Tuesday, July 8
Conflict Management Program and Search for Common Ground:
"Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum: Isolation vs. Engagement: When Diplomats Do Their Job"
9 to 10:30 a.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Daniel Levy, senior fellow and director of New America Foundation/Century Foundation Middle East Initiative; Barbara Slavin, senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace; Tom Dine, senior adviser of the U.S.-Syria Program at Search for Common Ground; and John Marks (moderator), president and founder of Search for Common Ground, will discuss this topic. Light refreshments will be served. NOTE: The speakers' comments will not be for attribution. For more information and to RSVP, contact cprfnewsletter@sfcg.org. 

Wednesday, July 9
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS:
"Kazakhstan in Its Neighborhood"
5:30 to 7 p.m. – Rome Building Auditorium (A reception will precede the event at 5 p.m.)
Richard Weitz, senior fellow and director of program management at the Hudson Institute, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.7721 or caci2@jhu.edu.  

SAIS Students for Obama and Foreign Policy Professionals for Obama:
"What Should Be on Obama’s Agenda for His Trip to Europe and the Middle East?"
8 to 9 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building (A reception will precede the forum at 7 p.m.)
Dennis Ross, counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former U.S. special Middle East coordinator; Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, senior adviser to the Center for Defense Information and former assistant secretary of Defense; and Michael Signer (moderator), senior policy adviser at the Center for American Progress and former foreign policy adviser to Senator John Edwards’ presidential campaign, will discuss this topic. NOTE: The speakers' comments will be off the record, and all panelists will be speaking in their capacities as private citizens and informed observers. SAIS Students for Obama and Foreign Policy Professionals for Obama are independent groups and are not affiliated with SAIS or the Johns Hopkins University. Views expressed are on behalf of the group or the individual member, not of SAIS or JHU. SAIS and JHU do not endorse or oppose candidates for public office. For more information and to RSVP, contact foreignpolicyforobama@gmail.com. Seating is limited. 

Wednesday, July 16
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS:
"Turkmenistan After Turkmenbashi"
5:30 to 7 p.m. – Rome Building Auditorium (A reception will precede the forum at 5 p.m.)
Richard Pomfret, Professor and Associate Dean of Research at the University of Adelaide in Australia and a former SAIS professor, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.7721 or caci2@jhu.edu.  

Wednesday, July 23
U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and Sejong Society of Washington:
"U.S. Relations With China and Korea in an Obama or McCain Administration"
6:45 to 8 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Chris Nelson, senior vice president of Samuels International Associates and editor of The Nelson Report, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, go to www.sejongsocietydc.org/rsvp.