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
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
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)