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SUMMARY:Foreign Interference in Democracies: What to Watch in 2020 with Jessica Brandt
DESCRIPTION:Jessica Brandt is the Head of Research and Policy at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and a Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Her research interests include international security\, multilateral institutions\, and the geopolitical consequences of state fragility. Jessica previously served as special adviser to the president in the Executive Office and as an associate fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings\, an International and Global Affairs fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University\, and as the director of Foreign Relations for the Geneva Accord in Tel Aviv. She earned a BA in international relations with a concentration in conflict and security studies from Johns Hopkins University and an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a member of the Advisory Council of the American Ditchley Foundation\, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, and a David Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, October 14th. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nClick here to join via Zoom at Noon on October 14th.\nOr dial in to listen by phone\n(646) 558-8656\nMeeting ID: 862 3251 5478\nPasscode: 446113 \nhttps://www.facebook.com/wacreading/posts/4569411023100478 \n 
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/foreign-interference-in-democracies-what-to-watch-in-2020-with-jessica-brandt/
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SUMMARY:Inspired: Stories of triumph and tragedy from the Congo with Sasha Lezhnev
DESCRIPTION:Sasha Lezhnev is Deputy Director of Policy at The Sentry\, where he focuses on conflict\, governance\, corruption\, and corporate accountability issues in central Africa. He is also Founding Director of the Grassroots Reconciliation Group\, an organization that works to reintegrate former child soldiers and refugees in northern Uganda. Sasha is a founding member of the Public-Private Alliance on Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA). He previously worked at Global Witness\, the International Crisis Group\, and the U.S. Institute of Peace on U.S. policy and conflict resources\, extractive industries transparency\, and peace processes in Africa. He was based in Uganda for 2 1/2 years as Senior Program Officer with the Northern Uganda Peace Initiative and advisor to the chief mediator of the peace process with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). \nHe is the author of the book Crafting Peace: Strategies to Deal with Warlords in Collapsing States. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Cambridge University and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Thursday\, October 22th. \nMembers are invited to join by Zoom and participate in the live Q&A. Zoom details will be emailed in our weekly email newsletter. If you are a member and have not received this email\, please send a message to contactus@wacreading.org. \nThe public is invited to watch the meeting via Facebook Live. The link will be posted one week prior to the event.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-with-sasha-lezhnev/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
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