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Recent Events

• Before the Next Katrina: Urgent Recommendations for the President & Congress on Gulf Coast Resilience
  Aug 27, 2010
  
  

• The Future of Counterterrorism: The View from New York
  Jul 20, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Commissioner Raymond Kelly for a discussion on the evolving terrorism threat from the perspective of the New York City Police Department.

• Biofuels: The Future of Aviation? Implications for Climate Change and National Security
  Jun 21, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Rear Admiral Philip Cullom, Mr. Richard Wynne, Mr. John Heimlich and Dr. John Gardner for a discussion on the implications of biofuels on the military and commercial aviation sectors.

• Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement: Opportunities for a Better Future Across the Taiwan Strait
  Jun 17, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Eric Chiang, Douglas Paal and Charles Freeman for a discussion on the Economic Cooperation Framework and its implications on cross-Strait relations.

• Arming Taiwan: Impact on Asian Security and US-PRC Relations
  May 26, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Dean Cheng and Ted Galen Carpenter for a discussion on the implications of the arms sale and if it will improve or erode stability in the region.

• Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and 30/10: 'The Big Bang' Approach to Investing in Infrastructure
  May 13, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to discuss his innovative proposal to complete Los Angeles' ambitious transit expansion plan twenty years ahead of schedule.

• The Navy and Marine Corps' New Energy Revolution
  May 12, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Raymond Mabus for a discussion on the measures the Navy and Marine Corps are taking to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels, improve warfighting capability, and achieve greater energy security and energy independence.

• Air Forces in Irregular Warfare
  May 6, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted General Norton Schwartz for a discussion on the role of the Air Force in irregular warfare.

• Funding American Renewal: Congresswoman DeLauro to speak on National Infrastructure Bank
  May 5, 2010
  
  
  CNP hosted Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro for a discussion on Congressional efforts to create a National Infrastructure Bank to fund critical national and regional projects to upgrade the transportation, water, energy and telecommunications systems that connect our nation.

• Disasters and Resilience: Perspectives from FEMA Deputy Administrator Timothy Manning
  Apr 23, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Deputy Administrator Timothy Manning for a discussion on FEMA's strategy for engaging the general public and private sector on the nation's preparedness and disaster response.

• The Private Sector’s Role in Cyber Security
  Apr 14, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Doug Raymond and Rob Knake for a discussion on the role of private industry in protecting America's cyber infrastructure from attack.

• Climate Change: The New Security Imperative in the Melting Arctic
  Feb 2, 2010
  
  
  Highlighted for the first time in the Pentagon's 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review as an "accelerant of instability or conflict," climate change is quickly emerging as a significant national security challenge.

• PA Governor Ed Rendell: Responding to America’s National Critical Infrastructure Crisis
  Jan 21, 2010
  
  
  The Center for National Policy hosted Pennsylvania’s Governor Ed Rendell for a discussion with CNP President Dr. Stephen Flynn.

• America's Crumbling Infrastructure: An Issue of National Security?
  Jan 14, 2010
  
  
  A CNP discussion with Dr. Stephen Flynn, James Fallows and Tom Gjelten.

• NEWSWEEK Issues 2010: Has the Great Recession Changed Everything?
  Dec 14, 2009
  
  
  A CNP discussion with Dr. Stephen Flynn, Dr. Francis Fukuyama, Rana Foroohar and Jonathan Tepperman.