Events

	March 7, 2012 The Week That Changed The World On March 7th, USIP and the Richard Nixon Foundation hosted a day-long symposium marking the 40th Anniversary of President Nixon’s extraordinary meetings with leaders of the People’s Republic of China. President Nixon’s trip was a watershed moment for the Sino-American relationship and its effects are still being felt today. The conference focused primarily on examining the origins of the trip, the current status of Sino-American relations and the outlook for the future of this critical bilateral relationship. Countries: China \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Negotiation and Diplomacy
	January 17, 2012 Assignment: China The U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California has produced a new documentary film, Assignment: China – The Week that Changed the World. Written and narrated by Mike Chinoy, formerly CNN’s senior Asia correspondent and Beijing bureau chief, the film uses previously unreleased footage and interviews with the reporters and officials who accompanied President Richard Nixon to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the media coverage of the trip that changed the course of U.S.-China relations. The United States Institute of Peace and the State Department’s East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau hosted a screening of Assignment: China, followed by a conversation featuring some of those who traveled to China with Nixon. Countries: China \| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
	December 15, 2011 Post-2012 Northeast Asia: Challenges & Opportunities for the U.S., Japan and South Korea On December 15th, USIP hosted a panel of current and former officials from the U.S., Japan and South Korea that examined the post-2012 political, economic and security landscape in Northeast Asia following leadership changes – both democratically facilitated and planned. Against this background, the panel assessed challenges and opportunities for the U.S., Japan and South Korea. Countries: China, Japan, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korea, United States \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Negotiation and Diplomacy, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
	June 27, 2011 Pandemics and Peace Upon the publication of "Pandemics and Peace: Public Health Cooperation in Zones of Conflict" (USIP Press, June 2011), panelists Dr. Jose Fernandez, Dr. Allyn Taylor, and author Dr. William J. Long discussed the relationship between pandemics and peace. Countries: Cambodia, China, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Myanmar/Burma, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Tanzania, Thailand \| Issue Areas: Health and Peacebuilding \| Programs: Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
	November 19, 2009 China's Expanding Presence in UN Peacekeeping Operations Join us for the launch and panel discussion of a new USIP-funded SIPRI report by Bates Gill and Chin-hao Huang entitled, China's Expanding Role in Peacekeeping: Prospects and Policy Implication. Countries: China \| Programs: Grant Program, Grants & Fellowships
	October 26, 2009 Next Steps on START On October 26, 2009, USIP held a panel discussion with Amb. Linton Brooks, Joseph Cirincione, and Thomas Scheber on next steps for the START process and the START Follow-on Treaty. Countries: China, Czech Republic, France, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, South Korea, United Kingdom \| Issue Areas: Negotiation and Diplomacy, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
	October 14, 2009 Premier Wen's Pyongyang Visit: What are the Implications for U.S. North Korea Policy? The U.S. Institute of Peace and the Korea Economic Institute recently convened a discussion of the impact of Premier Wen's visit to Pyongyang on U.S. North Korea policy. Countries: China, North Korea
	July 27, 2009 All It Takes Is One: Nuclear Blast Effects and Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons On July 27, 2009, a panel of experts reviewed the destructive potential of a nuclear weapon, and discussed the role of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as keystone agreements to halt the spread of nuclear weapons technology. Countries: China, India, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Syria \| Issue Areas: Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
	June 17, 2009 USIP-Nixon Center event: "China's Foiled North Korea Strategy" & "North Korea, Inc." On behalf of Ambassador Richard Solomon, Chair of the Korea Working Group, the U.S. Institute of Peace convenes a USIP-Nixon Center public event on two new USIP Working Papers. Countries: China, North Korea \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Security Sector Reform/Governance, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
	May 27, 2009 America's Strategic Posture Three senior experts who advised the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States and supported its deliberations will discuss their views on the report's findings and recommendations. Countries: China, Czech Republic, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control

	March 7, 2012 The Week That Changed The World On March 7th, USIP and the Richard Nixon Foundation hosted a day-long symposium marking the 40th Anniversary of President Nixon’s extraordinary meetings with leaders of the People’s Republic of China. President Nixon’s trip was a watershed moment for the Sino-American relationship and its effects are still being felt today. The conference focused primarily on examining the origins of the trip, the current status of Sino-American relations and the outlook for the future of this critical bilateral relationship. Countries: China \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Negotiation and Diplomacy
	January 17, 2012 Assignment: China The U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California has produced a new documentary film, Assignment: China – The Week that Changed the World. Written and narrated by Mike Chinoy, formerly CNN’s senior Asia correspondent and Beijing bureau chief, the film uses previously unreleased footage and interviews with the reporters and officials who accompanied President Richard Nixon to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the media coverage of the trip that changed the course of U.S.-China relations. The United States Institute of Peace and the State Department’s East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau hosted a screening of Assignment: China, followed by a conversation featuring some of those who traveled to China with Nixon. Countries: China \| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
	December 15, 2011 Post-2012 Northeast Asia: Challenges & Opportunities for the U.S., Japan and South Korea On December 15th, USIP hosted a panel of current and former officials from the U.S., Japan and South Korea that examined the post-2012 political, economic and security landscape in Northeast Asia following leadership changes – both democratically facilitated and planned. Against this background, the panel assessed challenges and opportunities for the U.S., Japan and South Korea. Countries: China, Japan, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korea, United States \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Negotiation and Diplomacy, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
	June 27, 2011 Pandemics and Peace Upon the publication of "Pandemics and Peace: Public Health Cooperation in Zones of Conflict" (USIP Press, June 2011), panelists Dr. Jose Fernandez, Dr. Allyn Taylor, and author Dr. William J. Long discussed the relationship between pandemics and peace. Countries: Cambodia, China, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Myanmar/Burma, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Tanzania, Thailand \| Issue Areas: Health and Peacebuilding \| Programs: Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program
	November 19, 2009 China's Expanding Presence in UN Peacekeeping Operations Join us for the launch and panel discussion of a new USIP-funded SIPRI report by Bates Gill and Chin-hao Huang entitled, China's Expanding Role in Peacekeeping: Prospects and Policy Implication. Countries: China \| Programs: Grant Program, Grants & Fellowships
	October 26, 2009 Next Steps on START On October 26, 2009, USIP held a panel discussion with Amb. Linton Brooks, Joseph Cirincione, and Thomas Scheber on next steps for the START process and the START Follow-on Treaty. Countries: China, Czech Republic, France, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, South Korea, United Kingdom \| Issue Areas: Negotiation and Diplomacy, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
	October 14, 2009 Premier Wen's Pyongyang Visit: What are the Implications for U.S. North Korea Policy? The U.S. Institute of Peace and the Korea Economic Institute recently convened a discussion of the impact of Premier Wen's visit to Pyongyang on U.S. North Korea policy. Countries: China, North Korea
	July 27, 2009 All It Takes Is One: Nuclear Blast Effects and Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons On July 27, 2009, a panel of experts reviewed the destructive potential of a nuclear weapon, and discussed the role of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as keystone agreements to halt the spread of nuclear weapons technology. Countries: China, India, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Syria \| Issue Areas: Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
	June 17, 2009 USIP-Nixon Center event: "China's Foiled North Korea Strategy" & "North Korea, Inc." On behalf of Ambassador Richard Solomon, Chair of the Korea Working Group, the U.S. Institute of Peace convenes a USIP-Nixon Center public event on two new USIP Working Papers. Countries: China, North Korea \| Issue Areas: Economics and Conflict, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Security Sector Reform/Governance, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
	May 27, 2009 America's Strategic Posture Three senior experts who advised the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States and supported its deliberations will discuss their views on the report's findings and recommendations. Countries: China, Czech Republic, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, Security Sector Reform/Governance, WMD, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control