Thursday, April 20, 2006, 7:30-9:00 PM
IIF Discussion: "The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2006): How Does This New Version Differ from the Version of 2002?"; Villa International Library (2nd floor), 1749 Clifton Road (0.4 miles from Briarcliff); parking available across the street.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 5:30-6:00 PM
SCIS Evening Briefing: "Promoting Democracy Through Development: A Focus on Eastern Europe and Eurasia" with His Excellency Vasil Sikharulidze, Ambassador of the Republic of Georgia to the United States, Drew W. Luten, USAID Acting Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, J. Edward Fox, USAID Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs, and Robert J. Wilson, Deputy Mission Director, USAID/Georgia (Director Designee); Southern Center for International Studies, 320 West Paces Ferry Road; this event is sponsored by the Southern Center for International Studies, USAID, and Global Network Foundation of the Society of International Business Fellows, and is free an open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required; RSVP by e-mail, register@scis.org, or by telephone, 404-251-5763; tickets will not be issued; your name will be at the check-in desk.

Thursday, April 13, 2006, 7:30-9:00 PM
IIF Discussion: "U.S. Immigration"; Villa International Library (2nd floor), 1749 Clifton Road (0.4 miles from Briarcliff); parking available across the street.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 5:00-5:30 PM
SCIS Evening Briefing: "A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa" with Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow and Director for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations and J. Stephen Morrison, Director, Africa Program and Executive Director, Task Force on HIV/AIDS, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Southern Center for International Studies, 320 West Paces Ferry Road; cost: SCIS Young Professionals-$10, SCIS members-$15, non-members-$20; please purchase tickets online with your credit card or call the Southern Center at 404-261-5763; tickets are not issued; once your reservation is made, you will receive an email confirmation and your name will be at the check-in desk.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 12:45 PM
The Sam Nunn Security Program, the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP), and the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), cordially invite you to the Southeast Roundtable on Defense Luncheon and Lecture: "Iraq, Islam, and America's Role in the Middle East" featuring John H. Kelly, Ambassador-in-Residence at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Wardlaw Center (Gordy Room), 177 North Avenue, adjacent to Bobby Dodd Stadium on the Georgia Tech Campus; this event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required; please RSVP by April 7 (If your e-mail address does not include your name, please provide it so that we can make a name tag.); information: Bernard Gourley at 404-894-5601 or snsp@inta.gatech.edu.

Sunday, April 9, 2006, 2:00 PM - ???
PICNIC at W.D. Thompson Park (see attached flyer).

Friday, April 7, 2006, 11:45 AM
The Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP), and the Canadian Consulate General in Atlanta, cordially invite you to the Southeast Roundtable on Defense Luncheon and Lecture: "Agreeing to Disagree: Canada, the US, and War" featuring Dr. Geoffrey Hayes, Associate Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, Ontario and Associate Director of the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic, and Disarmament Studies; Wardlaw Center, 177 North Avenue, adjacent to Bobby Dodd Stadium on the Georgia Tech Campus; this event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required; please RSVP by April 4 (If your e-mail address does not include your name, please provide it so that we can make a name tag.); information: 404-894-3199 or angela.levin@inta.gatech.edu.

Thursday, April 6, 2006, 11:45 AM
Atlanta Council on International Relations Reception
12 Noon: Lunch and Lecture: "Sudan's Current Crisis in Darfur" with Derreck Kayongo, Care USA, former refugee in Kenya from Uganda; ACIR members: $25, non-members: $35; vegetarian entree upon request; Capital City Club, 7 Harris Street, NW; complimentary valet parking off Harris Street; RSVP or information: Francesca Cesa Bianchi at 404-512-9723 or fcesabianchi@hotmail.com (Please include ACIR luncheon in the subject line.).

Thursday, April 6, 2006, 7:30-9:00 PM
IIF WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS RESUME: "Clash of Civilizations?: Cartoon Controversy, Port Passions, and Conversion Conundrum"; Villa International Library (2nd floor), 1749 Clifton Road (0.4 miles from Briarcliff); parking available across the street.

Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 6:30-7:00 PM: 
SCIS Young Professionals Evening Briefing on Ireland; speakers include: Jim Gaffey, Executive Director, Ireland Chamber of Commerce USA; Professor James Flannery, W.E. Yeats Foundation Emory University; Mr. Don Keenan, The Keenan Law Firm and the Keenan Kids Foundation; the evening will also feature Kathleen Donohoe, Irish-native singer and entertainer; Southern Center for International Studies, 320 West Paces Ferry Road; cost: SCIS Young Professionals-$10, SCIS members-$15, non-members-$20; please purchase tickets online with your credit card or call the Southern Center at 404-261-5763; tickets are not issued; once your reservation is made, you will receive an email confirmation and your name will be at the check-in desk.

Monday, March 27, 2006, 
Lecture: "Information and Communication Networks: Economic Development, National Competitiveness and Social Justice" presented by the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Ivan Allen College, Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, 800 Spring Street; details will follow later; 404-894-3199.

Thursday, March 9, 2006, 7:00-9:00 PM
The Georgia-China Alliance cordially invites you to attend the GCA 2006 Spring Dinner and Reception; Mr. Chuanshui Zhong and Mr. Zhongnan Wang, First Secretaries of the Economic & Commercial Office at the Embassy of China, Washington, D.C. will be our special guests; Mr. Zhong will speak on Recent Key Economic Policy Developments in China, and Mr. Wang will share his practical insights on doing business in China; both Mr. Zhong and Mr. Wang have extensive experience assisting U.S. companies in China and have advised many companies in the establishment of their China strategy; both will be available for a 30-minute Q&A session; Georgia World Congress Center Terrace, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd.; cost: $25.00; RSVP.

Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 11:45 AM
Atlanta Council on International Relations Reception
12:00 Noon: Lunch and Lecture: "Can Democracy and Free Markets Succeed in Latin America?" with Dr. Jennifer McCoy, Director Americas Program, the Carter Center and Dr. Juan del Aguila, Professor, Political Science, Emory University; ACIR members: $25, non-members: $35; vegetarian entree upon request; Capital City Club, 7 Harris Street, NW; complimentary valet parking off Harris Street; RSVP or information: Francesca Cesa Bianchi at 404-512-9723 or fcesabianchi@hotmail.com (Please include ACIR luncheon in the subject line.).

Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 11:50 AM-3:30 PM
"Public Health Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction", with speakers from CDC: Joanne Cono, MD ScM: "The Big 6: An Overview of the Category A Biological Agents"; Susan Gorman, Pharm D : "Strategic National Stockpile Overview"; Armin Ansari, PhD: "Public Health Consequences of Nuclear Radiological Emergencies and CDC Roles and Responsibilities"; CDR Jeffrey Newhauser MD: "A Medical Approach to a Nuclear/Radiological Emergency"; Ga Tech, Moore Student Success Center, Suite A and B, 2nd Floor; for information and RSVP: Bernard Gourley, 404-894-5601 or Bernard.gourley@inta.gatech.edu.

Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 11:50 AM-3:30 PM
"Public Health Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction", with speakers from CDC: Joanne Cono, MD ScM: "The Big 6: An Overview of the Category A Biological Agents"; Susan Gorman, Pharm D : "Strategic National Stockpile Overview"; Armin Ansari, PhD: "Public Health Consequences of Nuclear Radiological Emergencies and CDC Roles and Responsibilities"; CDR Jeffrey Newhauser MD: "A Medical Approach to a Nuclear/Radiological Emergency"; Ga Tech, Student Success Center Suite A and B, 2nd Floor; for information and RSVP: Bernard Gourley, 404-894-5601 or Bernard.gourley@inta.gatech.edu.

Thursday, March 2, 2006, 11:45 AM
The Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) cordially invites you to the Korea Initiative Luncheon and Lecture, "North Korea and the US: The Legacy of President Carter's Trip to Pyongyang in 1994" featuring Ambassador Marion Creekmore; Wardlaw Center, 177 North Avenue, adjacent to Bobby Dodd Stadium on the Georgia Tech Campus; this event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required; please RSVP (If your e-mail address does not include your name, please provide it so that we can make a name tag.); information: 404-894-3199 or angela.levin@inta.gatech.edu.

Thursday, March 2, 2006, 1:30-6:00 PM
The Institute for Comparative and International Studies (ICIS) at Emory University announces a symposium and workshop on suicide terrorism:
"Dying to Kill...Dying to Win: Contexts and Conditions of Suicide Terrorism"
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Joseph W. Jones Room; parking available in the Fishburne Parking Deck
Professor Robert Pape, University of Chicago, "Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism"
Professor Mia Bloom, University of Cincinnati, "Dying to Kill: Understanding Motivations for Suicide Terror"
Dr. Tamara Makarenko, Centre for Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, "Assessing the Vulnerability of Terrorist Targets in the Middle East"
Dr. Lori Allen, The Pembroke Center, Brown University, "Witnessing the Shahid: Aesthetic Politics in the Palestinian Media"
Professor Lara Deeb, University of California, Irvine, "From Husayn to Hizbullah: Lebanese Shi'i Religious and Historical Contexts of Martyrdom"
Information: icis@emory.edu or 404-727-8722.

Thursday, March 2, 2006, 8:00 PM (doors open at 7:30 PM)
The Emory University College Council presents the 6th Annual State of Race Debate: "The Media's Portrayal of Arabs and its Policy Implications" featuring Dr. Jack Shaheen, Professor Emeritus, Mass Communications and author of Reel Bad Arabs, and Andrew Sullivan, former editor of The New Republic; Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1652 N. Decatur Rd.; parking at Fishburne Parking Deck, 1671 N. Decatur Rd. (access from Fishburne Drive, off Clifton Road); this event is free and open to the entire Emory community, and a limited number of free tickets are available to the public; tickets may be picked up at the Dobbs University Center information desk, 404-727-4636; contact Feras Akbik at fakbik@learnlink.emory.edu or 404-251-6203 for more information.

Thursday, February 23, 2006, 6:00 PM
"Taiwan Night", The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta (TECO) will co-sponsor with the Emory Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures Department, Emory's Taiwan Night, with the screening of Edward Yang's critically acclaimed Taiwanese film, Yi Yi, plus dim sum, Pearl Bubble tea, and a Taiwanese art display; Emory Campus, White Hall, Room 208; free and open to the public; information: Wan-Li Ho, 404-727-4014 or who@emory.edu.

Thursday, February 16, 2006, 6:30 PM
"China's Role in the Asian Economy"; lecture by Penelope Prime, Kennesaw State University Professor of Economics and Director of the Chinese Research Center; Student Center, Kennesaw State University; free and open to the public.

Thursday, February 16, 2006, 7:30-9:00 PM
Discussion and book signing: "Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness" with former First Lady, Rosalynn Carter and author, Joshua Wolf Shenk, also a Rosalynn Carter fellow for Mental Health Journalism; Carter Center, Ivan Allen Pavilion, 453 Freedom Parkway; information and directions: 404-420-3804; free and open to the public.

Thursday, February 16, 2006, 11:45 AM
 Atlanta Council on International Relations Reception
12:00 Noon: Lunch and Lecture: "Europe, Immigration, and Islam", with His Excellency Jacky R. Musnier, former French Ambassador to Samoa; ACIR members: $25, non-members: $35; vegetarian entree upon request; Capital City Club, 7 Harris Street, NW; complimentary valet parking off Harris Street; RSVP or information: Francesca at 404-512-9723 or fcesabianchi@hotmail.com (Please include ACIR luncheon in the subject line.)