.12:00 p.m.

U.S.-Mexico Border Security in a Post-9/11 World
Wayne Cornelius, UCSD
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

Afternoon

Presentation of Final Project
Location: Dean's Conference Room, IR/PS

  Evening Fireside Chat: Nuclear Weapons: A 60-Year Perspective
Herb York, UCSD
Location: Mandeville Suite, Tioga Hall

Friday, February 15
9:30 a.m.2:00 p.m.

Visit to U.S.-Mexico Border and discussion with U.S. Border Patrol personnel; meeting with Border Activist Group

Saturday, February 16
 

Logistics meeting for study tour
Location: CV Towers Clubhouse

Sunday, February 17

3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Farewell Reception
Eucalyptus Point

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Week Five: Study Tour to Northern California

Monday, February 18

Morning

Depart for Monterey, CA

1:30 p.m.5:00 p.m.

Monterey Institute for International Studies

Tuesday, February 19

9:00 a.m.noon

Naval Postgraduate School (tentative)

3:00 p.m.

Bus departs for San Francisco

Wednesday, February 20
9:00 a.m.3:00 p.m.

Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University

Evening Free time in San Francisco

Thursday, February 21
All day

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Talks sponsored by the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR)

Friday, February 22
9:00 a.m.3:00 p.m.

Institute for International Studies, UC Berkeley

Evening Free time in San Francisco

Saturday, February 23
All day

Free time in San Francisco

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Week Six: Study Tour to Washington, D.C.

Sunday, February 24

Fly to Washington, D.C. Check into hotel.

Free time.

Monday, February 25

Morning

Breakfast, orientation at hotel

Briefings at UCDC
Bruce Cain, Director of UCDC
Scott Sudduth, Director of UC Federal Relations

Afternoon

Lunch: UCDC

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 26
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, Appropriations, and Armed Services Committees

Wednesday, February 27
Morning

Morning
Briefing by Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Afternoon

CSIS
Greeting by Kurt Campbell; briefing by International Security Program/Russia and Eurasia Program
Evening Tickets for optional cultural event

Thursday, February 28
Morning

Briefings at U.S. State Department

Afternoon

Lunch at State Department cafeteria

Debrief by DoS staff

Briefing on counterterrorism by Congressional Research Service

Friday, February 29
Morning 

U.S. Department of Defense:
Joint Chiefs of Staff/J-5 (planning)

Role of JCS in policy process; Quadrennial Defense Review; planning for the future

Afternoon

Lunch: Pentagon

National War College
Briefing on national security operations by Michael Mazarr

6:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.

Farewell Reception and Dinner
Location: Doubletree Stateroom

Saturday, March 1

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)

Sunday, March 2

Participants leave for home country.

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