Trade Tsunami: Will U.S.-Japanese Trade Stay Afloat in a Global Crisis?
With a Keynote Address by Wendy Cutler, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan, Korea and APEC Affairs
Thursday, October 2, 2008
This conference will discuss the prospects for U.S.-Japanese trade in light of the world's financial restructuring.

AFRICOM and Beyond: The Future of U.S.-African Security and Defense Relations
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
AEI’s Mauro De Lorenzo and Thomas Donnelly will host two panel discussions with African security experts to discuss AFRICOM and emerging threats and challenges in Africa.

Beyond the Zero-Sum Game: Technology Transfer and International Security in the Twenty-First Century
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
AEI and the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce will discuss issues of globalization and rapid advances in high technology in the twenty-first century and beyond.

Taiwan's International Space
With a Keynote Address by Ambassador John R. Bolton
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
This conference will address the issues facing modern Taiwan.

The Perils of Populism: Hot Spots in Latin America
With a Keynote Presentation by Salvadoran Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta
Thursday, September 18, 2008
At this event, several noted regional experts–led by Her Excellency Marisol Argueta, foreign minister of El Salvador–will crystallize the challenges that lie ahead for South America and

"Missing Girls" in Asia: Magnitudes, Implications, and Possible Responses
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Panelists will discuss the implications of Asia's girl shortage and what concerned actors can do about it.

Partners in Peril: How Will Japan's Economic Woes Affect the United States?
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Robert Alan Feldman and Desmond Lachman lead a discussion about the future of the Japanese economy.

Back from Baghdad: Views from Veterans of the Iraq Mission
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Panelists will discuss whether the successes prompted by the surge have made an American drawdown in troops acceptable or whether security and political advances require a sustained American presence

The War in the Caucasus: An Initial Assessment
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Leon Aron, Frederick W. Kagan and retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters will provide an initial analysis of the conflict between Russia and Georgia.

The 2008 Iraq Debate: An Assessment from the Ground
Thursday, July 24, 2008
As Iraqis prepare for provincial elections this fall and parliamentary elections next year, AEI’s Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan of the Institute for the Study of War, and former acting Army